Right Jerry! As a VAR I have to support XDOM API. It took me hours to figure out how to do it. Because the API was poorly documented and any examples I found made no sense at all. When I got my code running the client could not use it because the version of Universe did not work with XDOM even though it was released with it.
The key is tools. How many are still using AE or ED? How many think they are real productive using Notepad, EditPlus, AccuTerm's Editor, VI, wIntegrate's Editor, or whatever? The answer is most of you are using tools from the 80's and have no idea how productive you can be with "new" tools. I've been selling the equivalent of Visual Studio for U2 that runs on the Eclipse platform. I don't have to FTP and code from server to workstation. I can compile and format code with a click of a button. I can see subroutine code and includes just by hitting a single button. I have built an Universe and Unidata Editor, Dictionary Editor, Resize tool, Web Developer, Object Editor, U2 program and data installer, and ability to synchronize with version control. Our team built this wonderful Windows Explorer equivalent to copy files from account to account that saves me hours and hours when I have to have data to do testing on my machine or the client's test account. Maybe it is the "Not Invented Here" syndrome. See http://u2logic.blogspot.com/. Regards, Doug www.u2logic.com/tools.html -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jpb-u2ug Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 10:48 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions I'll have to disagree with you on this one Tony. As a vendor yourself you would of course think this way. As an end user of the product we would like it all to come from one source. This is the reason that Microsoft has got such a jump on everyone else, they will provide you with all of the tools as well as the database. I'm talking about the harsh reality of things, at one time if you went IBM you went all the way, now it's Microsoft. Companies don't want to deal with several vendors they want one. Jerry Banker _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
