No so at all - the majority of the WinFAST installations that are out there (not STORIS mind you but the other, non-MV ones) are primarily done in "AutoGui" mode. This is a mechanism that we chose not to use because we opted for the "whole hog" approach. I recommend that anyone looking for a relatively simple, inexpensive and quick to market solution to the perennial "it looks like DOS" complaint. Look at WinFAST - it's versatile (you can get a GUI in a short period of time, thus preserving market share) and then, if you choose to, go to the event driven model.
As you know Debster, we made a reasoned business decision not to go with the AutoGui mechanism because we felt that A) we had enough time left in the character based application to "do it right the first time" and B) that the underlying business rules needed to be broken out of the input routines anyway. Based on those two facts, the decision to re-write was made with full knowledge of the time and expense needed. Prior to making that decision however, several proof of concept trials were made and the face of the product was very successfully changed to look as though it were developed in VB (or other graphically-oriented tool). I stand by my statement having been intimately involved with the product from the beginning of our relationship with them. Anyone who would like further information about this issue is free to contact me off-list for details. Dave Graham Storis Management Systems, Inc. (954) 725-3655 Ext. 102 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:30 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: Uniobjects Ahem -- 30 Days Dave? Admittedly it's a nice product and very easy to use but 30 days is stretching it just a wee bit. Not impossible but it would have to be a Chief/Cook/Bottlewasher operation, (you know how those confused powers that be that keep changing their minds (13 times on one screen alone comes to mind), along with end-users can slow things a tad) with a relatively simple system. -- Debster > Steve, > > I recommend that you check out WinFAST (www.goWinFAST.com). We have been using > the product for 2+ years now and it's blindingly fast, as secure as your > existing application and can be implemented in less than 30 days with minimal > code changes (or you can go 'whole hog' and re-write your code into an event > driven model). > > Dave Graham > Storis Management Systems, Inc. > (954) 725-3655 Ext. 102 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Mayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Uniobjects > > Hi Everyone, > > We are in the process of analyzing different approaches to porting our > software to a GUI environment. We are currently looking at Uniobjects for > Java, System Builder, jBase with ObjEx, OpenInsight and Obsydian (which I > have yet to get information on). If you have any other ideas or have gone > through this process, I would like to know a few things: > > 1) How is the response time with multiple windows up at the same time? > > 2) How did you deal with security? We need field level security. > > 3) The approach you used to convert the screens, etc. > > We are using Unidata on AIX, have 40+ users and have in excess of 200 > screens. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Steve Mayo > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
