Sarah a �crit : > > Hi Chris, > > There are many people on this list more qualified than me to answer > this one, but I'll make the first attempt and they can all jump in when > I get it wrong :-) > > Basically, Revolution IS Metacard but with a different front-end plus > some added features. Revolution runs on the Metacard engine, so > anything MC can do, Rev can do too (unless it is something that only > appears in the latest version of MC - Rev is sometimes a version > behind). > > My recommendation would be to download both starter kits, have a go at > the tutorials and see which one feels more comfortable. For me, > Metacard had the power but didn't operate in a way I could relate to. > Rev came along and I found that it suited me very well, so I chose Rev, > but I realise this is just a personal preference. There have been some > reports of Metacard being more stable, but most of Rev's instability is > in the development environment. Compiled apps are extremely stable. > > I can't help you with the database query. I know Rev has a lot of > features for accessing various forms of external database, but I don't > know how much of that is in MetaCard too. > > Cheers, > Sarah > > On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 02:22 am, Chris Sheffield wrote: > > > My company is currently looking at several development > > tools to use for developing a reading comprehension > > program for elementary age students. The program > > consists of several levels of stories that the student > > must interact with in different ways. There is also a > > teacher management portion that the teachers use to > > administer tests and track student progress throughout > > the course. A full reporting system is a must. > > > > Anyway, I have been seriously looking at Revolution, > > as I'm sure it would do the job for us, but then I > > heard mention of MetaCard, which sounds like almost > > exactly the same thing. So my question is, what's the > > differency between the two? Is one better than the > > other? Does someone have something that compares the > > two? Maybe a white paper or something like that? Is > > one easier to use than the other? How about database > > access? > > > > I would appreciate any feedback from anyone. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Chris Sheffield > > Read Naturally > > > > P.S. For a peak at what we're wanting to do, go to > > www.readnaturally.com. The software is currently done > > in Macromedia Authorware. > > > >
Just an add-one about using MC/REV to access RDBMS, To see a working example on how to link Metacard/Revolution to PostgreSQL, just read the great and detailled Sadhu's tutorial at <ftp://crdp.intereduc.net/howto.html>. -- Cordialement, Pierre Sahores Inspection acad�mique de Seine-Saint-Denis. Applications et bases de donn�es WEB et VPN Qualifier et produire l'avantage comp�titif _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
