You will need Rev Stdudio 2.6.1 in order to compile your applications for Linux. The new version 2.7.1 still has to be updated for Linux support which is coming... That was initially my concern as I purchased 2.7.1, but RunRev support were very kind to provide a license for the previous version, so now I can publish both for MS Windows and Linux as intended. I use Ubuntu for testing, so far no problems... However I do not think it is a true compilation, it packages the stacks, scripts, engine (interpreter) and whatever-else into a single runtime and this additionally takes about 2 Mb of disk space. The speed is OK (like Perl or other interpreted languages), however if you need processing large amounts of data (images, raster maps), the best way is to write a small app in truly compiled language (C, Assembly, etc) and then to "glue it" with (or within) the Revolution stack. Also my suggestion is to make backups during development. Once I managed to create a code so it used to crash my studio on stack open (in Windows), without any hope for recovery :-(. I was lucky to have some earlier versions of stacks on my disk as backups. Best wishes Viktoras -------Original Message------- From: John R. Sowden Date: 05/22/06 07:33:18 To: [email protected] Subject: newbie q about revolution Revolution seems to be my solution for writing business apps. I am a business person, not a professional programmer, but I create all of my internal apps,
currently in Foxpro/DOS. A couple of questions: The description says the program creates "stand alone" executables. To me this means no "run time", no "token compiling", but it may mean external libraries. Is this true? How big is "Hello World", meaning how much baggage (code bloat) is included in the executable? Does revolution lend itself to creating simple applications quickly? Example, I can create a simple name/address database application in Foxpro/DOS with menu, add, edit, search, select index, etc. in about 1 hour including creating the database structure. Is a database application, without multimedia features a good use of this product? Are there any hidden problems that are not discussed in the web/faq, etc., like "copy protection" methods that require dongles, keeping the licensed program on the computer/lan that the compiled application is running on, etc My operating system of choice is linux (currently Suse 9.3), not a windows os. Is this a good match, or is this a windows product that usually runs on Linux, with little support? The old adage, "if it looks to good to be true, it probably is" keeps ringing in my mind, but revolution could also be a minimally marketed diamond in the rough! Thanks in advance, -- John R. Sowden AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC. Residential & Commercial Alarm Service UL Listed Central Station Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.americansentry.net _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
