Best 4GL GUI Builder??
Date: 29 Mar 1993 12:21:38 GMT
Message-ID: <1p6pkiINN3up_at_unidoct.Chemietechnik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
Hi netters,
We're currently designing a simulation/optimization program that will get its data primarily from a (as of yet) unspecified vendors database (Oracle and Ingres are as of yet musts). project consists of developing a GUI for the user, so he/she can modify the data in the database. The target user will most likely have little/no knowledge of database concepts, so we need the GUI to make changing data easier. The GUI builder doesn't necessarily have to be 4GL, I could (have, at least for Oracle) write Embedded-SQL routines to do the database functions.
We'll be developing on a DEC 5000/200 under Ultrix 4.2a.
I have heard of the following GUI builders:
Database Interface Capabilities Designer Name Public Domain? built in? built in? __________ ______________ ____________ __________ Tcl/Tk Yes not yet Yes (Xf) Xtpanel Yes ? ? Wcl Yes ? ? DIRT Yes ? ? SUIT Yes ? ? Uniface No Yes Yes JAM No Yes (DBi) Yes XVT No Yes (Xi) Yes XView ? ? ? Galaxy Yes ? ? Things Yes ? ? Xwafe Yes (perl-based) No, but for Yes (xwafedesign) Oracle there's oraperl!
Are there any others that I've forgotten?
Has anyone had experience with any of the above? If there's enough interest, I'll post a summary.
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