Re: Character Mode Forms Products?

Matthew J. Burke (mburke_at_netcom.com) wrote:

: Yesterday we received the inevitable word that SQL*Froms 3.0 would
: only be supported for 1 more year. Unfortunately, we have clients
: with new projects that desire centralized forms applications, i.e.,
: character mode. Has anybody had experience with Oracle Forms (version
: 4.0) in a character mode environment? Is this functionality currently
: available? What are the alternatives to Oracle Forms in character mode,
: on a Unix platform? Are there any plans to port Powerbuilder to Unix?
 

: Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 

: Thank you.
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: Matthew J. Burke mburke_at_netcom.com
: Database Consultants, Inc. (214) 392-0955
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This probably isn't going to be very helpful:

I got the impression from Oracle sales that you can ONLY do CDE2 design in a "GUI", but the generated form can be RUN (on some platforms) in character mode. I was told that you can NOT run in character mode on MSDOS, even if you design/generate in MSWindows.

I would expect that Unix/VAX/IBM mainframe will run a character mode v4 or v4.5 form.

Hopefully the enlightened ones will have a better answer,

EP Received on Sat Dec 31 1994 - 01:08:33 CET