Re: Power Objects Anyone?

> I am looking for some feedback about experiences with Oracle Power
> Objects. How is it advantageous compared to Visual Basic?

I do not have much experience with VB but I can give you some of the points that I think make Oracle Power Objects very powerful.

• It is database aware. It handles DB record locking automatically without extra coding. Also popup lists, forms, and repeater lists can be linked to tables with almost no coding.
• It runs on both Mac and PC.
• It has object oriented features. It has inheritence, polymorphism, encapsulation, etc. Therefore I only need to write objects once and I can reuse them. For example, I have Save and Cancel button classes. I just place these classes on a form and they do exactly what they are suppose to do. No extra coding. Another example would be an address class. I just place it on a form or report, link it to a master record and it will query the database for the address for that record.
• It is easy to learn. I have worked with other object oriented programs that were hard to train people to use. I do not have that problem with this product.

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Scott Harvester

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