Re: What is Designer 2000 written in?

Steve Corbett <stevec_at_fcs.wa.gov.au> wrote:

>What product is Designer 2000 written in?
>(Is this an admission Forms4.5 cant do everything?)

Designer/2000 is written in C++, using Microsoft Foundation classes.
>
>We have a major system written in FormsV3, and are looking at a rewrite
>of the user interface. One feature we are hoping to incorporate is the
>expand/collapse data list (outline) concept. I presume this is not
>do-able in Forms4.5?

Only with an enormous amount of effort (and even then, it would be incredibly slow and difficult).

>
>Our network is largish - 700 users, 60 sites spread across the western
>half of Australia, some sites nearly 2000 kms from the db. Network
>traffic is an issue as some sites have very limited bandwidth.
 

>Traditional client server is out, as the network cant cope with lots of
>gui going up and down. We are going to look at html and Forms4.5 running
>as a WebForm. User pressure is forcing us to look at some sort of gui,
>but it must be network friendly...

Client server doesn't have the "GUI" going up and down the network; that's handled at the client side. Its the data transfer over the network that is the issue. Moving from Forms 3.0 to Forms 4.5 isn't going to change network traffic much; in fact, it might improve it. Using Designer/2000 generated forms would improve it greatly, since the generated form uses explicit cursor (I'm assuming your 3.0 Forms were CASE generated).

>
>steve.

-JJ

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