Re: GUI interfaces on MAC's

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My recommendation for a GUI tool for the Mac is MacApp 3. I have used MacApp 2 and 3 for the last two years, and it makes creation of graphical interfaces easy. In addition, my applications connect to ORACLE using the Macintosh tools provided by ORACLE. This requires that the developer write a PRO*C file that has all the SQL transactions. Connecting MacApp with such a .c file is trivial.

A friend of mine has used SuperCard as his preferred connection to the ORACLE server. The SQL*PLUS tools provided as part of the MacTools package allow construction of dynamic SQL queries. This is a easier interface tool to master, will give you a slick interface with much less effort, however it has more limitations. Adding functionality not included in SuperCard requires the addition of XCMDS or XFCNS which are more limited than what you could do in MacApp.

Hope this helps.

Keith E. Campbell
Section on Medical Informatics
Stanford University School of Medicine Received on Wed Aug 25 1993 - 18:26:11 CEST