Re: Oracle Forms 4.5 vs. VB

From: Michael Haldey <michaelh_at_zip.com.au>
Date: 1996/03/11
Message-ID: <4i0ipp$cpl_at_zipper.zip.com.au>#1/1


In article <313B9CBD.6B8E_at_fgd.cummins.com>, jon weber <jlweber_at_fgd.cummins.com> wrote:
>I am designing a CD-ROM catalog for our customer base. It's a
>straight forward parts catalog with 4 screens;x-ref, applications,
>product info and worksheet. Our customers rarley have much more than 8mb
>of RAM on their desktop computers. My question: What would be more
>appropriate for this application? Forms 4.5 or Visual Basic? I understand
>that in order to run 4.5, the user should have a minimum of 24mb of RAM
>loaded....Any help would be most appreciated..Please e-mail responses to
>jlweber_at_fgd.cummins.com....Thanks

From what you say, the best tool would be even not VB but MS Access. Oracle Forms would do the job too, but I believe it is a bit heavy.

Access would give quicker development time than VB.

My opinion only,
Michael Received on Mon Mar 11 1996 - 00:00:00 CET

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