Assosiated fields

[Christopher Yerry]

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-I have seen many companies try to duplicate a filePro application with 
-another development language or try to replace a custom application with 
-a canned program just to be very disappointed, much poorer, and often 
-unsatisfied.  I have had my own customers fall for a sales presentation 
-and empty promises and call me back when it all fell apart.

-Now I don't say that filePro doesn't have its problems, but development 
-speed is great, bugs are limited and the application is stable in most 
-environments that I use.  Windows tends to be my most difficult 
-environment, since it has issue with networking, client-side processing, 
-  and I/O that tend to make any problem in those areas cause problems 
-with the data.  I have many customers using Windows and only a few seem 
-to be able to keep the basic computer system working so the database app 
-can work correctly.

-Now I have finished standing on! my soapbox.  Sorry, but I think the 
-customer is better served by building on what they have already invested 
-instead of tearing it down and starting over.  My company grows and I 
-add a wing to the building I don;t knock it all down and start over. 
-Custom software is like that, you upgrade hardware, add new integration, 
-add a wing but you don;t need to start over just because you can.

-BTW - Associated fields are cool and no other data structure can do the 
-same thing.  It can offer a lot of cool tricks.

-Nancy

I believe that when the new wing is built. I would put in fiber (not cat5). Air conditioning (not fans) and new thermal windows.
 
I can put a asp.net application on the web using SQL server. No distribution disks (its on the web) and allow the user to <tab> to the next box for input (aka old dos input).
I can also do data validation, no record locks, and produce a great report on the screen (not on paper). and download it to EXCEL (they can even go home and work on it ... its on the web). What networking issues ????
 
And I can do all that in under 1/2 hour (with web security)
 
I have used filePro for 15 years and I have to work with it instead of it working with me.  I have writen many systems in filePro and others. I certainly don't hate filepro
 
I also belive I have met you once many years ago (in the westchester office). 
 
The point was not to bash filePro the point was to get people thinking about relational tables (my dictionary says that means parent child tables) there is no other meaning !!
using associated fields is wasteful of space (there is either too few or too many). Somehow that turned into a personal attack on peoples character .. this was not my intent. I wanted an intelligent discussion ... I got well "I think your Idea is dumb"; that's not a discussion of the plusses and minuses.
 
I have a great many apps in filepro an I do not want to re write all of them (or any for that matter). So for some of the new people I thought adding some new concepts would be nice. (see "I don't know how many fields I need for email"). Since I don't want filepro to go away I think if we find better ways to use it may may be around longer and more people may consider using it!!
 
If anyone would like to have a non personal discussion ... please reply
 
 
 
Christopher Yerry
President: CM Coftware



		
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