Two quick comments...

[Transpower]

John:

fpXML would be nice, but I don't see it as much of a priority as 
graphical screen and report layouts.  Setting up an XML transfer between 
two applications can take a lot of time, even with an intermediating 
matching utility.

fileProGI just didn't work out because it lacks graphical screen 
layouts.  What most of us want is the ability to design buttons and 
attach processing tables to the buttons for mouse operation.  The 
automatic processing would still run before a record is displayed.  The 
input processing would run after a record is committed.  The @wef and 
@wlf functions could be attached to the individual fields.  Output 
process tables would be run by button selection.

Regards,
Ron Satz
Transpower Corporation, www.transpowercorp.com, transpower at aol.com




John Esak wrote on 2/7/2006, 6:34 PM:

 > I've started a new thread to make two comments to Bud's description of
 > what's in store for filePro.  First of all thanks. Now.
 >
 > 1) Of everything I've heard, the fpXML sounds like the most important new
 > advancement for filePro. (In my opinion, of course) When considering
 > *any*
 > other feature, including all the screen stuff which is currently
 > garnering
 > great favor... keep this XML project at the very top. Why? Because, it
 > will
 > make filePro more interoperable with *everything* elese... and that is
 > critical for *everyone*. All other features should take a back seat to
 > this.
 > (Except, finishing the MEMO function so that it will print an entire
 > memo.)
 >
 > 2) Don't think in terms of years anymore. I know you can't give a
 > guideline
 > or time line. It's not fair to you. But, then in the same token, don't
 > say
 > fpXML will be out maybe in 2007....  Wh?  Because that is a !year!
 > away from
 > now... and if there is some enhancement to filePro that will take your
 > programmers a !year! to write... there is something askew, and it
 > makes it
 > sound like there is something wrong. Nothing should take a year...
 > with the
 > exception of absolutely gigantic projects like server-side ODBC and other
 > huge things like that. A full dtd/schema supporting XML interface
 > should in
 > no way take a !year!.  In my humble opniion, if you are going to do that
 > one, to say it won't be here some time this year, is to say it will
 > never be
 > here quick enough for anyone wanting it.
 >
 > That's it. Only two cents. Hope you don't mind. I see that you are taking
 > the usual beatings and bashings of many from this list. All I can say is,
 > good luck. Evaluate it all, and do what you can.
 >
 > --
 > John Esak
 > (570) 384-2444
 >
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