new features?

[Kroboth, Joe]

>As far as I know, development is still taking place,  at the usual slow
>pace.

>I assume that you are referring to information about updates other then the
>new features in 5.6.

>At the 2007 conference in Phila. We were shown xml for filepro and were told
>they were working on a mobile server/client application for running fp on
>mobile devices.  Of course, so far, these products have not been released.

>As for a different screen sizing, you might want to look at the Reface
>program from Sound Ideas.

>http://www.soundideas.com/pages/reface.html

>Richard Kreiss
>GCC Consulting
>rkreiss at gccconsulting.net


The Soundideas thing seems neat.  Very useful if you're trying to make an application look modern.  But for our in-house system just a larger screen with color would be a good start to make a good case not to ditch filePro.

The power in filePro for me is the rapid development. If I need to add layers to development (i.e. web interface for more info on screen) It might be beneficial to migrate to a more web friendly database.

While I'm complaining... Do you know if there is an ODBC in the works for nix filePro? IMHO this is the only thing that can make filePro a smart decision for continued development. Of course my laziness has been fighting my smart decision making for several years now.

Didn't Laura Brody have some sort of color screen generator for linix? I checked her web site but the filePro page is empty.

Joe Kroboth
Chernay Printing, Inc