new features?

[GCC Consulting]

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> Behalf Of Kroboth, Joe
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:27 AM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: new features?
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> 
> >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.

She has a *nix color program.  Call her.   It will add color similar to the
Windows version.  However, you are still stuck with the same screen size.

Richard Kreiss



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> Joe Kroboth
> Chernay Printing, Inc
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