Survey: Is you filePro application online?

[Mike Schwartz]

> Q. Do you need to develop/integrate your filePro application with web
> presence?

No, all of my filePro customers that need Web integration now have it.  I
work with a top-notch team of independent web  developers located throughout
Wisconsin and in the Chicago area.  Collectively, we have expertise in every
area of web design and database programming, so no matter how large or small
your projects, I can probably take it on.  (No, I won't travel to Iraq to
work on military projects, like one of my friends did...)  

> Q. If already pushing filePro to web, are you looking for alternatives?

I have been spending a lot of my spare time (and I have a LOT of that
lately) learning other methodologies.

> Q. What are you using to push filePro to web?

The best thing I have found is to let filePro do most of the work behind the
scenes, and fully-formed HTML out to Drupal or whatever.  Ruby on Rails is
my current favorite web weapon of choice, although I would work with
Javascript, PHP, or whatever else the customer needs. If I don't have the
expertise to work on something like .NET, I'm sure one of the developers in
my loosely knit group does.  

> Q. In a scale 1 - 10, how does your web based server side scripting
> rank?

Personally, I think it's a 9 or 10, but I'm not all that familiar with what
everybody else is doing. I know we have discarded PHP and some of the poorer
methodologies early on, but I don't make the final calls on the web end of
the projects. I let the guys with more web experience make those kind of
calls.

> Q. If you knew how, would you use PHP with your filePro application?

Probably not, although the economy is bad and I would consider taking on any
work that is not illegal, immoral or fattening! (Not just PHP, but even
non-filePro work.  I have to keep meat on the table for my wife and four
kids.  Three are in college/technical schools and my youngest starts at a
Catholic High School (expensive) in the fall, so there no job too big or too
small right now...)

> Q. Would you be willing to pay for the right solution?
 
Yes, if you have a canned package or an easier or better way to solve the
web integration problem than I have right now.   

> Q. Would you like to see what PHP + filePro looks like online?
 
Yes.  Always willing to explore demos.
 
> Q. How long do you think it may take to do something you need done?
 
Unfortunately, none of my customers need any major work right now.  :<((
 
> Q. Which do you think would be best for you PERL, PHP, PYTHON, .NET or
> OTHER (________)?

Best for what?  These seem to be sort of disconnected tools.  I will say
that all of my work has been on Unix/Linux based systems, and may not work
for Windows based filePro.  (IE, nobody has ever asked me to do anything
with .NET)  

> Jose Lerebours

Mike Schwartz