Web based application

[Stanley - stanlyn-com]

Agreed !!!

Stanley

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Walter D Vaughan Jr
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 8:35 AM
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Subject: RE: Web based application

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On Behalf Of Jose Lerebours
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 3:46 AM
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> Subject: OT: Web based application
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> This is something I am working on; I wonder if there is interest out 
> there
on something like this.
> 
> http://www.fpgroups.com
> 
> User: demo
> Pwd: demo
> 
> Check it out ... comments, critics, advise, questions, suggestions are 
> all
welcome!

[Walter D Vaughan Jr]
There are several web based open source ERP and accounting systems that have
years of testing and tens of thousands of sites operating today. Inventing a
new accounting package to use what I am guessing filePro as the DBMS makes
no sense.

On the other hand I do see a "limited business opportunity" in looking at
your screen layouts.

I don't know what you programming level is, but I do see something very
similar to an asp.net MVC layout , and I could see an opportunity for
someone with Visual Studio Express with a "jlPro" plug-in that would allow
someone to use a connector to a filePro database. It doesn't have to be an
accounting application. That might be something that sells. Might be
something you could get an offshore C programmer to knock out.

On the other hand what would be the end game? What does a perfect solution
look like? An application where you would be able to access the data with a
green screen filePro app and a web interface. However all along the way
you've been fighting lack of everything you need in a database (foreign
keys, transactions, concurrency, etc..).

So.

A much better "business opportunity" would be to consult and write tools
that would assist in the rewrite of existing applications to work with an
external database. Become the expert in either using the latest version of
filePro that can talk directly to MySQL or using the fpODBC tools in an
effective manner.

What you have shown literally can be written in minutes just using ASP.net
MVC drop and drag technology. Half a morning, coffee & donut, everything.

On the other hand becoming the expert consulting firm to turn legacy filePro
applications into modern filePro applications does have value.





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