| Subject | Re: Questions from dBASE prospect |
| From | Christopher F. Neumann <chris@cfneumann.us> |
| Date | Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:58:50 -0500 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
See below: "Jim Allbright" <AllbrigJ@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:1CHo8CvmKHA.1856@news-server... >I am a prospect for dBASE. I am an experienced MS Access developer. I've >written several Access apps for work, Boy Scouts, Church, etc. I have the >need to deploy a Boy Scouts Access app over the web. (I also have the need >to deploy an Access app I wrote for a small businessman over the web as >well. But, if I can deploy the Boy Scout app, then I can do the other one >as well.) > > Assume I can provide the following: > 1. Windows 2003 Server with IIS. > 2. I can purchase & install dBASE Plus and dQuery (if needed as well). > 3. I think I can use ODBC to directly interface into my Access database, > but I am willing to redevelop in DBASE if that provides efficiencies and > better performance over the web. > > Here are some questions: > 1. Would I need dBASE Plus, dQuery, or both? > Other than dBASE and/or dQuery, is there any other software that I > need to include? Just dBase, unless you find that connecting to nondBase databases too difficult. > 2. If I deploy a dBASE app to the web, does the end user need to have any > software installed on his PC other than a web browser? No. See http://webimage.landisc.com. You are getting the images on that page thru a dBase web applet. > 3. If I design an app in dBASE, do I have to re-design the > forms/reports/queries/logic to deploy the app over the web? You must convert them to a web page. > 4. Can any dBASE developers provide links to web sites that have been > developed and deployed with dBASE? I would like to see some real-life > examples. See #2 above. > 5. Can any dBASE developers comment on capacities/performance of dBASE > apps that are deployed over the web? How many concurrent users can it > support? What kind of response times does it provide? I would appreciate > any real-life statements as to actual web performance/capacity. The only thing I have really had to watch is to put a kill timer in the applet in case it hangs. > 6. Can a single server deploy multiple web sites that have been developed > in dBASE? Web sites or pages on a website? All images on the website pages of http://landisc.com are thru a dBase web applet. > 7. The dBASE product info describes the Forms/Reports/Menus Design tools > as GUI-based. But they do not describe them to be WYSIWYG Painters for > Forms/Reports/Menus. Are the design tools really WYSIWYG? If you use the designers, yes. > > These are probably too many questions for one post. I will be > appreciative of any information that I receive from real dBASE developers. > Your insight will help me evaluate the product. > > Thanks in advance. > Regards, > Jim Allbright | |