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From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.windows.x
Subject: X support in Progress 4GL
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Date: 9 May 90 13:00:32 GMT
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->>2. X windows support is not quite fully there yet.
->
->Has anybody actually seen the X version of Progress?
->For what architectures will it be available?
->
->I am particularly interested whether it is possible to
->write 4GL code that will take advantage of X progress
->but will also run on regular Progress, or at least on
->regular tty's.

Nope, thus far all I have seen are slide shows.   At the Atlanta Progress Group
last night we had a presentation from Progress on Version 6.  They claim that
6 runs on X in a limited way (no screen sizing, you can move the cursor with 
the mouse or click on a CHOOSE bar menu).  

Version 7 is where the big X stuff is intended.  The problem, of course, is how
do you make the jump from procedural 4gl programs to the event driven logic
demanded by a rodent driven system.   I have been suggesting that they implement
a trigger function addition to the FRAME statements to take care of this and 
still allow it to be compatible with dumb ttys.  However, Progress has a history
of screwing up the first iteration of the features they implement, so don't bet
the business on Version 7 X yet.

PS: But they still end up implementing more features over time than the other
4GL's  8-).

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