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From: davidf@ntrlink.hq.interlink.com (David Foster)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: ObjectVision - a warning
Keywords: Borland ObjectVision
Message-ID: <12810@ntrlink.hq.interlink.com>
Date: 12 Mar 91 15:45:45 GMT
Organization: Interlink Computer Sciences, Fremont, California
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Just a word of warning to would-be objectvision users. I am a Borland
fan, so when I saw a stack of objectvision boxes in my local pc store
I dived in with my $99.99 and bought it. Great, I love it, a forms based
constructor kit for windows !!! But what are these references in the
manual to the "objectvision runtime" to distribute an application ? A
quick call to Borland solved that one. Yes, you can distribute applications
but the runtime version (!) of objectvision wil cost you $495 !!!!!!
Isn`t this a variation on the "bait and switch" scam ? Well, it does say
on the back of the box the "runtime version is available" - it pays to
read ALL the small print first I guess, but then I would have thought the
runtime would have cost less, but in effect its the distribution license
you are paying for. Borlands reaction ? "We can give you a return reference
code sir" Thanks Borland !

So, netlanders, what other tools has anyone had experience of that provide
functionality like objectvision, basically a toolkit for creating data entry
forms. Input would be greatly appreciated, as always. 

p.s. Would the $99 ACTOR solution provide similar functionality ?