Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!att!mcdchg!marcal!odgate!josh From: josh@odgate.odesta.com (Josh Golub) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Looking for FoxBASE templates (FoxCODE) Message-ID: <1991Jun25.224314.14751@odgate.odesta.com> Date: 25 Jun 91 22:43:14 GMT References: <1059@DIALix.oz.au> Organization: Odesta Corporation Lines: 28 dent@DIALix.oz.au (Andrew Dent) writes: >From my experiences in making FoxBASE work in a reasonably Maclike manner, >the amount of complex code required would make it virtually impossible to >code in FoxCODE, unless you're just trying to string some entry screens >together. >I'd be very interested to hear if anyone has used FoxCODE for a full >Maclike application, including menu support and multiple windows. i worked for 9 months trying to put together a foxbase application incorporating menus, multiple windows, and referential integrity among windows. after all of this time, i gave up because of the incredible complexity required to perform these "simple" macintosh tasks. i then switched to over to double helix, and was able to reproduce in THREE DAYS all of the work that i had done in the previous nine months in foxbase. if double helix can handle your database requirements, then you can put your system together in a fast and easy fashion. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ joshua golub | odesta corporation | 4084 commercial avenue | northbrook, il 60062