pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) (05/03/90)
neal@mnopltd.UUCP writes: >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. -- Pim Zandbergen domain : pim@cti-software.nl CTI Software BV uucp : uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ctisbv!pim Laan Copes van Cattenburch 70 phone : +31 70 3542302 2585 GD The Hague, The Netherlands fax : +31 70 3512837
neal@mnopltd.UUCP (05/09/90)
->>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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