jamesd@lakesys.UUCP (James Dicke) (07/09/88)
Hello again, I have some more specific questions now... What I am really looking for is NOT a MAC-like graphics interface, but rather a simple text pop-up querry/windows and such to help selecting items etc. What I'm actually going to need are the basic tools for developing software for Xenix in C. It must look and run excellent. Thus I need a library of routines for Data Entry, Pop up Menus, Screen Displays, Windowing, and most important an effective DATABASE manager to link into. I most likly need the source to all these things except the DATABASE manager but the DB manager must be able to run under PC-Xenix or Unix Sys V on a NCR. Our main concern is the PC world but we would like to be able to port over to the NCR tower to do a few fast jobs (programs). 1) What type of "pre-programed" environments for TEXT windowing and browsing are avaliable today? (ie I don't want to start from square one) (Must have C source code too) Are there any dataentry/feild maintenance packages out there (example, for entering cutomers the screen would display a set of fields from a database and allow entery/modifiactions, occasionaly a window would pop up to help select codes and such) ? 2) What avaiable database managers are there (such as BTRIEVE & ADVANCED REVELATION in the DOS PC world) today? Which ones have a "runtime" in Xenix as well as UNIX (NCR Tower) ? I don't care about source code, just portability and functionality. Hopfully I can just make "calls" to the manager to make it add/delete records (while maintaning its own indexes) and some get next/previous/equal features. Purhaps a re-indexing on the fly would be nice. 3) Anything else avaliable to save me development time? We wish to write an acounting and inventory type of system. Any help/input would be welcome. Also what are a few good magazines to pick up on these subjects? (I can always look at ads to get companies that sell this sort of stuff). I geuss I'm a firm beleiver in NOT re-inventing the wheel... Thank you... jamesd@lakesys.UUCP