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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jose,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree with Walter’s comments as listed below... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>There are several web based open source ERP and accounting systems that have years of testing and tens of thousands of sites operating today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]> Inventing a new accounting package to use what I am guessing filePro as the DBMS makes no sense.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>However all along the way you've been fighting lack of everything you need in a database (foreign keys, transactions, concurrency, etc..). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Become the expert in either using the latest version of filePro that can talk directly to MySQL or using the fpODBC tools in an effective manner. (assuming that filePro odbc is now 2-way, as it used to be only 1-way)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>What you have shown literally can be written in minutes just using ASP.net MVC drop and drag technology.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>On the other hand becoming the expert consulting firm to turn legacy filePro applications into modern filePro applications does have value.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Item 3 above is so very true and is what eventually drove us away from filePro development. When I started exploring different databases and frontend tools and what they had to offer, I was blown away with the options in a good way. I couldn’t believe what I was able to create with half the effort. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I see too that you are using MySql and expect that you see that there is no comparison to filePro in terms of anything. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I’ve been developing filePro apps since 1981 and started the move away in the late 90’s when filePro refused to give us the tools needed to compete with modern apps. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Making the case that filepro was more efficient in text based apps doesn’t work anymore when filePro’s screen size is so small showing such limited data. Many of us are using huge multi-screen displays today, where I routinely start 4 filePro sessions and house them all on one of my 24” or 27” monitors. I need to control my design surface area all the way to my monitor’s max resolution.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What I needed back then was the ability to add more fields to a screen, instead of having to switch screens, which is hugely inefficient. Another biggie was super lame memo fields that couldn’t auto format itself… eughhhhhhhh! Then there was the lack of speed, lack of table relations, lack of transactions, lack of security, limited amount of indexes, lack of connectivity to other data sources, and dropdown scrolling edit boxes, plus other things that filePro either failed to act fast enough or just plain didn’t address as it wasn’t important to them, like the 80x25 screens and memo fields. I would have purchased new licenses if these items were effectively addressed. And then there is the huge cost for old outdated technology… <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So, enough was enough, and we had to move on or be left behind… Ant the last thing I wanted to do was to learn another new language, or 2-3 more new languages… But looking back, it took me several John and Karen’s GURU camps, many Guru subscriptions, fourgen and unix journal subscriptions to become productive in filePro over a 3-6 year span. Spending that much time again using today’s tools yields so many more opportunities and solutions for today’s work force (younger generation). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I noted that you answered someone in a different message and stated your demo was written in PHP and MySql, which begs the question “How does this relate to filePro”?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks, Stanley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Jose Lerebours [mailto:fpgroups@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Stanley - stanlyn-com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Web based application<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Stanley,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>You agree with Mark that "you like it" or with Mark "that it is a security threat" ???<br><br>;-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:38 AM, Stanley - stanlyn-com <<a href="mailto:stanley@stanlyn.com" target="_blank">stanley@stanlyn.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Agreed !!!<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>