> If i can keep it on paradox for 10 more years i will save him the money
> for ****ting to e.g. .NET. But i must make sure that the application will
> continue to run for that timespan.
that is a VERY FOOLISH theory.. if your client accepts it, he's more
foolish
than you are.. and the real word I want to place in that spot isn't
"foolish"..
--
Steven Green - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA
Diamond Software Group
http://www.diamondsg.com/main.htm
Paradox Sup****t & Sales
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"Dirk Schnorpfeil" <D.Schnorpfeil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:xmnfmcpnmmeq$.o1axrnk3bwkq.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Am Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:34:05 -0500 schrieb Steven Green:
>
>>> To get the forms and re****ts running again would mean to go through
>>> every
>>> form and to fix the behaviour which is too much effort for staying in
>>> paradox.
>>
>> to be honest, that much of a re-write should have used a different
>> front-end, and left paradox for good.. as wonderful as it is/was, it's
a
>> dead platform..
>>
>> also, bear in mind in your situation that the BDE (the engine driving
it
>> all) has also been dead for five years.. using any internal SQL Link -
>> ODBC
>> driver will usually be an interface with a very old version of your
>> platform, with many black holes.. and quite possibly the same result,
the
>> other way around, because ost companies aren't maintaining and updating
>> their links to the BDE, either..
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> i think you are right. In the moment i am just checking the options to
> make
> offers to my customer. If i can keep it on paradox for 10 more years i
> will
> save him the money for ****ting to e.g. .NET. But i must make sure that
the
> application will continue to run for that timespan.
>
> Ciao, Dirk.
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