OT: To Gene Wirchenko

From	"Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	OT: To Gene Wirchenko
Date	2012-03-14 09:30 -0700
Message-ID	<9sbvcbFeqvU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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Gene said (in another post):
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<    Well, well.  I maintain an in-house application written in Visual
< FoxPro.  The next version will be Webby.  Compare notes and war
<stories?

Hi Gene:

    Your database indexes are probably identical in format to mine (i.e., 
foxpro-compatible  .cdx files), and your VFP proggies are probably gui's 
based on your app doing much xbase-style backend work.

    Well, up thru 2006 *I* used to do that daily for a group of strucural 
steel companies.  But that was back then ....

    Now, I do pro bono work for my Senior's Park in Arizona, and am 
currrently building a Lot Management System for them.   This is my first 
attempt at a 'web app', and it is challenging (being a non too smart noobie 
in JavaScript).

    So, my CGI server app (in the Harbour language) is what ties my office 
client to all the databases on my server.

    Since I'm so far off in 'left-field', I doubt that I can help you webify 
your VFP app.

   Since the basic Harbour language by itself creates console apps, one must 
use a GUI library to 'Visualize' it.  I used the free MiniGUI library -- a 
bustling, active group that inter-develops the library. (btw, its *not* 
'mini' any more after eight years of heavy development).

    Our harbour language (an outgrowth of dBase 
 >FoxBase>FoxPlus>Clipper>FoxPro>Harbour) has now forked into harbour and 
xharbour. I follow the xharbour path altho both forks are valid and 
competitive).

    Your best bet for webifying your app is to ask questions of the 
professionals here:  in particular Denis McMahon (also Dr. John Stockton) 
who built an essential part of my first app for me, so that now even *I* can 
understand most of it :))

    Another btw:   I provide an alternate download site for the latest 
xHarbour packages (another pro bono). See the web site below if you wish

Good Luck !

    If you wish to communicate by email privately, please use 
med_crudola_syntelATgmaildotcom (removing/fixing this address of course)

--
Mel Smith
www.whosaway.com  (Password: XHB)

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