PDA GUI for MV
December 29th, 2008A lot of people talk about PDA applications, and almost everyone has some sort of portable intelligent device these days, but there aren’t many in the MV market. I think we can change that.
Connecting with MV
December 28th, 2008It’s a common question: "How do I connect something from outside of my MV DBMS to my application software?" I’ve written about all of these points in various forms before but it looks like it’s time for a recap.
Should end-users have access to TCL?
December 28th, 2008I don’t think there is anything fundamentally wrong with "qualified" users getting to TCL, and I’m a big fan of having well educated users rather than intentionally obscuring the powerful environment we have. However, as soon as someone mentions financial data being tweaked, or any sort of possible violations of referential integrity, I start singin’ a different tune. And since TCL access moves quickly from being a power tool to being a chronic source of application corruption, unfortunately I tend toward the position that most environments should simply keep users away from TCL.
More MV integration with Microsoft Outlook
December 16th, 2008Several years ago I had a product called NebulaManager which had a significant amount of functionality, allowing bi-directional data movement between MV and Microsoft Office. For various reasons it never really got off the ground. Recently I’ve been spending a lot more time with Outlook, the most recent "conquest" being a utility that moves appointments from an MV app into anyone’s Outlook Calendar. Maybe it’s time to re-open the Outlook discussion in the MV world?
Code generation and architectures - for MV developers
November 25th, 2008I thought I’d take another shot at this topic of code generation, to define some terms and set the informational base that may help more people to understand and get excited about my other blog entry on this topic.
The Technology Roller Coaster
November 25th, 2008As much as none of us like the technology roller coaster, it simply "is". I think MV developers sort of miss the big picture when we have discussions about .NET, Java, Flash, Ajax, Ruby, or any other new technology that hits the streets. Please forgive a short but hard-hitting commentary.
CodeSmith, .netTiers, code generation, etc
November 17th, 2008This is a quick request for a show of hands as to how many of you have done any work with code generation for clients to MV - or how many of you may be interested in rapid code generation for new MV user interfaces.
Software Protection for MV applications - Part 2
November 12th, 2008Continuing from yesterday’s blog on this topic, here I’ll present my solution to the problem of software protection - and ask if anyone else is interested in using this solution…
Software Protection for MV applications - Part 1
November 11th, 2008There are several schools of thought about how MV developers deploy their software. Here is a summary of a few approaches to the task, and my own new solution.
NebulaXLite Introduction
November 10th, 2008People occasionally express interest in Excel integration in the various MV forums. Many of you are running the free developer license of NebulaXLite which was created in response to those inquiries. This is a product update with recent info and links - pretty much an ad for anyone who hasn’t seen NebulaXLite recently or ever.