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Mahesh Ramakrishnan
Nov 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/7/00
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It is a long time wish for a bubble
help.
At least Centura may can be do the following
very easily.
In the
"Centura Help "
SalReportPrint ( hWndFrm, strTemplate,
strVariables, strInputs, nCopies, nOptions, nFirstPage, nLastPage, nErr
)
But if you
get the same from "coding assistant",
SalReportPrint( Window_Handle, String, String,
String, Number, Number, Number, Number, Number )
If you say "String, String, Number, Number" in
assistant, again, you need to go HELP to know what are those
arguments. Please change the argument representation in the coding
assistant as same as the HELP.
Functionality is one thing. But you need to
make things easy for the programmers. Once they do coding in VB or any
other new editors, they find centura very hard to program.
Programmers go from Centura background to Java,
find it very easy to learn Java. But now our programmers are even
refusing to start with Centura. Please do something. My product is
in Centura and I can not find programmers.
Thanks,
Mahesh Ramakrishnan
R & D, Product Division,
R & D, Product Division,
Gianluca ITG
Nov 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/7/00
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I find it very hard to program in VB after having used CTD,
even with the unfriendly coding assistant. I find VB habit of having everything
in a text file very hard to work with. I also find VB habit of NOT removing the
code associated to visual objects when you delete them and NOT changing the
names of functions also a nightmare.
Image if in CTD you change pbOk to pbConfirm and you had to
change by hand every singe event related to that object: pbOk_Click, etc.
Or after having deleted, added and renamed objects in a form you have fix the
connected code. A total mess!
Honestly, I cannot understand how any programmer can like VB
for the IDE. I understand liking it for the easy COM integration, but the IDE
really sucks big time!
"Mahesh Ramakrishnan" <mah...@masconit.com> wrote in message news:ox1bvrMSAHA.1508@cs...
Mahesh Ramakrishnan
Nov 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/7/00
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Gianluca,
That is because, you and I are so much familiar
with the functions of Centura. But please think of the new
generation. We need to change according to the new
generation. Also may be because we both work only in Centura
most of the time.
New generation programmers work in many and thus
need not have to remember all "Sal" functions and "SAM" messages. But they
only need to know the concepts.
When we think that something is complete, there is
no room for improvement. You need to come down a little bit and act as a
new programmer coming just from college. Try getting feedbacks from
new programmers as I do.
Centura needs a good research and development
center. When some new things are added in my package, so much discussion
and research is done to make it so user friendly, even when my package is not a
great one.
From your mail, what I can understand is, there is
nothing more to improve in Centura editor. It is not true.
Please do not compare the bad feature of VB which I already know. We need
to aims the sky to reach the top of a tree.
Centura needs a lot more vision. I do not
have that capability, but I expect them have that.
Please do not say that unix operating system is
more user-friendly than windows. I worked in unix for 3 years and am a big
supporter. But unix is not a user friendly O/S and that is why there are
no new programmers with Unix background.
Thanks,
Mahesh Ramakrishnan
R & D, Product Division, Mascon
Fax - 847-240-2480.
Gianluca ITG <gian...@iceteagroup.com> wrote in message news:Jvihm2MSAHA.1464@cs...
Gianluca ITG
Nov 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/7/00
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Actually I work with C++ 50% of the time, CTD another 50% and
other stuff the third 50%. :) I didn't mention Unix at
all.
Of course there is room for improvement, my thought was that
VB IDE sucks many times more than CTD IDE. Delphi and Omins IDE suck as well
IMO. The language features are a different topic, you mentioned the coding
assistant not the language. My objection was that I canot simply understand
anyone, including kids coming out of college, preferring VB for the IDE. Other
features yes, IDE no.
"Mahesh Ramakrishnan" <mah...@masconit.com> wrote in message news:KI3y3FNSAHA.1508@cs...
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