Quote: Originally posted by JudieKaren: hmmm�this has not been my experience. I changed my Mail app. icon with *get info & copy/paste* the 1st day mdc started post…

Quote: im with judie on this one. just the old fashioned get info cut paste whatnot. i know what youre talking about with the app.icns thing, i had to do that with the s…

Because the Mail dock icon is a complicated beast, the way it's updated with the 'new mail' badge the usual 'get info & paste' method doesn't replace the correct icon file (it …

I'm meeting with a potential new client on Monday. As I understand it they are currently running some custom Windows software based on VB and SQL Server. They have some Mac machine…

Couldn't you use Java for cross-platform?

SQL is just a protocol. There is quite a bit on conversation about using RB as a front end to relational databases on their mailing lists. If you have access to the code and the d…

The right solution is definitely a web-based application. It would work from anywhere in the world on any platform, and no client software is required besides a web browser. It c…

If you want to keep the SQL Server and write a cross platform web app, then your best bet is probably to go with ASP.NET. The only reason I'd see not to use a web based app is if …

Thanks to all for all the input! I did think about Java then remembered that I have never really learned the language properly, and have never developed with it before. I'm not all…

Quote: Originally posted by techtrucker: Thanks to all for all the input! I did think about Java then remembered that I have never really learned the language properly, …

Thanks Arkham_c, I think I have some reading to do...

Man, this just smacks of a good app for webobjects. They could keep their SQL Server back-end and have a web-based app use the existing data (if it's in good shape).

To continue on what flanders said, with WebObjects you could make both a web based app, and a java app for the desktop, and have both be completely cross-platform, without doing an…

Thanks for the WO recommendation. I've never used WO but this may be a good time to investigate it. Just started downloading the Eval copy...

...Only to discover it's not 10.3 ready yet (the Evaluation, that is). *Sigh*

Quote: Originally posted by techtrucker: ...Only to discover it's not 10.3 ready yet (the Evaluation, that is). *Sigh* And it's not free. WebObjects was really ad…

Quote: Originally posted by Arkham_c: And it's not free. WebObjects was really advanced for its time, but JDO (Java Data Objects) has caught up with it if you're lookin…

Quote: Originally posted by itai195: WebObjects' value is that it's a complete platform for Java web applications -- including very sophisticated frameworks, development…

Arkham_c: From a quick look over the SUN website, I don't think that it is going to be easier to use than WebObjects... in fact it seems to be missing some of the features that mak…

I took a quick glance at JSO and, while it looks like a nice tool, I don't think it's going to match what WO offers. As larkost mentioned -- it doesn't sound like it has rapid dev…

I've not used the Java Studio Creator personally (I installed it on my iBook today, but have not really tried it out yet). I did see a demo though, and they connected to a databas…

Arkham_c: Much of what you are describing is exactly what WebObjects has had for many years. The only thing I remember EOModler not doing was automatically mapping the Foreign Keys…

Quote: Originally posted by larkost: Arkham_c: Much of what you are describing is exactly what WebObjects has had for many years. The only thing I remember EOModler not …

that's right, if you don't do the install just like that some parts of WO or xcode get broken. Also if you're on Panther, make sure you're running the 5.2.3 WO and the 1.4.2 java.

Quote: Originally posted by Arkham_c: I will check out WebObjects. It turns out that you can run the free developer edition on 10.3.3. I found this document which desc…