Look how pretty my desktop looks. thank you as always for the fantastic job ~

Hey Max, most excellent job once again It's true that you've managed to skin just about everything, but there's one thing I was expecting and that didn't make it: a matching cur…

Quote: Originally posted by smeger: Sorry, you lost me. What am I eventually getting to, hopefully? Oh, sorry 'bout that. What I mean is the bright blue highlig…

Quote: Originally posted by FB Eye: Hey Max, most excellent job once again It's true that you've managed to skin just about everything, but there's one thing I was ex…

I have thought about making a cursor set, but it's sort of unexplored territory for me and I think I would have a hard time to come up with anything better than Apple's own cursor.…

Quote: Originally posted by bOOzo: I have thought about making a cursor set, but it's sort of unexplored territory for me and I think I would have a hard time to come up…

Quote: Originally posted by Sage: Oh, sorry 'bout that. What I mean is the bright blue highlight you see here (highlighting "New York City"): <snip> What's part…

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…