I am hoping to convert an MS Access application to Dabo to remove just
about my last need for running MS Windows. The Dabo version will run
on my home desktop system which is currently running Fedora 8.
I have Dabo installed and running already but haven't really had any
time to play with it much yet.
The application is a simple small business accounts program and an
invoicing program. The underlying databases for both are pretty
trivial, the accounts program uses three tables and the invoicing
program uses three tables as well. I'll probably stay with the same
basic design as it seems to work pretty well.
The thing that (until now) I had never managed to find a Linux
replacement for was the forms and report design tools in Access, it
looks like Dabo has these. On the other hand the thing that caused me
most pain in Access was the Visual Basic coding which always seems
horribly unstructured and inconsistent in its syntax. I'm looking
forward to coding the bits that need some code in Python - wonderful! :-)
So, to the questions, which are probably a bit vague at the moment as
I've not really started trying to do the work. (I'm off on holiday
tomorrow too so I'm not quit sure why I'm asking now) - anyway:-
Is there any reason to choose one database engine rather than
another? It's only a single user application, no complex locking
requirements. I've got both mySql and postgresql databases already
on my system.
Most of the 'programming' bits of my accounting system are purely
'control' actions that automatically fill other controls (or
re-calculate their values) when values are entered. Is this sort
of thing reasonably easy/practical to do in Dabo?
The reports are pretty simple, driven from queries on the tables,
watching the Dabo Report Designer Overview screencast suggests
that this should be pretty straightforward in Dabo - am I likely
to hit any 'gotchas'?
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Chris Green
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