[Dynapi-Help] DynBuilder proposal

[Doug Melvin]

It would seem that I have started no small thing with just an innocent comment. I have watched the list these past few days and have read many valid comments and opinions on the topic. I guess it's time I put my two cents in, eh?   1) DynAPI based IDE: A good idea in itself, but I can guarantee that I would not be able to use it on     my P120 with 24 megs of ram at home.. It's hard enough just to view a site like www.zara.com     (I still haven't seen it at it fullest) and I know that a DynAPI IDE would be even more intensive that the     afore mention web site.   2) Delphi: While Delphi "will" support Linux, it does not yet and counting on future developments for a     current project is a very bad way to go about things.     Not only that, but there are indeed MAC users involved in DynAPI as well as Win32 and Linux.   3) Java: Probably our best bet, as it is indeed open platform. Correct me if I am mistaken, but can you     not use ActiveX object within Java? If so, the code parsing/HTML display would NOT be a problem.     The Enterprise edition if Visual Basic (which we use here) come with a license to re-distribute the IE     browser object (I believe it is version 4.0) which means that someone (such as myself) could create     an ActiveX browser object for use with Java.   In conclusion my humble opinion is that we should most definitely go with Java for it is cross-platform and quite robust in it's own right. Java is also well know for extensibility.. i.e.; it is very easy to upgrade or replace a single component (such as a newer browser object) without having to re-write the rest of the program..   Thank You, Doug Melvin Integrated System Solutions: Design, Development, Implementation and Support Creative-Workshop.com