Just a few points Cost is not a factor, and I'm not overly interested if you want to go down open source path. I am expressing my willingness to create - some simple ASP scripts for FREE to make available to the wider Legacy community. Don't bag me because of that.
I have not said anything about using any other Microsoft products. I mentioned a windows based server environment that is running ASP. A very common server enviroment. For MS software that I use myself - I use Access and Outlook - these I have to for work related requirements. Other than that - I use Open Source where I can. My windows servers all W2K Fitzy - 235 days up Meads - 6 days up - has some custom software loaded on it that requires a weekly restart - this is at a major client's request Haden - 105 days up I'm not trying to recreate TNG - which I admit is a great product by D Lythgoe - just to put together some ASP scripts that query the Legacy fdb file, rather than use static HTML I'm all ear's for constructive posts in the ASP area -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2006 11:27 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: RE: RE: [LegacyUG] MS-Access use with Legacy Certainly nothing wrong with marching to your own drummer. For a number of reasons, I prefer to use MySQL and PHP over ASP - roughly equal quality, much less expensive (FREE),and pretty much operating system independent. And I hate the Gates machine trying to shake me down for big bucks every year or two to replace the tools I use. If he had his way, we'd have to buy upgrades to Windows, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Powerpoint - and of course he likes all of his stuff to work best with his stuff. Sadly, I can't escape his stuff completely - but I minimize the use of it when I can. At this point, there are only two programs that keep Windows on a couple of my systems - and Legacy is one of them. (Quicken is the other, and that's about to go...) Then I can finally move EVERYTHING over to Linux. As it is, all my data resides on Linux systems... (Did I mention that the server has been up 56 days - and it was only taken down then to installa new UPS? Try THAT with Windows... *g* -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Blair M. Rogers Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 02:24 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: RE: [LegacyUG] MS-Access use with Legacy Glen, Dial Up - oh - you poor thing ;-) Yes I didn't phrase that correctly - I was not talking strictly about that one particular "Program" or web application. I have come across another web site "generator" that uses a GEDCOM file to access and then display the information. I may be the odd one out - but I'm more than happy using Mr Gates products in a web environment rather than a combination of PHP, MySQL, GEDCOM or whatever. I might actually be the only one who is interested in doing this - well that's fine - first and foremost it is for my needs, if other's are interested all well and good. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2006 6:08 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: RE: [LegacyUG] MS-Access use with Legacy Blair, "I don't want to use PHP or to place a GEDCOM file up on the webserver. That's not what I am interested in doing. I want to create the ASP pages and use the fdb file that Legacy creates. It will be way faster than having pages talk to a potentially huge txt file (GEDCOM)" Just to point out a quick correction: The site doesn't search a GEDCOM file. It imports the GEDCOM file into a MySQL database. It is very very fast searching and displaying the dynamically generated pages. The only time I have slow responses is when I am on a slow computer with dial-up access. Glen Ballard Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
