Thank you all for all your input on this. Here are the reasons why I chose web interface using Apache/CGI/Mod_perl/GD for our front-end reports.
* Quick solution. Our management needed the report screens in a very short period. * Our "C" application runs on two different OS and two different DB. SCO openserver and Linux, Informix and Oracle. Our front-end needed multi-platform support. * Perl can go with any major language. AFAIK, perl interaact very well with any language. * Re-designing the look and feel (appearance) is very easy with web interface. * GD generates graphs on the fly. I don't know which other softwares do the same. * With Apache/perl web interface you do not need to install anything at the client side. (No dll/library installation problems). * As Zac Morris said, we did not have time and resources to go through a complex J2EE deployment. I would like to continue in the same web front-end path for more interactive forms. May be I will have to fight with Javascript more. I just want to know is this the right path? Someone suggested perl/TK. Again, you have to write 4 different codes for 4 different platforms. More suggestions on this are welcome. Once agin, thanks for all your input. Ganesan.
