Built my own. Couldn't afford the commercial ones and no client was willing to pay.
Laurie On 4 November 2016 at 14:29, Ted Roche <tedro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been an advocate for frameworks since I read the original > Codebook book, sitting in a parking lot in Cambridge (our fair city), > Massachusetts. > > Imagine starting an application and not having to worry about how to > get the menu working (Help, About, Copy/Cut/Paste, Print settings) and > getting basic dialogs for things like managing reports, managing state > between multiple non-modal forms, a rational (usually!) set of > strategies for data handling, locking, conflict resolution, primary > key generation, relational integrity, grids on tabbed pageframes, etc. > > I think frameworks are a great tool for fast startups, well-documented > base classes, and handy utilities. Please feel free to disagree. > > In the 90's I was the manager for a group of developers and we worked > as "experts" with clients with pre-existing apps, or designed and > developed apps on our own. As such we got a lot of exposure to most of > the frameworks. Drew Speedie (RIP!) started MaxFrame, now > "Professional" while working as tech editor on Hacker's Guide, and I > was an early and eager beta-tester, also shipping one of the first > client-server MaxFrame apps. We worked with Visual Extend and with > Mere Mortals and others. Sadly, I never got to work with FoxExpress, > although I have the greatest of respect for Mike and Toni's knowledge > and skills. > > So, what framework(s) do you work with, and why (or why not)? > > __ Built my own > > __ Whatever the client runs > > __ Codebook > > __ COMCodebook > > __ MaxFrame Professional > > __ Visual Express > > __ Visual Extend > > __ Mere Mortals > > __ VFP Foundation Classes > > __ Visual ProMatrix > > __ Mere Mortals > > __ Other (please specify) > > __ All of the Above > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/camvtr9dqcbskrdojwr62sk1h-o32tkuexhf92zgf+zwxxsr...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
