On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 10:43, Alain PIERRE wrote:
Hi,
I recently discovered RR while doing some research on the
net and would like to know whether RR is most suited for the
following database publishing project. If not, which software and
database (DB)/RDBMS is most suited ?
RR is full suitable for development of the kind of dual-sided project
(CD-Rom + Web-hosting).
- Annually updated commercial European multi-lingual
publication ( min. 3 languages: english, french, dutch - maybe
later on: spanish, italian )
- Publishing medium:
. 1st edition: paper, stand-alone application on CD-ROM / DVD
( text and graphics/images )
. 2nd edition+: paper, stand-alone application on CD-ROM /
DVD ( text, graphics/images, audio and video ), Internet
- Data:
. text, graphics/images, audio and video ( various formats )
. text: multi-lingual
- Publishing format:
. CD-ROM / DVD: stand-alone application and PDF files
. Internet: static ( and probably dynamic ) web pages
OK, even about building dynamic HTML and PDF (Htmldoc engine) outputs in
using RR as tcp/ip application server
- Database:
. 25 related files/tables
. total of approx. 7000 records/rows
. encrypted
. embedded PDF files
. read from CD-ROM / DVD or to be installed on hard
disk(*)
RR+local flat-file database (CD-Rom)
RR+SQL RDBMS (Web's and/or ERP's on-line app)
- PDF files:
. generated from DB/RDBMS
as said up on, RR+Htmldoc
- Stand-alone application:
. compiled ( linked )
. run from CD-ROM / DVD or to be installed on hard disk(*)
. multi-lingual
. present development platform: Windows 98 - 2nd edition
. distribution platform: Windows, probably also Mac
OK, RR is full suitable to develop once and deploy anywhere (Win32,
MacOS, over 10 Unix*s including Linux and Solaris)
. graphics/images: separate viewing ( thumbnail + enlarged ) +
slide-show
. read-only + read/write version
. data quering by form, cfr FileMaker ( user don't have to enter
SQL statements or use a query editor )
. data quering by form on related tables
. data quering results: record by record + grid
. downloadable time-limited demo ( with partial data or a
limited number of records/rows )
. import of images/graphics from scanner
. possibilty to define hyperlinked areas ( link to text or other
image ) on graphics/images
all needs full suitables, including the friendly end-users front screens
(possible Desktop's, Web's or ERP's front-ends)
(*) determined by read-write/read-only status, speed and
copy protection considerations.
OK, if..then...else statements + login/password.
The RR file-format (the stack) can be password-protected to set the
source-code app as unavailable to others than the copyright owner of the
developed application
Questions:
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01.1 Most suited development software ? Why ?
01.2 Most suited platform to develop on ? Why ?
01.3 Most tried-and-true, stable version to develop with on the
development platform ?
RR 2.0.1 (2.0.2, still a little young).
01.4 What's needed to port the application to other platform(s) ?
Un couple of days about the apps i'm developing for my own (Linux --
MacOSX, Linux -- Win32)
01.5 Necessary plug-ins / add-ons / add-ins / ... ?
No.
01.6 Distributed application RAM requirements ?
About twice the size of the distribued app (about 10 to 20 Mo).
01.7 Stand-alone application CD-ROM / DVD reading speed ?
It will always be good speed results in installing the stand-alone on
the end-user hard-drive (lots faster than Java and, even,
MMDirector.apps)
01.8 Stand-alone application size ( excl. database ), especially
At least, from 3 Mo to 10 Mo for front-end apps, from 50 ko to 4 Mo for
server-side no-GUI apps, as an average. In about GUI apps, it depend
about the number and complexity of the end-users screens you want to
have inside your app.
regarding downloadable demo ? ADSL or high speed Internet
access is not ( yet ) available everywhere in Europe, especially
for non-professional users.
01.09 Stand-alone application: which screen resolution screen
size to develop for ?
32.000 colors and 800*600 to 1024*768 as a raisonnable average but you
are free to choose others.
02.1 Most suited DB/RDBMS ?
I use, for my own networked apps, the ACID compliant PostgreSQL 7.xx
server (MySQL 3.xx/4.xx, Oracle 8/9i and most of the ODBC suitables db
also availables, aka Sybase ASE 12.5, FrontBase,...)
02.2 Most tried-and-true, stable version to develop with ?
PostgreSQL 7.xx is, for me, an use full and unbreakable server.
02.3 Allows indexed compound fields ?
02.4 Allows prefixed auto-increment fields ?
Yes.
02.5 Design and management tools ?
No really top (pgMyAdmin, PGAccess,...) -- i use my own home-made tools
instead.
02.6 Data encryption tools ?
SSL is not yet available as a RR feature, even if it's on the
PostgreSQL. But there is other ways available to encrypt the RR POST
datas before they goes over the web.
03.1 CD-ROM / DVD - executable -
