Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-16 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
No, I didn't remove the ability to launch COM objects. I didn't realize that templates can launch COM objects. That's really cool. I need to learn more about this! Thanks Kevin On 10/16/05, Steven McPhelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you said that you removed the COM objects from CPRS,

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-15 Thread Steven McPhelan
When you said that you removed the COM objects from CPRS, I assumed you had also removed the components that allow a COM object to be invoked from within a template as outlined in the manuals. On 10/15/05, Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/15/05, steven mcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-15 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
gt; short-comings of the existing COM function. I'm not following you for some reason. Sorry. Kevin > > - Original Message - > From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:43 AM > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-15 Thread steven mcphelan
October 14, 2005 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java Again, as I have looked at CPRS, the only COM object used is TWebBrowser. And I was able to take that out for the Wine CPRS without any significan

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-14 Thread David Sommers
rchitect | Dialog Medical -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben Safir Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 1:11 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 00:

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-14 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
On 10/14/05, Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > > Again, as I have looked at CPRS, the only COM object used is > > TWebBrowser. And I was able to take that out for the Wine CPRS > > without any significant change to CPRS. > > So, does it use OLE automation to invoke IE? Sorry,

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-14 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Oct 14, 2005, at 5:43 AM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: On 10/13/05, Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Components in Delphi are basically COM objects. The closest analog in Java is a bean. I do not believe this is true. The only COM components are those that are wrappers for an Activ

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-14 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
On 10/13/05, Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Components in Delphi are basically COM objects. The closest analog in > Java is a bean. I do not believe this is true. The only COM components are those that are wrappers for an ActiveX object. This would be things like TWebBrowser. But t

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 02:11 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > Who is working on the Pharmacy Benefits management stuff? > Does this have anything to do with Converting CPRS to Java, or creating a crossplatform client at all? If not, why is it not its own thread with its own subject, and without inline

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
Who is working on the Pharmacy Benefits management stuff? Ruben On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 22:25 -0700, Todd Berman wrote: > On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 01:30 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > David was the head of Bayonne and was working with dotgnu and did a lot > > of unrelated work with C++ libs and Object

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 01:30 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > David was the head of Bayonne and was working with dotgnu and did a lot > of unrelated work with C++ libs and Object or Common C. He's a FSF > speaker and lives/lived near Morris NJ. I lost touch with him about a > year ago. I think I got a

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
David was the head of Bayonne and was working with dotgnu and did a lot of unrelated work with C++ libs and Object or Common C. He's a FSF speaker and lives/lived near Morris NJ. I lost touch with him about a year ago. I think I got a message that his family was moving to Maryland. http://www.u

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 01:08 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 00:21 -0400, David Sommers wrote: > > MONO IS AN OPTION. (read more...) > > > > Is David Sugar will working with Mono? I've been trying to track him > down for months. > A quick grep through the mono and mcs ChangeL

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 00:21 -0400, David Sommers wrote: > [And I've been using Eclipse for about 3 weeks on my laptop again, > damn > - I thought they would've fixed the speed problem by now... oh > well...] > The hospital software? Ruben

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 00:21 -0400, David Sommers wrote: > MONO IS AN OPTION. (read more...) > Is David Sugar will working with Mono? I've been trying to track him down for months. Ruben --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Archite

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 00:21 -0400, David Sommers wrote: > MONO IS AN OPTION. (read more...) David, I am happy to inform you that you have won a cookie. Chocolate chip or pecan, your choice :). (And yes, it is not only an option, it is the stark beautiful reality) (And it runs amazingly well). -

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread David Sommers
David Sommers, Architect | Dialog Medical -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael D. Weisner Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:10 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Suchi Pande
Ruben Safir wrote: As I understand it, CPRS is a delphi program? If so, it will need to be eventually replaced with something less proprietary if Vista is to survive. But it is a mistake to try to duplicate CPRS. Draw new specs and create the programming needed and not in Java (from the pan in

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> > It just takes time is all. Time that we are spending in other places > right now. I am trying to find time to spend in that place so we can > open up the development, but it just isn't there today. > > If someone in this community was willing to step forward, and offer to > setup, and maintai

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 20:17 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > > What tool is 'their tool'? Bugzilla is a web interface, so I dont > > understand what 'has bugzilla and the a web interface' means. > > > > > Call Nat on your cell and ask him. Bugzilla messages end up on a web > site where they tra

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> > What tool is 'their tool'? Bugzilla is a web interface, so I dont > understand what 'has bugzilla and the a web interface' means. > Call Nat on your cell and ask him. Bugzilla messages end up on a web site where they tract the bugs and keep track of them. That is all I know of it. I've n

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 20:09 -0400, Michael D. Weisner wrote: > Could we put the weapons down, please? > Awww! :) Yes. > I would appreciate it if you would expand on your reasoning for the > selection of a particular product or library rather than just spar with each > other. There is much to

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:09:53PM -0400, Michael D. Weisner wrote: > Could we put the weapons down, please? > > I am an accomplished programmer and I get lost in some of these discussions. > I would like to ask those of you who are knowledgeable, and willing, to > attempt to explain a bit more to

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Michael D. Weisner
. Mike - Original Message - From: "Ruben Safir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java > > > > And no, it wasn't obviously clear that you meant to use gtk+ instead of

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 19:53 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 04:28:41PM -0700, Todd Berman wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 19:22 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > The stuff ximian uses wouldn't work? I can contact Nat Friedman et al if > > > you need. > > > > > > > Hahaha. > >

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> > And no, it wasn't obviously clear that you meant to use gtk+ instead of > Java AWT. I am just going to assume you feel the same about Java Swing. > Not clear to you anyway. Clear to anyone with enough background. As for swing, don't know, and don't care other than the fact that as Java it

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 04:28:41PM -0700, Todd Berman wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 19:22 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > The stuff ximian uses wouldn't work? I can contact Nat Friedman et al if > > you need. > > > > Hahaha. > > Sorry dude, but name dropping with me doesn't work, if I wanted to

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 19:22 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > The stuff ximian uses wouldn't work? I can contact Nat Friedman et al if you > need. > Hahaha. Sorry dude, but name dropping with me doesn't work, if I wanted to talk to Nat or Miguel, I would just pick up my cell and call them. Ximian d

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> > What is it exactly that you guys need? > > > A webapp that will allow bug tracking (that doesnt suck, and > sourceforge.net's issue tracking is horrific), file releases, code > browsing, mailing lists / forums (meaning a forum that will also send > and receive email), integrated Wiki. In addi

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 19:20 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > If you have followed any of my previous discussions with Kevin, we *ARE* > > using gtk+, but using gtk+ has nothing to do with the language that you > > end up using. > > gtk is a toolkit. I've been using it for about 7 years, along with g

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
The stuff ximian uses wouldn't work? I can contact Nat Friedman et al if you need. Ruben > > What is it exactly that you guys need? > > > A webapp that will allow bug tracking (that doesnt suck, and > sourceforge.net's issue tracking is horrific), file releases, code > browsing, mailing lists

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> If you have followed any of my previous discussions with Kevin, we *ARE* > using gtk+, but using gtk+ has nothing to do with the language that you > end up using. gtk is a toolkit. I've been using it for about 7 years, along with gnome. I sponsored the Gnome Developers Sumit not so long ago.

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 18:16 -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 17:01 -0500, Todd Berman wrote: > > [KSB] <...snip...> > > > We are hoping to make it available under open licensing and with a > > completely transparent development model, but the main stumbling > > block > > right

RE: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread David Sommers
inal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K.S. Bhaskar Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:16 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 17:01 -0500, Todd Berman wrote: [KSB]

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
Ruben, I will reply to both emails here. So here is the bits from the first that I am replying to: What kind of thing would that be? Just stuff like parts of the templating engine for example, there are a lot of interesting behaviours that you MU

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 17:01 -0500, Todd Berman wrote: [KSB] <...snip...> > We are hoping to make it available under open licensing and with a > completely transparent development model, but the main stumbling > block > right now is the lack of a place to handle our development openly > (think

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> > We are hoping to make it available under open licensing and with a > completely transparent development model, but the main stumbling block > right now is the lack of a place to handle our development openly (think > sourceforge, and for us sourceforge will not work). And we are unwilling > to

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Ruben Safir
> > My experience has been generally one of "Holy crap, CPRS does what?!" > What kind of thing would that be? It alway a mistake to try to duplicate another program becuase your shooting at a moving target and trying to repeat all the mistakes as well as the successes and failures. As I under

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 15:50 -0500, Mark Dalton wrote: > > I was not meaning for it to be a big discussion, just curious if it > would be a good path to take. > > I was hoping to find a simple solution and to help make development > quicker and easier > for us to work on it and have it truely port

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Mark Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was not meaning for it to be a big discussion, just curious if it > would be > a good path to take. > > I was hoping to find a simple solution and to help make development > quicker > and easier > for us to work on it and have it truely portable (v

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 13:20 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote:> > if you're working from a set of functional requirements, then it is > not > > necessary to understand the existing code, only what it does. > Trying to > > "translate" someone else's code can

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Mark Dalton
I was not meaning for it to be a big discussion, just curious if it would be a good path to take. I was hoping to find a simple solution and to help make development quicker and easier for us to work on it and have it truely portable (versus via wine). I guess I will look more at FixIT since tha

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 13:20 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > --- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 12:37 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > > > > > --- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > So yeah, I'd say not for the faint of heart. > > >

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 12:37 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > > > --- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > So yeah, I'd say not for the faint of heart. > > > > > > --Todd > > > > > > > I might add that developing a NEW product c

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 12:37 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > --- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So yeah, I'd say not for the faint of heart. > > > > --Todd > > > > I might add that developing a NEW product could prove to be easier, and > a more successful strategy than tryin

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 12:34 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > --- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >with a task something that a larger team at the VA (that has > > easier > > access to testing, and QA facilities) has been working on for 10+ > > years. > > > > That can be deceptive, too.

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So yeah, I'd say not for the faint of heart. > > --Todd > I might add that developing a NEW product could prove to be easier, and a more successful strategy than trying to port the old one. It's like trying to "program" a neural net weight by we

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >with a task something that a larger team at the VA (that has > easier > access to testing, and QA facilities) has been working on for 10+ > years. > That can be deceptive, too. It hasn't been one big 10 year release cycle. But I agree with you that tr

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Todd Berman
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 12:30 -0500, Mark Dalton wrote: > > CPRS would take too long for me alone to do in my spare time. (rarely > available) :) > Also I don't have/use Delphi, which is not standard in the HPC world > but then neither > is Java (yet). > > I was curious how much it would cost to ha

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Nancy Anthracite
Did you look at Lazarus. Kylix is not being developed or supported further and I understand that part of the reason it isn't is Lazarus. On Thursday 13 October 2005 01:56 pm, Mark Dalton wrote: Yes, i looked at Kylix and did not think it was a good option.. Since again it ties you to a vendor an

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Mark Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From my perspective it is either port it or start from scratch. As Nancy suggests, you may want to look at CPRS-R, but basically I agree with you: port it or start from scratch. > Perhaps once we get more interest in India on Vista we can leverag

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Mark Dalton
Yes, i looked at Kylix and did not think it was a good option.. Since again it ties you to a vendor and limits the portability, limits the support you can get and limits the number of people that can work or would be interested in working on the code. >From my perspective it is either port it or

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
Or maybe tweak wine to allow CPRS to run under Linux. -- Bhaskar On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 12:37 -0500, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > I think you are even looking at a bigger job than you describe. You > would have to convert not only the code of CPRS itself, but also all > the components/widgets/bean

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Nancy Anthracite
Since the VA is working on it, at least wait until you see how much of that gets done in the first round. And they are adding enhancements. I am afraid you would just have something obsolete when it was done. I would think sitting tight until it comes out and then seeing what we can do with

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you are even looking at a bigger job than you describe. You > would have to convert not only the code of CPRS itself, but also all > the components/widgets/beans what ever you call the drag and drop > stuff. In Java, it's called "drag a

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Greg Woodhouse
--- Mark Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since there are about 300 .pas files and more than 200 delphi forms, > they > estimated: > > Approximately, it requires about 6 months to complete the > transition. By applying our minimal rate, $20/hour, it will > cost: $20.400 = 6 months * 170 h

Re: [Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
I think you are even looking at a bigger job than you describe. You would have to convert not only the code of CPRS itself, but also all the components/widgets/beans what ever you call the drag and drop stuff. What about working to convert it with Kylix. That would be much more feasible. Kevin

[Hardhats-members] Cost to convert CPRS to Java

2005-10-13 Thread Mark Dalton
CPRS would take too long for me alone to do in my spare time. (rarely available) :) Also I don't have/use Delphi, which is not standard in the HPC world but then neither is Java (yet). I was curious how much it would cost to have a company convert CPRS to Java for us.   It would be a 'off-shore'