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- From: gboersma@sce.carleton.ca (Gerald Boersma)
- Subject: Paradox 4.0 for DOS : New Features?
- Message-ID: <gboersma.725658217@genesis.sce.carleton.ca>
- Keywords: Paradox, upgrade
- Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator)
- Organization: Carleton University
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:43:37 GMT
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- I currently have Paradox 3.5 and am considering upgrading to 4.0. I
- have some major complaints with 3.5, and I am wondering if they are
- fixed in Version 4.0. I would *greatly* appreciate any comments by
- anyone who took the plunge, especially since here in Canada, the
- distribution of 4.0 is so poor that I cannot even see the box before I
- upgrade.
-
- 1. Although the fact that the user interface is slightly outdated for
- 3.5, with no mouse support, I will not upgrade if the only change in
- 4.0 is a mouse driven user-interface. Is this the case?
-
- 2. I find the design of forms, ESPECIALLY the way form functionality
- is programmed, to be extremely clumsy in 3.5. The requirement that the
- data entry toolkit has to be used drives me bananas. Is this still the
- case in 4.0, or is the programming of forms much cleaner? Is it true
- that it is OO?
-
- 3. Can C or PASCAL now be interfaced to PAL? (I doubt it, but it's
- worth asking!)
-
- 4. Is PDOX 4.0 noticably faster?
-
- 5. What type of functions have been added to the PAL language?
-
- THanks in advance for any advice. Post all replies to the net.
-
- Gerald Boersma
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