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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!emory!not-for-mail
  2. From: dave.snyder@snide.com (Dave Snyder)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix
  4. Subject: Re: ESQL/C + GX (yes)
  5. Date: 22 Jan 1993 19:13:04 -0500
  6. Organization: Mailing List Gateway
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  8. Sender: walt@mathcs.emory.edu
  9. Distribution: world
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  11. Reply-To: dave.snyder@snide.com (Dave Snyder)
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  14.  
  15. Quoting David Cortesi...
  16. } 
  17. } I just asked two developers and both were positive that 4GL/GX supports
  18. } construction of a custom runner just like 4GL RDS does.  So yes, you can
  19. } continue to use your own ESQL/C functions with 4GL/GX...probably!
  20. } 
  21. } 1) If your C functions try to interact with the user, either using curses,
  22. }    or stdout, or reverse-engineered Informix library calls
  23. }    (who would do that?), they will likely break owing to the very 
  24. }    different user-interface environment.
  25. } 
  26. Not Me :-)
  27.  
  28. DAS
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  30. David Snyder @ Snide Computer Services - Folcroft, PA          Current Release
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