I want to code that will run on Windows, Mac, and iPad, but don't really much faith in the future of FireMonkey. Would it make sense to try and write a fairly complex program, built around Web Builder, that would run locally on all three platforms? At the moment I'm more interested in a local app than in a web app.

Also, will any of the Elevate databases work with Web Builder in either a local or web-based application?

Howard Sanderson
howard@wanderingstar.com

>>Howard Sanderson wrote:

>>I want to code that will run on Windows, Mac, and iPad, but don't really much faith in the future of FireMonkey. >>Would it make sense to try and write a fairly complex program, built around Web Builder, that would run locally >>on all three platforms? At the moment I'm more interested in a local app than in a web app.

>>Also, will any of the Elevate databases work with Web Builder in either a local or web-based application?

Howard:

Elevate Web Builder - does not build native binary executables.  It translates (compiles) the forms and object pascal code, built and coded in its IDE, to HTML and Javascript, which can then be deployed to a webserver or executed locally in a Browser.

You would probably write a SOAP Service or use something like RealThinClient and build an HTTP Server (I use this and highly recommend it) to do data manipulation - quering and sending, or receiving and storing, data from the EWB App to any database.  In the future a tightly coupled EDB woudl be great (one less layer to maintain).

The goal, running in a browser, should allow you to run on any platform.  As to how complex... I cannot comment yet.  I have used the pre-release and it is very promising, I will certainly use it.

Walter

Howard,

<< I want to code that will run on Windows, Mac, and iPad, but don't really
much faith in the future of FireMonkey. Would it make sense to try and write
a fairly complex program, built around Web Builder, that would run locally
on all three platforms? At the moment I'm more interested in a local app
than in a web app. >>

You're going to need to code the majority of the heavy lifting on the
back-end web application, and then use EWB for the UI/presentation logic on
the front-end, but yes, you can certainly do so using EWB.

<< Also, will any of the Elevate databases work with Web Builder in either a
local or web-based application? >>

Sure, any database will work.  Once the product is released, there will be a
demo that shows you how to hook up the datasets, etc. to a DBISAM/ElevateDB
database.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim

>Sure, any database will work. Once the product is released, there will be a
>demo that shows you how to hook up the datasets, etc. to a DBISAM/ElevateDB
>database.

And when you get the time to an SQLite DB for Android?

Roy Lambert

Roy,

<< And when you get the time to an SQLite DB for Android? >>

I'll have to look into exactly how this is done, but as long as you can get
at it from JS on the device, then it should be pretty easy.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim


><< And when you get the time to an SQLite DB for Android? >>
>
>I'll have to look into exactly how this is done, but as long as you can get
>at it from JS on the device, then it should be pretty easy.

Brilliant - then your only problem is trying to get people who think £2.00 is to expensive for an app to buy it.

Roy Lambert