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echo: paradox
to: ALLAN WHITWORTH
from: RICHARD CLARKE
date: 1995-03-21 00:59:00
subject: Pdox45 For Dos Compiler

In a msg on , Allan Whitworth of 1:3407/14@fidonet.org writes:
 AW> Thanks Richard...sounds like a good product, but may need a little
 AW> more marketing exposure...you're the only person that's answered
 AW> either this or my previous duplicate question!  Thanks!
Sheng Labs was giving BestPAL exposure (TurboPAL pre 1.0) when I ran into it. 
As for exposure, word of mouth is best, and that takes time. To rush the 
development process "too" fast can turn into disaster (too many test sites, 
too many variables/priorities to work with).
Previous duplicate question? Freq' here fairly often, sorry never saw it. :-(
 AW> Do you use this program?  If so, does it perform all/some of the
Trying to.  There were some quirks in the scripts that never showed in 
Paradox. Paradox just ignored them (skipped the error). Between some of the 
TurboPAL "missed" error traps and my relying on my error handlers was causing 
some "flakey" problems until I could pin them down. Seemed fairly solid 
otherwise with only a few VERY minor problems. :-)
 AW> Paradox features like selection boxes, reports, queries...?
 AW> (I have 3 pretty large Paradox applications that I shudder to
 AW> consider writing up from Ground Zero again.)
How about you, freq' here often? Reason I ask is I've posted rather lengthy 
test results. Most of the talk here now is with Pdox For Windows. Not sure if 
its warranted sending it here again, besides will be compiling and testing 
applications again this week. Another test report is in the making. Any 
special test requests OK if I can squeeze 'em in. Do pretty thorough testing 
already tho. :-)  ... patience ....
BTW: Some of my scripts were a fair size also, had to do write some new 
library handling routines to conform to TurboPAL (max script size - 50K, 
"unlimited" # of scripts). Also had to do a fair amount of lint checking, 
TurboPAL is more exacting than Paradox 4.5. If it helps, I might have an exe 
and overlay by week's end for the lib rtns, care to be a "test" site for 
compiled scripts? 
Ground Zero is alot of manhours for duplication of work. Netmail? ... 
 AW>  * SLMR 2.1 * PCMCIA: People Can't Memorize Computer Industry 
 AW> Acronyms.
Don't normally read the tag lines, but this one I think will help me remember 
the PCMCIA from now on, thanks.                                 _SMILE_
Richard
Richard_Clarke@p20.f15.n134.z1.fidonet.org
Richard_Clarke@mis.cuug.ab.ca
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