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Re: [GNUe] packages?
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James Thompson |
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Re: [GNUe] packages? |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:54:44 -0600 |
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> Thanks for the info, unfortunately none of the Postgresql drivers provided
> in SuSE's python-postgresql (installed version: 7.3.4-53) works, I only get
> error messages when trying to connect through my wizard. (Driver not
> found).
More than likely you are missing the mxdatetime module. Almost all the
database drivers depend upon this module which isn't a part of python. Our
driver loaders currently cannot tell the difference between a driver that
failed to load because it was missing and a driver that failed to load
because a dependency of the driver is missing.
> So, I'll just drop GNUe until I have the strength to install another
I'd really like to get this running for you.
>
> For now, I'll stick with java / JDBC for my Dataentry applications.
>
Now I desperately want to get this running for you. I inherited a java/jdbc
application pushing 15,000 lines of code that took the developer 8 months to
build. The application had very limited query capabilities. Rather than try
to extend those capabilities I took 1 Saturday afternoon (about 5 hours
including time spent adding missing features to gnue-forms) to recreate the
user interface (5 tabbed pages containing various field types) and base
functionality in gnue forms.
My form:
shares the same basic layout as the swing based app
can't print the java based forms (yet, The app logic and print logic
were mixed. I'm almost to the point
of having it separated at which point
i'll add it)
is missing the input mask support the java app provided in 3 fields.
I can do this via a trigger but have been holding out for real input
masks in forms proper.
has far greater query capabilities than the base app.
is now partially maintained by their ex shipping manager turn pseudo tech
guy. the java app is beyond his capabilities, but designer lets him "paint"
changes
Is 538 lines long in the new "lengthy" 0.5.x forms format. Of these lines
9 lines consist of a single hand written trigger to merge various fields
into summaries on various tabs. The entire rest of the code is XML
describing the data structure and UI. Most of that XML was autogenerated by
the gnue-designer mutli-page wizard.
I have been hammering on cleaning up the original application and have gotten
it down to about 9500 lines of java code. Even now though the java UI code
alone is setting at 3915 lines of code. That line count doesn't include
*any* of the following:
jdbc code:
2017 lines but to be fair more that one app pulls jdbc from
this application. Don't ask. I didn't design it :)
the classes holding the objects in memory:
840 lines
the outer frame of the application dealing with the menu and toolbar
1391 lines
the rest of misc functions, printing output, etc including a
2374 line java common library I created to share more logic
in various company apps.
In this comparison I'm ignoring things like GNUe's transparent database
migration, built in debugging, user tweakable settings, built in support for
various things such as netrc. I'm ignoring the java app's ant based
installation setup vs editing a text file and restarting the app. And I'm
ignoring the stuff I'm sure I've forgotten :)
Take Care,
James
- Re: [GNUe] packages?, (continued)
- Re: [GNUe] packages?, Stefan Elwesthal, 2004/03/18
- Re: [GNUe] packages?, Stefan Elwesthal, 2004/03/18
- Re: [GNUe] packages?, Stefan Elwesthal, 2004/03/18
- Re: [GNUe] packages?, Stefan Elwesthal, 2004/03/18
- Re: [GNUe] packages?,
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- Re: [GNUe] packages?, Adrian Maier, 2004/03/18
- Re: [GNUe] packages?, Stefan Elwesthal, 2004/03/18
- Re: [GNUe] packages?, Stefan Elwesthal, 2004/03/18