Re: [GNUe] AppServer or Forms Feature Request

[Christopher Lewis]

On Wednesday 07 April 2004 03:03 am, Reinhard Mueller wrote:
> Christopher,
>
> Am Mi, 2004-04-07 um 05.05 schrieb Christopher Lewis:
> > I know that a lot of work is going into the appserver right now, or at
> > least that was the impression that I got.  I dont know if this is
> > possible, but I would like to be able to run commands from other
> > programs.  For example, I'm trying to get a call tracking system put
> > together and I would like it to dial my software phone for me.  Short of
> > actually dialing my phone, I would like to run a server command which
> > dials from my software PBX (*) then transfers to my extension.  I figure
> > small installations might be better off with Forms causing the modem to
> > dial, while large installations might have the appserver run a set of
> > commands.
>
> From forms trigger and from appserver procedures, you can do everything
> that is possible in Python. And because Python has a os.system() call to
> call other programs, actually everything is possible.
>
> Thanks,

Very cool.  Now I just need to learn how to write Python modules, customize 
forms, use appserver, and I don't even want to think about reports yet.  This 
is slow going since most of my work is in Access right now.  My major goal at 
this point is to consolidate most of my employer's access databases into a 
GNUe system.  We've got about 10 major Access applications that we use 
outside of our current ERP system, and they are a pain to maintain.  

In any case, I'll have more questions later, but thank you for the help.  This 
list is a great resource, and GNUe looks like a great system.
-- 
Christopher Lewis