Re: Request for Opinion

The code is not pretty.  I did not see any If/End with no code.  Throughout all
the training, they stress that any changes to the source are a no-no, as you
will lose the ability to regen from the lansa process again.

They still use an I/O module for I/O.  This means that instead of chaining in a
process, they call their I/O module.  This is done to enforce business rules
globally.  

I cannot say that the I/O module is slow.  I've run 100 page reports in batch
and interactively and they run quite nicely.  These reports would result in
approx 20,000 calls to the i/o module.

I've recently moved my home office (and home!) and don't currently have a voice
phone line and a modem line.  However, if you'd like to ask me more questions,
call my mobile# 908-482-0085.  I'd be glad to answer any questions I can,
assuming of course that the bell atlantic installer is not here when you call.

Scott P. Johnson wrote:
> 
> Art,
> 
> What happens if you generate the source twice in a row??  Do you
> get the same source?  We had the experience that it would generate
> two different versions of source from the exact same criteria.
> 
> Also, How does the code look now a days?  What we saw was some If/Else/EndIf
> blocks with not source in the.  The same for DoX/EndDo.
> 
> Also, does it still use its own I/O stuff.  We didn't really like this
> because we could see that it was slower than compared to a real RPG pgm
> using normal files.
> 
> The combination of the above and some other stuff made the company decide to
> pull it out and get rid of it.  I do have to say this was about 6 years ago.
> I would hope they have corrected the above things by now.
> 
> Thanks,
>    Scott P. Johnson
> 
> Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:
> >
> > We joined the Lansa partner program recently.  After receiving the 
>software, we were able to import
> > some of our application's files and quickly generate maintenance apps.  
>Since we had Lansa for the
> > web, these app's were immediately available through a browser.
> >
> > We went through one week of training and we have written some pretty cool 
>stuff in green screen.
> > Unfortunately, our first app design was very specialized and it didn't 
>translate to the web
> > interface too cleanly.  Lansa provides a web editor that you use on your PC 
>to tweak the web UI if
> > you must.
> >
> > We are very happy with it.  I'd recommend it highly.
> >
> > 3 classes I'd say are mandatory.  Intro to Lansa, Administrators class, 
>Intro to Lansa for the Web.
> >
> > Art Tostaine, Jr.
> > CCA, Inc.
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