Re: Hmmmm.....$1 Billion

On Fri,  4 Mar 2005 11:02:11 -0700, michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "To use your language Charles, that is a decision that on its face
> makes no sense.   Why were my users not able to get the functionality
> the wanted from the VB / RPG Subfile combo I describe above?  ( and
> why was I not able to make more money in the process! )"
> 
> Why would you want to do it that way? What was the advantage? Why not
> just have the VB program pull the data from the database and do
> whatever you want? What was gained by having the subfile exist at the
> same time on both systems?
> 
> I must be denser than normal today...

no, I am just trying to make my point as briefly as possible.   The VB
application provided a visual way for the user to view and change a
piece of inventory  ( it was a sheet of steel that the user was
cutting pieces from and putting the remainder back into inventory )
 
when the user selected the subfile option I used a socket connection
to tell the waiting VB program to draw the sheet according to all the
information I sent it.  Then the changes the user made would be
applied back to the 400.    It worked great.  It was a real cash cow! 
Only it was an interactive dinosaur and had to die.

-Steve