Re: System-Link

Thanks for the clarifications guys.

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[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh Diggs
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] System-Link

I think System-links primary advantage is the ability to provide a
single point of control for business logic. In other words, System-link
uses the client architecture and therefore uses all of the defaults and
edits defined in Integrator. When .NET touches the files directly, it
has none of the business logic except the restraints put in at the DB
level (primary key, unique, etc).

Even if the primary function of your applications is to report, and not
maintain data, there are significant advantages to using systemlink. It
is easy to develop a "query" in Power link and export that to System
link. In that way you can ensure that various different uses of the
data operate on the same data sets.

To date, I've always copied and modified the System link request that
you get from the menu option. I thought I remembered seeing the ability
to use named views and subsets, is that available, or did I just make
that up and start believing in it?

Josh




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[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ibm
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 7:07 AM
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Subject: [MAPICS-L] System-Link

Currently we have many apps developed with .NET and VB6 and Access/SQL
databases that interface with the Mapics DB.



What advantages/disadvantages would System-Link provide us?



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