4gl

Get notified that MS Excel file is no longer used in Progress 4GL (ABL)

There is a GUI ADM2 Progress v9 application using AppServer. It needs to give users an ability to view MS Excel files stored on the AppServer. So far it: Pulls .xls file from AppServer to a local drive. Fires up a copy of MS Excel and opens the file. The problem is that the temporary file on the local drive needs to be removed once...

Progress Database 4GL

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get some samples/resources on 4GL language for Progress Database OTHER THAN THE PROGRESS DATABASE WEBSITE? Thanks ...

Pretty Print for (Informix-)4gl code

Hi, i'm searching for a pretty print program (script, code, whatever) for Informix-4GL sources. Do you know any ? Than you, Peter. ...

Is there any demand for 4GL?

what can i do with 4GL that i cant do with VB? what industries are seeking for 4GL programmers? ...

What are the main competitors to Servoy?

Our company uses Servoy for rapid application development. It is a 4GL environment, that can target web-applications running in Tomcat as well as Java applications, all from the same program. While it is standards based, some aspects of the generated code are proprietary, which couples those applications to the Servoy environment and to...

Where to go after Informix 4GL?

We have a large homegrown ERP system written in Informix 4GL. Currently we are running on old Sun hardware, Solaris 8, and a ten year old version of 4GL and Informix. We need to move on, and one option obviously is to get the latest versions of 4GL & Informix, installed on new hardware (probably Linux/Intel). However I believe there a...

Transaction & Locks Problem

with in do transaction, i defined a label and in this label i am accessing a table with exclusive-lock.and at the end of label i have done all the changes in that table. bt now i am with in transaction block. Now, i tried to access that same table in another session.then it show an error, Table used by another user. So is it possible tha...

Can a Progress Client & ODBC Client access a Personal database at the same time?

Hey all, Working on Progress 9.1E on a Windows box. We've got a standard 4GL GUI application up and running which connects to a series of personal databases running on the same box. It's sort of like a big graphical catalogue application with ordering capabilities. Anyhow, we're looking to run a .Net application on the same box and Pro...