I would definitely have a look at Flagship before re-coding everything.
--> http://www.fship.com
Richard Reina wrote:
>
> I am trying to port a DBMS application from Foxpro2.5 for DOS to linux.
> Everything I've read says MySQL is the best but I'm not sure where I go
> from here. I'm confident I can recreate the databases (tables) in MySQL
> but I have no idea how I will recreate the end user screens, reports,
> and write the programs that will manipulate them. In foxpro2.5 these
> functions are all self contained. First, do I have to learn C, C++,
> Pearl, PHP or all of the above? If so, can some recommend some books.
> Second, the user interface does not have to be pretty, just easy for
> the end user to use -- no immediate need to connect it to the web. Do
> all user interfaces use the X windows system -- the X windows use up
> quite a bit of ram, I would like to avoid this -- and if they do, are
> they stable?
>
> I'm sorry to ask such basic questions, but if some one can tell me what
> I need to know I will go learn it and do my best not to bother anyone,
> and most importantly I'll be able to avoid going to MS Windows.
>
> Humbly,
>
> Richard
>
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