Re: [Pythoncard-users] Projects and portability

[Bernie H. <ber...@ut...>]

Hi Lance et al,=20

Your project sounds interesting and appears to be useful. Its a clear itch
worth scratching. =20

But I have to =8Cpoll the audience=B9 on this one (particularly in reference to
portability). I have a couple of applications that I use on windows and mac=
.
The wxWidgets are not the same size on both platforms, and no doubt they ar=
e
sized slightly differently on linux (gnome / kde) as well. This is okay if =
I
have lots of space to play with, but one of the apps was a data entry
application where I had to fit a LOT on one page. So basically, I ended up
making a different resource file for windows or mac.

This leads to 2 things:
1. how difficult is it to specify a different resource file (i.e. Does the
resource file always have to be fileName.rsrc.py where fileName.py is the
script).=20
2. Are there any general guidelines as to sizing? e.g. If you have enough
space horizontally for a mac, you should be fine for windows (or vice
versa).=20

I mean the app is portable in terms of function, but for me its still tied
to the OS because of layout issues.

Take care,
BERNiE


I received a message from Lance Haig at approximately 6/17/06 5:25 AM. Abov=
e
is my reply.

> Hi Alex,
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> This is how the original app works. You enter all the server names and
> ipaddress for every Novell server on your network.
> then you click the generate button and it creates a webpage that you can =
 host
> anywhere. ( I add it to my desktop ) This page show the latest status of =
the
> servers with traffic lights that are linked to the servers web management
> interface.
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> What the old app could not do was
> 1. run on anything but windows ( I use Linux and Mac) written in VB
> 2. import old pages to make changes (you had to recreate the page every t=
ime
> or edit the html)
> 3. allow automatic upload to a Intranet. (we have junior types that monit=
or
> the systems and let us know when things go wrong)
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> These are the three things that prompted me to start looking for a langua=
ge
> that I could use to improve it. I tried PHP-GTK, PHP and then found
> PythondCard.
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> At a later stage I want to look at perhaps doing a network scan (Using NM=
AP)
> to find servers so that you don't have to manually enter each server.
> For small sites it is easy to do this but for us we have over 150 servers=
.
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> So basically my new app should accomplish all this and be portable :-)
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> Not to optimistic I hope.
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> Lance
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> Alex Tweedly wrote:
>>  Lance Haig wrote:
>>>  =20
>>> I was going to build an app that generates a webpage to display server
>>> status for Novell servers from a list of IP addresses and names.
>>> I have been looking at the examples and I have seen your db browser and=
 also
>>> the custdb sample.
>>> =20
>>> The custdb sample has helped me to create the GUI and also to populate =
the
>>> fields from a csv file. I have a problem that the app does not refresh =
the
>>> list properly and was wondering if I should use sqllite instead.
>>> =20
>> Lance,
>> =20
>> a "dumb curiosity" question, if I may.  Why would you use sqlite (or any
>> database) for this app ?
>> If what you are doing is displaying the current status, you shouldn't ne=
ed a
>> db at all.
>> =20
>> On the other hand, if you have some other app filling in the db with cur=
rent
>> status, while this one displays it - then it still sounds a bit of an
>> indirect path to use a db; if you want to explain the "big picture" a bi=
t
>> more, we might be able to suggest a more direct technique.
>> =20
>> =20


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