Mac to Windows

[Robert Ameeti]

At 12:36 PM -0500, 4/2/08, Ken Doucet wrote:

>Using 5.5 I recreated the complex database (table in the other 
>worlds) and am now seeing Panorama as my database of choice.

Not a bad choice. And using the term tables is not a bad thing either 
but just recognize that for many people, their single table is their 
database. Using the term 'table' is more sensible. (Kinda like the 
users who say that they are not using a multiuser OS cuz their 
computer is just set up with them as the only user.)

>From this thread I am gathering that:
>
>1- If I want to have windows clients accessing Panorama database I need to
>go "back" to Pan 4 under Classic?
>	--Can someone translate this for me? How do I develop under 
>Pan 4 Classic?

Using Panorama 4 (under Classic) is not a bad idea. This could keep 
things simpler for you. You might need to obtain Panorama 4.0 from 
ProVUE and run it under Classic (provided that you are not running 
Leopard where this is not easily done). If you are running Tiger or 
anything prior to OS X 10.5, then under Classic, running Panorama 4 
will make it idiot proof to program for both the Windows side and the 
Mac side (but of course you will need a Windows Panorama 4 license to 
do the testing and such on the Windows side.)

>--How is server side handled?

There really is not any server side for a Windows user. Only for Mac 
users at this time. (Unless you are only talking about web access.)

>  Is there an Enterprise version for Pan 4 Classic?

No.

>2- Given the amount of lead time I may have with designing an 
>integrated database that currently is residing in 3 separate 
>databases am I perhaps better off concentrating on that side of it 
>with the hope :) that the pan 5.5 windows client side will be 
>released in the near term?

If I was a betting man, I'd not bet on the near term.

>3- The critical database that is pivotal in solving my client's 
>imminent is largely relying on the lookup function and the ?(  which 
>are not new to 5.5. Since I haven't gotten into extensive forms yet 
>I may still have a raw database that would be viable in the current 
>Win client.

Back in the Panorama 4 days, I used to tell everyone that with 
Panorama, I could make their computers 'dance and sing' and I still 
feel that way. The best method for not getting caught up in the 
enhancements of Panorama 5 is to leave it alone and just work in 
Panorama 4. The modifications that you have to make to have your 
Panorama 4 databases work will be minor. You will just have a big 
Christmas present to open on that day that Panorama 5 is available to 
Windows clients.

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Robert Ameeti

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