Business Application build in MFC

[AlvinSanusi]

I am currently trying to develop a business application using MFC. The application use heavy database and I feel that MFC give me flexibility but at the same time I have to take care of a lot of things before the program function correctly. But I also saw many people develop business application using VB. But since I am not good in VB, I stick my nose into VC and MFC. I am still using old data file system to develop the business application. Currently, I saw a lot of new Database system (MS SQL, Oracle) which I am not quite sure whether I should work on this type of database system or not. Could anyone give me some idea where I should develop my business application so that it can survive longer ? Should I develop in COM, ActiveX and use ADO to connect to modern database system ? Is using MFC still the best for application development ?

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[Deniz]

If you think that being at Microsofts mercy is a good idea then use MFC. I'm using MFC in an application I'm working on only because its saving me a lot of time. But the flexibility is crap.
If your going to create a business application, my first preference would be to use VB/SQL Server or VC++/SQL Server. COM is a good idea where applicable. Thats going to work for the NT environment, if you need something a bit more platform independant, I would strongly reccomend you look into something like UNIFACE.




Cheers! =)

[AlvinSanusi]

Thank you for your inputs,

When you talk about VC++/SQL Server. Do I access SQL Server with the API, ODBC or ADO. And what is UNIFACE ? Where can I find it ?

Thanks alot


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[Deniz]

I've never actually used SQL server with VC++ personally, when I was working on large scale business systems I would use VB. (ODBC connection)

UNIFACE is just another 4GL, stands for Universal Interface and is very very user unfriendly. But the good thing about UNIFACE is that it is platform independant. It has its own database system and object repository built into it and when the system is complete and ready to go, you can use it on ANY OS. (We even had pivot forms where we would check the OS and either call 24x80 text based screens or full-blown windows GUI's all in the same application)


Cheers! =)

[AlvinSanusi]

Thank you for your help.

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[xhdletter]

You may try this one: Cell Control 4.1. It is a powerful acitvex. If I can give you some useful information, I will feel very happy.
I almost forget you can download it at http://www.cellactivex.com/cell41.exe
Good Luck!

[AlvinSanusi]

Thank you for your info. I prefer to use non-ActiveX controls. Usually, MFC controls are more likely to be controllable than the ActiveX version. Also, most of the time, I need the source code because I like to enhance from them to get Controls suitable for my application.

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