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david@cernvax.cern.ch (david foster) writes:


>From davidf@ntrlink.hq.interlink.com Tue Mar 12 07:45:45 1991
>Path: ntrlink!davidf
>From: davidf@ntrlink.hq.interlink.com (David Foster)
>Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
>Subject: ObjectVision - a warning
>Keywords: Borland ObjectVision
>Message-ID: <12810@ntrlink.hq.interlink.com>
>Date: 12 Mar 91 15:45:45 GMT
>Organization: Interlink Computer Sciences, Fremont, California
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>Just a word of warning to would-be objectvision users. I am a Borland
>fan, so when I saw a stack of objectvision boxes in my local pc store
>I dived in with my $99.99 and bought it. Great, I love it, a forms based
>constructor kit for windows !!! But what are these references in the
>manual to the "objectvision runtime" to distribute an application ? A
>quick call to Borland solved that one. Yes, you can distribute applications
>but the runtime version (!) of objectvision wil cost you $495 !!!!!!
>Isn`t this a variation on the "bait and switch" scam ? Well, it does say
>on the back of the box the "runtime version is available" - it pays to
>read ALL the small print first I guess, but then I would have thought the
>runtime would have cost less, but in effect its the distribution license
>you are paying for. Borlands reaction ? "We can give you a return reference
>code sir" Thanks Borland !

>So, netlanders, what other tools has anyone had experience of that provide
>functionality like objectvision, basically a toolkit for creating data entry
>forms. Input would be greatly appreciated, as always. 

>p.s. Would the $99 ACTOR solution provide similar functionality ?
 
Does Object Vision come with library files (DLL's) which one can use
without the runtime or development version of Object Vision? (this
question may bespeak my ignorance of such matters, so be it). I am
somewhat more familiar with Lattice's dbIII libraries for Microsoft
and Lattice C. These may have been updated for use with C++ and/or
Windows. I got them as a C 5.x and DOS library. To the best of my 
knowledge you can distribute your compiled code without any further
purchases.
 
barry

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