T.U.R.F. http://hosted.byjones.net/turf/ still alive and kicking
offers code examples, discussions, enhancements since a lot of years now.

I don't think it is a good idea to make examples really "open source" with all its implications for commercial use.

T.U.R.F. http://hosted.byjones.net/turf/ still alive and kicking

offers code examples, discussions, enhancements since a lot of years now.

I don't think it is a good idea to make examples really "open source" with all its implications for commercial use.

Hi Uli,

T.U.R.F. and your own initiatives are very positive for the community.
But I want to take it a step further.
Platforms like SourceForge offer online version management, call tracking etc.
And they are in common use for other development languages, so why not ride that wave?

I think I agree with you on not using an open source license for samples.

Regards,

Theo

Hi Theo,

please don't let your drive be stopped, any activity to make uniface more known is benefitial for all of us.

There is a big difference between your other development languages and uniface.
But there is no way to learn "uniface, the language" outside of a uniface license
and you do not have uniface source code for a component in a single file,

Giving a uniface sample to the public still means you need a running uniface environment
before you can even read the code.

I discussed this with a couple of friends when I tried to bring them nearer to uniface during the 9.4.01 TRIAL, they called this the real showstopper.
So it looks uniface is doomed to be a "license holder only" issue.

Sorceforge projects are normally complete products (like uniface itself),
and all that call tracking etc. makes only sense if someone feels responsible for the product.
I think a single example is too small for this environment
and for most of the examples I know there is only one version at all.

I recommend to have a broader scope for a sourceforge project
like "adapter for external reporting engines" or "hooks and user-exits for DSP developers".
This can benefit from all the communication utilities available on sourceforge.

I think for the common uniface user, having a single place to look and ask is much easier to handle.
That's why I post important frontline infos (like patches) to give them a single place support.
and decided to do most of the dITo initiative on uniface.info as well.

But please do not stop trying to make uniface a more popular tool

Uli

Hello all,

If tomorrow, we can develop Uniface with Eclipse, in an environement Web, we can suppose offer a platform for the open source samples and more facilities.

Regards

Antoine Picaud