[fpc-pascal] FreeVision usable in a client/server database application?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Reinier Olislagers wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I'm looking into converting a half-finished small timekeeping/billing
> application of mine from .Net to Lazarus/Freepascal. It runs on SQL
> Server 2008.
>
> I'm thinking about trying to separate out the database layer (using
> something like tiOPF perhaps) from the presentation layer.
>
> I could then write a Lazarus GUI to deal with the data.
> (Not even mentioning web interfaces for now, too much to learn ;)
>
> While I'm doing that, I thought about using character mode terminals
> (DOS or Linux shell) for quick data entry. I've once looked at
> FreeVision (about 10 years ago), but was even more of a
> Pascal/programming newbie than now, so couldn't get it to work.
>
> Is it worth looking into FreeVision or could I better forget about it?
> If so, I suppose the old FreePascal IDE would be a good example to study?

It should definitely work.

Whether it's recommended is another matter. I don't think so. 
You'd be better of with a web interface then.

Michael.