Filemaker through ODBC

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Wieder wrote:

> Richard-
> 
> Monday, October 1, 2007, 3:20:06 PM, you wrote:
> 
>> FileMaker's gotten pretty good in the last few releases.  Why does it
>> need a front-end?
> 
> FileMaker by itself isn't programmable...

Of course that depends on how one defines "programmable".

I guess it could mean a lot of different things to different people. Is 
it limited to things that require a lot of typing?  What is the role of 
iconic systems?  Is it really "programming" if you're not declaring 
types?  Some people even question whether any 4GL, like Rev, is "real 
programming".

I'll leave all that to the philosophy majors. I'm just a developer so my 
job is much simpler:  to deliver software solutions to users which 
provide a strong ROI for the owner.

I've made some of those with FMP, and was glad I did.  And so were my 
clients, their users, and their accountants.

I'd have a sit-down with Todd Geist, one of the Rev community's most 
experienced FMP developers, before dismissing the product so out of 
hand.  Like any 4GL, when what you need is what it does, it does it 
pretty well.

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