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[Rajeev]

Hi All PRO IV Experts,
Can u kindly let me know what are the difference between the latest version of PRO IV with PRO IV Version 2. As few companies are using it. A company is asking for PRO IV resources who worked on Version 2. So i would like to know what are the major defferences. I know there would be lot of differences but will it be difficult to go back to Version 2 from Version 5.5????. As i worked on Version 5.5. Kindly let me know. It would be of great help if you could provide some materials and other details of Version 2. Awaiting for the positive response. Thank you in advance.


Regards,
Rajeev

[Wim Soutendijk]

Hi Rajeev,

version 2 will be green screen only, there is no gui interface. no properties settings. There are no bus&tasks, no SQL interface, if you are lucky, they will have c-isam on version 2.2, otherwise it's pro-isam only
the most thing for you as a developer to watch out for is the development environment. Vip and Studio are not available, maybe they have an old version of pro-aide, otherwise it's back to @MOD

good luck

wim

[Rajeev]

Hi Rajeev,

version 2 will be green screen only, there is no gui interface. no properties settings. There are no bus&tasks, no SQL interface, if you are lucky, they will have c-isam on version 2.2, otherwise it's pro-isam only
the most thing for you as a developer to watch out for is the development environment. Vip and Studio are not available, maybe they have an old version of pro-aide, otherwise it's back to @MOD

good luck

wim

Thanks a ton for the reply Mr Wim
As a developer i wont be facing any problem if it is version 2. I dont know which version of pro-aide they are using but they mentioned that they want people who worked on PRO IV version 2. I guess it will not take much time for me to go back from Version 5.5 to Version 2. . Thank you once again for your reply

Cheers,
Rajeev

[Papa Lazarou]

I guess it will not take much time for me to go back from Version 5.5 to Version 2

Possibly not, but that does depend on what you've been using on 5.5... If you've been using VIP/Studio then you've been spoilt - you probably won't be used to keeping track of explicit field and LS numbers, and if it's a version 2.x system that only has @MOD/@MODX then it'll be a real step backwards!
e.g. you can't just insert a field into LS1 without then editing all the start and end field ranges of higher LS's, as well as any subsequent read field + error-return field numbers on file reads. (ouch!)

Yes, the basics are the same, but you do need more discipline in a 2.x environment vs a 5.5 VIP or Developer Studio environment. (I can't comment with regards to how 2.2 PROAIDE copes with these things as I've never used it.)

Green-screen only can have it's quirks to get used to as well - such as backspace/delete behaviour, correct Function key mapping, '.' return + '/' return for OK and Cancel.
Also, I'm pretty sure that Global Functions aren't available in 2.x so you won't be able to reuse your code so readily - so expect to write/maintain large functions!

Edited by Papa Lazarou, 19 December 2008 - 03:37 AM.

[Rajeev]

I guess it will not take much time for me to go back from Version 5.5 to Version 2

Possibly not, but that does depend on what you've been using on 5.5... If you've been using VIP/Studio then you've been spoilt - you probably won't be used to keeping track of explicit field and LS numbers, and if it's a version 2.x system that only has @MOD/@MODX then it'll be a real step backwards!
e.g. you can't just insert a field into LS1 without then editing all the start and end field ranges of higher LS's, as well as any subsequent read field + error-return field numbers on file reads. (ouch!)

Yes, the basics are the same, but you do need more discipline in a 2.x environment vs a 5.5 VIP or Developer Studio environment. (I can't comment with regards to how 2.2 PROAIDE copes with these things as I've never used it.)

Green-screen only can have it's quirks to get used to as well - such as backspace/delete behaviour, correct Function key mapping, '.' return + '/' return for OK and Cancel.
Also, I'm pretty sure that Global Functions aren't available in 2.x so you won't be able to reuse your code so readily - so expect to write/maintain large functions!

Thank you for the reply .. no i am was not working on VIP ....i was working on @MOD/@MODX.....
Thats a disadvantage of global function not being supported in 2.x