Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working
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texte = Dan I did post a vacancy on the list, I need someone in-house. I got 2 replies. http://search.smithmicro.com/TalkListArchive/DetailResults.tpl? command=search&db=webdna-talk.db&eqIDdata=56180&max=1&words=%5Bot%5D Don't worry, I don't have time to learn PHP. If I was to go down that track, I would hire developers and sit at the top of the heap and whip them until the work was completed :) I've been using WebDNA now for about 8 years and am not very open to learning a new language. The big problems to me are: 1. I can't hire WebDNA developers, there aren't any. 2. When I need to employ new people I also need to teach them WebDNA 3. Prospective clients want to know what happens if I get hit by a truck or they want to go somewhere else, they have just spent $60K + on a website that only one person knows how to code. 4. PHP is taught in University & Technical colleges around the world, these students don't even know what WebDNA is. But in answer to your question, it wouldn't matter to me if WebDNA was abandoned, maybe if it was, it would be picked up by someone prepared to distribute it as open source :) Quite frankly, I don't know how SM can justify continuing development of it as I doubt that they sell enough copies to pay their phone bill. For my purposes WedDNA does everything I want/need, a new version would have to include some whizz bang for me to upgrade. I would love to be able to place a wanted ad and have a selection of developers that are competent in WebDNA - sure would take a load off my shoulders, I may even get to go fishing ! Stuart Tremain idfk web developments, sydney, australia On 30 Mar 2006, at 2:06 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > So rather than reach out to the international community of WebDNA > developers (all 10 of us) you decided to learn php? ;) Thankfully > my clients don't know or care what language is used to make their > sites "go" they just want it to work. I figure if SM abandons > WebDNA it won't matter for me because I'll just continue to use & > support the latest version until I take the dirt nap :) Seriously. > what does it matter if WebDNA bites the big one? We all know the > language and know how to operate the software... what do we care? > -Dan > > On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:34:29 +1100 > Stuart Tremain
wrote: >> Yes, I hope so, I bought a book on PHP the other day after >> spending 8 weeks looking for a WebDNA developer in Australia. >> Stuart Tremain >> idfk web developments, sydney, australia >> On 30 Mar 2006, at 7:44 AM, Brian Fries wrote: >>> Holy cow... a message from Smith Micro on the talk list! I just >>> searched the archives for messages with the Sender containing >>> the substring "@smithmicro.com", and the last posting was >>> September 8, from Doug Deck - over 6 months ago! Scott's last >>> posting was July 28. >>> >>> I hope this means Scott is working on something good for us... >>> it's been an awfully long silence that's leading a lot of long >>> timers to pursue or consider other directions for their web sites. >>> >>> Brian Fries >>> BrainScan Software >>> >>> >>> On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Scott Anderson wrote: >>> >>>> Try this: >>>> >>>> Open the Windows 'services' dialog. >>>> Double-click on the 'WebCat service' entry to bring up the >>>> properties dialog. >>>> Make sure the "Allow service to interact with desktop" option >>>> is checked. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On >>>> Behalf Of >>>> Robie Blair >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:41 AM >>>> To: WebDNA Talk >>>> Subject: DDEConnect not working >>>> >>>> >>>> Has anybody been able to get this to work? >>>> I did a search on DDE and found 4 posts back in 1998 on the >>>> subject with no >>>> resolution. >>>> Here is the code: >>>> >>>> This one should connect to MSWord, works fine in Excel: >>>> [DDEConnect program=WinWord&topic=System] >>>> [DDESend]topics[/DDESend] >>>> [/DDEConnect] >>>> >>>> This is the same command attempting to connect to HEAT: >>>> [DDEConnect program=CallLog&topic=Data] >>>> [DDESend]GetValue Subset, CallID[/DDESend] >>>> [/DDEConnect] >>>> >>>> Both return the following error: >>>> Error: Couldn't connect to DDE program >>>> >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> _____________________________________________ >>>> Robie Blair >>>> BlairCraft, LLC. >>>> 1536 Coolcrest Dr. >>>> Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-930-9571 Cell >>>> rblair@blaircraft.com >>>> www.BlairCraft.com >>>> _____________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Dan I did post a vacancy on the list, I need someone in-house. I got 2 replies. http://search.smithmicro.com/TalkListArchive/DetailResults.tpl? command=search&db=webdna-talk.db&eqIDdata=56180&max=1&words=%5Bot%5D Don't worry, I don't have time to learn PHP. If I was to go down that track, I would hire developers and sit at the top of the heap and whip them until the work was completed :) I've been using WebDNA now for about 8 years and am not very open to learning a new language. The big problems to me are: 1. I can't hire WebDNA developers, there aren't any. 2. When I need to employ new people I also need to teach them WebDNA 3. Prospective clients want to know what happens if I get hit by a truck or they want to go somewhere else, they have just spent $60K + on a website that only one person knows how to code. 4. PHP is taught in University & Technical colleges around the world, these students don't even know what WebDNA is. But in answer to your question, it wouldn't matter to me if WebDNA was abandoned, maybe if it was, it would be picked up by someone prepared to distribute it as open source :) Quite frankly, I don't know how SM can justify continuing development of it as I doubt that they sell enough copies to pay their phone bill. For my purposes WedDNA does everything I want/need, a new version would have to include some whizz bang for me to upgrade. I would love to be able to place a wanted ad and have a selection of developers that are competent in WebDNA - sure would take a load off my shoulders, I may even get to go fishing ! Stuart Tremain idfk web developments, sydney, australia On 30 Mar 2006, at 2:06 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > So rather than reach out to the international community of WebDNA > developers (all 10 of us) you decided to learn php? ;) Thankfully > my clients don't know or care what language is used to make their > sites "go" they just want it to work. I figure if SM abandons > WebDNA it won't matter for me because I'll just continue to use & > support the latest version until I take the dirt nap :) Seriously. > what does it matter if WebDNA bites the big one? We all know the > language and know how to operate the software... what do we care? > -Dan > > On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:34:29 +1100 > Stuart Tremain wrote: >> Yes, I hope so, I bought a book on PHP the other day after >> spending 8 weeks looking for a WebDNA developer in Australia. >> Stuart Tremain >> idfk web developments, sydney, australia >> On 30 Mar 2006, at 7:44 AM, Brian Fries wrote: >>> Holy cow... a message from Smith Micro on the Talk List! I just >>> searched the archives for messages with the Sender containing >>> the substring "@smithmicro.com", and the last posting was >>> September 8, from Doug Deck - over 6 months ago! Scott's last >>> posting was July 28. >>> >>> I hope this means Scott is working on something good for us... >>> it's been an awfully long silence that's leading a lot of long >>> timers to pursue or consider other directions for their web sites. >>> >>> Brian Fries >>> BrainScan Software >>> >>> >>> On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Scott Anderson wrote: >>> >>>> Try this: >>>> >>>> Open the Windows 'services' dialog. >>>> Double-click on the 'WebCat service' entry to bring up the >>>> properties dialog. >>>> Make sure the "Allow service to interact with desktop" option >>>> is checked. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On >>>> Behalf Of >>>> Robie Blair >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:41 AM >>>> To: WebDNA Talk >>>> Subject: DDEConnect not working >>>> >>>> >>>> Has anybody been able to get this to work? >>>> I did a search on DDE and found 4 posts back in 1998 on the >>>> subject with no >>>> resolution. >>>> Here is the code: >>>> >>>> This one should connect to MSWord, works fine in Excel: >>>> [DDEConnect program=WinWord&topic=System] >>>> [ddesend]topics[/DDESend] >>>> [/DDEConnect] >>>> >>>> This is the same command attempting to connect to HEAT: >>>> [DDEConnect program=CallLog&topic=Data] >>>> [ddesend]GetValue Subset, CallID[/DDESend] >>>> [/DDEConnect] >>>> >>>> Both return the following error: >>>> Error: Couldn't connect to DDE program >>>> >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> _____________________________________________ >>>> Robie Blair >>>> BlairCraft, LLC. >>>> 1536 Coolcrest Dr. >>>> Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-930-9571 Cell >>>> rblair@blaircraft.com >>>> www.BlairCraft.com >>>> _____________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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