Re: Preferred connection technology for Linux/Win32 apps?



Michael Ray wrote:
I've been thinking of switching over to learning Linux and developing apps using a language that will run on both platforms. Currently, I've only done VB6 apps using OO40. Since that is OLE-based, I'd guess that won't work on Linux very well. :) So am I stuck using ODBC or is there a better method? I suppose I could also just check the platform within the code and use OO4O if it's Win32. What is the equivalent on Linux?


Sounds like you'll be looking at Java, which uses JDBC to connect to the database. Many have successfully implemented apps that are written in Java that run on a variety of platforms.

HTH,
Brian

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