Commercial Grade Applications

asawyer13 · Post by **asawyer13** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:21 pm

I am needing to conver an existing Access application to something. It needs to be modernized, more user friendly, etc. and I was thinking of using PureBasic to accomplish this.
Are there any PureBasic non game applications, say for general business use, that are being sold and updated with newer looks so I can see if PB would work for me?
Thanks,
Alan

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:26 pm

The PureBasic IDE is written in PureBasic.

Comtois · Post by **Comtois** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:42 pm

Soccer traineris written in PureBasic

rsts · Post by **rsts** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:16 pm

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'modernized', so this may not apply, since I've deliberately taken a 'minimalist' approach, both from personal preference and cost (I don't want to spend money on 'skinning' and/or fancy icons, etc.).

The freeware application at http://clipguru.com was done entirely in PureBasic while I was still learning the language.

Version 2, which is currently in final test, and will still be 'freeware', will be released shortly and will rival many of the commercial products being offered today. For most, this will probably seem to be a somewhat trivial application and may not apply to what you're requesting information about, so without knowing your base application and requirements, I can only speculate

. I can say, there's more to it than might appear on first glance.

During the development cycle, my partner often suggested I employ a 'more robust' (e.g.'bloated' imo), language, such as a visual offering, but, to date, he's been unable to sugest anything which I haven't been able to accomplish, usually rather easily (with netmaestro and srod assisting

) , using PureBasic.

For any of you visiting the site as a result of this post, and thinking of downloading, - Version 2 is still a week or so off, and is a much better product. The current version 1, while very functional, is a more a product of my 'learning' Purebasic.

asawyer13 · Post by **asawyer13** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:27 pm

Thanks, I will look at both these applications.
Right now the Access application is a little ugly and basically an Access application.
What I'm looking for is something more Vista looking or XP looking at least.
Best way to explain is to show a demo of what the client considers a modern looking application.
I have a demonstration video os an application, but I don't know if I can upload it here.
It's about 4mb in size.
Can someone tell me how to upload it so you can see what I mean?
Thanks,
Alan

asawyer13 · Post by **asawyer13** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:40 pm

I haven't used RapidShare before but I was able to upload the video to it, so if someone can review it, I would apprciate it.
This is what the client wants the new application to look similar to.
http://rapidshare.com/users/U8SSAD

Thanks,
Alan

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:16 pm

Your PB application will look much better than that.

JCV · Post by **JCV** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:21 am

Trond wrote:Your PB application will look much better than that.

I agree you can create better interface design than that.

Actually I find it easier to make a better interface in PB than any other languages.

srod · Post by **srod** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:33 am

Have a look at Karbon's kBilling which I use to run all of my invoicing and billing affairs. Completely written in PB.

http://www.k-billing.com/

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:58 pm

ReportBuilder looks ok I guess...

www.applepanic.com

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:02 pm

Well, I *hope* my stuff looks "modern"

asawyer13 · Post by **asawyer13** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:08 pm

It looks very good, now I just have to figure out how to make my stuff look as good.
Alan

rsts · Post by **rsts** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:09 pm

Karbon wrote:Well, I *hope* my stuff looks "modern"

Based on what I saw, it looks very professional.

cheers

asawyer13 · Post by **asawyer13** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:11 pm

If only someone had a good application in PB that I could use as a base for what I need to do.
That would be perfect.
I would sign an NDA, buy it (not too expensive), etc, but something that would save a lot of time.
Alan

srod · Post by **srod** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:16 pm

asawyer13 wrote:If only someone had a good application in PB that I could use as a base for what I need to do.
That would be perfect.
I would sign an NDA, buy it (not too expensive), etc, but something that would save a lot of time.
Alan

Ah, but could you then really sit back at the end of the day and say, honestly; "Aye, I wrote that mighty fine looking application!"

There's no substitute for writing it yourself!

Hang on, I've just stripped out all the code written by netmaestro from all of my applications (300 000 lines of code in total) and this is what I'm left with:

Code: Select all

;Written by srod.
End

Doh!