[Kexi] switching from FM to Kexi?

[derobill at gmail.com]

Hi Jaroslaw and other

Thanks prompt answer you gave me. I still spend time to look around what 
is possible in Kexi. But few information are available, what Kexi can 
really do. It is difficult  for me to decide if Kexi could be a solution 
for me. Could anyone tell me what is already available in Kexi, 
eventually what is available in alpha and beta version, and what won't 
be available before a long time. I am also open in using Kexi 1.6 if 
this offer more at this time.

I would be grateful if you people could comment those different point, 
to see on what I can count on and what may come soon. Thanks in 
advances, it will help me to clarify the situation, and this may also 
useful for other potential users

    * Connection to a SQL server for several users from several computers

    * To build the database without having to code for the database.

    *


    * To design form with auto completion fields
    *                                                ,combo box
    *                                                        , datum
    *                                                            ,tabs
    *                                                      and grids       .

    * The possibilities to bound some simple scripts bound with button
      to jump to the right form  or to influence the display of the page
      depending of certain values

    *  Transform the Kexi form in web form to fill and query the
      information with the browser                    

    * Possibility to upload image in the database to archive them
    *                                                                   
         ,to tag them
    *                                                   and to display
      on request                                                        
                                .

    * Possibility to display a graph of certain values on the front end page


Best,

Quentin




 







Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
> 2009/4/22 derobill at gmail.com <derobill at gmail.com>:
>   
>> I have just discover Kexi and tried to read as much as possible to get
>> an idea if what I would like to do is possible with it or not. This tool
>> sounds very promising. I am looking for re-building a databank I created
>> 3 years ago with Filemaker. I am not a database guru, far from that,
>> this was the only one I did, and it was quite fun. But today I need to
>> do some major modifications on it to improve the ease of use and I am
>> looking for some alternatives to filemaker. One of my wishes would be to
>> offer an internet accessibility to the database and to integrate if
>> possible an image database to it with image preview.
>>
>>    The today databank is filled / managed thanks to a series of form
>> which are connecting in a kind of workflow, related to a request number.
>> The forms are built with simple fields, combo box, grids and buttons
>> which oft launch a small script deciding the next form to display,
>> depending of a parameter (for example if Method = = freezer method, then
>> go to "freezer method" form , if Method = = chemical method, then go to
>> "chemical method" form). The database is used by several users from
>> different computer at the same time, so I need a server.
>>
>>    Ideally, I would like to use MySQL or PostgreSQL as server databank
>> (sounds robust for image data), to have user filling / editing / reading
>> the form via the browser and also if this is possible to have the
>> possibility to integrated images to request number. And that all (quite
>> a lot I believe) hopefully in agreement with in the concept of Rapid
>> Database Application Development :-) .
>>
>>    Would be that possible with Kexi 2.0 ?
>>     
>
> Hi Quentin,
> It appears that you need the following features: good comboboxes and
> some relationships, all within forms, and server database
> connectivity. Kexi 2.0 is in transition state so if you depend on it
> these times you would need to prepare yourself to cooperation with us
> and patience: feature after feature is ported to the new KDE 4/KOffice
> 2, or even completely reworked, and thus while there are shining stars
> like Reports, you may also find some features missing compared to Kexi
> 1.x.
> Moreover while we're open to add features you will discover as
> "definitely needed" in the folowing months you may find  that we (at
> least I am) more focused on stabilization of the current features and
> e.g. backward compatibility with previous 1.x series.
> This does not mean ignoring the request, e.g. recently I've added
> autodetected boolean type to the CSV import function. So yes, we
> definitely need such real-world requests, and we have hundreds of
> these carefully noted down :)
>
>   

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