Randy Trover writes:
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I know this isn't a delphi question,but. Does anybody have any
current information on "Paradox For Windows". My company has an old
paradox application that needs to be changed and they want me to make
changes to the original application. I am trying to convice them to
rewrite the app in Delphi. My question would be is Paradox for
windows still supported, if so by whom. Any help or direction to help
would be much appreciated.
The Paradox *product* was sold to Corel and they still market it as part of
their office suite (probably only the premium version). Borland still owns
the Borland Database Engine (BDE) which is the Paradox engine. The BDE has
been deprecated - there'll be no further development for it and so it is
strongly recommended to not start new projects with it.
Delphi still includes (and will probably continue to) the BDE in its present
state, so you could migrate to Delphi and still keep the existing database.
Obviously there is a cost involved in rewriting in Delphi rather than simply
enhancing the existing code base. That cost needs to be properly justified.
If the app currently does what is needed and the desired enhancements can
reasonably be done in the existing system then it is difficult to justify a
rewrite. If, however, they have plans to provide services over the internet,
or interface with other applications, or scale to many users, or other such
possibilities, then a rewrite can certainly make sense - the life fo the
product and its potential capabilities would be greatly improved.
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