Omnis5 Beta2 and Xcomps

[Alain Stouder]

As a user of externals and a small maker of externals for our own 
use, I could not agree more that the unicode conversion is quite 
complex and saw that some Omnis C string functions were available but 
with almost no doc.

At 17:06 29.04.2009, Gary Connor wrote:

>    For 25 years I have worked withlythe/Omnis Software/Raining Data/Tiger
>    Logic at the highest developerevel.  I wanted to make a comment about
>    Studio 5 that I mean to beelpful rather than insulting...
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>    If you remember, manyeople failed to move from Omnis 7 to Studio because
>    of data filencompatibilities.  Once Larry Barcot suggested (and you
>    implemented)ata file compatibility, it made it possible for those of us
>    with a largenstalled or a large number of libraries to convert without
>    having to doll the work at once.
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>    With the move to Unicodecertainly a move with which I agree and support)
>    you  have  left  most of usn the same position as occurred with the
>    Omnis7-to-Studio switch.Almost all of us use externals.  In our case we
>    build our own asell as using many from Kelly.  Unfortunately the sample
>    code and appsor building Unicode externals is woefully inadequate - for
>    instance,aking the FileOps sample and attempting to build it, following
>    whatnstructions are available, leads to failure.  This is true 
> on the   Windows platform using Studio2005 or Studio2008.
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>    My point is, manyevelopers will be UNABLE to move to Studio 5 until we
>    are able to convertll of our necessary externals to Unicode.  Getting
>    support (and weave used Kelly, the List, and open cases with Tech Support
>    through Thad)as been less than efficient, with an average response time
>    through Techupport of about a week, and no response has been sufficient.
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>    My point being, I believehat history shows that you will see a MUCH
>    FASTER  adoption of Studio 5 ifou put some time into a DETAILED AND
>    COMPREHENSIVE Tech Note on convertingxternals to Unicode.  This will
>    allow everyone to move to Studio5 at faster rate, and this translates
>    into revenue for Tiger Logic.
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>    Having spoken to quite aew developers over the past month in attempting
>    to resolve build issuesith the Unicode xcomps, I believe I am speaking
>    for many developers, somef whom have simply stopped trying.
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>    ________________________________
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>    Gary Connor, PhD, CIO
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>    [1]DirectLineechnologies, Inc.
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