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bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:01 am
by pgmaust@pgmaust.com.au
Hi to Forum participants,
We have been trying to purchase the X# version of bBrowser since the start of August and to-date we had no reply to our emails. We have emailed
support@bBrowser.com and
sales@bBrowser.com (from old VO bBrowser site) to no avail. This is getting to the stage where it will hold up our conversion.
Does anyone know what the situation is with bBrowser because it is an integral part of our VO applications – and we have found it to be a fantastic product.
If we cannot proceed with bBrowser then we will have to look at alternative browse facilities.
Can anyone suggest what the best alternative would be?
Any information or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Gary
PGM Australia
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:22 am
by wriedmann
Hi Gary,
I have tried to email Joachim Bieler directly to see if he has some spam filter problem.
A simple replacement for bBrowser is not available, specially if you are using some things that only bBrowser has.
In my own applications I'm replacing bBrowser more and more with ordinary ListViews because people has changed their attitudes and are preferring detached data like a prefilled listview.
Wolfgang
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 7:44 am
by pgmaust@pgmaust.com.au
Thanks Wolfgang,
Let us know if you have any success when you email. Appreciate the effort.
Gary
PGM Aust
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 9:18 am
by Chris
Thanks Wolfgang, please let us know if you get a reply from him, otherwise we will also try. I am surprised Joachim is not responsive as he always has been.
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 7:40 pm
by ic2
Hello Gary,
wriedmann wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:22 am
Hi Gary,
I have tried to email Joachim Bieler directly to see if he has some spam filter problem.
To increase the chances for a reply, I did the same. He replied to me a a few month ago on a mail about an incorrect download URL on ordering bBrowser.
Dick
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2024 10:41 pm
by pgmaust@pgmaust.com.au
Hi Wolfgang/Chris/Dick,
Any response from Joachim Bieler (bBrowse) yet? Our emails do not bounce back, so they should be getting through. We will keep trying.
We can actually download an install .exec from the bBrowser site (but the site fails to take a payment - says there are no products available) but we cannot install it because we have not paid for or received a valid serial number - we tried our old VO version serial number but it did not work.
Gary
PGM Australia
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:07 am
by Chris
Hi Gary,
Not yet unfortunately. I've contacted a previous colleague of Joachim, to ask if all is good with him, but haven't gotten a reply yet. Let's wait a couple more days.
I am sure we will find a solution one way or the other. Btw, are you a subscriber to the X# FOX program?
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2024 10:25 am
by pgmaust@pgmaust.com.au
Hi Chris,
At this stage we are not FOX subscibers - we will be if we think we can proceed with the conversion of our applications, and this depends largely on the availability of bBrowser. We have used other third-party products such as ReportPro (we know this is available) and Catalyst/SocketTools (which also has .NET versions available), but we need to know that all three are available before we commit to totally converting. We definitely want to become subscribers (as well as purchasing all of these third-party products) if we can proceed with the project.
Thanks,
Gary
PGM Australia
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2024 10:29 am
by ic2
Hello Gary,
pgmaust@pgmaust.com.au wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2024 10:41 pm
Hi Wolfgang/Chris/Dick,
Any response from Joachim Bieler (bBrowse) yet? Our emails do not bounce back, so they should be getting through. We will keep trying.
Still not. The last few years a reply of Joachim sometimes took a bit longer than it did before. But never that long. I hope Chris/Robert can track him down and that he is alright.
Dick
Re: bBrowser availability or an Alternative
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:37 pm
by Chris
Hi Gary,
We will certainly find a solution regarding bBrowser. It's not only about your case, but for everyone that needs to port their VO applications to X#...
As Dick said, for the so many years I've known him, Joachim has always been responsive and very keen to help about anything, so seeing that he hasn't responded yet makes me worried. I hope all is good with him. Still no reply from his former colleague either, let's wait a bit more..
Btw, Dick and Wolfgang, thanks for trying as well!