CompuServe Thread

Derek – Really if you want Duke to get your message, maybe it would be better to send him your message E-mail. That way as soon as he signs on he'll get your question. Duke and the guys at Precision also make SuperBase for the IBM (in fact that version, SB4-windows, is selling quite well, from what I have read) and I think they spend alot of time over there. (IBM forums) They really are slack with their support and response over here in the AmigaVendor Forum. To answer your question, though – Yes the do still sell SuperPlan, support is Questionable 🙂 or is it 🙁 . But you don't really need to use their Spreadsheet to be able to use data from Superbase. Superbase will export data in several ways and most spreadsheets will then be able to import that data. From what the shuttlebutt around here has been saying lately – Advantage by Gold Disk may be the best Spreadsheet for the Amy on the market at this time. I haven't had a chance to see the new version of Advantage, but the improvements have fixed the previous bugs as well as improve the Lotus 123 export/import features. I also hear that it is quite fast. I do hope Duke gets back to you, for your sake and his. Your not the first message around here that has gone unanswered, and with each one it's another bad impression that that company leaves for all that may be watching this forum. – Roy Pahnke – 1.800.76.AMIGA – Crazy Mountian Software – Casper Wyomin'

May I first suggest posting messages to Michael Sharpe at 76004,2300 who is both a support rep and on this forum more often than I? If I get here once every other week, it's unusual, and messages scroll off the forum after a time, tho' I don't know what that time is. So if I don't see it (and answer it) within say 7-10 days, it's gone. I've never had any messages scrolled over to email by the sysops here, which is common on other fora I get into. My apologies, however. Now to answer your question: Yes, we still sell and support SuperPlan, and yes, it is intended to work with SBPro using the ARexx port to send commands, etc. You can write a DML program with SPlan macros embedded in it, which will be executed by SPlan once it's been called. I don't know the syntax for this, however, but Michael I'm sure can answer that question. Superplan hasn't been upgraded for over a year now (current version 1.06), tho' this is anticipated to change in the near future, tho' I can't say yet how soon since we haven't scheduled it. We have a new tech who is an absolute whiz with it (so new I don't know his name), and it happens he codes in Amiga C and ?assembler as well. He'll be working with the source code on it after some time goes by, tho' again, I don't know when exactly. I know nothing about Advantage which Roy P referred to, so I can give you no comparisons or guesstimate as to its suitability for use w/SBPro. If it has an ARexx port, I'd *guess* you could do the same sort of thing with it as you can SPlan, but it's only a guess. BTW, there is a new release of SBPro forthcoming RSN (this is not CBM "RSN"), which we'll be announcing shortly. Don't know yet upgrade policies, but will post a text file in the Data Lib (13) here for announcement. Amiga World may also be printing something on it as well once they have the details. Keep your eyes open for it, and don't despair on SPlan or my lack of response. It's only that I never saw your questions….