Rendering 4GL applications in the Microsoft Windows environment, Phoenix transforms 4GL applications to look and operate exactly like native Windows applications. With features such as menus, toolbars, context menu, tooltips, embedded ActiveX controls, scripting and SSL communications, Phoenix can help make the most of your existing 4GL applications.

This native MS-Windows client system requires a 7Mb client installation but, due to its native binary, offers an exceptional performance only matched by character mode clients.

As with all Querix advanced client systems, the user interface can be made very intuitive due to its virtually unlimited customization options. Using ActiveX controls to replace or create new objects, Phoenix can insert new functionality into 4GL applications. Whenever there is a need for a particular component which is not included in the Querix development suite, ActiveX controls are the answer.

ActiveX controls can be created with any MS-Windows Development system, such as Microsoft Visual C++ or Visual Basic.

What’s more, if you are developing for multiple environments, Phoenix and Chimera, the Querix graphical thin-client for Java2 environments, share control names and properties. Each one implements ActiveX or JavaBeans as appropriate, keeping your coding to a minimum.