Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
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With Morfik 3 beta being available, what happens if I purchase Morfik 2, do I get a free upgrade to Morfik 3 final release?
Yes, you will receive a free upgrade to Morfik 3 if you purchase Morfik 2 while Morfik 3 is in beta.
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How do I know which Morfik product is the right one for me?
In order to give the developers the advantage of using their familiar programing language of choice, Morfik offers three products, namely Morfik BX, Morfik CX and Morfik FX that have the specific framework and sample code for Visual Basic, C# and Object Pascal respectively. The objective is to free the programmer from the need for mastering a new syntax.
If your preferred programming language is Basic then "Morfik BX" is the right product for you. Coming from C++ programming background go for "Morfik CX" and finally "Morfik FX" is the right tool for developers who are familar with Object Pascal language.
It is important to highlight that a project from Morfik BX, FX or CX can be opened, compiled and run in all three Morfik products.
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Is Morfik license per developer?
Yes, it is. Each Morfik license is a royalty-free perpetual development license with no additional deployment costs.
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Do I need to pay Morfik for the deployment of the applications I create with Morfik?
No, there is no deployment cost when you purchase a development license for Morfik.
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Is there a limit in the number of applications that can be developed in Morfik? And are there any additional costs?
No, there is no limit to the size or the number of applications that you can build with Morfik when you purchase a Morfik license.
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Do you have support for hand-held devices?
Morfik makes it possible to create special interfaces for mobile devices, specifically targeting the iPhone and iPod Touch as the hand-held devices that are both more popular and more capable of rendering a full website. To find out more, please refer to the following article on Creating Interfaces for the Mobile Web.
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Do I need to buy any third party tools to use Morfik?
No, there is no need for buying or downloading any additional tool when you use Morfik. Everything you need is built into the software and installed on your machine when you install Morfik.
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Is there any discount for educational use?
Yes, Morfik offers special discount for educational use. Please contact Morfik sales for a quote.
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What is uniquely different about Morfik?
At the heart of Morfik there is a compiler that takes the source code written in a high level object oriented language such as Visual Basic, Pascal and C# and, after enforcing the referential integrity of the entire underlying business logic and code, compiles it into cross browser compatible, highly optimised and efficient JavaScript code. This approach is fundamental to developing large and complex business application because finding and fixing logic bugs at design time are very difficult in interpreted environments such as JavaScript.
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How is Morfik different to other web application design tools?
Morfik integrates all the tools for developing and deploying Rich Internet Applications on the Web 2.0 platform in a uniquely unified environment. No longer are developers forced to use multiple tools from multiple vendors to develop graphics for interface elements, scripts for the browser side code, scripts for the server side business logic, frameworks for interface components, databases for data storage, query engines/designers for data retrieval, report writers for data analysis, code obfuscators for protecting intellectual property, servers for hosting the application as well as utilities such as compilers and debuggers. You will find that all these tools are built into Morfik.
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What is Morfik’s approach to the graphical design aspect of a web application?
For the past decade the web has continuously moved towards visually striking content. The ever-increasing sophistication of web graphics has been primarily driven by the sales and marketing needs of businesses. While eye-catching graphics add beauty to a web page, business applications on the web platform need both beauty and brains! To this end Morfik has strived to strike the correct balance between graphics and business logic.
Morfik provides a wide range of easy-to-use advanced graphical tools without resorting to an external image editing tool or requiring advanced graphics skills on the part of the developer. Based on the developer’s design specification, Morfik automatically generates images at compile time and efficiently incorporates them into HTML and JavaScript at runtime through the highly effective image-bundling technique performed by the compiler. Unlike other tools for building Rich Internet Applications, Morfik achieves this without the need for proprietary extensions for the browser.
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How does Morfik do page layout differently?
With the exception of Morfik, all current tools for developing Rich Internet Applications focus on the aesthetics of individual graphic elements at run-time and pay little or no attention to the process of layout of the page at design time. The result is inflexible layouts that do not respond well to AJAX techniques where content is dynamically changed without refreshing the page.
Morfik offers a unique way for developers to layout controls on web pages. It allows developers to design pages using a fixed/absolute positioning, which is standard practice amongst software developers, and yet allows for a content-flow layout, which is standard amongst web designers at run-time. The level of plasticity (that is, how fixed or how fluid) can be specified both at design-time as well as run-time.
This unique approach makes page layout infinitely easier for building Rich Internet Applications when compared to the use of conventional HTML editors, and at the same time, all the advantages of the fluid HTML layout are preserved at run time.
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How did Morfik come about?
Morfik was designed and developed over several years by a group of highly skilled and experienced developers. After a very successful venture in developing and selling world class CAD systems the Morfik team envisioned the Web as the computing platform of the future and set out to develop the best development tool for harnessing the power of this emerging platform.
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When did Morfik, the company, get started?
Morfik came into existence in 2000 when its founders came together to address the need for a development tool targeted at web browsers.
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What is the business model behind Morfik?
The business model of Morfik is simple and time-tested. Morfik provides tools for those who make a living by developing Rich Internet Applications and organisations who seek to improve their bottom line by harnessing the power of such applications. Morfik is offered at a price which represents value for those who invest in it and at the same time ensures that Morfik can continually support its users and enhance its products.
Morfik is not an advertising agency nor an acquisition vehicle nor a feel-good charity. Morfik’s commercial nature ensures that its developers and their needs are the focus of the company, not the number of visitors to a website, nor the number of clicks on an advertisement, nor the number of sales for anything from holiday flights to nail polish!
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"It was incredible – Morfik was exactly what I was looking for! Integrated web software, more powerful than MS Access, able to produce .exes, incorporate web servers, databases, and reports, and easy to use." "Also, Morfik’s synchronised database structure is second to none."
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