Data Based Advisor articles from April 1993

Data Based Advisor archives from April 1993

Dataline.
April 1, 1993... SAN DIEGO, CA -- More legal wrangling colored the February meeting of X3J19, the Xbase technical committee struggling to build a standard for the Xbase language. At the same time, however, the group approved several documents for the...

Clipper, Advisor, Windows tips. (Editorial)
April 1, 1993... A while back, I announced the formation of a subsidiary company to publish product-specific magazines. When I announced the first two--Access Advisor and FoxPro Advisor--and said there would be more, I got the obvious question: What about...

Corrections. (February training guide)(Correction Notices) (Correction Notice)
April 1, 1993... Ferdinand Ho, Marketing Manager for Delcom-Deltranik International, noticed that Delcom contact info is incorrectly listed in the February training guide. It should be 85 Albert St., 12th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6A4, Canada, 800-465-4199,...

Quadbase-SQL for Windows - a bridge from here to there. (Software Review) (relational data base engine for Xbase developers, from Quadbase Systems Inc.) (Evaluation)
April 1, 1993... Quadbase-SQL for Windows Quadbase Systems, Inc. 790 Lucerne Drive, #51 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 738-6989, fax (408) 738-6980 Quadbase-SQL for Windows, from Quadbase Systems, is a relational database engine for Windows that...

Softwatch. (Illustration)
April 1, 1993... [TABULAR DATA OMITTED]

Hot queries with FoxFire! (Software Review ) (add-in reporting capabilities from MicroMega Systems Inc.) (Evaluation)
April 1, 1993... FoxFire! Micromega Systems, Inc. 832 Baker Street San Franisco, CA 94115 (415) 346-4445 Foxfire!, from MicroMega Systems, Inc., is a data-driven FoxPro report writer and query tool, ideally suited for end users as well as...

You want 'em, we got 'em. (Hallogram Software distributes several CA-Clipper add ons developed by Chydale Software Ltd.)
April 1, 1993... HALLoGRAM Software is now the U.S. distributor of several CA-Clipper add ons developed by Chydale Software Ltd.: dbxStore II, Mouse Driver, and SuperClass III. dBxStore II is a Clipper memo field alternative; it uses only six bytes for the...

If you still use FoxBASE+.... (GLADIATOR, a FoxBASE+ application programming interface from Vernalwood Conceptual Enhancements) (Product Announcement)
April 1, 1993... Vernalwood Conceptual Enhancements released GLADIATOR, a FoxBASE+ applications programming interface (API). GLADIATOR includes VCEWIN.LIB, a C library for controlling screen I/O, designing pop-up, exploding, scrolling and shadowed windows,...

C++ Library for Xbase. (dClass 2.0 from MicroLab Inc.) (Product Announcement)
April 1, 1993... MicroLab, Inc., shipped dClass 2.0, a C++ library for Xbase applications. dClass supports Borland C++3.x, Microsoft C 7.0, and Zortech C 3.1 compilers, and Xbase DBFs and NTX/NDX index files. A windows Dynamic Link Library is included. ...

Pseudo-CA-Windows. (Clip4Win CA-Clipper 5.01 utility, from Grumpfish Inc.) (Product Announcement)
April 1, 1993... Grumpfish, Inc., shipped Clip4Win, a CA-Clipper 5.01 utility for building Microsoft Windows applications without using C or C++. Clip4Win provides access to the Windows API for using menus, brushes, windows, scrollbars, icons, and cursors,...

More support for HP Printers. (Symbiotic Systems Corp. updates the SymScript Xbase laser printer library)
April 1, 1993... Symbolic Systems Corp., has updated their Xbase laser printer library, SymScript, to support Hewlett Packard LaserJet III and 4 features, including scalable HP fonts, angled lines, circles, and other PCL5 features. Other SymScript 3.0...

ExtendBase - Xbase's Entree to client/server. (Software Review) (program development software for the NetWare environment, from Extended Systems) (Evaluation)
April 1, 1993... ExtendBase Extended Systems 6123 North Meeker Ave. Boise, ID 83704 (208) 322-7575 NetWare Loable Modules (NLMs), programs dynamically linked to the NetWare Operating System, promise speed and extendable functionality. The...

Repair and recover. (dSALVAGE PROFESSIONAL file diagnosis and recovery tool, from Cometch Publishing) (Product Announcement)
April 1, 1993... Comtech Publishing's dSALVAGE PROFESSIONAL has been updated to support FoxPro 2.5's new field types. dSALVAGE PROFESSIONAL 4.0 is a file diagnosis and recovery tool for salvaging corrupted tables and index and memo files. Besides FoxPro 2.5...

KnowledgeWare acquires Matesys. (Matesys Mathematic Systems S.A. and subsidiary Matesys Corp.)
April 1, 1993... KnowledgeWare, Inc. acquired Matesys Mathematic Systems S.A. and its subsidiary, Matesys Corp. Matesys develops ObjectView, a client/server development tool that runs under Windows and OS/2. KnowledgeWare says ObjectView will round out its...

New Easel speeds development. (EASEL Workbench 2.0 from Easel Corp. includes object-based development tools) (Product Announcement)
April 1, 1993... Easel Corp. announced a new version of EASEL Workbench that includes an integrated set of object-based development tools. EASEL Workbench 2.0 works in the DOS, Windows, and OS/2 operating environments. The new version includes a Layout...

JAM/Report Writer release 5 ships. (report writing software from JYACC) (Product Announcement)
April 1, 1993... JYACC is shipping JAM/Report Writer Release 5 which offers finer control over break processing, improved shrink-to-fit processing, and self-generated reports. ReportWriter is an add-on product to JYACC's user interface builder JAM. The...

New tool lets you write front ends for accounting system. (AV32 Data Manager integration module from Intellisoft) (Product Announcement)
April 1, 1993... Intellisoft, developers of the Accounting Vision/32 modular accounting system for Windows and OS/2, is shipping its AV32 Data Manager integration module. Using the AV32 Data Manager, users of Borland's ObjectVision, Microsoft's Visual Basic...

Jazz up DOS apps with dGT. (Software Review) (Database Graphics Toolkit 3.02 from Blackhawk Data Corp.) (Evaluation)
April 1, 1993... * dGT3.1, $295 ColrTrax, $199 Blackhawk Data Corp. 7234 West North Ave., Suite 411 Elmwood Park, IL 60635 (708) 453-9590, fax (708) 453-9005 CompuServe 71530, 1252 Do you feel increasing pressure to deliver attractive, graphical-style...

Paradox for Windows: evolution before revolution! (Opinions) (Column)
April 1, 1993... Paradox for Windows is a stunning product--unless you're a Paradox for DOS user. The control and flexibility offered by Borland International's new program is outstanding. Its ObjectPAL programming language is exceptionally powerful....

Paradox for Windows: a necessary leap. (Opinions) (Column)
April 1, 1993... Paradox for Windows is a lot more Windows than Paradox. To earn a long-term place in the market, Paradox for Windows is just about the best product Borland International could have introduced. Mr. Marin isn't the first person disappointed...

Ease your database development woes. (description of six computer aided software design tools)(includes related article on the schema data base definition) (Buyers Guide)
April 1, 1993... Design tools, more often referred to as CASE tools (Computer-Aided (or Assisted) Software Engineering), cover everything from diagramming tools that depict information flows or how your database tables are related to prototype generators that...

DB/Expo '93: abuzz with client/server. (May 3rd to May 7th at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California)
April 1, 1993... Moscone Convention Center (San Francisco, CA)--Are you interested in the cutting edge of database and software application technology? Then you should be one in the throng of some 20,0000 consultants, programmers, and developers due to...

The right stuff: finding your Windows front end. (supporting the MS Windows operating environment) (Buyers Guide)
April 1, 1993... An increasing number of vendors offer Windows front-end tools. How can you pick one? We can't tell you which one is right for you, but if you carefully consider the points discussed in this article, you're likely to find a good match. ...

Migrating Paradox/DOS applications to Windows. (system conversion at Public Service Electric and Gas utility in the Northeast United States)(includes related article on how to program incrementing fields) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... Everybody seems to be talking about moving to Windows these days. Before you decide to port DOS applications to Windows, you should first consider the reasons why you want to do so and the issues involved. Moving to Windows isn't simply...

Software testing: learn the craft of quality control. (includes related articles on cost of bugs, and software engineering with assertions) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... In his book, Software Testing Techniques, Boris Biezer writes: "There is a myth that if we were really good at programming, there would be bugs to catch... So goes the myth. There are bugs, the myth says, because we are bad at what we...

Programs up to the test. (software testing tools)(includes related bibliography) (Buyers Guide)
April 1, 1993... Two primary categories dominate software testing systems today: regression tools and coverage tools. Coverage testing is the process of checking an application and reporting what lines of code or paths through the code did or didn't get...

One company's solution to software testing. (includes related article on tips for implementation)(RDI Software Technologies Inc.)
April 1, 1993... RDI Software Technologies, Inc., an application development company based in Rosemont, IL, has made quality control a cornerstone of its business plan. Along with its crackerjack group of Xbase and C developers, this shop also boasts a...

FoxPro 2.5: you say you wanna' revolution.... (Software Review) (data base management system from Fox Software and Microsoft Corp.) (Evaluation)
April 1, 1993... When the last FoxPro product was delivered to market, the world was a very different place. Both the Communist Bloc and Ashton-Tate have fallen since, and all the rules have changed. Last year the database management business was shadowed...

What's new in FoxPro 2.5 for DOS? (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... The FoxPro for DOS upgrade from 2.0 to 2.5 isn't as flashy as FoxPro 2.5 for Windows. And, of course, it lacks the new Windows-related extensions to FoxPro such as DDE and OLE, font support, waveform file support, etc. However, it does...

Encoding information. (dBASE Developer column) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... Last month, I talked about application security and ended with a password routine that, on examination, wasn't any good--the password was stored openly in the password table. Anyone with a file reader can get into the password table and look...

A new way to encapsulate table browsing. (Hardcore Clipper column) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... Last month I showed how to write reusable TBrowse code to browse arrays. This time we'll do the same thing for database tables. I'll show you how to write a routine that returns a TBrowse object that "knows" how to browse tables. Simple...

Writing reports against SQL databases. (Client/Server Developer column) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... In this month's column I'll cover generating reports from a database, something you may take for granted with non-SQL databases. On one hand, report writing in the client/server world can present some interesting challenges. On the other...

Choose your weapon: picking the right windows program editor. (Software Review) (Codewright from Premia Corp., Ed for Windows from Lifeboat Software, and WinEdit Lite from Wilson WindowWare Inc.)(includes related articles on program editors and on Windows) (Evaluation)
April 1, 1993... Windows Program Editors Codewright $249, $995 for five-user license Premia Corp. 1075 N.W. Murray Blvd., # 268 Portland, OR 97229 (503) 641-6000, 800-547-9902 Fax (503) 641-6001 CompuServe 70673,2627 Ed for Windows ...

Deliver defect-free VB code. (Basic for Windows column)(programming with Visual Basic) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... It's a known fact that Visual Basic programmers work so efficiently that every program works the first time. While you hear programmers in other languages talk about bugs, those little creatures simply don't appear in Visual Basic. That...

Client/server explosion.
April 1, 1993... The Client/Server and SQL section of the Data Based Advisor Forum recently has been a boon of activity. One client/server vendor, Gupta, Inc., has been especially active. One morning I did a quick search of the messages which have appeared...

TBrowse and TBColumn basics. (Clipper Basics column) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... This month's column applies the general "object-based" concepts defined last month by showing how to use two CA-Clipper predefined classes: TBrowse and TBColumn. These classes have made Clipper's previous database browsing technology,...

Moving your applications from Paradox 3.5 to 4.0. (Paradox Basics column) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1993... No doubt, you'll want to take advantage of Paradox 4.0's features in new development work you do, but what about existing Paradox 3.5 applications? Should you modify them to take advantage of new features in 4.0? In this article, I'll...

Database confidential.
April 1, 1993... How seriously should we take those rumors that Borland International actually reverse engineered FoxPro so they could add the magical Rushmore speed formula to the new dBASE IV? After all, it is faster, isn't it? To the Softies, Buzzy says,...