Data Based Advisor articles from August 1995

Data Based Advisor archives from August 1995

IBM reveals OS/2-to-Windows Developer API Extensions. (extensions to OS/2 Warp for developing applications that work with OS/2 and 32-bit Windows NT and Windows 95)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... At the IBM Technical Interchange in New Orleans in May, IBM showcased its OS/2 Developer API Extensions, extensions to OS/2 Warp for developing applications that work with OS/2 and 32-bit Windows NT and Windows 95. Has more than 700 APIs and 300...

As promised, Paradox Object Converters. (Borland's Paradox for Windows Object Converters, utilities for converting Paradox for DOS forms, reports, and queries into Paradox for Windows objects)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Borland has Finally made Paradox for Windows Objects Converters available, a set of utilities for converting Paradox for DOS forms, reports, and queries into Paradox for Windows objects. The Object Converters are available at no charge through...

Integra builds applications using components. (Integra Technology International Inc's Integra Business Application Builder software for extending Microsoft Visual Basic, BackOffice, and Visual C++ applications)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Integra Business Application Builder is a set of software components for extending Microsoft Visual Basic, BackOffice, and Visual C++ applications. It supports more than 30 workgroup, departmental, and enterprise databases natively and through...

MethodWorks provides object discovery. (ParcPlace Systems Inc's business object analysis and productivity software for corporate development)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... MethodWorks 1.0 is a business object analysis and productivity tool for corporate development. It consists of a set of tools that accurately analyze objects for further reuse in other applications using common business language. A Script Editor...

KEY for Workgroup integrates business modeling and development. (Sterling Software Inc's client-server application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... The KEY for Workgroup family of products combines business process reengineering, analysis, and visual development for scalable client-server application development. The Key:advise methodology and process management tool guides development....

Access 95 & Office 95 Developer Conference, October 15-18 in Phoenix.(Brief Article)
August 1, 1995... The major technical education conference on developing with the new versions of Access, Office, Backoffice, and Windows 95 returns to Phoenix in October. Learn data replication, expanded OLE support, Visual Basic for Applications, the new IDE,...

Visual FoxPro 3.0 Developer Conference, October 22-25 in Phoenix.(Brief Article)
August 1, 1995... The major technical education conference on developing with the new Visual Foxpro 3.0 occurs in Phoenix in October. Learn the new ways to develop sophisticated Windows and client-server applications. Foxpro Advisor Developer Conference &...

Development options. (questions to ask before beginning application development) (Editor on the Go)(Editorial)
August 1, 1995... It doesn't matter whether your applications are used in a corporation spanning several nations, or by small firms in a single community-you face the same development challenges, and must make the same architecture, design, and implementation...

Feedback.(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 1995... What About Microsoft Access? In the article "Do Team Development with FoxPro, PowerBuilder, SQLWindows, and Visual Basic," you failed to mention Microsoft Access. Developers using Microsoft Access have similar issues working with objects as...

Top editor now does Windows. (American Cybernetics' Multi-Edit for Windows 7.0 programmers' text editor) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... When American Cybernetics decided to make the move to Windows, they faced a tough challenge: How could they transform their highly successful DOS-based programmer's text editor, Multi-Edit, into an equally successful Windows editor? The result is...

Coming Events.(Brief Article)
August 1, 1995... CA WORLD '95 (TechniCon), New Orleans, LA, 16-21 July - With 13 conferences, focuses on client-server technology, application development solutions, object-oriented languages, graphical user interfaces, UNIX business applications, and more. The...

!Arriba! SQL Server access speeds up. (Sylvain Faust Inc's SQL Sombrero DBMS utility) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... SQL Sombrero, from Sylvain Faust, is one of those products that occasionally appears, causing most of its potential market to say, "What?" At first glance, it's a product that seems to be going in the wrong direction. With SQL Sombrero, all of...

Paradox tools help create and manage applications. (Borland's Paradox for Windows Developer Tools) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... Borland International's long-awaited Paradox for Windows Developer Tools has finally arrived. The package includes a set of four developer tools (AppExpert, Checkpoint, Help Designer, and Object-PAL Browser), two customization utilities (Expert...

OverAll Dynamic Link Library. (Software Garden Inc's programming utility)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... OverAll DLL, a dynamic link library that works with programs written for Microsoft Windows 3.1, simultaneously displays an over-all and detailed view of data using bitmapped images. Data is displayed spatially as icons or text. Developers using...

Object Converters for Paradox. (Borland's Paradox Object Converters convert Paradox DOS objects into equivalent Paradox for Windows objects)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Paradox Object Converters is a set of utilities that converts Paradox DOS objects into equivalent Paradox for Windows objects. Generates new forms and reports from Paradox for DOS. Aids in migrating Paradox DOS scripts to Windows. Any script code...

Database reporting tool. (Cognos Corp's Impromptu 3.0 enterprisewide interactive database reporting tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Database Reporting Tool Impromptu 3.0, an enterprise-wide interactive database reporting tool, includes a user interface that provides self-service database querying and reporting to users at all levels of the enterprise. Database-independent...

Oracle backup and recovery. (DataTools Inc's SQL-BackTrack for Oracle)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... SQL-BackTrack for Oracle is a Database-Aware backup and recovery tool for Oracle databases. Supports Oracle version 6.x and higher, including Oracle 7. Gives users standardized backup and recovery procedures. Automates backup, improves...

Distributed workflow replication server. (Clarify Inc's ClearEnterprise Replication Engine)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... ClearEnterprise Replication Engine permits workflow-based replication of customer support data on multiple distributed servers. Targeted at distributed support organization that want local autonomy, but who also need to share work among multiple...

JAM for OS/2, Macintosh. (JYACC Inc's JYACC Application Manager for building client/server and distributed applications)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... JYACC Application Manager (JAM) for OS/2 is a cross-platform tool for building client-server and distributed applications. Allows developers to build 32-bit GUI applications that exploit OS/2's stability and multi-tasking features. Includes the...

Visual Basic add-on makes data access a snap. (InterSolv Inc's Q+E MultiLink/VB) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... It's not unusual these days for developers to access and manipulate data from a variety of database formats, sometimes from within the same application. For those using Visual Basic, InterSolv Q+E MultiLink/VB can make life a lot easier....

Schooner version 2.50 GUI. (CompuServe's GUI application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Schooner version 2.50 GUI is the latest release of the Schooner Graphical User Interface application development system. Lets users create graphical user interface DOS Xbase applications. With its Instant Run environment, users can immediately...

EXTRACT release 2.4.1. (Evolutionary Technologies Inc's application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... EXTRACT Release 2.4.1 provides enhanced customization and control features, as well as performance optimizations that accelerate program generation by a factor of 70. Also offers case-sensitive program generation tools and the availability of a...

Powersoft licensing deals. (Visual Components Inc's Formula One and VisualSpeller spreadsheet and spell-checking components are released as User Objects for PowerBuilder)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Powersoft Corporation has licensed and is releasing Formula One and VisualSpeller, Visual Components' standard-setting spreadsheet and spell-checking components, as User Objects for PowerBuilder. Formula One for PowerBuilder and VisualSpeller...

Database publisher. (Db-Tech Inc's DBPower report writer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... DBPower is a report writer that gives users the advantage of a user-friendly GUI interface and a developer-oriented 4GL publishing language for creating presentation quality reports. Reports can include images, multi-column text, business...

Automatic tuning with DBTune. (version 3.0 of the Database Solutions Co's automatic database tuning software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... DBTune v.3.0, an automatic tuning tool for databases and new platforms, is now available on DEC VAX/VMS, DEC AXP/VMS, DEC AXP/OSF, HP-UX, IBM AIX, and Sun Solaris. Achieves between 50 and 70 percent improvement in database performance when...

Enhanced object management. (version 1.6 of PLATINUM Technology Inc's SQL Coder repository-based server code and object management system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Enhanced object management and improved execution analysis are featured in version 1.6 of SQL Coder. SQL Coder is a repository-based server code and object management system. Includes an enhanced interface and deploys enhanced catalog and...

In the blink of an eye. (Blinkinc's Blinker 3.1 linker) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... Do you feel constricted by the bounds of conventional memory? Are you tired of sitting in front of your computer waiting, and waiting, and waiting (and did I mention waiting?) for your application to finish linking? If so, then have I got a...

Create C/C++ code with the ease of VB. (Blue Sky Software Corp's WinMaker Pro 6.0 visual development environment for Windows, Windows 95, and Windows NT) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... Wouldn't it be nice to have a visual development environment that was as easy to use as Visual Basic, yet produced tight C++ code instead of BASIC source? This what Blue Sky Software Corporation's WinMaker Pro 6.0 provides. Billed as a prototyper...

Mobile, desktop, and workgroup environments. (Watcom International Corp's Watcom SQL 4.0 DBMS supports Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, and NetWare)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Watcom SQL delivers support for Windows 3.1, Windows NT, OS/2, and NetWare (NLM), with plans for Windows 95 (when available). Designed with a small disk and memory footprint (requires less than 1MB for the SQL engine and less than 2KB per...

Decision support solutions. (Crystal Computer Services Inc's client-server decision-support software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
August 1, 1995... Crystal Info, a client-server application, provides decision support for data access, analysis, presentation, and most importantly information delivery. Engineered into three layers: Information Desktop, the user's interface, Information Library,...

InfoPump 1.2 for Windows NT. (Trinzic Corp's database replication and routing software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Users of InfoPump, the database replication and routing software, takes advantage of enhanced performance provided by a powerful 32-bit operating system. Support for Windows NT environment makes it possible for users to run InfoPump on scaleable...

Exploit client-server technology. (the IBM WorkGroup software for distributed computing)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... Through its support of IBM Open Blueprint for distributed computing, IBM WorkGroup is a set of modular functions, with group communications including fax, e-mail, calendar, directory, agents, messaging, and document management. Leading standards...

Commitment to OpenDoc. (Apple and IBM will develop multiplatform application tools for building applications using OpenDoc technology)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1995... Apple Computer Inc. and IBM Corp. have announced their intent to deliver multi-platform application tools, enabling users to build applications using OpenDoc technology. These tools bring the excitement of visual programming in BASIC to the...

Faxing software for Windows NT. (Copia International Ltd's FaxFacts interactive voice and fax software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1995... FaxFacts, an interactive voice and fax software product, now supports Windows NT. This version comes with a Brooktrout TR 1148 channel board. FaxFacts for Windows NT supports full dial number identification system (DNIS) and automatic number ID...

Developing database applications on the Internet. (Developer Issues)(Column)
August 1, 1995... It's difficult to pick up a newspaper or magazine these days without reading something at least remotely related to the so-called information superhighway. With the rising availability and popularity of the World Wide Web (WWW), more people...

What OS/2 can do for you. (includes related articles on OS/2 database development case studies, on a FORTRAN example, on a REXX example, on a VX-REXX example, and on installing OS/2 Warp 3.0)(Cover Story)
August 1, 1995... Have you been fighting with your operating system lately? Maybe it crashes without warning in the middle of an important piece of code development? Or it ignores you when you're trying to tell something? If so, maybe you should try OS/2 Warp...

Development resources. (OS/2 database development tools)(Directory)
August 1, 1995... This is an exciting time for database development under OS/2. There are new releases of major database environment packages from IBM and On-Line Data, and a new object-oriented power development tool for multiple environments, DBExpert, has just...

Strategic alliances. (Gupta Corp's client-server alliances with Computer Associates and Microsoft)
August 1, 1995... The current trend of mergers in the client-server arena makes it hard for smaller, independent vendors to survive. To help flesh out their software suites, large client-server vendors buy or merge with smaller vendors. The smaller companies...

Screen objects: the building blocks of user interfaces.(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... When it comes to making your application easier to use, appearance is nine-tenths the law... Here are some rules to building an easy-to-use interface for your apps. Every developer knows how to design screens - when it comes to coding, that...

Navigating applications - a better way. (using tabbed folders and outline controls in interface design)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... Choosing the right interface design makes a big difference to your users. Tabbed folders and outline controls make your applications easier to navigate. Are you using tabbed folders or the outline control in your applications? These two user...

OLAP in the data warehouse. (online analytical processing)
August 1, 1995... A data warehouse is a concept, not a product - it's not a database like Oracle, nor is it Lotus Notes, nor is it an online analytical processing (OLAP) cube. It's all of those things and more: e-mail archives, voice-mail archives, CD-ROM...

Visual dBASE: going boldly beyond. (the beta version of Borland's new dBASE for Windows, or Voyager) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... Staying true to its Xbase heritage, this latest dBASE remains a development system (with compiler) best suited for power users and developers. Visual dBASE - the newest release of dBASE for Windows, a.k.a. "Voyager" - is an Xbase database...

R:BASE makes its move to Windows. (Microrim's R:BASE for Windows 5.0 DBMS) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1995... There's been a large-scale migration from DOS- to Windows-based applications, and after nearly five years, all the major DOS database vendors have finally checked in. Surprisingly, one of the first DOS-based database systems, Microrim's R:BASE,...

Data entry on the World Wide Web, part 2.(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... More companies are exploring the Internet as a place to conduct business - an important new use of the World Wide Web (WWW) is to provide an online presence to customers. This includes giving users a way to find company and product information,...

Link the Web with your relational databases. (Nomad Development Corp's WebDBC common gateway interface-compliant gateway program lets World Wide Web servers fulfill database queries)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... One approach to developing Internet databases is to write your own common gateway interface (CGI), optimized for the intended goals of the application. This has been done before, but it is the most costly and time-consuming approach as the...

Flexible picklists for your Notes applications. (a technique for adding items to an application picklist using Lotus Notes' atDb functions)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... I once saw a simple Notes application that was eventually going to be used to store and organize documents in a small organization. To compose a new document, I had to fill in three fields: Header, (brief description of the document), Body (a...

OLE2 database objects. (Oracle Corp's Oracle Objects for OLE incorporates Microsoft's OLE2 database connectivity) (includes a related article on OLE2, ODBC, and OLE DB)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... Most software vendors outside of Redmond have yet to fully exploit Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology. However, a few products have come to market, and we can expect to see more in the near future. To date, the most...

Teaching visual FoxPro 3.0 to fetch. (handling remote data through Visual FoxPro 3.0 SQL pass through)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... If you need to access, process, and update remote data from a front-end application, Visual FoxPro 3.0 (VFP) can help. It provides a powerful object-oriented language that can create a resilient enterprise-wide application, and it also can...

Writing mail-enabled applications. (Visual Basic Expert)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... Big Charlie from Queens, my best friend and sometime client, lives for those moments when he can catch me in some error or another (real or imagined). We were talking about an application I developed for a local charity, and he asked if I was...

Add client-side security to your applications. (a user object for PowerBuilder 4.0 that provides client security for applications)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... There are two kinds of security that are commonly applied to client-server applications. The most well-known - and the easiest - security to apply is database server rights. All the major RDBMS vendors have data control language extensions to...

A time to save. (sharing data between windows in PowerBuilder applications)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... It's difficult to imagine a PowerBuilder application that doesn't involve data entry or data modification by users, and then updating the database with any new information. One of the first questions you have to answer when designing the...

Vendor certification. (becoming a Powersoft Certified Developer)
August 1, 1995... After years of developing Xbase applications, I decided to try something new - PowerBuilder. I was so taken with the product that I decided to make the allegiance official by becoming a Powersoft Certified PowerBuilder Developer (CPD). Four...

OOP with VO. (CA-Visual Objects' object-oriented programming features)(Tutorial)
August 1, 1995... For a language to qualify as being object oriented, it must support data abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. In this article, I'll show how CA-Visual Objects supports these language features with extensions to the...

Database Confidential.(Column)
August 1, 1995... Buzz thinks that when you shell out a couple of thousand dollars, you should expect some expertise. If you're in the mood for asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) backbones, pay attention. In a survey that was supposed to include 20 ATM switch...