Data Based Advisor articles from July 1996

Data Based Advisor archives from July 1996

Client-server vs. Intranet. (Editor on the Go) (Technology Information)(Editorial)
July 1, 1996... In the 1980s, Databased Advisor began publishing articles on how to build networked and distributed database systems, an architecture that later became known as client server. Now the buzz is about something called intranet. A quick review of why...

Integrate Internet functions into your applications. (Crescent Software's Internet ToolPak programming utility) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 1, 1996... Internet ToolPak version 1.0, US$199 Crescent (Division of Progress Software) 14 Oak Park Bedford, MA 01730 (617) 280-3000, fax (617) 280-4025 BBS (617) 280-4221 http://www.progress.com/crescent ftp.progress.com/pub/crescent...

Create small workgroup apps - without programming. (Wall Data Inc's SALSA for the Desktop business database application builder) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 1, 1996... SALSA for the Desktop 1.0, US$149 Wall Data Inc. 1011 Western Ave., Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 800-777-2572, (206) 814-4343 http://www.salsa.walldata.com/ SALSA for the Desktop 1.0, U6$149 Wall Data Inc. 1011 Western Ave., Suite 900 Seattle,...

Coming events. (Calendar of Events)
July 1, 1996... Data Warehousing World, Santa Clara, CA 11-12 June--Industry application issues, data warehousing infrastructure, parallelism and large databases, DSS/EIS information delivery, and related business issues. Santa Clara Convention Center. DCI,...

New help and Web controls. (Blue Sky Software's ActiveHelp Control, ActiveWeb Control ActiveX controls)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Two new controls supporting Microsoft's ActiveX (formerly OLE controls) technology simplifies help creation and linking to the Web. The ActiveHelp Control is an enhanced version of the SmartHelp OLE Control. ActiveHelp is added to a form 2s a...

Help for Help Desk. (Molloy Group, ServiceWare develop Knowledge Cube add-ons to TOP OF MIND help desk software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... The Molloy Group is working with ServiceWare to develop Knowledge Cubes, pre-packaged knowledge content products that encapsulate Help desk information an specific topics. Knowledge Cubes work like add-ons to TOP OF MIND Help Desk Software, and...

Team development made easy. (StarBase Corporation's StarTeam collaborative development system) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 1, 1996... StarTeam 1.0, US$549 (single user), $1,919 (five users) StarBase Corporation 18872 MacArthur Blvd. Irvine, CA 92715 (714)442-4400, fax (714)442-4404 http://www.starbasecorop.com. New Product StarTeam 1.0 is a collaborative development...

Better access to ObjectStore Data. (Object Design's OpenAccess DBMS utility) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... OpenAccess helps ObjectStore users gain better access to tables. OpenAccess provides tabular views of objects using SQL requests; users then view the results-via ObjectStore forms and reports. The OpenAccess server translates SQL requests into...

Object configuration management. (LBMS' InSight 1.0 software configuration and development software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... InSight 1.0 uses an OLE repository to manage team software configuration and development. It features integrated change management and object reuse and manipulation, multi-tiered version control, scalable data storage, and OLE support. InSight...

PowerBuilder generator. (Intek Technologies' Vivid Resolution rapid application builder) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Vivid Resolution 1.0 is a rapid application generator for PowerBuilder, that creates functional applications from data models and visual applications. Users define business rules, data, and relationships, and then output an application to...

Make a good first impression. (IntallShield's InstallShield 3.0, 20/20 Software's PC-Install 4.0, The Software Factory's EZ-Install for Windows software distribution tools) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 1, 1996... The installation routine is one of the first things clients see when installing your applications, so it's important to make a good first impression. When using a batch file to copy your application to a target machine, the interface is neither...

Combining systems analysis with the business model. (Sterling Software's KEY:Workgroup) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... KEY:Workgroup's business process reengineering, application design, and visual development tools now include new systems analysis components. Version 1.5 supports data and process systems analysis through entity-relationship, decomposition, and...

Protect Windows NT Applications. (Security Dynamics' ACE/Client for Windows NT 2.0 network security software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... ACE/Client 2.0 for Windows NT has enhanced network security capabilities. ACE/Client uses the Security Dynamics ACEServer software and SecurID technology to protect Windows NT Remote Access Service, and direct login to Windows NT servers and...

Windows 95/NT document builder. (Corsoft's CorDoc for PowerBuilder) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... CorDoc for PowerBuilder now supports 32-bit applications built in Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51. CorDoc generates a graphical hierarchy of user applications, and provides referential hierarchy for each object. Source code documentation can be...

Rocket science for testing SQL objects. (ObjectWorks' SQL*PAD server object tester/debugger) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... SQL*PAD creates, tests, and debugs server objects, such as stored procedures, triggers, functions, and packages found in Oracle7, Sybase System 10, Microsoft SQL Server, and Watcom SQL. It can make multiple concurrent connections to different...

32-bit voice applications. (Artisoft's Visual Voice Professional 3.0 programming utility) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Visual Voice Professional 3.0 now supports Windows NT and Windows 95. The new version also includes an enhanced Voice Workbench, which has a graphical voice prompt editor and support for indexed voice phrases, and a 32-bit .DLL and class library...

Btrieve file access from Visual Basic 4.0. (Classic Software's Classic Data Control for Btrieve DBMS utility) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Classic Data Control for Btrieve can be used in Visual Basic 4.0 applications to access data from Btrieve files and the Btrieve database engine. The new version supports Microsoft's new ActiveX (formerly OLE control) specification. Standard...

Access development framework. (Moss Micro's Start Developing for Access development framework) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Start Developing for Access is a development framework that provides common functions, routines, and procedures for Access applications. It includes elements to handle registry manipulation, table linking, and error-handling. Available for...

Rapid application development tools. (Sapiens USA's Object Pool 3.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Object Pool 3.0 is a rapid application development environment for building enterprise-wide client-server applications. It features a rapid application development modeling tool, messaging capabilities, and reverse engineering for accessing...

Reporting software for Windows. (slpInfoWare's DATAboard report and presentation environment) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... DATAboard is an object-oriented, GUI-based report and presentation environment. Users access data warehouses and relational databases to develop reports. DATAboard functions as a word processor, querying tool, publishing package, and statistical...

Windows configuration management solution. (True Software's Aide-de-Camp/Pro) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Aide~de~Camp/Pro for Windows (ADC) is a configuration management solution for developers working in mixed UNIX and Windows environments. It features support for binary object types, Visual Basic, and Visual C++ integration, remote checkin and...

Tools for mainframe to PC applications. (Software Development Tools' AppBridge Express 2.0 GUI builder) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... AppBridge Express 2.0 is a development tool that builds graphical user interfaces (GUI) for AS/400 or IBM mainframe applications. It recognizes AS/400 pop-up menus and converts them into a Windows format. AppBridge Express can be integrated with...

Reduce paperwork with electronic forms. (Caere's OmniForm 2.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 1, 1996... OmniForm 2.0: US$249 Caere Corp. 100 Cooper Court Los Gatos, CA: 95030 800-535-7226, (408)395-8319 Fax (408)354-2743 support@caere.com, http.//www.caere.com Caere's OmniForm 2.0 is the first Windows 95 native electronic form application. The...

Multidimensional database server. (Arbor Software's Essbase 4.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Essbase 4.0 is a new version of Arbor Software Corporation's multidimensional database server. It features: an integration of analysis and planning, titled "Operational OLAP," and runs on Windows NT, IBM OS/2, HP-UX, IBM-AIX, and Sun Solaris....

Ready reports. (Crystal Services' 101 Reports for BackOffice report generation software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... 101 BackOffice reports can be found on Crystal's 101 Reports for BackOffice CD. The reports are designed to track and analyze data held in Windows NT, System s Management Server (SMS), SQL Server, Exchange, and Internet Information Server (IIS)...

COBOL for Windows. (Acucobol's ACUCOBOL-GT for Windows programming utility) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... ACUCOBOL-GT is a COBOL language with a graphical syntax for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT. COBOL programmers use COBOL extensions to create native floating windows and graphical controls. Call for prices. Acubol, Inc., (619)689-7220,...

Faxing for your e-mail. (Copia International's FaxNet file format conversion software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... FaxNet links incoming faxes to your e-mail address, allowing users to view and read faxes before printing them. It converts fax files to Adobe Acrobat's .PDF format, which is then delivered to your e-mail address. FaxNet can be downloaded free...

Client-server accounting. (Advanced Software Development's U.A. Corporate Accounting for Windows) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... U.A. Corporate Accounting is a Windows accounting application for client-server environments. It includes eight accounting modules and 120 menu options. The modules included are: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Purchasing,...

Testing tool for client-server environments. (Eastern Systems' Test Designer network performance analysis tool) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Test Designer is a network version, non-intrusive regression, benchmarking and compatibility test tool. Client-server regression, load testing, and compatibility testing can be performed without utilizing resources from the client-server system....

Team programming tool. (MicroHelp's AutoCoder code template automation package) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... AutoCoder is a component of the Code Complete suite. It allows developers to automate the addition of code templates to visual programs and automatically add standard code to programs. Code Complete includes three tools: Splash Wizard, Code...

Identify Visual Basic file conflicts. (Desaware's VersionStamper 4.0 programming utility) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 1, 1996... VersionStamper 4.0 from Desaware provides a way for Visual Basic developers to determine if the correct versions of the various .DLLs, .VBXs, and .OCXs required for their applications are loaded and/or available in their users, Windows...

Management automation program. (FMS' Total Access Agent for Microsoft Access 2.0, Access 95/Jet) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... Total Access Agent lets users, developers, and system administrators manage Microsoft Access database in Access 2.0 and access 95/Jet data-base formats. US$199 per copy; US$599 for five-pack. FMS Inc., (703)356-4700, fax(703)448-3861

Multidimensional data presentation. (Andyne's PaBLO multidimensional data presentation graphics software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... PaBLO provides multidimensional data presentation through generation of tables, charts, and graphs ;from structures containing multidimensional summary information called HyperCubes. PaBLO allows access to larger Essbase and relational data sets...

32-bit imaging .OCX. (Imagination Software's IMAGinE .OCX for accessing imaging functions) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... IMAGinE .OCX offers multi-engine support allowing users to select from a group of engines within a given functionality. It includes 150 properties, events, and methods which are utilized to access imaging features and capabilities using one-line...

timeLOCK! for Windows. (Lifeboat Publishing's developers toolkit) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1996... timeLOCK! is a developer's toolkit that creates functional timeLOCKED! versions of Windows software. Included with timeLOCK! are .INI fifes with suggested text for the user dialog boxes. US$639. Lifeboat Publishing, (908)389-0037.

More power for Powerbuilder applications. (Powersoft's PowerBuilder 5.0 application development software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 1, 1996... Vast improvements strive to make the !transition from version 4.0 painless, while keeping development on the cutting edge. Powersoft PowerBuilder 5.0 has so many new features, it's hard to know where to begin describing them. This is a major...

The power of voice recognition. (IBM's VoiceType Dictation for OS/2, Windows; Kurzweil's Voice for Windows; Dragon Systems' DragonDictate for Windows, Wildfire Communications' Wildfire digital telephone assistant service) (Technology Information)
July 1, 1996... Beyond keyboards, mice, trackballs, and other means to communicate with computers, the spoken word remains the ultimate, if not elusive, user interface. The ability to talk to computers has been a fictionalized ideal-probably best portrayed in...

The new Borland. (Borland International rebounding from years of struggle)(Company Profile)
July 1, 1996... Whenever developers get together to chat about their favorite tools, sooner or later the talk comes around to Borland, and someone says this: "Yeah, they make terrific products, great technology, cool tools...but will they stay in business?"...

Object technology and client-server computing. (includes tool requirements glossary and object programming tools product listings) (Technology Information)
July 1, 1996... Only five years ago, object technology was more a conceptual buzzword than a wide-spread industry phenomenon. But the promises of code reuse and other less-tangible benefits have given object technology a new place among corporate developers....

Merging COM and CORBA object models. (Microsoft's Component Object Model, Object Management Group's Common Object Request Broker Architecture) (Technology Tutorial)(Tutorial)
July 1, 1996... EDITOR'S NOTE This article provides a developer's view of interworking objects. It addresses issues created by competing and emerging object standards, and offers code to help develop object-oriented applications. How do you mix unlike...

Put dynamic data in your Web pages. (includes related articles on linking databases to the Web and JYACC's JAM/Web) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
July 1, 1996... This message posted in an Internet newsgroup had a feel of desperation: "I designed a demo web page that displays 10 products," the note said. "It allows the user to click on a hyperlink for each product to bring up more information. Now my boss...

Intranets: the wave of the future is here. (includes product/vendor directory) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
July 1, 1996... Computer professionals are nothing if not flexible. Good thing, too, because the PC business is one of the few industries where future shock can hit you from behind. While you're still considering the wisdom of giving your company an Internet...

And the winners are.... (Databased Advisor Magazine's 1996 Readers Choice Application Development awards)(Buyers Guide)
July 1, 1996... Would you like to know what hundreds of developers, just like you, think of the myriad of application development tools? Want to knovv what products they think are really outstanding at delivering effective business solutions? We thought you...

Crossing the bridge into enterprise computing. (connecting COBOL, CICS applications to Windows programs using Micro Focus' PowerBridge, VisualBridge and Server-Enabling Toolkit) (Product Support)(Tutorial)
July 1, 1996... New component-based, visual programming strategies must consider the business rules of successfully operating on the host--and written in COBOL--if large scale, mission-critical applications are to be deployed across the client-server-dominated...

Client-server security for your DBMS. (Technology Tutorial)(Tutorial)
July 1, 1996... Client-server is arguably the oldest buzzword in the vocabulary of the 1990s. Even so, it's becoming the dominant architecture of this decade. Most companies that move off the mainframe are directing their downsizing efforts at some form of...

Maximize document management control. (compound document managers foster information use, reuse)(includes vendor directory)(Buyers Guide)
July 1, 1996... EDITOR'S NOTE This culminates a three-part series on electronic documetn management. Part 1 addressed file managers (May), and Part 2 addressed library managers (June). For an overview of the technology, see "Creating the Optimal Document...

Database confidential. (News Briefs)
July 1, 1996... Software pirates, beware! On April 11, 1996, U.S. attorney Michael J. Yamaguchi indicted Lawrence Warmate for selling pirated copies of popular software throughout the United States. According to the feds, Warmate shipped software 1,475 times at...