Data Based Advisor articles from June 1995

Data Based Advisor archives from June 1995

Find your way to Informix, Ingres and Sybase data via Oracle7. (Oracle Transparent Gateways)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... Oracle's new Transparent Gateways give ORACLE7 users acess to data in informix, Ingres, and Sybase databases. Developers using Oracle Transparent Gateways simply build applications as though they're accessing an Oracle7 server. The gateways...

Visigenic ships database driver tools. (ODBC Driver Set, ODBC 2.0 SDK, ODBC Test Suites)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... Visigenic Software, Inc., planning to stake a claim in the database driver business, launced a suite of ODBC data access software. Visigenic ODBC DriverSet provides a single standard API for accessing multiple SQL databases, such as informix,...

Object Manager integrates with popular development tools. (LBMS Inc's object database management tool)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Object Manager 1.0, an object database management tool and common object repository, includes tools for software configuration management and version control, object storage and access control, object organization and reuse, process automation,...

SQL server 6.0 in beta; Windows 95, Win32 API SDK prereleases on MSDN CD-ROM. (Microsoft's DBMS software development kit) (Microsoft Developer Network)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 for Windows NT, currently in beta, addresses specific customer requirements, such as built-in data replication, centralized control over distributed servers with a framework-based tool called SQL Enterprise Manager, and,...

PLATINUM acquires BrownStone, Viatech, SQL Software, and merges with Trinzic.(Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... In an acquisition and merger frenzy, PLATINUM technology announced more acquisitions that are key to its Open Enterprise Environment (OEE) strategy: Brownstone Solutions, a key data warehousing technology provider; SQL Software, a server object...

Client/server data object modeling and storage tool from Intek. (Clarity; Intek Technologies Inc)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... Clarity is a visual modeling and prototyping tool for databases and client/server development tools. Clarity lets users model and store data in Intek's proprietary Object Gallery, and then generate objects for Powerbuilder applications, and...

Opinions wanted - yours! and preview Access and Office for Windows 95. (Apple vs Microsoft) (Lotus vs Borland)(Editorial)
June 1, 1995... It's because of spring. Or maybe it's hitting the mid-decade mark. Or it's the likelihood that society will grind to a halt because applications can't handle years beyond 1999. All I know is that big things are happening that will affect us all....

Feedback.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 1995... Kenn Nesbitt's excellent review of our high-performance database engine, ROCKET (january 1995) was both accurate and entertaining. Thank you. It also seems that Kenn is a pretty fair judge of market needs since the areas where he felt ROCKET...

Use custom controls in CA-Visual Objects. (SuccessWare90's Class:VBX compatible with Computer Associates' application develpment software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... Every Visual Basic programmer knows the power and value of .VBX controls, which let you easily add functionality to our applications. While other language, such as dBASE and Access, let you program with. VBXs, one of the criticisms of CA-Visual...

Bi-directional data modeling tool generates EasyCASE schema. (Evergreen CASE Systems' EasyCASE Database Engineer) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... I last looked at Evergreen CASE Tools' EasyCASE version 4.1 in my product comparison, "The CASE for Client/Server" in the August, 1994 DATA BASED ADVISOR. EasyCASE earned good comments in the ease-of-use and flexibility departments. Version 4.2...

Coming events.(Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... Gupta Conference, Palm Desert, CA 11-14 June--At the 6th Annual Developer's Conference, Gupta's upcoming release of the SQL Windows Component Developer Kit (CDK) offers how-to sessions to introduce you to component-based development. Other topics...

Tops in ADEs. (Application Development Environment) (General Systems Enterprises Inc's UltimADE 3.0's application development software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... When a product is the tool used to win first place at a major software competition, it's worth a look. When the same product is the tool used to win first and second place at the same contest, it's time to take a serious look! UltimADE, from...

The "Just-Right" framework. (MetaSolv Software Inc.'s PowerFrame Application Framework Library) (Software Review)(Evaluation) (Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... More and more developers are asking "What's the best way to develop applications in PowerBuilder?, The answers to this question vary a great deal, but the consensus is that early adoption of a commercially-available application framework is one...

ResourceView resource manager. (Lucas Management Systems' Artemis ResourceView) (Requester and Allocator)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Artemis ResourceView is a client/server-based resource management tool that looks at work from the resource perspective as opposed to a project perspective. It's composed of two modules: Requester and Allocator. Requestor lets users define new...

DB-Scriptor converts Access databases to Oracle. (Bunker Hill Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Db-scriptor is a Microsoft Access add-in that migrates desktop databases to Oracle7 servers. Developers can use the Access Query Builder to design database queries. DB-scriptor creates Oracle SQL. It includes Object-viewer, which displays data...

SpeechWizard for Windows developers. (Speech Systems Inc's speech enabling tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... SpeechWizard is a speech-enabling hardware/software tool that adds speech to existing MicrosoftWindows-based applications. It lets programmers create syntax and macros, and automatically turns menu commands into speech commands. Developers can...

Control Center for Windows. (The Database Solutions Co's performance analysis software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Control Center is a Windows-based tool that monitors your client/server environment and shows activity and performance data on graphic displays. You can now pinpoint where problems are occurring. Thresholds can be customized for any performance...

PowerLock 4.0 for PowerBuilder apps. (ServerLogic Corp's security class library)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... PowerLock 4.0 is a class library for implementing security in PowerBuilder applications. The product consists of three components: The Security Implementation Library, the Security Repository, and the Security Administration Program. It includes...

KEYview 4.1 for groupware apps. (ANE Enterprise's e-mail extension)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... KEYview 4.1 provides integration with e-mail, document management, and groupware applications. It acts as an extension to Windows e-mail clients, such as Microsoft Mail and Lotus cc:Mail. It can import and export more than 40 file formats from...

Codewright Fusion editor for Visual C++. (Premia Corp)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... The new 32-bit version of Codewright Fusion integrates with Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0. This special version of the Codewright program editor is tailored to replace the built-in editor of Visual C++. Call for prices. Premia Corp., (503)641-6000,...

Get a jump on Windows 95 VxD development. (Vireo Software's VtoolsD for Windows 1.1)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Version 1.1 of VtoolsD, a VxD (virtual device driver) toolkit for C and C++ developers, lets you create VxDs that take advantage of Windows for Workgroups features and leads the way to compatibility with Windows 95. Version 1.1 of VTOOLSD...

Windows help engine for UNIX. (WexTech Systems' WexTech Hyperformance Viewer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... WexTech has teamed up with Mainsoft Corp. to create the WexTech Hyperformance Viewer--a UNIX version of the Doc-To-Help extensions for the Windows Help Engine. Viewer lets authors using these tools electronically publish the same PC content files...

Build customized OLAP apps. (Kenan Technologies' Acumate Enterprise Solution 1.2 DBMS)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Acumate ES Version 1.2 includes enhancements to the Acumate ES multidimensional database server and toolset for building customized, enterprise-wide OLAP applications. Hypersparse Array support improves the product's ability to handle sparsely...

Lotus Notes compliance software. (Intermation Inc's Audience information asset management and compliance software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Audience, the enterprise-wide Lotus Notes based information asset management and compliance software, manages the information of an organization--regardless of source or location. Users can store, track, identify, manage, share, review, retrieve,...

Multiple cross-platform strategies. (Thomson Software Products' TeleUSE/Win interface development environment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... TeleUSE/Win16 and TeleUSE/Win 32, interface development environments, let you develop and migrate OSF/Motif GUI applications for UNIX to Microsoft Windows or Windows NT and choose between the cross-platform development techniques. TeleUSE/Win...

Data access tool provides GUI front end. (PLATINUM Technology's PLATINUM Quest query, access and reporting tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... PLATINUM Quest, a query, access, and reporting tool provides the front end for data warehousing solutions by supplying Gui-based access to both mainframe (e.g., DB2 for MVS) and client/server databases (e.g., Oracle, Sybase SQL Server, Microsoft...

PVCS eases version management. (INTERSOLV's PVCS Version Manager 5.2)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1995... PVCS Version Manager 5.2 upgrade features a dynamic, visual environment that simplifies the management of development objects and files. With extended flexibility, PVCS automates common version management processes and supports event triggers....

Version control for Visual Basic. (StarBase Corp's Versions/VB) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... You're project manager of a Visual Basic development team working on version 3.0 of System X. The current version, 2.6, is presently installed on over 100 workstations in your organization. You've been working on version 3.0 for about two months...

WATCHWORKS 3.0 (Eventus Software's event monitor)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... WATCHWORKS 3.0 is an event-monitoring and expert-advice tool for ORACLE RDBMSs. WATCHWORKS 3.0 helps eliminate downtime and performance problems by forewarning administrators of potential database and system troubles. WATCHWORKS is capable of...

Data-aware components for Delphi. (Woll2Woll Software's InfoPower)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... InfoPower 1.0 is a set of data-aware Delphi VCL components for Delphi developers. Components include: a Super Database Grid, a Lookup Combobox, Advanced Filtering, Table Sort, Auto-Expanding Memo, Incremental Search, and a Table Lookup/Locate...

ANGOSS SmartWare PLUS. (DBMS)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... ANGOSS Software announced ANGOSS SmartWare PLUS. SmartWare PLUS includes an improved version of Smart-Ware and a complete development and systems management toolset. SmartWare PLUS for Windows and DOS is an integrated product suite that lets...

Visible Analyst Workbench update. (version 5.4 of Visible Systems' CASE tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Visible Analyst Workbench (VAW) 5.4 is an integrated CASE tool designed for client/server application developers. Features new to this version are an enhanced PowerBuilder interface, a bi-directional interface to UNIFACE, and enhanced repository...

New POET object database. (POET Software's POET 3.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... POET 3.0 stores C++ objects and offers database access to the stored objects which you can use on desktop platforms, such as Windows and Windows NT, NetWare, OS/2, Macintosh, and UNIX--all in a mixed environment. The initial release of this...

Visual Smalltalk 3.0 announced. (Digitalk's Visual Smalltalk 3.0 and Visual Smalltalk Enterprise 3.0 application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Visual Smalltalk 3.0 and Visual Smalltalk Enterprise 3.0 are now shipping for Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and OS/2. These releases feature: better performance, source and binary portability between Windows and OS/2, a new binary format, improved...

Internet document databases arrive. (The Information Atrium's LivePAGE SGML document storage software)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... Introduction We're on the verge of a revolution as important as the PC revolution itself. Intelligent text has arrived, and already it's reshaping the world. If you doubt this, consider the Internet's killer application, the World Wide Web...

Get vendor-certified! Vendor certification isn't perfect, but most think it's well worth the effort.
June 1, 1995... In this issue, I present a subject that's as complex as any you have to deal with--programmer certification. Like most of the human race, I'm the proud owner of several certificates. Somewhere in my basement I have my high school and college...

Teamwork pays off at Trade Service Corporation.
June 1, 1995... It seems that most system development projects are difficult affairs. The programmers complain that the users don't get involved enough. The users complain that the programmers don't get the picture. Piles of paperwork, poor communication and bad...

Mind your bugs: here are four bug tracking tools to keep your software development on track. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... For serious developers, bug tracking software can help you keep your sanity as you encounter and fix bugs. Most bug tracking software provides an easy-to-use central database where information about bugs ("defects") can be used to track and...

Version control directory. (contains company names and brief version control product descriptions)
June 1, 1995... Team development comes with an inherent risk--that somehow, through a lack of communication or organization, one team member will overwrite changes made by another member, losing the first person's work and setting the process back by days, or...

Database & Client Server World: the second generation: sneak preview. (Directory of companies and products to be displayed at conference)
June 1, 1995... So you've heard all the hype about workgroup-based client/server computing, but you say you've "been there, done that." What's the next step? Where does client/server technology go from here? One way to find out is by joining the group of...

Dealing with consultant-compatible liveware: or, are users always right?(Tutorial)
June 1, 1995... The scene: A VP sits at a new PDP teletype terminal in his company to try to make a few sales by telegram. What he doesn't know is that one of the programmers has loaded a test version of an early AI program which simulates a therapist. The...

Take control with Windows messages. (using messages to control other Windows programs)(Tutorial)
June 1, 1995... The scenario: Your application needs to be able to tell another program what to do, but the other program doesn't support OLE Automation or DDE; or it supports DDE, but it doesn't have DDE topics for what you're trying to communicate; or you're...

Superbase 95 takes high road to development. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... Software boxes are designed to capture and hold your attention. Normally, I don't pay much attention to a product's packaging, but it's hard to ignore the SuperBase 95 box: it looks like a suitcase and the manuals inside look like travel...

State of the union.(communication programming in team development)
June 1, 1995... Bringing multiple developers into a team is nothing new, and it's certainly not specific to client/server development projects. However, these projects typically involve more than one developer. As a result, team development issues are constantly...

Do team development with FoxPro. (Microsoft's DBMS)(Tutorial)
June 1, 1995... As developers focus in on Visual FoxPro, Team development is an important part of the picture. FoxPro is a long-standing favorite development product for small- to medium-sized database projects. Increasingly, however, developers rely on...

Using DataWindows to update the database. (PowerBuilder programming)(Tutorial)
June 1, 1995... Here are a couple of tools PowerBuilder provides to make sure updates are done correctly. It's no secret that much of the strength of PowerBuilder lies in the DataWindow. To a large degree, the distinction between an ordinary PowerBuilder...

The outer limits of crosstab queries: get beyond the limits of Access' crosstab query wizard using a few Access Basic tricks.(Microsoft Access 2.0)
June 1, 1995... Get beyond the limits of Access' Crosstab Query Wizard using a few Access Basic tricks. The first time I saw a crosstab query, I thought it was one of the best things since sliced bread--especially after I looked at the Access Crosstab Query...

Going solo: This developer's experience with SQLWindows Solo might help you with your own transition to client/server.
June 1, 1995... SQLWindows Solo has given developers an opportunity to make a low-cost transition to event-driven and objecto-riented programming. For those of you who were brought up on procedural languages, the changes are tough--not so much because of the...

Team programming with Visual Basic: how to build a succesful project.(includes related article on form displays)
June 1, 1995... The project was floundering. In a busy programming department with a number of pressing projects, this project had the lowest priority and the least amount of management attention--and it showed. The project was outlined in scant detail, and the...

Introducing: IBM's Open Blueprint; will it become the Crown Jewel of client/server?(client/server technology)
June 1, 1995... If you've written off IBM as a vendor of client/server software, think again. Big Blue is pouring the majority of their considerable resources into the research and development of client/server technology. Open Blueprint is the architecture that...

Getting it together with team development.(PowerBuilder 4.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1995... I got a request from my editor to write about team development in PowerBuilder this issue. My first response was to quote an old line that I believe came from Bill Gates, "Managing programmers is like herding cats." The essence of most good...

Teaming up to maximize version control.(Gupta Corp's TeamWindows and INTERSOLV's PVCS)
June 1, 1995... Anyone who has worked on a large multi-programmer development project probably agrees that managing different versions of software modules, integrating them for the build process, and promoting new executables to their proper testing and...

Using the CA-Clipper 5.3 Workbench. (Computer Associates International's Micro Products Div)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1995... With the 5.3 release from Computer Associates, CA-clipper finally has a recognizable face! The Clipper 5.3 Workbench is the most considerable advancement to the Clipper product line since the initial 5.0 release. From the Microsoft Windows-based...

Catch the multimedia wave.(Borland International's dBase for Windows 5.0)(Tutorial)
June 1, 1995... Multimedia is a hot topic these days. Availability of low-cost sound cards and lower prices of CD-ROM drives has helped in making multimedia more accessible to home PC buyers. Multimedia PCs, at least those with CD-ROMs, are also becoming a...

Database Confidential.(Grupo Industrial Bimbo contracts with Sun Microsystems Inc. to automate operations)
June 1, 1995... Double-take on a headline: "Bimbo Picks Sun Microsystems to Automate Operations." Buzz notes that "Bimbo" refers to the largest baked goods manufacturer and distributor in Latin America (the company's full name is Grupo Industrial Bimbo). The...