Data Based Advisor articles from November 1992

Data Based Advisor archives from November 1992

What's new with ObjectView. (Matesys Corp.'s ObjectView 2.0 program development software) (Software Review) (Database Report) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Matesys Corp. 200 Larkspur Landing Circle, Ste. 175 Larkspur, CA 94939 415-925-2900 800-777-0545 ObjectView 2.0, $1,499, WorkGroup Development Kit, $2,999, runtime, $199. ObjectView is a graphical, object-based application...

Oracle deals its Card. (Oracle Corp.'s Oracle Card 1.1 program development software) (Software Review) (Database Report) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Oracle Corp. 500 Oracle Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 800-633-0598 415-506-7000 Orale Card version 1.1 Developer's Edition, $699, runtime, $299 Oracle Card is a development system for building database applications that can...

Fine tune PowerBuilder. (Powersoft Corp.'s PowerBuilder 2.0 program development software) (Software Review) (Database Report) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Powersoft Crop. 70 Blanchard Rd. Burlington, MA 01803 800-395-3525 617-229-2200 Fax: 617-273-2540 $3,395; includes interface for Microsoft/-Sybase SQL Server, Oracle, Allbase, or Informix. DB2 version is $3,895. When it comes to...

R:BASE/Vanguard can do client/server. (Microrim Inc.'s R:BASE/Vanguard client/server extension of R:BASE) (Software Review) (Database Report) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Microrim 15395 S.E. 30th Pl. Bellevue, WA 98007 800-248-2001 206-649-9500 $1,295 and up (depending on the number of users R:BASE /Vanguard (R:BASE/V) is a client/server extension of R:BASE. Microrim has added functionality to its...

A look into SQLWindows. (Gupta Technologies Inc.'s SQLWindows 3.1 program development software) (Software Review) (Database Report) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Gupta Technologies 1060 Marsh Rd. Menlo, Park, CA 94025 800-876-3267 415-321-9500 Fax: 415-321-5471 SQLWindows version 3.1, $1,595, $2,495 for client/server developer system, includes 5 users and Quest. SQLWindows by Gupta...

More than a port: Paradox for Windows. (Borland International Inc.'s Paradox for Windows data base management system) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... There's a school of thought that says to be successful, a software product can't simply evolve--at some point, it must be destroyed and rebuilt from the ground up. If a software maker simply "enhances" an existing product, over the years it...

The secret to developing with Magic. (Magic Software Enterprises Inc.'s Magic 5.0 program development software)(includes related article on the Magic Distribution Kit) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Magic 5.0 Magic Software Enterprises, Inc. 1200 Main St. Irvine, CA 92714 714-250-1718 Pricing: Single-user license, $800; LAN development license, $1,500 MSE has released Magic version 5.0, a major rewrite of its table-driven,...

The craft of creating custom accounting solutions. (includes related article on tips for managing the accounting software development process) (Database Report)
November 1, 1992... Statistics show that a majority of clients who seek a consultant's help for an automation project are looking for an automated accounting solution. Of all the applications that handle the life blood of a business, accounting ranks among the...

Dataline.
November 1, 1992... PHOENIX, AZ -- What would happen to "Aspen" if its development team suddently dropped out of the picture? That's the question we may be pondering soon. As you may recall, Aspen is the object-oriented Windows development system being created...

We're not in Kansas anymore. (Editor on the Go) (Editorial)
November 1, 1992... I'm back on the conference trail, and it's not the same. Compared to last year, 1992 has been a dramatic turning point. I'm seeing new products from changed companies, bought by new types of users with fresh priorities. Next year is certain...

Feedback. (Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 1992... Talkback Regarding "Status: OS/2 Front Ends" (August) by Karen Watterson, you left out VZ Programmer. VZ Programmer uses C/C++, end is cross compatible under OS/2 and windows. I regret that we were omitted since we offer...

New software installed. (Knowledge Dynamics Corp.'s INSTALL 3.2 automated software installation application) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Knowledge Dynamics Corp. announced the latest upgrade to their automated software installation program. INSTALL 3.2 offers substantially improved data compression, faster data integrity testing, and better quality control. The enhanced script...

Windows report writer on fire. (MicroMega Systems Inc.'s Foxfire!/Windows 1.5) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Foxfire!/Windows 1.5, a new FoxPro query and report generator for Windows, will ship soon after FoxPro for Windows ships. A migration path from Foxfire! 1.0 for DOS is included. Foxfire! generates SQL statements, enabling it to couple with...

Easy SQR for Windows - a simple, flashy report writer. (Sybase Inc.)(Test Drives) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Easy SQR for Windows Sybase, Inc. 8 New England Executive Park Burlington, MA 01803 800-933-0044, 617-238-6100 While report writers tend to be less glamorous than flashy front ends, they're an important piece of the developer's tool kit....

Adapta accounting modules for Paradox 4.0. (Adapta Software Inc.'s AdaptAccounts) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Adapta Software released new versions of AdaptAccounts adaptable business modules for Borland's Paradox 4.0: System Manager, General Ledger, Financial Reporter, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders,...

Aladdin at your command. (Aladdin Publishing's ClipSQL Clipper library and UnClip Clipper executable decompiler) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Alddin Publishing is shipping ClipSQL, a Clipper library for accessing SQL databases in Clipper 5.01 and Summer '87 applications, now supports Microsoft/Sybase SQL servers, Oracle SQL server, and Gupta SQLBase Server. ClipSQL supports all SQL...

FPNet: NetWare services for your FoxPro apps. (Platinum Software's FoxPro 2.x API library)(Test Drives) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... * FPNet Platinum Software 17 Thorburn Road North Potomac, MD 20878 301-330-5118, fax 301-258-6862 FPNet, from Platinum Software, is a FoxPro 2.x API library of functions for Novell NetWare 286 or 386. If you're writing ambitious database...

An even better DBT replacement. (Ganahl Software Inc.'s FlexFile 2.0 program development software) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Ganahl Software, Inc is shipping FlexFile 2.0, the replacement for Clipper's DBT system. New features include an RDD that uses conventional DBT/memo-field grammar to access Clipper data types stored by FlexFile, high speed text search with...

Prints pros. (Conquest Data Systems Inc.'s ProPrint Report and C Code Generator 3.0) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Conquest Data Systems, Inc., released ProPrint Report and C Code Generator version 3.0. ProPrint prints reports from dBASE, Paradox, Btrieve, and ASCII data file formats. It provides an interface to all of the supported file structures, and...

FoxPro library den. (dB Dynamics Inc.'s ELfox and EDfox libraries for FoxPro) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... dB Dynamics, Inc. has released ELfox & EDfox, two libraries for FoxPro. ELfox (Extension Library for Foxpro) is a FoxPro add-on function library. It provides over two hundred routines for such things as incremental browsers and pick lists for...

StarClass provides a solid class foundation. (Loesgen Software's StarClass 1.01 Clipper 5.01 class library) (includes related article on factoring)(Test Drives) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... StarClass 1.01 Loesgen Software 1712 Avenue Road, Box 54605 Toronto, Ontario M5M 4N5 Canada 416-784-3618 Fax 416-784-3768 Making the shift to object- oriented programming (OOP) requires a significant up-front investment of effort to create...

dNEWS from Donnay. (Donnay Software Designs Inc.'s dCLIP 3.0 program development software) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Donnay Software Designs, Inc.'s dCLIP 3.0, a major upgrade to the Clipper development environment and suite of libraries, is now shipping. dCLIP 3.0 includes support for all third-party replaceable database drivers (RDDs), enabling developers...

C speed for Xbase apps. (Sequiter Software Inc.'s CodeBase 5.0 C/C+ library and CodeTranslator 2.0 program translator) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Sequite Software announced significant upgrades to CodeBase and CodeTranslator. CodeBase 5.0, a C/C+ library for Xbase database management, can now share data, index and memo files with concurrently running Clipper, dBASE, and FoxPro programs...

Extrasensory conceptions upgraded. (Extrasensory Software's Telepathy 1.5, FAXual.lib 1.5 and PostScript Library 1.5 Clipper libraries) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Extrasensory Software has upgraded its line of Clipper development libraries. Telepathy 1.5, a serial communications library for Clipper; now includes VT102 terminal emulation, unsurpassed Zmodem compatibility, multiport serial board support,...

Library eases Paradox 4.0 programming. (Weston Brothers Software Inc.'s WBSLIB 2 procedure library for Paradox 4.0) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Weston Brothers Software, Inc. announces WBSLIB 2, a new version of its procedure library for Paradox 4.0 WBSLIB 2's features include a data entry controller that can handle any number of tables and forms and can be fully customized; quick...

PERFORMER links with Xbase. (Performer Systems Inc.'s PERFORMER 3.0 time and contact management system for sales and marketing) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Performer Systems released PERFORMER 3.0, The Time & Contact Management System. A new feature, Xcontact, provides facilities to link its internal contact file to external DBF files. With Xcontact, third-party developers can add PERFORMER to...

A FoxPro carry-all. (The Information Management Group's Portmanteau sales/marketing software) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... The Information Management Group announced Portmanteau, The Workgroup Productivity Tool. It's a set of tools for facilitating workgroup communications and management. Portmanteau tracks clients and contacts, manages projects, schedules group...

Global Speedbase. (BOS National Inc.'s Speedbase 3.1 data base management system)(Test Drives) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Speedbase BOS Natinal, Inc. 2607 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 200 Dallas, TX 75224 214-956-7722 Speedbase 3.1, from BOS National, Inc., is for database developers who need to manage a lot of data on more than one platform. It provides quick...

Adisoft. (Expense Report! 1.01 database program for expense accounts)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... askSam Systems is preparing a Windows version of its information manager, askSam, for release in the fourth quarter of this year. askSam combines word processing, text retrieval, and database functions to manage structured and unstructured...

askSam Systems Inc. (askSam for Windows information manager)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Adisoft will be showing Expense Report! 1.01, a database application that automates business expense report processing from receipt entry to updating the general ledger. Expense Report!'s DBF format allows the database to be easily used in...

BlackHawk Data Corp. (Database Graphics Toolkit 4.0 graphics software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Blackhawk Data Corp. will demonstrate Database Graphics Toolkit Version 4.0 (dGT 4.0) dGT 4.0 now accepts images conforming to the new TIFF 6.0 specification, including TIFF B,G,P, and R, LZW, CCITT Group 3 and 4 fax formats, and highly...

Borland International. (dBASE IV 1.5, Paradox 4.0 and Paradox for Windows database management systems)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Borland will show dBASE IV 1.5, Paradox 4.0, and Paradox for Windows. (Other details were unavailable as of press time.) Borland International, 1800 Green Hills Road, P.O. Box 660001, Scotts Valley, CA 95067, 408-438-8400, fax 408-439-9272.

Clarion Software Corp. (Clarion Database Developer 3.0 database program development tool)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Clarion Software will demonstrate Clarion Database Developer Version 3, a major upgrade of its DOS-based database application development tool. Version 3 uses the TopSpeed optimizing code generator. Other key features include replaceable...

Common Cents Software. (Common Cents 3.0C for Clipper and 3.0F for FoxPro accounting software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Common Cents Software will introduce two new versions of its accounting software: version 3.0C for Clipper and version 3.0F for FoxPro. The versions are optimized to take advantage of Foxpro 2.0- and Clipper 5.01-specific features. Version...

Computer Associates. (CA-Clipper 5.2 and CA-dBFast 2.0 application development systems, CA-RET/Xbase report writer and Aspen database manager)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Computer Associates plans to demonstrate CA-Clipper 5.2, CA-dBFast 2.0, CA-RET/Xbase, and "Aspen." CA-Clipper 5.2, an application development system, will provide functional extensions, upgraded docs, object-oriented enhancements, and RDDs....

Crystal Services. (Crystal Reports 1.2 for Windows database report writer)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Crystal Services will announce Crystal Reports 1.2 for Windows, a database report writer and print engine DLL that provides access to Btrieve, Clipper, dBASE, FoxPro, and Paradox databases. A new feature of version 1.2, Crystal Reports SQL...

Desktop Ai. (X2c Xbase compiler)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Desktop Ai announces X2c, an Xbase compiler for UNIX operating systems. X2c provides direct compilation of Clipper Summer '87, dBASE III PLUS, and FoxBASE+ programs to C executable modules. The EXEs can run on Sun/SPARC, SCO UNIX/XENIX, IBM...

Devices, Inc. (Espia 2.1 for FoxPro 2.x graphics software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Devices, Inc. announces expanded image format support in Espia for FoxPro 2.x Espia 2.1 is a graphical environment which turns FoxPro standard and extended modes into graphical development systems and gives developers the tools to create...

ISD Point of Sale Systems, Inc. (ISD Point of Sale System 3.5 point-of-sale software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... ISD Point of Sale Systems, Inc., will show version 3.5+ of its retail point of sale software system. New features and enhancements include multiple user-defineable lookups for customer, inventory, and invoice/order numbers; unlimited inventory...

Kedwell Software. (InstallBoss 2.0, DataBoss Xbase Engine and DataBoss C program development software packages)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Kedwell Software will unveil Install-Boss 2.0, which creates smart installation programs without coding. Version 2.0 will split long files across multiple disks. It will work with files from any compression utility, as well as uncompressed...

Knowledge Information Systems, Inc. (q*BASE and q*BASE.EXE for Solaris 2.0 program development software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Knowledge Information Systems Inc., announces q*BASE and q*BASE.EXE for SunSoft's Solaris 2.0. q*BASE has over 460 Xbase commands and functions and an assortment of development tools, such as a data dictionary, screen painter, triggers, and...

Knozall Systems. (NLMAuto operating system enhancement)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Knozall Systems, Inc. announces NLMAuto, which provides the scheduled loading and unloading of network loadable modules (NLMs), which minimizes the dedicated memory required by NLMs. This maximizes memory available for caching, which results...

Lifeboat Software. (ED - The Programmer's Editor DOS and Windows editor) (Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Lifeboat Software will publish ED--The Programmer's Editor, an editor for both Windows and DOS. ED combines the features of a customizeable programmer's editor, such as Borland's Brief, with the ease-of-use of a Windows application. Lifeboat...

Microsoft Corp. (FoxPro 2.5 and FoxPro for Windows database management systems)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Microsoft Corp. will showcase several new and updated Windows and DOS-based database managers. Microsoft Access takes advantage of Windows to access Paradox, dBASE, and Btrieve files, as well as Microsoft/Sybase SQL Servers. It has SQL support...

Pinnacle Publishing, Inc. (ChartBuilder for Visual Basic 2.0 graphics software, Graphics Server SDK 2.0, CommTools 2.0 for Clipper and FoxPro, NetLib 2.0 for FoxPro and NetLib 6.0 for Clipper data security software and RaSQL/X 6.0 for Clipper program development software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Pinnacle Publishing, Inc., will demo several products: ChartBuilder for Visual Basic 2.0, Graphics Server SDK 2.0, CommTools 2.0, RaSQL/X, and NetLib for Clipper and FoxPro. ChartBuilder for Visual Basic 2.0 is a custom control for...

ProtoView Development. (SQLView database development tool for Windows)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... ProtoView Development will announce SQLView, a new database development tool for Windows. A high-level scripting tool used with ProtoView+, a visual development environment, SQLView enables system designers to prototype applications that...

Quadbase Systems. (Quadbase-Server/NLM and Quadbase-SQL for Windows 2.0 database management systems and dQUERY 4.5 query and report writing tool)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Quadbase Systems Inc. will show a SQL database server that supports Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard, dBASE file formats, and runs as an NLM. Quadbase-Server/NLM uses the multi-thread capabilities of Netware 386. In...

RDN & Associates. (Retail Manager Accounting/Point of Sale 2.0 source code accounting and point-of-sale software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... RDN & Associates will show the Retail Manager Accounting/Point of Sale (Manager 2.0), a Clarion Developer source code accounting and point-of-sale system. It offers General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Bank Account...

Software Products International. (Open Access IV integrated software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... Software Products International will announce a major upgrade to its network-ready, multi-application software product. Open Access IV features enhanced graphics, improved memory usage, increased database performance, a compiler for the...

SourceMate Information Systems, Inc. (AccountMate 3.5 accounting software and Executive Summary add-in/on software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... SourceMate Information Systems, Inc. will display its line of business management software and feature its recently upgraded accounting modules, AccountMate 3.5 Written in dBASE III PLUS, AccountMate offers new enhancements to its GL, AR, AP,...

Sub Rosa Corp. (SharkBase application development language and compiler)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... SubRosa will preview SharkBase. Formerly known as VP-Info, SharkBase is an application development language and compiler that supports Xbase compatible data formats. The new version includes Clipper index support. Clipper EXEs can be run...

WATCOM International Corp. (WATCOM SQL for Windows program development software)(Comdex News)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1992... WATCOM International Corp. announced that the upcoming Windows release of WATCOM SQL will support Microsoft's ODBC interface. The addition of ODBC support enables third party Windows ODBC compliant products to immediately support the new...

Calendar of events.
November 1, 1992... CA TechniCon--The Clipper DevCon has been restructured and renamed. This conference will cover Clipper and other CA products. November 1-5, Mariott Marquise, New York. For more information, call 800-829-3976 or 201-346-1400. Fall...

Database confidential. (Column)
November 1, 1992... Have you been enjoying the cold-war shenanigans out of Cupertino and points thereabouts lately? Naturally, you've heard about Gene Wang's jump from Borland International over to Symantec Corp.--a rather amazing move considering that Wang was...

Customize FoxPro on startup. (FoxPro Tour Tip) (Brief Article) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1992... If you've been reading FoxPro advertisements, you may have noticed the new Run pad added to SYSMENU. You may have patched your copy of FoxPro and still can't find that pad on your menu. In this case, make sure you download the PIECES.EXE file...

Bringing in a consultant. (Memo to Management)
November 1, 1992... How do you know when it's time to bring in a consultant? What should you do to get the best consultant at an appropriate cost? Do you feel like choosing a consultant is a bit like buying a used car--you don't know what you're getting until you...

The day the earth moved: the fate of Clipper under Computer Associates. (includes related article on CA-Clipper 5.2)(Database Report)
November 1, 1992... Second-hand, the story goes like this: The day Computer Associates bought Nantucket Corp., executives and attorneys from both companies sat in a room, signing papers, discussing the numbers, cutting checks. Among the group was one rather quiet...

Interview: "Aspen" - long-distance development. (Borak Kozan, chief developer of Computer Associates International Inc.'s Aspen project) (Interview)
November 1, 1992... The development of "Aspen," a code name for an object-oriented, Windows-based development tool, has--almost from the beginning--resided in the hands of a small then-Nantucket, now-Computer Associates German subsidiary. At the time of the...

Develop and display your help messages in dBASE IV. (dBASE Developer column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1992... Table 1-Borland Help data table structure Name Type Width Tag FLD[underscore]NAME Character 10 Y FLD[underscore]HEADING Character 25 N FLD[underscore]HELP Memo 10 N ...

Extending Clipper with the mouse, part 2. (includes related article on mouse-support in third party products) (HardCore Clipper column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1992... Last month, I showed you how assembler code can perform low-level mouse functions such as turning the cursor on and off, and reading the mouse position and button press information. This month, I show how you can use these low-level routines...

A pre-flight check for your FoxPro apps. (Hands-On FoxPro column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1992... You'd be slightly annoyed if, after take-off, your pilot discovered that the fuel tanks were empty, the plane was headed in the wrong direction, and the radar and the landing gear weren't working, wouldn't you? That's why those little niceties...

Develop complete database apps with SoftC. (SoftC Ltd's database library) (Software Review) (C/C++ Developer column ) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... SoftC SoftC Ltd. 16820 Third St. N.E. Anoka, MN 55304-4703 612-434-6968 Fax 612-434-5023 Pricing: Database Library Source Code License, $195; Database Library Object Code License, $95; Database DLL License, $95 Writing a complete...

Visual Basic for DOS -- QuickBASIC gets a facelift. (Microsoft Corp.'s program development software) (Software Review) (Basics for Windows column) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1992... Microsoft Corp. One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 206-882-8080 800-426-9400 Fax 206-882-8101 Visual Basic for DOS V.1.0 $199 Professional Version $495 Start with Microsoft QuickBASIC, add a Visual Basic-style user interface...

SQL Server tuning tips. (Systems Integration Tips column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1992... Until now, tuning SQL Server has been tricky, due to the optimizer handling most of the work for you. To really tune SQL Server, you would need access to the optimizer code to know how to best make the optimizer work for you. These tips are...

Explicit FoxPro application bolt-ons. (FoxPro Basics column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1992... FoxPro's built-in language and tools are so rich in possibilities that it's hard for anyone to explore--let alone effectively exploit--the entire product. Maybe that's the reason many Fox developers aren't accustomed to thinking about how they...

Clipper 5's super arrays. (Clipper Basics column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1992... For many years, Xbase developers have lived without a way to collect and manipulate groups of data under a single, subscripted name. Arrays, as these groups are usually called, weren't part of the dBASE language until dBASE IV. Early on...

Using keys and indexes in Paradox applications. (includes related article on storage of Paradox secondary indexes) (Paradox Basics column) (Column)
November 1, 1992... Indexes and keys are important parts of a Paradox application, and Paradox presents a number of indexing and keying options to developers. They're used for a couple of reasons--namely speed and to automatically eliminate duplicates. Let's look...

Positive feedback. (DB Connections) (Column)
November 1, 1992... Ask for advice on the Data Based Advisor Forum, and you're bound to receive some good responses from forum members. You can maximize the quality of that information for the benefit of all forum members if you actively participate and share...