Data Based Advisor articles from November 1993

Data Based Advisor archives from November 1993

Momentum builds at Sybase. (Sybase's Build Momentum graphical application development software package) (At Press Time)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Sybase (510-596-3500) filled a major gap in its product line with the announcement of Build Momentum, a graphical application development tool. Prior to the announcement, Sybase customers were forced to use either Sybase's ATP Workbench (a...

Seeing double. (the ASK Group's ASK INGRES/Replicator data replication software package) (At Press Time)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... The ASK Group announced ASK INGRES/Replicator, data replication software that lets users copy, distribute, and maintain data in multiple locations. The ASK Group says the replicator boosts productivity on networks because it places data in...

Gupta reaches for the enterprise. (Gupta's SQLWindows will be integrated with various computer-aided software engineering packages) (At Press Time) (Brief Article)
November 1, 1993... The message at the Gupta Developer's Conference in September was clear: Gupta is moving toward enterprise client/server. SQLWindows is already a mainstay in the PC application development arena, but Gupta CEO Umang Gupta says only about 25...

High-tech traveling. (the components of a portable office)(Editor on the Go) (Editorial)
November 1, 1993... I can't leave home without hauling my high-tech office with me. I don't take all of it all the time, but I'm always dragging some hardware around so I can do programming, work on articles, and keep in touch with our network of writers,...

CA-Clipper report writers: two good approaches to one problem. (Building Blocks Publishing Inc.'s CLReport and Grumpfish Inc.'s Grumpfish Reporter) (Software Review) (Test Drives) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... CLReport, $299 Building Blocks Publishing, Inc. 17 Madison Ave., Suite 50 Madison, NJ 07940 800-486-8700, (201) 301-0822 Fax (201) 301-0128 Grumpfish Reporter, $159; developer's version, $299 Grumpfish, Inc. 2450 Lancaster...

AccSys provides C hooks for dBASE apps. (Copia International Inc.'s dBASE library of C functions) (Software Review) (Test Drives) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... AccSys for dBASE, $495, with source code $1,195 Copia International, Inc. 1342 Avalon Court Wheaton, IL 60187 (708) 682-8898, fax (708) 924-3030 AccSys for dBASE is a library of C functions that allows...

AccSys for the Paradox developer. (Copia International Inc.'s AccSys for Paradox libraries for linking C programs with native Paradox tables) (Brief Article)
November 1, 1993... Copia markets another version of AccSys for Paradox. Aptly named, AccSys for Paradox libraries let you link C programs to work with native Paradox tables. Although you don't need a copy of Paradox to use this version of AccSys, like the...

Faster, bolder, index searches. (Index Applications Inc.'s Fast Text Search version 2.0 text search utility for Clipper) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Index Applications, Inc. released Fast Text Search (FTS) 2.0 for Cllpper, a text search utility. Version 2.0 now has cross-platform compatibility with other FTS versions: Windows, OS/2, and UNIX. It also has enhanced error handling and...

WINGATE goes both ways. (WINGATE Technologies Inc.'s WINGATE integration package for DOS and Windows applications) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... MITech Technologies released WINGATE, an integration tool that allows DOS and Windows applications to interact. WINGate provides what the company calls "bi-directional pipelines" to ease communications and among multiple DOS and Windows...

Clipper mouse driver on board. (On-Line Resources' FastGet CA-Clipper library of CUA-compatible menus) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... FastGet, from On-Line Resources, is a CA-Clipper library of CUA-compatible menus, with functions for creating moveable, modal/modeless dialog and check boxes, pushbutton radio buttons, pulldowns, 1-2-3-style, multi-column, and user defined...

Blue Sky's latest offerings. (Blue Sky Software Corp.'s WindowsMAKER Professional 5.0 prototyper and C/C++ code generator for Windows and Windows NT and RoboHELP 2.0 Windows help system creation package) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Blue Sky Software Corp. released WindowsMAKER Professional 5.0, a protoyper and C/C++ code generator for Windows and Windows NT. The latest version features a WYSIWYG protyper, SmartMenus, and a on-line help code generator. It includes...

CacheAll improves memory. (C&D Programming Corp.'s memory cache) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... C&D Programming Corp. shipped CacheAll, a memory cache that can be used on virtually all storage devices, locally or over a network (including CD-ROMs and opticals), according to C&D. CacheAll takes up 21K and can be loaded high. It supports...

If your software's talking, it must be SilverComm. (SilverWare Inc.'s SilverComm C Async Library, SilverClip, and SilverFox add modem and fax capabilities to applications) (Software Review) (Test Drives) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... SilverComm C Async Library, $249 SilverClip, SilverFox, $299 each SilverWare, Inc. 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 740 Dallas, TX 75234 (214)247-0131, fax (214)406-9999 Adding modem or fax communications capabilities to your application...

Shareware help. (Richard Leander Software & Consulting's HELPDB CA-Clipper add-on program provides hypertext help with one line of program code) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Richard Leander Software & Consulting released HELPDB, a CA-Clipper add-on that the company says can provide hypertext help with one line of program code. HELPDB uses the standard context-sensitive Clipper help feature, but extends it with...

A dialog's best friend. (Target Software's PaintPAL 2.0 dialog code generator for Paradox 4.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Target Software shipped PaintPAL 2.0, an update to its Paradox 4.0 dialog code generator. Version 2.0 now has full color control, instant data-entry dialogs, a hot-link editor, and an universal merge facility for merging elements of one...

Clipper catalog from Zachary. (Zachary Software Inc.'s catalog of CA-Clipper add-on programs) (Brief Article)
November 1, 1993... Zachary Software, Inc. has published a 32-page, full-color catalog of CA-Clipper add-on tools. Information on each product listed in the Zac Catalog can be obtained by calling the appropriate FaxBack number. The free catalog can be requested...

Easy report printing. (Ontyme Software's FoxDriver report printing software for FoxPro) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... The Printer Driver System for FoxPro, from Ontyme Software, is a program for printing reports on any dot-matrix, laser, or deskjet printer without making changes to the report. It's compatible with internal and soft fonts, scalable point...

Reliable backup solutions from Maynard. (Maynard Electronics' Maynstream 4000DAT and Maynstream 5000 backup systems)(includes a related article on portable backups) (Hardware Review) (Test Drives) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... Maynstream 4000DAT, $2,825 Maynstream 5000, $9,495 Maynard Electronics, subsidary of Archive Corp./Conner Peripherals 36 Skyline Drive Lake Mary, FL 32746 800-821-8782, (407) 263-3500 Fax (407) 263-3555 Current multiple operating...

Clipper compatible IDL(3). (Integrated Development Corp.'s CA-Clipper function library) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... IDL(3) is the latest offering from Integrated Development Corp. It's a CA-Clipper function library with applications, modifiable source code, and new object-oriented classes that are Class(y) 1.07 and 2.0 compatible. Also included: link...

Visual Basic video. (New Media Graphics' Visual Basic Custom Controls for video display) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... New Media Graphics released visual Basic Custom Controls for video display. These custom controls feature drag and drop methods to create, position, and size a motion video window anywhere in an application and includes Video MCI support from...

dCLIP 3.01 released. (Donnay Software Designs' CA-Clipper dot-prompt development software and function library) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Donnay Software released dCLIP 3.01, a CA-Clipper dot-prompt development system and function library. Version 3.01 adds support for CA-Clipper 5.2., and sports over 250 new menu, lanugage, and mouse functions, and includes built-in command...

Software testing for Windows developers. (four Windows testing products are evaluated: Eastern Systems Inc.'s Elverex Evaluator, Software Quality Automation Inc.'s SQA Team Test, Microsoft Corp.'s Microsoft Test, and Mercury Interactive Corp.'s WinRunner) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... Product Information Elverex Evaluator, (call for pricing) Eastern Systems, Inc./Elverex P.O. Box 310 Hopkinton, MA 01748 (508) 435-2151, fax (508) 435-2517 SQA Team Test, $345 Software Quality Automation, Inc. 10...

SoftWatch: more Windows testing software. (four Windows testing software packages are described briefly: Computer Applications & Research's microATF, Infomentor Products Inc.'s ON STAGE for Windows, Software Research Inc.'s STW/Regression 2.0, and Vermont Creative Software's Dr. Taylor's Test for Windows) (Brief Article)
November 1, 1993... microATF, (call for pricing) Computer Applications & Research 2198 Mountain Laurel Road Wakefield, NH 03872 (603) 522-6402, fax (603) 522-3210 ON STAGE for Windows, (call for pricing) Infomentor Products, Inc. 4320 Stevens...

DataFlex for Windows: a bridge from the DOS world. (Data Access Corp.'s DataFlex for Windows 3.01b DBMS) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... DataFlex for Windows, $795, multi-user $1,450; upgrade single user $195, multi-user $395 DataAccess Corp. 5753 Miami Lakes Drive East Miami Lakes, FL 33014 800-451-3539, (305) 238-0012 Fax (305) 238-0017 In the world of PC...

The Invisible Ultra Server.... (Invisible Software Inc.'s Ultra Server software server) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Invisible Software, Inc. 1215 N. Highway 427 Suite 135 Longwood, FL 32750 800-982-2962; (407) 260-5200 Booth L6853 Invisible Software, Inc. displays their software server product, Ultra. Ultra Server provides performance,...

Expressly a development environment. (Micro Design International Inc.'s Express Development Environment development and testing environment) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Micro Design International, Inc. 6985 University Boulevard Winter Park, FL 32792-6173 (407) 677-8333 Fax (407) 677-8365 Booth L7030 Micro Design announces Express Development Environment (XDE), a development and testing...

An accountable source. (SourceMate Information Systems Inc.'s AccountMate Premiere accounting software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... SourceMate Information Systems, Inc. 20 Sunnyside Ave. Mill Valley, CA 94941 45800-877-8896; (415) 381-1011 Fax (415) 381-6902 Booth L2252 SourceMate Information Systems displays its entire line of modifiable accounting software...

NLMAuto Professional. (KNOZALL Systems Inc.'s network management software package) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... KNOZALL Systems, Inc. 375 E. Elliot Road, Suite 10 Chandler, AZ 85225-1130 (602) 545-0006 Fax (602) 545-0008 Booth L7210 Knozall announces NLMAuto Professional, a network management utility. In addition to scheduling console...

Newest Champion fully moused. (Champion Business Systems Inc.'s Champion Controller accounting software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Champion Business Systems, Inc. 6726 S. Revere Pkwy. Englewood, CO 80112 800-243-2626; (303) 792-3606 Fax (303) 792-0255 Booth L599 Champion Business Systems, Inc. demonstrates an upgrade to its accounting software--the Champion...

Number-crunching front-end apps. (Baler Software Corp.'s Visual Baler spreadsheet-based visual development software for Windows) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Baler Software Corp. 1400 Hicks Road Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (708) 506-9700 Booth 15636 Baler Software Corp. demonstrates the first spreadsheet-based visual development tool for building professional Windows stand-alone...

Blue Sky Software announces Visual SQL. (a prototyper and ANSI C source code generator for Windows client/server application development) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Blue Sky Software 7486 La Jolla Blvd, Suite 3 La Jolla, CA 92037 800-677-4946; (619) 459-6365 Fax (619) 459-6366. Booth A1370 Blue Sky Software Corp. demonstrates Visual SQL, a prototyper and ANSI C source code generator for...

Sign-On for pen-based computing. (Sign-On Systems Inc.'s Sign-On for Fox FoxPro Pen Interface library for Windows for Pen Computing) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Sign-On Systems, Inc. 9440 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 705 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (310) 274-7477 Fax (310) 274-7585 Booth Microsoft Pavillion Sign-On Systems, Inc. introduces Sign-On for Fox, a FoxPro Pen Interface library for...

New server products from Quadbase. (Quadbase Systems Inc.'s Quadbase-SQL Server Edition scalable SQL relational database engine) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Quadbase Systems, Inc. 790 Lucerne Dr. #51 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 738-6989 Fax (408) 738-6980 Booth B1331 Quadbase Systems, Inc. announces the client/server version of Quadbase-SQL. Quadbase-SQL Server Edition is a scalable SQL...

askSAM for Windows network version. (askSam Systems' askSam for Windows free-form database management system) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... askSam Systems P.O. Box 1428 Perry, FL 32347 800-800- 1997; (904)584-6590 Booth L161 askSam Systems introduces the network version of its free-form database, askSam for Windows. askSam manages databases with large amounts of...

FoxPro POS System. (Franklin POS Systems' FoxPro version of its Franklin Point of Sale System) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Franklin POS Systems 8826 Santa Fe Dr. Overland Park, KS 66212 800-544-2257; (913)341-2809 Fax (913) 341-2233 Booth L2252 Franklin POS Systems (formerly ISD Point of Sale) demonstrates their new FoxPro version of the Franklin...

VBAssist and Data Widgets. (Sheridan Software Systems Inc.'s VBAssist 3.0 programming utility for Visual Basic and Data Widgets database application development software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Sheridan Software Systems, Inc. 65 Maxess Road Melville, NY 117447 (516) 753-0985. Booth Microsoft Visual Tools Booth VBAssist 3.0 introduces new features that take advantage of Visual Basic's new data access extensions. These...

R:BASE upgrade improves performance. (Microrim Inc.'s R:BASE version 4.5 relational database management system) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Microrim, Inc., 15395 S.E. 30th Place Bellevue, WA 98007 800-628-6990; (206) 649-2551 Booth L176 Microrim, Inc. shows R:BASE 4.5, a PC-based relational database management system (DBMS). Performance enhancements include a new...

Two additions to the Foxfire! line. (Micromega Systems' Foxfire! 2.5a and Foxfire!/Mac 2.5a add-on programs for Microsoft's FoxPro DBMS) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Micromega Systems, 832 Baker St. San Francisco, CA 94115 800-283-4080 x885; (415) 346-1461 Booth To Be Announced Foxfire! 2.5a, the international version, is redesigned to support automated software localization (i.e.,...

DST - database synchronization middleware. (Datawatch Corp.'s DST software for creating and extracting customized subsets from Windows databases) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Datawatch Corp. P.O. Box 51489 Durham, NC 27707 (919)490-1277 Booth L2914 DST is a Windows database tool that allows the creation and extraction of customized subsets. A subset contains a copy of the data from any database...

JetForm Plus Q+E. (JetForm Corp.'s JetForm Design and JetForm Filler versions 4.0 add features from Q+E Software's Q+E Database Library 2.0) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... JetForm Corp. Watermill Center 800 South St., Suite 305 Waltham, MA 02154 800-538-3676; (617)647-7700 Booth H136 JetForm Corp. announces they're using the Q+E Database Library (2.0) from Q+E Software to add new database...

Virus' under a Micro Scope. (version 5.0 of Micro 2000 Inc.'s Micro Scope universal diagnostic software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Micro 2000, Inc. 1100 E. Broadway #301 Glendale, CA. 91205 (818) 547-0125 Booth S584 Micro Scope is a universal diagnostic tool that runs a proprietary operating system. DOS limitations and inaccuracies are eliminated. The only...

Copia's libraries. (Copia International Ltd.'s AccSys for Paradox and AccSys for dBASE database libraries) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Copia International, Ltd. 1342 Avalon Court Wheaton, IL 60187 (708)682-8898 Fax (708)665-9841 Booth S5431 See Copia's enhancements to its AccSys database libraries. Emphasizing product portability and flexibility, AccSys for...

The latest PrimaBase. (Scandinavian PC Systems Inc.'s SPCS PrimaBase relational database management system for Windows) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Scandinavian PC Systems P.O. Box 3156 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3156 800-487-7727; (504) 388-9580 Booth L192 Scandinavian PC Systems, Inc. demonstrates its free form, relational Windows database offering integrated barcode...

Vernalwood Conceptual Enhancements introduces Gladiators. (Gladiator Levels I and II FoxBase Plus 2.1 application development software packages) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Vernalwood Conceptual Enhancements 16 Darling Road Dudley, MA 01571 (508) 949-3574 Booth R625 GLADIATOR Level I--A FoxBASE+ v2.1 API with backup and restore programs that have file compression and can split files across floppy...

Better accounting from CSMA. (CSMA's SBT Accounting Systems Series 7 accounting software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... CSMA 1640 S. Main St. Nichols, NY 13812 (607) 699-3268 Fax (607) 699-3269 SBT Booth at Hilton CSMA shows their entire suite of enhancements for the SBT Accounting Systems. Over 30 enhancements for the SBT Series 7 product and...

Vertical market sales solutions. (MicroBiz Corp.'s vertical-market point-of-sale software and hardware, MicroBiz Microstation, and MicroBiz Business Controller Plus business management software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... MicroBIZ Corp. 500 Airport Executive Park Spring Valley, NY 10977 (914) 425-9500 Fax (914) 425-4598 Booth S1498 - S1598 MicroBiz Corp. exhibits point-of-sale (POS) software and hardware, specifically designed for small businesses...

Client/server reporting with ReportSmith. (ReportSmith Inc.'s ReportSmith 2.0 client/server database reporting and query software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... ReportSmith, Inc. 2755 Campus Dr., Suite 205 San Mateo CA 94403 800-446-3446; (415) 312-0770 Booth B1743 ReportSmith, Inc. (formerly Indigo Software Corp.) unveils a new version of its flagship ReportSmith client/server database...

Wizards and CueCards. (Microsoft Corp.'s Access and FoxPro database enhancements) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Microsoft Corp. One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 (206) 882-8080 Fax (206) 883-8101 Booth L1860 Microsoft Access will be shown highlighting features like Wizards and CueCards. Attendees will see how Microsoft Access makes...

There's no accounting like.... (ASIFIL Corp.'s accounting software for vertical industries: FREDDY, STINKY, AppMAN, and UGO) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... ASIFIL Corp. 8808 Mission Dr., Suite 203 Rosemead, CA 91770 (818) 286-1272 Fax (818) 286-1692 Booth H522 ASIFIL demonstrates a line of accounting software for vertical industries. FREDDY is ideal for manufacturers, distributors,...

EXPRESSly bar codes. (International Technologies & Systems Corp.'s EXPRESS system for reading bar codes into notebook computers and PCs) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article ) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... International Technologies & Systems Corp. 655 K No. Berry St. Brea, CA 92621 (714) 990-1880; (804) 272-0138 Fax (714) 990-2503; (804) 272-0357 Booth To be announced ITS shows its system for reading bar codes into notebook...

Bridging the document gap. (TEAMWorks Technologies Inc.'s PaperBridge Document Image Management software) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... TEAMWorks Technologies 65 Boston Post Road West Marlboro, MA 01752. (508) 460-0053. Fax: (508) 460-0255. Booth To be announced TEAMWorks Technologies, Inc. shows the newest version of its PaperBridge Document Image Management...

Borland's latest products showcase. (Borland International Inc.'s Quattro Pro for Windows spreadsheet and Paradox for Windows database add the Object Exchange Technology) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Borland International 1800 Green Hills Road Scotts Valley, CA 95067 (408) 438-8400, Fax (408) 439-9273 Booth to be announced Borland International provides attendees with interactive theatre presentations, classroom-style...

CA's multi-product booth. (Computer Associates International Inc.'s new products to be shown at Comdex/Fall 1993) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... Computer Associates International, Inc. One Computer Associates Plaza Islandia, NY 11788 (516) 342-5224, Fax (516) 342-6866 Booth L1060 Computer Associates shows a number of their products at this year's COMDEX. They include:...

WATCOM watch. (WATCOM's new products to be shown at Comdex/Fall 1993) (Comdex Database Previews)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 1, 1993... WATCOM 415 Phillip St. Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3X2 (519) 886-3700 Fax (519) 747-4971 Booth H1736 WATCOM will be demonstrating its PC-based SQL client/server technology. The SQL product line consists of high performance...

Database Framework: for objectively simpler application development. (how to use the Database Framework object classes in Borland International Inc.'s Paradox Engine 3.0) (Database Developer)(Column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... Paradox Engine 3.0, $99.95; with Database Framework, $299.95 Borland International, Inc. 1800 Green Hills Road Scotts Valley, CA 95067 800-331-0877, (408) 431-1000 Borland's Paradox Engine 3.0, a linkable library...

Lest we forget: history files. (how to implement a History file in Xbase) (Xbase Techniques)(Column) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... One of the nicest things about Xbase is also one of the most annoying: the behavior of the DELETE command. DELETE doesn't immediately remove a record. It simply marks the record to be deleted. It's nice to be able to "recall" (undelete) a...

Objective impressions: CA-Technicon '93. (the 1993 Computer Associates Technicon conference in Orlando, FL)(includes a related article on Computer Associates International Inc.'s CA-Visual Objects) (Client/Server Advisor)
November 1, 1993... The annual Computer Associates Technicon conference in Orlando, Florida provided a superb venue for the world's Clipper-language cognoscenti to gather and discuss CA-Clipper's state-of-the-art, explore current programming trends, and take a...

No FoxPro needed with the new FoxPro Distribution Kits. (Microsoft Corp.'s FoxPro 2.5 Distribution Kits for DOS and Windows)(includes a related article on porting FoxPro applications from DOS to Windows) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... Many developers would like to use FoxPro to write and distribute mass-market, custom applications. However, software copyrights prohibit them from distributing copies of the database management system, which is required to run those...

Developing with ODBC. (Microsoft Corp.'s Open Database Connectivity application programming interface)(includes related articles on how to acquire ODBC drivers and on the IDAPI specification) (Client/Server Advisor: Database Access) (Cover Story)
November 1, 1993... In the client/server world, it's not unusual for a system to interact with several different databases. For example, a client/server application may use the Sybase API to get data from a remote server, while using dBASE calls to interact...

Data access with CA-Clipper. (Computer Associates International Inc.'s database application development software) (Client/Server Advisor: Database Access) (Cover Story)
November 1, 1993... The need for widespread database access isn't limited to WindoWS products or client/server. The Replaceable Database Driver (RDD) architecture in CA-Clipper lets you write Clipper applications that read and write different database formats....

Advanced DataWindows: what they don't teach in training. (PowerBuilder's DataWindow tool for interfacing with the database) (Client/Server Advisor: Client/Server Developer) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... Client/Server involves both "front-end" (client) and "back-end" (server) issues. The front end provides the user-interface and program structure, while the back end services the data requests. The past several Client/Server Developer columns...

The basics of SQLWindows programming. (Client/Server Advisor: Inside SQLWindows) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... This month I introduce the SQL-Windows development environment, discuss a few of the mechanics of using it, and focus on the structure of the Application Outliner. Building a SQLWindows application requires two basic operations. You...

Programming standards ease development. (Client/Server Advisor: PowerBuilder Pro) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... Programming standards are ironic. Everyone wants them, but they're rarely applied and followed. In the PowerBuilder classes I teach, the most common request from students is for a set of standards. Here's what we've formalized and evolved at...

The many approaches to database connectivity. (Bolder Technology Inc.'s Richard Hackathorn discusses Enterprise Database Connectivity) (Client/Server Advisor: Client/Server On-Line ) (Interview)
November 1, 1993... Dr. Richard Hackathorn is a successful entrepreneur who heads a consultancy called Bolder Technology Inc., specializing in Enterprise Database Connectivity (EDC). He founded the gateway vendor Micro Decisionware Inc. and has been active in...

Painting dBASE information in a READ. (dBASE Developer) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... Last month, I finished my article with a little user-defined function (UDF) that used the STATEZIP() function. The heart of the program was the SH_GET procedure that takes the state initials from the STATEZIP() function, and paints the...

Neat tips and tricks. (Hardcore Clipper) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... This month, I provide a couple of routines you can use immediately in your applications. First, you'll see how to perform an incremental seek in a TBrowse--as you type characters in the TBrowse, your code positions the TBrowse highlight bar...

Details, details! (creating a data entry program using ObjectPAL)(Paradox Programmer) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... With ObjectPAL, getting your first program just right can take a bit of doing. In my article last month, I got part-way through a data-entry program. I laid out a basic functional framework, but pointed out there were still many details yet...

Installation programs: your first impressions. (Helpful Programs Inc.'s Instalit for Windows, Knowledge Dynamics Corp.'s wINSTALL, and Soft Ventures' SVInstal Windows installation utility programs for software developers) (Software Review) (Windows Developer)(Column) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... Product File Helpful Programs, Inc. Instalit for Windows, $149 917-C Willowbrook Dr. Huntsville, AL 35802-1627 (205) 880-8782, fax (205) 880-8705 Knowledge Dynamics Corp. wINSTALL, $400 P.O. Box 1558 Canyon Lake, TX...

Finding the best reporting tool for VB. (Crystal Services' Crystal Reports and MicroHelp Inc.'s Report Generator 1.1 report generation software for Microsoft's Visual Basic) (Software Review) (Visual Basic Expert)(Column) (Evaluation)
November 1, 1993... Crystal Services 1050 West Pender St., Suite 2200 Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 357 (604) 681-3435 Crystal Reports; Standard Edition $195; Professional Edition $395 MicroHelp, Inc. 4359 Shallowford Industrial Pkwy. Marietta, GA 30066 (404)...

Tip: How big are their monitors? (how to avoid problems when developing applications on large displays) (Visual Basic Expert)(Tutorial) (Brief Article)
November 1, 1993... Most developers work on "power" systems, which these days means a 486 computer with high resolution video graphics. If you're designing forms at 1024 x 768 resolution (or higher), check to see what font size you have installed. If you've...

The CA-Clipper conversion process. (Clipper Basics) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... If you're new to the CA-Clipper environment, you may need to take an existing Xbase (most any dialect past or present) or Clipper Summer '87 release application and give it a facelift by making it compatible with the latest version of...

Movin' on up: upsizing ObjectPAL applications to client/server. (Paradox Basics) (Tutorial)
November 1, 1993... Paradox for Windows is a multi-user database manager that works across Local Area Networks (LANs). With Paradox for Windows alone, you can create file-server-based (and standalone PC-based) database applications. With Borland SQL Link,...

Clipping right along. (DB Connections) (Column)
November 1, 1993... In a message posted in Section 5 (Client/Server & SQL) of the DBADVISOR Forum, member Elliot Green asked, "Does anyone know a quick way to convert DBF files to MS SQL Server format without redefining the entire file structure?" Craig...

User groups. (includes a related article on the Clipper Developer Conference in San Diego in December 1993) (Directory)
November 1, 1993... Alaska AK Computer Society Ed Caldwell Anchorage (907)345-0542 Alabama Decatur FoxPro UG Wayne Holt Decatur (205)353-6843 Arizona Phoenix PC UG Raymond Moore Phoenix (602)943-7907 California VWdBUG...

Calendar of events.
November 1, 1993... The 1993 Developers Competition and Conference--An international programming competition with a major developers conference. Nov. 6-7, Research Triangle Park, NC. Contact Droege Computing Services, (919) 383-9749. COMDEX/Fall '93--The...

Database confidential. (humor) (Column)
November 1, 1993... Say it ain't so...Are we to believe the pervading pessimism of some programmers spreading the rumor that Microsoft is slowly abandoning FoxPro? Nope, here's proof that Dr. Dave and his band of Softies would never leave the Fox faithful out in...