Data Based Advisor articles from October 1995

Data Based Advisor archives from October 1995

Notes-centric world, say IBM and Lotus. (IBM Sr VP John M. Thompson on the role of Lotus Notes in the company's groupware software strategy)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1995... "Notes is at the heart of our strategy," explained IBM Senior Vice President and Software Group Executive John M. Thompson, defining Lotus Notes' pivotal role in helping IBM dominate an increasingly important groupware software market. In a...

Oracle releases Power Objects. (Oracle Power Objects development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... A key part of Oracle Workgroup/2000, Oracle Power Objects 1.0, has been released. OPO is an entirely new development product that provides a drag-and-drop visual interface to build client-server applications. OPO's object-oriented capabilities...

Now available.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... Computer Associates International Inc. released CA-Clipper S.3, an upgrade to its DOS application development tool, and CA-Visual Objects Lite, a stripped-down, less-expensive version of CA-Visual Objects... Magic Software released Magic 6.0...

Refresh your developer view: and, here comes PowerBuilder Advisor magazine! (Editor on the Go)(Editorial)
October 1, 1995... Choosing your development environment is getting tougher. And that's good. Consider this partial list, in company alpha order, of important products that are released or expected within six months: From Borland, Visual dBASE 5.5 is a strong...

Office suite offers professional help. (Blue Sky Software's WinHelp Office) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... Thanks to the success of Microsoft Windows, online Help is standard equipment in the eyes of most PC users. Unfortunately, creating Help for Windows applications is an involved process, formidable enough to discourage all but the most...

Coming Events. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... Networks Expo and Windows World, Dallas, TX, 12-14 September--Conference and trade $how features product demonstrations and announcements, and an educational program. Solutions exhibits such as the Internet Theater, and NPA Hands-on Labs....

Convert your data the painless way. (Tools & Techniques Inc's Data Junction file format conversion software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... Most databases are great when it comes to storing and working with data, but they're very limited when it comes to gaining access to data stored in formats other than their own. Various solutions have been implemented to circumvent this. The...

Include application security in your PowerBuilder applications. (ServerLogic Corp's PowerLock 4.0 security administration software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... PowerLock 4.0, from ServerLogic, is a security administration tool that lets you provide application-level security in your PowerBuilder applications. This is accomplished in two ways. First, PowerLock lets you define what applications a user...

Data choreography lends grace to Visual Basic. (CenterView Software's Choreo programming utility) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... Let's face it--when it comes to client-server development, Visual Basic resembles a beautiful house without indoor plumbing, because it lacks visual integration between the database and the design environment. The up side of this is that it...

New module released for Control Center Plus. (the Database Solutions Co's DBScope for monitoring Oracle databases)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... DBScope is a PC-based tool capable of monitoring any ORACLE database, using SQL Net as the communications links. Theuser can drill down on user/session information, locking, latches, data-file activity, rollback activity, SQL area information,...

Database format freedom for CA-Clipper Code. (Professional Computer Applications Inc's Win400 for CA-Clipper supports client-server application development)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... Win400 for CA-Clipper supports the development and deployment of client-server applications for the PC and AS/400 through use of a Replaceable Database Driver (RDD). With Win400, databases located in client PCs or PC servers are used in...

IS/HR partnership established. (SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corp's HRVantage for Client/Server human resource management software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... HRVantage for Client/Server, using Microsoft's Access as the front end (client) and SQL Server as the back end (server), promotes this partnership by providing the functionality and time-saving features required by today's HR professional with...

Unlimited server bandwidth. (Tandem Computers' ServerNet architecture allows all server components to connect directly without processor intervention)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1995... ServerNet, using patent-pending technology (to also be licensed to other vendors), is a scalable, interconnect architecture, revolutionary in that it eliminates throughput constraints by allowing all server components--including processors,...

Get help from the pros. (BackOffice Associates' Developers Help Desk service)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1995... Developers Help Desk is a new service for software developers who need fast, accurate technical support concentrated on Microsoft Office and BackOffice products. Get help from Microsoft Certified Professionals via telephone, electronic mail,...

New tools improve developer productivity. (Corsoft Corp's CorDoc for PowerBuilder documentation software and CorAdmin for Watcom SQL)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... CorDoc for PowerBuilder is a tool for documenting application code, including objects and resources, and it provides a complete graphical hierarchy of the app, an ability to browse referential objects and controls, and has an embedded...

Data compression toolkits for Microsoft Windows. (Inner Media Inc's DynaZIP-16 and DynaZIP-32)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... Inner Media, Inc. announces the September 1995 release of the next generation of their software family: DynaZIP - Data Compression Toolkits for Microsoft Windows. Now with version 3.0, the following features have been added: full OCX/VBX/DLL...

A cut above. (DataPro Inc's ReportPro for Windows report generation software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... One of the main reasons for writing an application is to let users organize their data into useful reports. Many new programming languages have report generators built in. Visual Objects has CA-RET, Delphi has Reportsmith, Visual FoxPro has the...

SILVERRUN bi-directional interface. (Computer Systems Advisers Inc's bidirectional interface between SILVERRUN and PROGRESS version 6 and 7)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1995... Computer Systems Advisers, Inc. announced a bi-directional interface between SILVERRUN and PROGRESS version 6 and 7. The interface will enable client-server application developers to create a PROGRESS database from information stored in a...

EnQuiry from Crescent. (Progress Software Corp's EnQuiry client-server development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... The Crescent Division of Progress Software Corporation announced Enquiry, its newest product. Enquiry is a client-server development tool that allows Visual Basic programmers to rapidly and visually build forms and queries without coding. It...

WinHelp '95 kit is here. (Blue Sky Software Corp's WinHelp Office version 1.5 help file generator)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... Blue Sky Software Corporation is now shipping the new version 1.5 of WinHelp Office. WinHelp Office is the complete Help Authoring Solution providing Help Authors with all the tools they need for professional Windows Help development. The...

New version of PROGRESS. (version 8 of Progress Software Corp's Progress Application Development Environment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... Progress Software Corporation announced that version 8 of the PROGRESS Application Development Environment has entered beta testing and is scheduled for customer availability in the fall of 1995. The latest version enables the creation of...

Distributed communications solution. (Neuron Data's Elements Environment)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 1995... Neuron Data announced Elements Environment, a distributed communications solution for building dynamically scalable enterprise systems. it is based on the new tier-less, multi-point and multi-network communications technology focusing on high...

Snappy Video Snapshot. (Play Inc's video capture software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... Want an inexpensive way to get 8 or 24-bit (256 or 16 million color) images into your applications, ads, brochures, or even greeting cards? From any video source? Then run (don't walk) to your nearest computer hangout and buy Snappy--you'll be...

Three-tiers for client-server. (three-tiered client-server architecture)
October 1, 1995... Three-tiered architecture is one of the most important new trends in corporate application development today. If you've heard of it, it's probably been only within the last year or so. If you haven't heard of it, you're in for a treat. It's a...

An intelligent approach to data warehousing. (HP's Intelligent Warehouse)
October 1, 1995... There are many approaches to data warehousing since there's no such "thing" as a data warehouse--it's not a product, but rather a concept. You can build your own data warehouse using whatever tools you have at your disposal. To build an entire...

Windows 95: a developer's view.(Cover Story)
October 1, 1995... There's a lot to like: an integrated operating system, an attractive graphical user interface, and a more robust environment for users and developers. The dreaded card arrives in the mail. UPGRADE it shouts. You knew it was coming. Maybe you...

Visual Basic 4.0: the empire strikes back. (Microsoft's 32-bit version of the application development software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... Multi-tier, 32-bit client-server, team development, OLE controls, OLE automation, plus a wealth of other features are added to this next-generation development tool. The release of Windows 95 on August 24th triggers a legion of software...

Access for Windows 95: you've come a long way, baby! (Microsoft's DBMS) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1995... Microsoft proves its commitment to serious developers with new and enhanced features in this version of Access. With Microsoft Access for Windows 95, Microsoft has truly shown their commitment to Access as a platform for serious development....

Dream Team III: a report on application development trends. (1994 Developers Competition gold medalists update GUI, multimedia, object-oriented programming, client-server, and Rapid Application Development trends)
October 1, 1995... * Gold Medalist Graphical User Interface (GUI) Chris Bucher Human Resource MicroSystems All I brought to the 1994 Developers Competition was a 486 laptop computer, database software, and Jen Peterson, whose encouragement and smile made...

Developers Competition apps: a good success rate. (the success rate of former competition winners)
October 1, 1995... The Developers Competition is an annual contest in which participants develop a business application d on specifications that detail a real-life problem. Every year, we select a worthy, not-for-profit organization that needs a customized...

Who's calling whom? (includes a related article on Logistics Management Institute's Guide to EDI Translation Software)(Communication-Enabled Applications)
October 1, 1995... The power of communication-enabled applications is changing the way people conduct business--and it's revolutionizing the kinds of applications users demand. Personal computers have always been powerful tools for communication. Over the past...

At your service! (selecting an online service)(Communications-Enabled Applications)
October 1, 1995... There is a plethora of online services you can choose from if you're in the market to get connected. This article helps you narrow your search. Just when you thought you'd finally settled on the Internet access provider that best meets your...

Trade Point spins global trade Web. (Trade Point USA's multimedia World Wide Web page provides information on global trade and commerce regulations)(Communications-Enabled Applications)
October 1, 1995... Trade Point USA's multimedia Web page provides global trade and commerce regulations information. Companies using the Internet and the World Wide Web to enhance communication and commerce are doing so on a global scale. It's too new to be...

Synchronizing remote data with home databases. (Online Case Study: Vision Quest, MobileSync, MobileAssist)(Communications-Enabled Applications)
October 1, 1995... When a division of pharmaceutical firm Rhone Poulenc Rorer wanted to develop a mobile marketing and sales application, the company turned to MobileSync and MobileAssist to do it. When the Advanced Therapeutics and Oncology (ATO) division of...

Automating e-mail and data transmission with MHS. (Novell's MHS is used by the Terra Financials Companies Ltd) (Online Case Study: CA-Clipper, MHS, Global MHS, Connect2)(Communications-Enabled Applications)
October 1, 1995... Novell's MHS technology lets developers come up with an e-mail and data transmission system that links local and remote users. Since the days of ancient Greeks, message delivery has been relatively encapsulated. In those days, royalty or...

Finding a needle in a haystack. (a user object for retrieving a row from a large data set) (PowerBuilder Pro)(Tutorial)(Column)
October 1, 1995... This user object lets you retrieve a row from a large data set by drilling down into the table as you type. Windows offers a good control to let the user choose one item from a list: the drop-down list box. Powerbuilder takes this a step...

Take the high road to Notes applications. (Lotus Notes HiTest connects Visual Basic and Notes) (Notes Developer)(Tutorial)(Column)
October 1, 1995... After years of percolating in IS shops around the world, Lotus Notes is starting to really hit its stride. Notes offers something that networks and applications have been dancing around for years: synergy (where the whole is greater than the...

Streamline quotation preparation and workflow with Visual Basic. (CD-ROM-based electronic catalog developer Automated Catalogue Services L.P.'s First Quote contract management system) (Case Study: Btrieve, Formula One, MhTree, Visual Basic 3.x)
October 1, 1995... Learn how one company made inventory and invoice management easier with First Quote--a project budget, purchase order, and invoice management system. The food-service equipment and supply industry, largely quotation- and bid-driven, is based...

Remote computing gets a boost with replication technology. (Inside SQLWindows)(Column)(Tutorial)
October 1, 1995... If all the database applications on the planet ran on one computer--using one database--and all users were always connected to it, data replication technology would have no reason to exist. The unlikelihood of the above scenario, given current...

The new object tutorials. (tutorial samples in CA-Clipper 5.2e) (Hardcore Clipper)(Column)(Tutorial)
October 1, 1995... A new series of tutorial examples has quietly hit the street with the release of CA-Clipper 5.2e. These sample programs are designed to teach programmers the fundamentals of the original Clipper predefined classes: Error, Get, TBrowse, and...

Enforcing data integrity in Visual FoxPro. (FoxPro Developer)(Column)(Tutorial)
October 1, 1995... Here's a primer on how application developers can enforce data integrity in three key areas: Entity, Relational, and Domain. Developers usually view the application's user as their primary target when developing an application. Terms such as...

Visual dBASE goes OLE. (the new OLE Automation capabilities of Visual dBASE) (dBASE Developer)(Column)(Tutorial)
October 1, 1995... Visual dBASE 5.5 includes an improved user interface and application development tools, richer database and client-server support, experts and tutors for users, and the long-awaited compiler (optional). It's also the first Borland product to...

Database Confidential.(Column)
October 1, 1995... Always the gamesman, Beat-the-Dealer Buzz knew something was up when he was challenged to play the Windows for Workgroups network version of "Hearts" with a particularly slippery friend. After losing far too many games, Buzz wondered how luck...