Re: Please recommend me a DB!

From: <oncmd_at_onlinedata.com>
Date: 1996/05/15
Message-ID: <4ncug0$jg2_at_granite.sentex.net>#1/1

In <01bb3c81.f9740a80$6f012bc7_at_thinkpad>, V. Lanny Rosicky <lanny_at_terren.com> writes:

>
>On Sunday, May 05, 1996, Bayard wrote...
>> Is there a document available that compares and contrasts the different
>> packages available?  I have to recommend a database for my work within a
>> week.  The project at hand requires a linking, relational database to

 run
>> under os/2 or windows nt, preferably accessable by a large number of  users
>> on a LAN.

You might like to consider OnCmd xBase for OS/2. Check out the demo listed below.

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OnCmd xBase for OS/2, is a powerful Application Programming System (APS) consisting of tools designed to deliver effective and reliable programs that meet business needs. While some people buy OnCmd for new programming, many buyers utilize OnCmd for application conversion from other Xbase products such as dBASE, FoxPro or Clipper. The OnCmd APS provides interactive database creation, a visual design/build utility, project manager, report writer and on-line help. OnCmd provides access to the full OS/2 API's (Pen,Voice, Multimedia, Notebooks) as an extension to the Xbase syntax. It further provides capabilities such as DDE, DLLs and Named Pipes and supports powerful extensions such as ragged arrays and BLOB (binary large objects). OnCmd moves Xbase into the client-server world with an optional transparent index server that results in significant network performance gains. Additional highlights include:

• visual source debugger
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• graphic drawing functions
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• new CodeBlock support
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• support for compound and structural indices (TAG's)
• support of LOCAL and STATIC variables in addition to PUBLIC and PRIVATE
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• many new functions/commands to increase compatibility and aid conversion of Xbase code from DOS/Windows platforms

If you would like more information, please check out the demo available for download from:
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email: oncmd_at_onlinedata.com Received on Wed May 15 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST