Paradox 5.0 for Windows

Evaluator's Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

• The Evaluation

Executive summary

• BYTE
• Compute
• Computing Magazine, UK
• ComputerWorld, Israel
• Data Based Advisor
• DBMS Magazine
• Multimedia Magazine
• Network World
• NSTL
• PC World
• PC/Computing
• PC Magazine
• PC User Magazine, UK
• Windows Magazine
• Ziff-Davis Publishing

Interactive desktop productivity

• An everyday business scenario
• The Paradox Desktop
• The Project Viewer
• Object Inspectors
• Toolbars
• Table View
• Filters
• Query By Example
• Forms and Reports
• Productivity support
  • Experts
  • Coaches
  • On-Line Manuals

Data Access and Client/Server Connectivity

• An everyday business scenario
• Multiple data types
• Data import and export
• Transparent access to multiple data formats
• Data integrity and security
  • Referential integrity
  • Domain integrity
  • Validity checks at field level
• State-of-the-art data relationships
  • Complex data relationships
  • Powerful indexing
• Client/Server Connectivity
  • Remote SQL
  • Local SQL
• Workgroup desktop dynamic data sharing
• Evaluation checklist-data connectivity

Application development

• An everyday business scenario
• How to evaluate a development environment
  • Syntax
  • Rich language
  • Distribution
• What Is ObjectPAL?
  • Productivity Switch
  • Visual data modeling
  • Visual programming
  • Object-oriented programming
  • Event-driven programming
  • Powerful ObjectPAL language features
• ObjectPAL Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • Configuring Your Programming Environment
  • Built-in Editor
  • Language dialog boxes
  • Testing and debugging
  • Context-sensitive object help within the IDE
• Form and report tools
  • Multi-record objects
  • Consistency across form and report designers
• Open architecture: extending ObjectPAL
  • Direct access to functions of other languages
  • Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
  • Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
  • SQL and ObjectPAL
• Summary of the Paradox 5.0 Application Development Environment
• Evaluation checklist-application development