Borland dBASE 5.0 for Windows

Evaluators' Guide

Table of Contents

Welcome to dBASE 5.0 for Windows

• About this guide
• Executive summary

dBASE: the worldwide standard

• dBASE, today's worldwide development standard
• dBASE for Windows: based on customer needs
  • The computing landscape of the '90s
  • The challenge
  • The solution

dBASE 5.0 for Windows: the ideal Windows database
application development platform for the '90s

• A single solution for all users
  • Interactive users
  • Power users
  • Corporate, government, and independent application developers
• Compatibility with existing knowledge, applications, and data
  • Unmatched compatibility with dBASE knowledge
  • Unmatched compatibility with dBASE applications
  • Unmatched compatibility with dBASE data
  • Unmatched compatibility with other data
• Object-oriented tools and language for rapid application development
  • What makes a tool truly object-oriented?
• Two-Way-Tools for graphical development
• Open Plug-and-Play Architecture for full control of the Windows environment
• Scalability from the desktop to enterprise-wide Client/Server systems
  • Today's goals for enterprise-wide data management
  • dBASE for Windows: the ideal upsizing platform

What's new in dBASE 5.0 for Windows

• Desktop enhancements
  • Ease-of-use
  • Faster forms, queries, and reports
• Extended compatibility
• Development features
  • Open architecture

Conclusion

• dBASE in comparison

A quick tour of dBASE 5.0 for Windows

• Learning dBASE the easy way
• Two-Way-Tools
• Compatibility with dBASE for DOS applications
• Converting dBASE for DOS applications to Windows
• SpeedMenus, Object Inspectors, and Tabbed Dialogs

Create an application step-by-step

• Working with tables
  • Creating a table
  • Opening and editing a table
  • Changing a table's structure
• Creating queries
  • Designing queries
  • Selecting information for viewing
  • Filtering records for viewing
  • Setting relations
  • Two-Way-Tools: visual query to dBASE language and back
• Forms
  • Creating a form
  • Modifying the form
  • Two-Way-Tools-working between visual design and code
• Reports
  • Creating a report
  • Customizing the report

Welcome to dBASE 5.0 for Windows

About this guide

• dBASE 5.0 for Windows' unique position in the Windows database market
• Criteria for comparing the premier application development platforms for the '90s, and how dBASE 5.0 for Windows meets these criteria
• A brief description of Borland's goals and reasons for developing dBASE for Windows
• A summary of the many new features of dBASE for Windows
• Step-by-step examples of how to use dBASE for Windows to create and modify a contact management application
• Information about how dBASE meets the needs of the entire dBASE marketÐÐinteractive users, power users and corporate, government, and independent developers

Executive summary

dBASE 5.0 for Windows is the best way to build database applications for Windows and the next generation of the dBASE standard. It features:

• The ability to leverage existing knowledge, applications, and data in moving to Windows and Client/Server.
• Object-oriented development and tools to create applications faster.
• An open architecture that provides extensive support for the Windows environment through the dBASE language and design tools.
• Seamless scalability from the desktop to enterprise-wide Client/Server systems.
• Support for the broadest range of users, including interactive users, power users and developers.

dBASE for Windows' many innovative capabilities, including Two-Way-Tools,™ open Plug-and-Play environment, the Form Designer, Visual Query Designer, dBASE Navigator, and the BDE, make it both easy to use and an incredibly powerful development environment for all Windows users. And, underlying the entire system is the familiar dBASE language-the perfect bridge between the experience and training of millions of dBASE developers and users, and the object-oriented, Client/Server future.

Software developers have long recognized Borland as a technical leader and a pioneer in object-oriented programming. Everything Borland knows about objects, databases, and languages has gone into the development of dBASE 5.0 for Windows. Borland's technology, combined with its experience with and understanding of the needs of dBASE developers and users, makes dBASE for Windows the best way to build database applications for Windows. With dBASE for Windows you can move to Windows and Client/Server in one step, using what you already know-dBASE.