Short:        Database supports dBASE, HTML - works!
Author:       Frank Reibold
Uploader:     fr-sw reibold-online de
Type:         biz/dbase
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


*** Die deutsche Version finden Sie in dem Archiv
    "MicroBaseXXXde.lha".


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The ğMicroBaseĞ database management system
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*** The English version of MicroBase 5.04 is the first one
    which can actually be used (due to a personalization bug
    in former versions)!!!

MicroBase 5.04 adds the following features:

o  Personalization process revised 
o  XML export revised
o  Lotus SmartSuite Millennium 9.7 (Approach database 
   application) compatibility 

Overview
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MicroBase provides the following features:

o Multi user support 
o imports ASCII, HTML, dBase (e.g. Lotus Approach),
  SuperBase, XML
o exports ASCII, HTML, dBase, LaTeX, asc2frm, SQL, XML
o Text, Number, Date, Time, Calculation, External,
  and Reference fields
o up to 2,000,000,000 records with up to 64,000 bytes
o maximum field length of 2,048 bytes
o symmetric encryption with password files (optional,
  up tp 16,000 bytes).
o external viewers for Amiga OS 2.x
o transaction support and recovery
o external database browser and preferences tool
o programmable via ARexx scripts
o external query utilities (of use for CGI)
o dBase editor included
o Reference caches for fast references between
  databases
o "virtual mode" swaps internal data structures
  to the disk and allows the use of LARGE databases
o and much more!

Installation and description
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MicroBase requires at least Amiga OS 2.04, 1 MB RAM and about
2 MB of free disk space.

Use MicroBase to manage recipes, pictures, contacts, and
documents.

Thanks to its "external fields" which contain paths to files,
you can view and process pictures from within MicroBase. Datatypes
are supported via "Multiview". Multiple database files may be
linked using "references". Inconsistent data will be refused
by MicroBase. When you enter data to be saved to database
records, press the <Help> key in order to get a description of
the data MicroBase expects you to enter.

By using random access files, MicroBase does not require much
memory. Database files are sorted "in-place" via virtual memory.
MicroBase follows the concept of database transactions. This allows
MicroBase to rebuild the database file after a system crash. The
database files may be used by several people at the same time; records
or files will be locked to achieve that.

MicroBase ships with several utilities providing data exchange with
other database management systems like dBASE and SuperBase. A preferences
tool and a database browser GUI are also provided.

Distribution
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MicroBase is a shareware program. After registration, you will
receive a keyfile which unlocks this and all future versions of
the software.

Without such a keyfile, only databases with up to 20 records are
supported and the "virtual mode" is disabled.