News For Immediate Release: Contact: Dana W. Parrish 904-363-1646 dana@oceansoft.com OCEAN SOFTWARE SHIPS COMPLETE ACCESS v1.1(tm) for NEXTSTEP (tm) December 11, 1995 - Jacksonville, Florida - Ocean Software, Inc. is pleased to announce that Complete Access version 1.1 for the NEXTSTEP environment has been released. Complete Access is a database query, reporting, and decision making application which works in conjunction with NeXT's Enterprise Objects Framework (tm) to generate sophisticated documents for the end-user. Complete Access enables both professionals and generalists to create hierarchical reports, forms, columnar reports, form letters, envelopes, and labels quickly and easily. The application can also produce summary pages to display aggregate and/or calculated values without showing the individual records from which they were derived. New features found in Complete Access v1.1 include: * Full calculation support * The ability to drag and drop EOF models from any location into Complete Access * Variables can now be added to layout, aggregate and data export filters * Overall performance improvements Database reporting applications typically create static documents which require continuous query execution to be modified. Complete Access documents are dynamic, allowing the user to perform "what-if" scenarios on data by omitting, finding, sorting, and applying various filters to browse a subset of data retrieved with a database query or text file import. Multiple documents may reference the results of a single query or import and multiple query results and imports are easily combined. "The new features we have added to Complete Access v1.1 add to our extensive functionalities in the retrieval and presentation of your data." says Randy Leonard, president of Ocean Software, Inc. "Our latest release of Complete Access illustrates our continued commitment to maintain and expand our leadership position for reporting and data analysis on the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep environment." "We had two choices; develop a custom query builder and report generating tool for each client, or find a commercial product that met all of our requirements. Complete Access has, so far, met all our requirements for performance, flexibility and ease of use." says Deirdre Poeltler, Senior Software Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation. She also adds; "Complete Access allows us to quickly configure queries, and design layouts for our clients." Indeed, Complete Access was designed from the ground up with the end user in mind. Hierarchical reports and other data-containing documents can be quickly and easily designed. In addition to the newly added features, Complete Access still retains a vast array of powerful and intuitive tools designed to make database access, reporting, and data analysis fast and easy. These features include: * The only EOF-based reporting application. DBKit support is also included. * Extensive query support, including: * A graphical query builder empowers even the novice, no knowledge of SQL is required * Query parameterization * Results of many queries are easily combined * Automatic generation of subqueries as an optional feature * Query results may be shared by many documents * Extensive import/export support, including: * Arbitrary field and record delimiters * Drag & drop import with optional automatic model generation * Export data from multiple tables to a single text file * Exported data may be sorted * Filters to exclude specific records from the exported data * Extensive aggregate support, including: * Total, Running Total, Percent of Total, Average, Minimum, Maximum, and Count * Group aggregates, unlimited nested groups are supported * Filters to exclude specific records from the aggregate result * Extensive document interfaces * Hierarchical reports, forms, columnar reports, form letters, envelopes, labels, and summary pages * Free form design environment * A paper interface allows you to see how your document will appear as you design it * A document's paper size is arbitrary, your reports automatically reflow to the paper size you require * Extensive support for calculations including: * Six distinct function categories: Math, Statistics, Trigonometric, Text, Date/Time, and Logical * Calculations on aggregated values * Aggregates on calculated values * Automatic scanning for syntax errors * Shared "smart" variables * Utilize variables in any number of calculations * Embed variables within queries * Display variables in any number of documents * Use variables for layout, aggregate and data export filters * Arbitrary formatting of dates, times, and numbers * Documentation * Tutorial * QuickStart Manual * API Manual * On-line Help * Extensive API to empower developers * Future porting to the OpenStep platform Complete Access v1.1 is available now for Intel-, Motorola-, SPARC- and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. Pricing starts at $799 per user, with volume discounts available. A demonstration version is available via ftp, e-mail, or disk. Contact Dana Parrish of Ocean Software at 904-363-1646 or dana@oceansoft.com for further details. Ocean Software, Inc. Ocean Software, Inc. of Jacksonville, FL, founded in 1991, develops a variety of database access tools for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. Complete Access is a trademark of Ocean Software, Inc. =END=