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- Short: Powerful programmable relational database with GUI
- Author: Steffen Gutmann <gutmann@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
- Uploader: Ralph Reuchlein <Ralph.Reuchlein@augsburg.netsurf.de>
- Type: biz/dbase
- Kurz: Maechtige programmierbare relationale Datenbank mit GUI
- Requires: MUI 3.8
-
-
- MUIbase V1.2
- ------------
-
- MUIbase is a relational programmable database that uses MUI as
- user interface.
-
- MUIbase is not public domain or free software. If you use MUIbase
- then you have to register your copy after a short while. You are
- allowed to install and run MUIbase without registration for a period
- of 4 weeks. After that time you have to register your copy of MUIbase
- or delete it from your system. Reinstalling MUIbase does not extend
- the license.
-
- After registration you receive your personal MUIbase key-file which
- enables all crippled features of MUIbase.
-
- For more information about registering MUIbase, see the documentation
- in the Docs directory. The documentation is available in three formats:
- AmigaGuide, dvi, and html.
-
-
- Features
- ========
-
- MUIbase is a fast and very flexible database for the Amiga. It is
- for users who want to manage data in a comfortable and easy way.
- MUIbase is able to manage any kind of data, e.g. addresses, CD series,
- movies, or your income and expense. The power of MUIbase lies in its
- clear and powerful graphical user interface and its programming
- capabilities. The latter makes it possible to automatically calculate
- and maintain nearly everything, starting from automatically summing
- up values, e.g. for calculating the total amount of income or the
- total amount of recorded time of a CD, up to automatically creating
- and printing letters for any purpose.
-
- MUIbase is the successor of AmigaBase, a hierarchical programmable
- database which is still available but considered obsolete with the
- appearance of MUIbase. All registered users of AmigaBase can get a
- free upgrade to MUIbase by sending their AmigaBase registration number
- and return address to me (Email preferred).
-
- MUIbase offers the following features:
-
- * Handling of multiple projects at the same time.
-
- * Attributes can be of type string, memo (multi line text), integer,
- real, date, time, bool, choice (one item out of many items), reference
- (easy way to reference a record of another table), button (for
- starting MUIbase programs), and virtual (compute value on the fly).
-
- * The string type can also manage lists of strings, files, and fonts.
- An OS 3.x datatype gadget allows displaying external images.
-
- * Unlimited number of records.
-
- * Dynamic loading of records. Records which are not needed may be
- flushed from memory (e.g. when memory is low).
-
- * Programmability. With the easy and powerful MUIbase programming
- language complex tasks can be implemented. The language also
- includes a SELECT-FROM-WHERE query for easy and fast data retrieval.
-
- * Ordering of records by any combinations of attributes.
-
- * Flexible and powerful search and filter facility.
-
- * Query editor which allows entering and managing of SELECT-FROM-WHERE
- queries. The queries can be saved and the results can be printed.
-
- * Import and export facility.
-
- * Uses MUI as user interface. The interface is highly customizable.
- External images can be included in the user interface.
-
- * Portability. MUIbase development has been done under the idea of
- easy portability. The system/gui part has been separated from the
- ANSI/C part such that porting MUIbase will result in only porting
- the system/gui part. The author is currently investigating a Java
- implementation of the user gui. This would make the database
- available for nearly all computer systems, including Linux,
- Windows, and MacOS.
-
- The unregistered version of MUIbase is crippled in several ways.
- See the MUIbase documentation for a list of limitations in the
- unregistered version.
-
-
- New since V1.1
- --------------
-
- o Improved layout of user defined GUI.
-
- o Option to display a choice attribute as a cycle button
- or as radio buttons.
-
- o Option to include popup buttons in cycle chain.
-
- o Some bug fixes.
-