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STONE DESIGN Ships DataPhile 2.1
For Immediate Release
For more information:
EMAIL: info@stone.com
TEL: Elena Settanni, (505) 345-4800
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, April 8, 1994 - Stone Design shipped version 2.1
of its award-winning* flatfile database program, DataPhile, today.
This release fixes the problems found in NEXTSTEP 3.2's Indexing
kit and introduces new features.
"We have been working feverishly since NS 3.2 started causing
anomalies," said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The folks at
NeXT worked with us to fix the situation, and we've added some
great new features while the Indexing kit problems were being
resolved," Stone added.
DataPhile 2.1 requires NS 3.1 or higher and is available in
multiple-architecture binary form. Multiple-architecture, or fat,
binary software runs on both Motorola-based NeXT hardware and
qualified Intel-based systems. DataPhile 2.1 can run on NEXTSTEP
networks that mix Motorola and Intel hardware.
In addition to NS3.2 compatibility, this upgrade of DataPhile
introduces several features that make the program more powerful and
easier to use than ever:
* Data Well - This NEXTSTEP-style well, available while you're
entering and viewing data, contains a draggable text, EPS or PS
version of your data that you can drop into another app-for example,
into a mail message.
* Reorder your View Browser - Hold down the command, alternate or
control key to change the order of views. Add this feature to
old databases by opening the file with the command, alternate or
control key down. Place your most frequently used views at the
top!
* Smart MERGE - At last, you can merge new records - select "Merge
with Records" from Import Records... panel. The Key Field check
boxes appear. Select which fields the imported data must match
existing records on, and for each record that matches, the imported
record updates the first found matching record, otherwise it adds
the new record.
* The FIND language is even more powerful - Select whether the
find should "and" fields (criteria must be met in all the fields)
or "or" fields (criteria can meet any one of the specified fields).
This allows you to find all records with a state of California or
a last name of Stone, for example. Subsequent finds can further
refine the found set.
* Interrupt Long Un-indexed FINDS - For those times you just can't
wait, now you can stop the Find while it is in progress.
* Ask before backing file - Now you can turn off Automatic Back-up
if it's bogging down your work. The new, modular Preferences Panel
will present a dialog box before the backup happens. You can
choose to skip this time or backup now. Moreover, you can turn
on the backup process for any given open database.
* German and French translations are available - Thanks to the
efforts of Gerhard Moeller and Andre Lalonde, our International
sites will feel more at home with DataPhile2.1.
This upgrade also greatly improves DataPhile's stability and fixes
several bugs, including but not limited to the following:
* 8K limitation for views and fields eliminated (NS)
* Finds work properly on any size text field (NS)
* You can share Read Only databases
* Spellcheck/Spelling Panel loads quietly (NS)
* Modified entry lists and default values update properly
* Graphics in headers/footers orient correctly (NS)
* Icons delete properly from file fields
* /tmp clears unsaved databases, eps and ps files
* Read-only databases open properly.
DataPhile is available directly from Stone Design and at the ftp
sites cs.orst.edu, sonata.cc.purdue.edu and ftp.cs.unm.edu.
cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DataPhile_2.1.tar
cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DataPhile_2.1.tar.README
cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/database/DataPhile_2.1_features.rtfd.compressed
Students who ftp the package and submit proof of current student
status can purchase DataPhile at a special rate. No support is
provided with this purchase option, but easy entry for students is
a firm commitment of Stone Design. Call or write for more information
about Stone's Student Discount program and for regular prices.
Trade-ups to Intel versions of all Stone software purchased between
February 12, 1993 and May 21, 1993 are available free of charge to
end users. For current DataPhile 2.0 users, this update is free of
charge.
*DataPhile was named the "The Best DataBase product of 1992" by a
Usenet survey.
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Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops
a variety of business productivity applications for NEXTSTEP. DataPhile is a
trademark of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.