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- For Immediate Release:
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- Contact:
- Dana W. Parrish
- 904-363-1646
- dana@oceansoft.com
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- OCEAN SOFTWARE SHIPS COMPLETE ACCESS v1.1 for NEXTSTEP
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- August 10, 1995 - Jacksonville, Florida - Ocean Software, Inc. is
- pleased to announce that Complete Accessi version 1.1 for the
- NEXTSTEP environment will be released at ObjectWorld on August 15.
- Complete Access is a database query, reporting, and decision making
- application which works in conjunction with NeXT's Enterprise
- Objects Frameworki to generate sophisticated documents for the
- end-user.
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- 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.
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- New features found in Complete Access v1.1 include:
- * Full calculation support
- * An optional SQL Editor giving users the ability to type straight
- SQL to the database
- * The ability to drag and drop EOF models from any location into
- Complete Access
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- 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.
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- "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."
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- "We are very excited about the powerful capabilities of CompleteAccess.
- We use this tool to query and report on our Managed Care database,
- CaseServ. It is flexible and very intuitive - you do not have to
- be a programmer to create relevant, sharp looking reports." says
- Chris Angrick, User Interface Development Manager at Trego Systems.
- She also adds; "It bridges the wide gap between database query
- tools and high end report writers. We are very pleased with its
- capabilities and look forward to a continued relationship with
- Ocean Software."
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- Allan McKinnon Supervisor of Databases at The British Columbia Drug
- & Poison Information Centre says "If you have report generation
- needs, even with large data sets, get this product. It 'engineers
- the illusion of simplicity' in SQL report generation." Indeed,
- Complete Access was designed from the ground up to with the end
- user in mind. Hierarchical reports and other data-containing
- documents can be quickly and easily designed.
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- 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:
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- * 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:
- * Seven distinct function categories: Math, Statistics,
- Trigonometric, Financial, 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
- * Arbitrary formatting of dates, times, and numbers
- * Documentation
- * Tutorial
- * QuickStart Manual
- * On-line Help
- * Extensive API to empower developers
- * Future porting to the OpenStep platform planned
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- 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. There
- is no upgrade fee for existing customers. Contact Dana Parrish of
- Ocean Software at 904-363-1646 or dana@oceansoft.com for further
- details.
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- Ocean Software, Inc.
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- 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.
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- NeXT Computer, Inc.
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- NeXT develops and markets OpenStep, the industry's first and most
- advanced object environment. OpenStep versions have been announced
- which will run on several operating systems, including NeXT's own
- MachOS, Sun's Solaris, Digital's OSF/1 and Microsoft's Windows NT
- and Windows 95. OpenStep's object-oriented technology allows
- corporate customers to rapidly create and deploy three-tier,
- client-server, mission critical custom applications. NeXT is
- headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North
- America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo.
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- Trademark Info:
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- NeXT, the NeXT logo, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP are trademarks or
- registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks
- mentioned belong to their respective owners.
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