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Questions about S-Base

I have invested an enormous amount of time in making
database applications, using Datapower; but when they
re-designed it for another platform, I stayed with their
last Risc-OS-only version, which I really really like. However,
they no longer support it.

If I change to S-Base, will it do the following things?
(I don't need instructions for doing them - I can read
manuals - but just a fairly simple yes/no on whether
S-Base can be made to answer each of these needs.

1. I need to be able to show a page of records one
below another, 'spread-sheet style' - e.g. to list
the pupils in a class and all their grades, etc.

2. I need to be able to click on an icon which sits
as a field in each record, and thus cause other
software - specifically SwiftJpeg - to do its thing
(e.g. displaying images whole-screen).

3. I am fussy about the appearance of records, and
much prefer to be able to determine in detail their
lay-out, colours, fonts used, etc.

4. It is also important to me to be able to alter this
design at will, without having to start again on
entering the data.

5. I dislike query-formats laid out differently from
the records themselves. Ease of use is much greater,
I find, if the search criteria are entered into something
that is laid out just like a record in that database, and
changes with each re-design of the record.

6. I much prefer Datapower's assumption that you
may want to search on practically any field, and that
they don't need to make you choose a 'key' field. Can
S-Base work like that?

7. As well as formula fields working within a record,
I need some such facility (as I now have) to stick
into a 'header' or 'footer' area something to show
such functions as the sum or average of the values
of a particular field across all records, or all records
turned up by the latest search/query.

I would also like to know the cost of a single-user copy
of S-Base.

Thank you

Michael Talibard




Sat Nov 30, 2002 11:57 am

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Questions about S-Base I have invested an enormous amount of time in making database applications, using Datapower; but when they re-designed it for another...
Michael Talibard
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Nov 30, 2002
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In article <Marcel-1.53-1130115702-0b0zokP@...>, ... [SNIP] I am afraid I cannot answer the details you ask, but do not assume that because...
Peter Gillett
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In message <Marcel-1.53-1130115702-0b0zokP@...> ... Yes. Known as a 'table' in S-Base, each field in each record is fully editable by the user...
Robin Hampshire
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... Hi Michael, I've waited a bit before an answer, as I thought others would jump in. I was surprised about the small amount of reactions an more surprised by...
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In article <Marcel-1.53-1203111850-b49tRkF@...>, ... I'm not an S-Base user but I lurk here, partly because I wanted to know more about the product in...
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... It is not very complicated. ... I'm not a programmer! Have learned some Basic ages ago, but since then never bothered to learn anything. S-Base can be made...
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On 03 Dec, Jeremy C B Nicoll <jeremy@...> wrote: [Snip] ... It is fairly comprehensively documented in files downloadable from the S-Base site. A...
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In message <4b9f04c29eJeremy@...> ... My own case is not typical, as I've been using S-Base since it first appeared in 1993 or 4 (I forget which)....
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In article <a589f99f4b.root@...>, ... OK, so maybe it *is* well documented. But perhaps it's still more complicated than many people expected....
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In message <4ba01dff11Jeremy@...> ... This is fine for relatively simple applications or for those where the user is already competent at using...
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In message <Marcel-1.53-1203111850-b49tRkF@...> ... I'm flattered (I think) ;-) -- Steve Turnbull (steve@theturnbulls(dot)fsworld(dot)co(dot)uk) ... "Very...
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... You may feel flattered, the apllication you are building is beautifull and probable in the end very complete. Personaly I feel this is a course for more...
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