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SOFTWARE: MaxBase Java database available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Bradford)
Sat May 10 21:27:19 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 10 May 1997 04:29:33 GMT
From: tbrad@wilmington.net (Thomas Bradford)
Reply-To: bmt@wilmington.net
Reply-to: bmt@wilmington.net
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BMT Micro is proud to announce distribution of MaxBase, the first major Java
shareware application for OS/2. For more information on MaxBase, please visit
the MaxBase home page at www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mb-web/
Program Description:
MaxBase is a database written in Java (tested on OS/2 and Win32 platforms):
small, fast (*), portable, expandable by means of plugins (small applications
written in NetRexx, Java or even native code), highly customizable (you can
translate the program from English to your language simply by changing an
ASCII file). Import to/from .dbf files is supported (but please send any
comments on this to me, since .dbf import/export has been tested on a few
testcases).
MaxBase is somewhat integrated with the WorkPlace Shell: an install batch file
is provided and it creates a template to create new DBs. Also, by
right-clicking on a MaxBase db you will be able to either open it for local
use or to share it on the net (be it a LAN or the internet). A WarpGuide and
several .doc's are provided with the product.
MaxBase is composed by several libraries, applications and an Applet; at the
lowest level you have a DB library (written in NetRexx, hence Java) which
comes with its online manual and you can use that to write your own programs,
then you have a stand-alone non-networked GUI application, a stand-alone
Client/Server version of that (server can handle two incoming requests at once
for the standard edition, unlimited for the extended edition), and finally an
Applet which can be put on a web page to publish your databases on the net
(the Applet requires the Server running in the web server).
The only limitations with the shareware version is that the SW version has a
screen reminding you to register when you log into a database and the Server
included in the package accepts only up to two connections at a time.
All the programs in the package, excluding the installer, are Java
applications.
(*) MaxBase, as most Java GUI-enabled applications, uses quite a bit of RAM,
so please don't expect great performances with 8 MB. Also, a Pentium class
machine is recommended.
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