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PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 1/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
Borland Paradox for Windows - Relational Database Power Made Easy
Technical Specifications: Windows Desktop Environment
Easy to use, powerful features:
o Object Inspector menus pop up instantly, displaying the
function you want--simply point to any visual object and
click the right mouse button.
o Context-sensitive SpeedBar buttons allow you to quickly
perform common functions--display button description
message simply by moving your mouse over the icon!
o Object Linking and Embedding: Insert OLE objects that were
created by OLE servers into forms and reports, or as
fields in a table.
o Automatic productivity Experts let you instantly build
forms, reports, and queries with a few clicks of the
mouse.
o Help System provides the help you need immediately, and
includes visual maps to the most complete on-line
documentation of any product.
Table Viewer
o View table records ordered by primary key or secondary
index.
o Drag and drop data and field columns to manage data
quickly and easily.
o Use the mouse to resize windows and use the scroll bars to
move through records; resize columns to see your data the
way you want!
o Use Object Inspector menus to set object properties such
as fields, records, and the table grid; even set visual
properties based on data content.
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 2/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
o View by ascending and descending order, by field or a
combination of fields.
Graphical Query By Example
o Use the mouse to join tables and to check fields you want
to query.
o Tables: Access up to 24 tables in a single query. Join,
outer join, inclusion, and even set operations are
available for full relational queries.
o Checkmark: Any field can be checkmarked to your answer.
o Fields: Any field can have selection criteria filters, and
can be used to join tables together.
o Comparison operators: Use ranges of values, AND, OR, and
LIKE to find just the information you need even.
o Wildcard operators: String and sub-string matching.
o Calculations: New fields can be created using calculation
expressions, summaries, counts, and averages.
o Data management: Use QBE to make quick changes to your
data by inserting records, changing values, deleting, and
searching for records quickly.
o Group: Group your answer data in the way you want it
sorted.
Form Design Tool
o Form Experts: Instantly build your form using the data
modeling and layout Experts.
o Create visual data relations by drawing lines between
tables. Any field from one-to-one, one-to-many, any level
of cascading one-to-many, and even unlinked tables can be
placed in a form.
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 3/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
o Data displayed is maintained continually based on the data
model defined.
o Object tools such as box, line, ellipse, text, graphic,
OLE, button, field, table, multi-record, graph, and
crosstab are included.
o All objects can be managed and manipulated using the mouse
in click-and-modify fashion just like using a Windows
graphics program.
o All objects have properties and methods accessible using
Object Inspector or menus.
o Cascading detailed tables can have a multi-record region
for scrolling records to see all your data. Vertical and
horizontal scroll bars can also be included.
o Fields: Any field can be placed in a form, and dynamically
calculated fields can also be placed.
o Full color and graphics can be used to make forms look the
way you want.
o Use many graph types, including line, bar, 3-D bar,
rotated bar, area, xy, stacked bar, pie, markers, combined
lines, and markers. Graphs change as data is changed,
automatically.
o Includes selectable fonts, fill patterns, variable colors,
and page formatting/positioning.
Report Design Tool
o Report Experts: Instantly build your form using the data
modeling and layout Experts. Create visual data relations
by drawing lines between tables, in the same way as the
form Expert.
o Reports can be created based on tables, queries, or forms.
o Two-pass report generation can be used for percentages and
totals of group totals.
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 4/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
o Use a banded report design approach for report creation.
o Fields: Any field or calculated field can be placed in a
report, along with PAL variables and functions, to create
powerful reports.
o Calculations: Summaries, counts, averages, minimums, and
maximums can be computed by each sort group or for the
whole report.
o Headers and footers for pages and groups.
o PostScript: Print all reports directly to any PostScript
printer!
o Previewer: Print to the screen and browse through your
report forward and backward--even search!
o Create form letters and labels quickly and easily.
Borland InterBase Engine
PC database formats supported:
- Paradox for Windows
- Paradox 4.0
- Paradox 2.0 to 3.5
- dBASE IV
- dBASE III PLUS
SQL database server accessibility:*
- InterBase server
- IBM DRDA (includes DB2)
- Oracle
- Sybase SQL server
- Microsoft SQL server
- Others planned
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 5/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
Paradox Table Format
o Up to two billion records per file.
o Up to 255 fields per record, and up to 1,350 bytes per
record for indexed tables, or 4,000 bytes per record for
non-indexed tables.
o Validity checks and data integrity: Ranges, default value,
table lookup, required field, picture statements, and more
to ensure your data maintains integrity.
o Referential integrity: Rules maintained at the file level
ensure integrity no matter how the data is being used.
o Security: Tables can be password-protected to make sure
only the right people have access.
o Primary index: Any table can have a primary index on up to
255 fields.
o Secondary indexes: Fields can have up to 256 secondary
indexes.
dBASE Data Format
o Up to two billion records per file.
o Up to 255 fields per record.
o Security: Files can be password-protected up to eight
levels of user access rights.
o Maintained indexes: Up to 47 indexes per index file; each
index can be created using field expressions of virtually
any combination, including conditional expressions; up to
255 characters per expression, up to 100 bytes per
resulting index.
o Unlimited non-maintained indexes: Use up to 47 indexes
simultaneously.
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 6/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
Data Types
o Store virtually any kind of data you need.
o Alphanumeric or character: Up to 255 characters per field.
o Floating-point numeric: Up to 20 significant digits for
storing the largest range of numbers.
o Numeric: Up to 15 significant digits for virtually any
number you want.
o Short numeric: Integers to save space and gain speed.
o Currency: Full numeric field with display rounding to two
decimal places.
o Logic: True and false field.
o Date: Range of January 1, 100 through December 31, 9999.
o Memo: Alphanumeric variable length field up to 256 Mb per
field to store notes, mail, and other textual data.
o Formatted memo: Rich text document, variable length field
up to 256 Mb per field to store documents and publishable
materials.
o Graphics: Bitmap graphical information for storing
graphical images of virtually any kind.
o OLE: Object Linking and Embedding field to store data from
other Windows applications, such as graphics, sound,
video, word processing, spreadsheets, and more.
o Binary: Up to 256 Mb per field to keep virtually anything
you want!
Multiuser
o Locking: Powerful record locking technology to increase
your productivity in multiuser performance and
functionality.
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 7/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
o Automatic: Multiuser locking is automatic for both the end
user and the developer.
o Screen refresh: Changes made by other multiple users are
immediately refreshed on the screen.
Import/Export
- Text delimited
- Text fixed-length
- Quattro Pro for Windows
- Quattro Pro for DOS
- Quattro
- 1-2-3 2.X
- 1-2-3 1.A
- Excel 3.0/4.0
- dBASE supported natively
Application Development
ObjectPAL language
o Compiler-generated code for maximum performance and
distribution security.
o Event-driven programming design.
o Object-based language; ObjectPAL code snippets are
associated with visual objects in a form.
o Powerful high-level programming language.
o Database manipulation language containing rich
functionality for managing data.
o User-defined routines and methods.
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 8/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
Methods
o Productivity Switch: beginner and advanced settings.
o Built-in events: pushButton, action, menuAction,
canArrive, arrive, canDepart, depart, error, open, close,
setFocus, removeFocus, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove,
mouseDown, mouseUp, mouseClick, mouseDouble,
mouseRightDown, mouseRightUp, mouseRightDouble,
keyPhysical, keyChar, timer, and status.
Connectivity
o DDE support.
o OLE support.
o Connect to Dynamic Link Libraries.
o Direct access to code written in C, C++, or Pascal.
Integrated Application Development
o Integrated with the graphical form editor.
o Drag and drop object manipulation.
o Object Tree to navigate visual object hierarchy. Object
Tree is "live," giving access to Object Inspector.
Debugger
o Set and list breakpoints.
o Trace execution and trace method and procedure calls.
o View any code during debug.
o Inspect variables and expressions.
o Step over and step into execution.
o Many other control flags.
PRODUCT : Paradox for Windows NUMBER : 1238
VERSION : 1.0
OS : WIN
DATE : January 28, 1993 PAGE : 9/9
TITLE : Paradox for Windows Fact Sheet
System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows version 3.1
- Personal computer using an 80386SX or higher compatible
microprocessor
- 4 Mb of memory; (6 Mb recommended)
- Hard disk drive with minimum 20 Mb of disk storage
available
- EGA or higher resolution monitor
- Mouse or other pointing device
Optional Equipment
- Printer: Any Windows compatible printer
- Extended memory: Up to 16 Mb
- Network adapter card and communications software
appropriate for the network.
Networks Supported
- Any Microsoft Windows 3.1 compatible network.
*Drivers available in 1993.