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From: noahj@wet.UUCP (Noah Jacobs)
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Subject: Re: win3 dbase progs
Keywords: database
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Date: 13 Nov 90 05:23:03 GMT
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Think of Superbase2 as a runtime version of Superbase 4...it will execute
programs written in Superbase DML language, but you can't use SB2 to
write the programs.

I'm very impressed with Superbase 4. It includes a forms generator which
can embed commands in the forms. In some ways, it's a lot like
Hypercard in the things you can do with it. One thing that SB4 doesn't
do well is manage a database which consits of graphics. You can link
a graphic file to an SB4 database record. You can print the graphic,
or display it to the screen, but that's all. There is no way, for
example, to copy the graphic to the clipboard. Unfortunately, Precision
Software implies in its ads that SB4 can be used to manage a graphic
database. In spite of this deficiency, I would recommend the product
so long as you understand this limitation.

Omnis5 does not have some of the goodies included in SB4. It does offer
file compatibility between Windows and Mac versions, which SB4 doesn't.
If you need an easy way to port applications between the two machines,
Omnis is the only way to go.
--NJ