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- First there were only file managers.
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- Then came the slow, interactive programs like dBASE.
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- Then came the compiler-only products like
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- The ALL-PURPOSE database language . . . compiler and
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- interactive mode in one powerful, shareware package!!!
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- Superior to dBASE III Plus, dBASE IV and the rest of the
- database pack
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- . . . at a fraction of the price!
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- INTRODUCING
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- VP-Info Level 1
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- The Most Powerful Database Language
- Ever Released in the Shareware Market
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- The HIGH-SPEED, LOW-COST Database Management System
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- Just look at what ║ VP-Info Level 1 ║ includes now!
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- Data files compatible with dBASE II, dBASE III, dBASE III Plus,
- and dBASE IV. Use them - without conversion!
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- Built-in one-step compiler speeds your programs, without
- making development more complicated!
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- Extended command language offers more power, more control,
- more flexibility. Includes most dBASE commands and
- functions. . . plus more than 100 more!
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- Automatically supports 8087 or 80287 for extra speed
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- CHECK OUT THE POWER OF VP-Info Level 1!
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- Up to 250 fields and 4,000 characters per records
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- Access 6 data files and 4 DOS files at the same time
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- Attach up to 7 indexes to each data file
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- Read and write a wide variety of file types - even dBASE
- II/III/IV data files - without conversion at any time
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- Reads and writes all memo fields from all dBASE versions . . .
- something even dBASE can't do without file conversion
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- Compiles for speed and security
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- CHECK OUT THE POWER OF VP-Info Level 1!
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- "Paint" your input and output screens directly - no
- awkward @ SAYs and @ GETs or extra utilities required!
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- Reads and writes variable-length data records in
- easily-accessed "library" files
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- Fully relational - even reports can use up to
- 6 related data files simultaneously
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- Communications port I/O - standard
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- Reads and writes external files in any format,
- random or sequential
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- VP-Info Level 1 has an
- EXTENDED dBASE-LIKE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
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- xBASE programmers feel right at home
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- MENU function instantly creates "light-bar" menus
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- BOX, SCROLL, WINDOW and SCREEN commands for fast,
- fancy displays like these
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- POST command makes accounting and inventory applications
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- LIBRARY for high-speed text-file access and display
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- xBASE programmers feel right at home
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- . . . and they LOVE these new features:
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- User-designed input forms for EDIT, BROWSE and READ,
- created with WYSIWYG ease using VP-Info Level 1's
- internal text editor or any ASCII ordinary word processors
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- ON FIELD gives powerful control over READ operations . . .
- even in BROWSE, EDIT and APPEND
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- Multi-dimensioned arrays
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- Dozens of powerful new functions
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- . . . and EVERY single-line command works
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- VP-Info Level 1 is by far the FASTEST,
- most flexible database manager
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- AND -- AS A BONUS -- IT COSTS
- LESS THAN ITS BETTER-KNOWN,
- LESS POWERFUL COMPETITORS!
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- HOW FAST IS VP-Info Level 1?
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- Most operations run faster than any version of dBASE.
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- Typical business applications run 4 TO 10 TIMES FASTER!
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- Compared to dBASE IV and its many overlay files, constantly
- being swapped in and out of memory, VP-Info Level 1 is "lean
- and mean" . . . easy to learn and a lot faster to program!
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