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- PERRYSBURG, Ohio--May 4, 1992--Fox Software, Inc., today announced a free
- update that makes the database management power of FoxPro instantly and
- easily available to information users at all levels of expertise. A new
- RUN option has been added to the main menu to make the high performance of
- FoxPro available to even novice DBMS users.
-
- With the new RUN menu, interactive users can quickly and easily get answers
- to their queries, produce reports, and even run or create applications
- just by pulling down a menu and clicking twice. This makes FoxPro ideal
- for corporations that require power for mission-critical applications, yet
- need easy, interactive access to information hr end-user departments.
-
- "Information users in business aren't looking for a DBMS. They're looking
- for results," said Hal Pawluk, Fox VP of Marketing. " We're providing them
- the vehicle to get these results through 'information objects' - Queries,
- Reports, Forms, Labels and Applications. Our new RUN menu simply makes
- these information objects available with pst a couple of clicks or
- keystrokes."
-
- When users click on one of these information objects, they are presented
- with two options: To run the object or create a new one. To run a report,
- for example, the user selects "Reports" from the RUN menu, then the name
- of the report to run and FoxPro does the rest. Queries, forms, labels and
- applications are just as quick and easy to run.
-
- To create new reports, forms, labels and applications, users simply click
- on the menu button in the dialog box. This takes them directly to the
- screen builder or application generator, etc. Then, using the program's
- simple tools, they can build forms containing buttons, lists, check boxes,
- text regions, data fields, reports with headers, footers and subtotals and
- even complete applications.
-
- The RUN menu also includes RQBE (Relational Query By Example), a simple
- interface for getting and manipulating data quickly and easily. Unlike
- other query systems, RQBE lets users browse the information or create
- instant databases, reports, labels or business graphs (with optional
- Foxgraph or other graphics programs).
-
- "We added the RUN menu to ensure FoxPro 2.0 covers the entire range of
- database user needs, from the very technical developer/programmer to the
- interactive information user, or nonprogrammer said Mickey Friedman,
- Director of Marketing. "Now FoxPro is the only DBMS that's easy enough for
- interactive users, has command-mode capability for more sophisticated
- users, yet still has the power developers crave. It satisfies all user
- needs."
-
- Upgrades are available now on CompuServe or by calling Fox at 1800
- 837-FOX2. In order to give all FoxPro owners superior usability, Fox is
- making this upgrade available free of charge to all registered users.
-
- Fox will also include a RUN Users Manual in FoxPro 2.0 packages for new
- FoxPro users. This guide will help novice FoxPro users and those with
- limited database management experience become productive immediately.
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- PERRYSBURG, Ohio - May 4, 1992 - Fox Software, Inc., today announced a
- significant enhancement to the FoxPro 2.0 application generator that will
- dramatically increase the productivity of interactive users and
- experienced programmers alike. This upgrade, which also includes the new
- RUN menu option, is available free of charge to current FoxPro 2.0 users.
-
- Interactive information users will now be able to create sophisticated,
- multi-file applications without doing any programming. They only need to
- know what they want to do and FoxPro does the work.
-
- "Previously, users could only create an application needing just a single
- file," said Janet Walker, Fox Product Manager. "Now, users can develop
- interactive applications that require multiple files with relationships
- between files."
-
- The new capabilities of the application generator will also increase the
- productivity of developers. It's ideal for quickly creating relatively
- sophisticated applications to satisfy an immediate need or for prototyping
- a large application.
-
- The enhanced application generator creates FoxPro menus that are
- automatically CUA (Common User Access) standard, enabling users to develop
- applications that have all the ease-of-use features and windowing
- capabilities of the main product. The result: FoxPro's application
- generator is more powerful and easier to use than competitive databases,
- and applications created with the product also are easier to use.
-
- The FoxPro 2.0 application generator also boosts productivity and ease of
- use by simplifying fundamental database tasks:
-
- ** Prompting users through creating a database.
-
- ** Creating input screens and generating reports automatically.
-
- ** Enabling users to look at and edit specific data.
-
- ** Pulling together all parts of an application--the databases, input
- screens, reports and browse capabilities--under the umbrella of an
- application.
-
- Upgrades are available now through CompuServe or by calling Fox at
- 1-800-837-FOX2. In order to give all FoxPro owners superior usability, Fox
- is making this upgrade available free of charge to all registered users.
-
- Fox Software, founded in 1983, is a privately-held corporation
- headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio. It develops and markets a broad line of
- ultra-high performance and easy-to-use single-user and networked
- relational database management system products of IBM PCs and compatibles,
- Macintoshes and UNIX computers that are compatible with Borland's dBASE
- DBMS. Under development today are fully application- and file-compatible
- versions of FoxPro under the DOS, Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms,
- plus connectivity products to industry-standard database servers.
-
- FoxPro 2.0 the company's premier high-performance relational database
- manager, has gained industry-wide recognition in the first several months
- since its release, winning such awards as PC Magazine -Technical
- Excellence, InfoWorld--Product of the Year, PC /Computing--MVP (Most
- Valuable Product), BYTE--Award of Excellence, DBMS - Readers' Choice, Data
- Based Advisor--Best DBMS, and Computer Language--Productivity Award.
-
- Fox has nine regional offices throughout the United States. Worldwide
- operations are supported by international offices in the United Kingdom,
- France and Germany, with local distribution in the rest of Europe, Africa,
- Latin and South America, and the Pacific Rim.
-
- Fox Software, 134 W. SOUTH BOUNDARY, PERRYSBURG, OH 43551
- (419) 874-0162 FAX: (419) 874-8678
-
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