From: rsw@rsw.rsw.com (Revolutionary Software)
Subject: /rdbX - Simplified Graphical Database Interface
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:00:48 GMT

/rdbX Release 2:  Simplified Distributed Graphical Database Access
		From Revolutionary Software

Getting at database information can be difficult if you're not a
database expert. The /rdbX distributed graphical interface makes
it easy to get the data you want, when you want it, in your X
window environment.

Whether you're a database novice or expert, the /rdbX X window
interface lets you point and click to query your database,
perform updates and interactively create reports and new
databases, increasing productivity dramatically.  You don't have
to learn a complex query or report generation language. With
/rdbX a database administrator can set up preformatted reports,
or you can easily customize your own reports.  /rdbX provides one
simple consistent look and feel to the leading relational
database management systems. You can share database query results
easily with other applications such as image processors, CAD/CAM
packages and desktop publishers.

/rdbX lets you take full advantage of your open computing system
to access local and networked databases in a multi vendor
environment.

+ Graphical Queries and Updates

/rdbX makes ad hoc queries quick and easy.  Using either pop-up
point-and-click menus, or a powerful query-by-form facility, or
both, /rdbX gives you a graphical model for creating queries
without forcing you to know the underlying structured query
language (SQL). Queries can be stored for you or others to use
later.  /rdbX logs the generated queries, giving expert users the
greater control they demand.

+ Interactive Customized Reports

For customized reports, /rdbX provides unparalleled ease of use
and control.  With several default formats to choose from, you
just point and click to customize report parameters.  It's simple
to create multi-table reports, add column and row filters, set
sort order and add computed fields.

+ One Consistent Interface

The /rdbX interface is consistent across all database management
systems, reducing training time for use with database systems
from more than one vendor.  Because /rdbX transparently manages
the underlying network protocols and actual database driver
commands, you can focus on the data without being concerned with
network location or database access details.

features                                  benefits           
------------------------------------------------------------
intuitive, graphical interface  +   eliminates the need to   
for database use                    learn new query and       
                                    report writing languages  
                                                                            
consistent interface to         +   reduces the support      
leading systems                     backlog of database      
                                    administrators and MIS   

                                +   improves productivity by 
                                    making databases easier to use                   
                                                                            
graphical database              +   reduces training time    
design tools                    +   allows experts and       
                                    novices alike to easily   
                                    create and maintain databases                 
									     
flexible licensing              +   additional users get     
                                    limited features instead 
                                    of being locked out completely               


		Release Notes for /rdbX 2.0

Release 2.0 of the /rdbX interface is now available from 
Revolutionary Software, with many performance 
and feature improvements, the latest release of /rdb,
and the capability of front-ending any arbitrary DBMS.

Some highlights of the new release are:

	+ Multi-page forms:
		Forms can be split into multiple pages;
		the forms window automatically resizes.

	+ Custom window layout:
		Using screen definition files,
		the user can customize placement of fields,
		captions, labels and action buttons in the forms window.

	+ Action commands (buttons) not tied to fields:
		In addition to optional action buttons
		associated with a field and labeled 
		with a lightning bolt, there are also
		free floating action commands with text labels.

	+ Live updates:
		If several users are editing the same table
		and one of them makes a change, the changed
		record is automatically updated in other windows.

	+ Automatic tiling and sizing of choice lists:
		When a choice-list field has many choices,
		the choice list is popped up in an easy-to-use
		automatically sized and tiled panel.
		
	+ Adding and deleting fields on the fly:
		Adding a new field or deleting an unwanted
		field is performed transparently and automatically without
		having to save a copy of the table manually.

	+ De-coupled command sets - interface to other database systems:
		Only a small number of commands are necessary to
		interface Xve to any underlying database system.
		These commands are specified on a per-table basis.
		/rdbX includes /rdb driver commands.

	+ Choice lists available in row/column filters:
		If a field is a choice-list, the row and column
		filters provide the pop-up choice menu.

                 * * * AGGRESSIVE PRICING * * *

Buy /rdbX Release 2 now at the special introductory price of $495
for a single user license or $2495 for 8 windows and, in addtion
to /rdb and its drivers, get one more database driver of your 
choice (Ingres, Informix, Sybase or ORACLE) when available 
(scheduled for November 1992).

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