From: andrew@stone.com (Andrew Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
Subject: DataPhile Now Shipping for NeXTstep 2.0
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:23:16 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology

DataPhile Now Shipping for NeXTstep 2.0
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM.- April 6, 1992 - Stone Design today shipped DataPhile, the  
full featured flat-file database for NeXT computers. DataPhile's much  
anticipated release fills the giant void left by the absence of a flatfile  
database program for the NeXT market.

"DataPhile is the best personal data manager there is. It fills a great hole  
and is the best of its breed on any platform, PC or workstation,: said Steven  
P. Jobs, CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc.

DataPhile is designed for end-users who need a flexible way to manage  
information without the complexities of a relational database. Using an  
intuitive front end, anyone can build and manage a personal flat-file database,  
modifying it and generating reports quickly and without assistance from their  
MIS department.

"DataPhile's v1.0 capabilities have far exceeded the expectations of our users  
due to the fact that we implemented so many of their suggestions," said Andrew  
Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The result of their input is a database that  
anyone can immediately use to handle both simple and complex data management  
tasks."

DataPhile makes it simple for NeXT users to gather, organize, retrieve and  
manage nearly any kind of information, from images to documents. To build a  
database, users create data fields using an interface that lets them specify  
field type, various data entry options and constraints. Field types include  
text, number, date, currency, boolean, picture, sound, file and a wide range of  
calculated field options that accept mathematical formulas.

Any number of data fields can be added, modified or deleted, at any time,  
without losing data. DataPhile enables users to add a document created with any  
type of NeXT application merely by dragging and dropping the appropriate icon  
into a special file field type. Double-clicking on the file field launches the  
application and opens the document.

Pictures and sounds can be stored in DataPhile, simply by dragging them as  
icons from the workspace or copied from the pasteboard. DataPhile is compatible  
with Create, Stone Design's powerful and easy-to-use drawing application.  
Images produced using Create can be pasted into a DataPhile picture field,  
stored and later retrieved and pasted back into a Create document for editing.

To better understand their data, users can view information in unlimited ways,  
including a default view that appears whenever the database is opened and  
allows immediate data entry. They can also design custom views with the  
product's set of sophisticated layout tools that includes fields, labels and  
graphic elements. Views can contain one record or multiple records, and several  
views can be working simultaneously.

DataPhile can automatically create a new database from any text file created  
from another source. DataPhile can also import data into an existing database  
and provides a simple interface for matching fields. Records can be pasted into  
other applications as tab-delimited text. DataPhile databases can be exported  
as text, as RTF-text and in Improv, Write Now or WordPerfect file formats.

Call (505) 345-4800 for pricing; academic and student discounts available, as  
well as site licenses.

Stone Design Corporation, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was founded in 1984 and  
develops a variety of business productivity applications for NeXT computers.

DataPhile and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. NeXT is a  
trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks  
or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Stone Design
2425 Teodoro NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107

TELE : 505 345-4800
FAX  : 505 345-3424
EMAIL: info@stone.com