Re: Framework
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Posted by graham.smith
2005-08-28 09:20:37
Alx,
>The first time I got interested in freeform databases was with the >first version of Blackwell’s IdeaList, in the early 90’s. >Unfortunately, its nice looking graphical user interface couldn’t >display Greek characters.
Now there was a program, I used it for while, but they made such a mess of version 4, that they Blackwell seemed to give it away to another developer, and gave back the upgrade money to users. It is still around http://www.bekon.com/
>Many other programs I got from magazines and used, like the Alpha >Four database, had trouble with particular letters, as they used >extended ASCII codes, i.e. over 127, for internal functions; it >was—hmmm- interesting trying to get them to work.
I have Alpha 5 version 6 here, with version 7 about to be released, not sure about Greek, but it is the best relational database I have ever used. easier to use than Access and capable fo far bigger databases.
Graham