Maxon C++
Lu,
>>I would have posted to Juergen or Markus but I'm not sure whether they speak
english and my Deutsch is schrecklich.<<
As far as I know, learning English is compulsory in German schools. So don't be
afraid and try it 😉
I did have to write this, because I do not know much about Maxon Twist. I do
own several Maxon products, but not that one. I have seen something about it in
one of the monthly german Amiga publications but unfortunately I was not able
to find the article (The only thing I can remember is that it is much faster in
terms of finding data and exporting/importing than Superbase 1.3. (10:1 or
so)).
The one and only thing I can do is to translate a part of Maxon's advertising
publication called MaxonMail (They send it periodically to registered users).
Please note that this is only what they think the program is able to
do and capable of and that I'm trying to shorten it down to essetial features:
. The current release is 2.0.
. It is capable of using graphics, music, speech and even animations
in the "presentation space". E.g. an address database with picture and voice of
the stored persons can be made.
. Full support of Amiga datatypes (from Kick/WB 3.0 on)
. Fieldtypes of upto 30.000 characters
. Compressed datatypes using only the space actually needed
. Full clipboard support
. Intelligent search fuction; if you search for "Meier" you will find "Maier",
"Mayr", "Mayer", etc… (You have to think of an english equivalent of your own
😉 )
. "Online relations and compound dialogs": if you have a dialog and type in the
postal code, the city's name will be presented even if it is stored in a
completely different database. (?)
For this purpose so called "compound masks" are used.
. Real 1:N-, N:1-, N:M-Relations can be implemented.
. Automatical report system.
. Dialog editor with snap function.
. 3D border types, …
. Possbility to calculate with date and time: When is a person going to be
10.000 days old and which day of the week is that? You can type in "+2" into a
date entry field, the date of the day after tomorrow will be calculated
automatically.
. Full ARexx support; the program can be totally controlled through it.
. AmigaDOS 2.0, harddisk and 1.5 MB Mem are the minimum requirements
. Price is DM 348,– (German Marks, about USD 205 (Austrian exchange rates) I
do not know the exchange rate of AUS $ 🙁 )
. A demo version is available in Maxon's support BBS, the number is +49 6196
484 457
Now again me: I do not know, whether the program is available in english. If
you have serious problems reaching Maxon (or other communtication problems
(maybe german schools are not as good as I expected them to be 😉 )), feel
free to contact me again, I would check this out then.
Best Regards, Gerhard …