Short: 2.0 - Very good database program (List, DTypes, ...) Author: Nils@dinoex.sub.org (Nils Bandener) Uploader: Hardy@hardybox.gun.de (Dirk Hartstein) Type: biz/dbase Fiasco Release 2.0 ================== Release 2.0 Archives: --------------------- Due to the size of the distribution, the Fiasco distribution has been divided into several parts: Fiasco_main.lha Contains the main program, libraries, locale catalogs and example databases. Fiasco_doc_eng.lha Contains the english documentation in AmigaGuide and TeX-DVI format. Fiasco_doc_deu.lha Contains the german documentation in AmigaGuide and TeX-DVI format. Fiasco_doc_ita.lha Contains the italian documentation in AmigaGuide and TeX-DVI format (Not finished yet, will be uploaded to Aminet later). Features: --------- - Dynamic record loading. Fiasco reads the record data only when required. Thus, the use of databases bigger than the available RAM is possible. - Support of several indices for a database. This indices can be automatically sorted or filtered. - Several projects may be in RAM at the same time. The number of these projects is only limited by the available RAM. - Masks can be used like any other GUI. - Masks, lists and requesters are fully font sensitive. - Many fieldtypes: String, Integer, Float, Cycle, Boolean, Slider, Date, Time, Extern, Datatypes and Var String. - Support of listview fields for String, Integer, Float, Date and Time field types. - Datatypes fields can be used to display graphics etc. directly in the mask. - ARexx interface for external control and scripts for fields. - Freely configurable "usermenu", which can be used to invoke CLI and ARexx Programs. - Searching allows "blurred" search and patterns. - Very flexible list, which supports hiding and resizing of entries - Easy relation handling - Import and export of Databases - Flexible print function ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 838 469 44.0% 09-Dec-95 18:59:34 +Fiasco.dvi.info 840 329 60.8% 09-Dec-95 18:59:34 +Fiasco.guide.info 628 272 56.6% 10-Mar-96 00:37:20 +English.info 424936 138269 67.4% 02-Jan-97 12:01:04 +Fiasco.dvi 334297 91031 72.7% 02-Jan-97 12:04:38 +Fiasco.guide -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 761539 230370 69.7% 18-Jan-97 04:06:42 5 files