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These are the limits 'hard coded' into DataEase.

The reason these limits exist are as follows:

a) We are deliberately limiting complexity for performance and reliability
or
b) the memory structures in use cause a limit
or
c) the environment (operating system etc) causes a limit.

Max Open Relationships = 249

Max Fields in a Form = 255

Max Characters in a Field :
Text/Numeric string = 255
LongText = 4000
Memo =4MB
LongText fields are stored and processed as an array of 255 char fields, but displayed as a single editable field on screen. However, each of the sub-fields in the array counts towards the Form field limit.

Max Digits in a Number = 15

Max Choices in a Choice Field = 99
This applies to 'fixed' choices only, not ARDL dynamic choice lists.

Max Records in a Form that is target of a Multibox/Lookup field= 65535

Currently performance considerations will limit this to a few thousands in most cases.

Max Forms in an Application = 32000
Maximum number of documents is unlimited.

Records per Form = 16 million.

Characters per record = 65535 (i.e. 255 x 255, so should not be a problem)

The record limit does not include Memo fields, which are stored as CLOB's (character large objects) in a separate file.

Indices per Form = 255

Simultaneously open files = 512

Arguments to concat statement = 32

Max data file size = 2tB

Max simultaneous users in an application = 128

Max CDF's per app = 1280

Max arguments to an CDF = 10

Max SubForms is a 9x9 matrix

Include Tab objects in the count for 'depth' but not 'width'.

Max nesting of PSL statements = 9 levels

Max normal index size = 115

Anything longer than this will be FastText only, even if FastText not selected.

Max Name Length = 50

Max Path - Supports UNC path standard.

Max lines in a script = 1000
Max chars in a script = 40970
The smaller of the above two applies to any given script.

Max derivation/range check/field help strings per Form = 65535

There is no explicit limit on the size of document definitions, although the limit on strings above will come in to play in some cases.

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How to enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012

This article describes how to enable and disable Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 (SMBv1), SMB version 2 (SMBv2), and SMB version 3 (SMBv3) on the SMB client and server components.

Published: 21 October 2016

Other sources of Network problems

This is a little old, but it is still useful. If you have switched off SMB2 and SMB3 on your networ as well as disabled OpLocks for SMB1 and still have problems with corruption, have a look below and see if some of these things might apply to your network.

Network problems are sadly getting more and more complex rather than straightforward with the number of different operating systems being combined on networks.

The consequence of running different windows versions on Workstations and different Versions of WIndows Server operating systems can cause unpredictable and hard to diagnose problems.

Published: 21 October 2016

New Support Manager and new Support Products introduced

For a long time we have been focusing on improving our software products, but we have now entered a new phase where we will focus more and more on the entire customer experience.

One issue that has been raised more often than others is the lack of a dedicated support service so this is one of the areas were we will now focus.

Last month we hired Fatma Adel as our new Support Manager. She has now had some time to settle in and are more than eager to start helping you resolve your issues.

Published: 24 May 2016

Locking Strategies for dummies!

Ever wondered why you have so much trouble with inconsistency and being locked out of your DataEase database? If the answer is YES, read one and discover how you can easily remedy it.

Full, Basic, Opportunistic - What does this really mean? We get a lot of questions about which locking to choose in DataEase, and the answers we have give - are giving, have changed over the years. I guess that if this was a simple as it "should be", there wouldn't even be three options in DataEase, and we wouldn't leave this is in your hands.

I have spent quite a lot of times over the years debating and exploring this myself, and the problem is that it is more of a philosophical problem, than a technical one. Pictures this as going into a Chinese restaurant and ordering. You get a many with 500 items, and you are vaguely familiar with 3 of them, so what do you do. Choose what you know, or go for the set menu...

Published: 29 April 2016

Surprise! LegEasy 4 DOS will soon be here.

"The king is dead, long live the king!"

Next month will see the last delivery of LegEasy 6 Windows (6.53) and that could have been the end to our LegEasy Program but as it turns out it was just the beginning.

For those of us that remember that far back (early 90ies) it was the belief that DOS software would be gone in a couple of years, and definitely by the turn of the century.

How wrong we was. It has turned out to be very resilient event though it has been fighting an uphill battle.

Published: 21 February 2016

[{8}]five Release and Release program.

Finally...

DataEase {[8}]five went into production today and from now on it will be all about 8.5 and beyond.

We have now concluded the longest Beta program in DataEase history - 427 days or over 1 year and 2 months.

So why so little fanfare on this watershed day?

Published: 29 January 2016

Please, tell us the difference between 6.52 and 8.5...

We got this question yesterday and it kind of "threw" us..

Obviously such comparisons will be part of our published material, but at the moment we have been to pre-occupied with finishing DataEase 8.5 so we haven't even given it a thought.

But we duly had a look and even we were surprised with how much this product has progressed.

Published: 24 November 2015

Warning! Price increase on DataEase 8 from January 1st

We are changing how we license DataEase from Januar 1st 2016.

In short we will stop dividing licenses (and executables) in Developer (Full) and GROUP (Runtime) and introduce a simple User License and one executable that will be either a development environment or a Application Launcher based on the users privileges.

The change might seem dramatic at first, but you will get much more functionality and flexibility.

This is just an early warning to those of you that plan to buy DataEase 8 in the near future, more information on the change in product and licensing strategy will follow.

Published: 3 November 2015

Dynamic Design - A New paradigm in DataEase development

ExecDQLClass(), CreateTable(), AddColumn()* signify a complete breach with previous DataEase thinking.

From its infancy in the early 80ies and throughout its life until DE8 there was a clear divide in DataEase between Design and Runtime. (At least in the head of the designers, but the fact that most people used it interactively and added and changed to it in real time was not taken into account)

Tables, Scripts, Forms, Reports was froozen in runtime and there was few if any way you could make your application dynamic.

How this has changed in 8....

Published: 6 August 2015

Environment Variables in Windows XP, WIndows 7 and 8 (Complete List)

Environment variables is very useful to make general code. You can include them in paths directly to access files native to an active user/workstation/profile/session etc.

Published: 30 May 2015

How to create CDFs for use in DE8/DG3

This is how you create your own CDFs using Visual Studio 2013. I selected to use this version because any one can get a full version for free as long as you register with MicroSoft. You should be able to recreate this in any version of Visual Studio in almost the same way as described here. Not much has changed in creating Windows DLLs in the last 20 years. You probably can do the same using other compilers as MinWin GCC and Embarcadero, but that is outside the scope of this document.

Published: 29 May 2015

Migrating from DFW 5.x and 6.x to DE8.5 including National Versions

If you want to encompass DataEase problems in one word it must be Migration. It is fascinating that a company that has had so little success with this concept, has sworn to it for such a long time.

It is a badly hidden secret that DataEase lost most of it users in the flawed and bodged migration of DFD application to early DFW, what is maybe not so well know is all the other "unsuccessful" migration events.

In this article we will explain what/why and how it went wrong and what you can do to work around it.

Published: 11 March 2015

NEW! ?Functions in DataEase 8.0 to 8.5 (Page 2)

Some of you might be aware of it but it seems a lot isn't so it might be time to advertise a little the vast number of new functions and functionalities that has been added to DataEase 8.0 through 8.5.

For a long time the only way new functions found their way to DataEase was through active and ingenious users which developed CDF's. As much as the CDF's alleviated the obvious short-comings in DataEase 5.x to 7.2 it was cumbersome, undocumented and "secretive" i.e. not everyone was in the know.

With 8.x we decided that the focus needed to be on moving DataEase forward, rather than the constant dance around the "bug fixing" fire.

Have a look and a try for yourself.

Due to the number of new functions we had to publish the short description in two articles, of which this is the first.

Also have a look on the blog synopsis found in the list to the right.

Published: 23 February 2015

NEW! Functions in DataEase 8.0 to 8.5 (Page 1)

Some of you might be aware of it but it seems a lot isn't so it might be time to advertise a little the vast number of new functions and functionalities that has been added to DataEase 8.0 through 8.5.

For a long time the only way new functions found their way to DataEase was through active and ingenious users which developed CDF's. As much as the CDF's alleviated the obvious short-comings in DataEase 5.x to 7.2 it was cumbersome, undocumented and "secretive" i.e. not everyone was in the know.

With 8.x we decided that the focus needed to be on moving DataEase forward, rather than the constant dance around the "bug fixing" fire.

Have a look and a try for yourself.

Due to the number of new functions we had to publish the short description in two articles, of which this is the last.

Also have a look on the blog synopsis found in the list to the right.

Published: 23 February 2015

We reached our 1.000.000 visitor today 23rd of February 2015

At the beginning of the year we had estimated that we would get our 1.000.000 visitor at the 6th June this year, but with the Beta of 8.5 and the great feedback we have seen both visits on our website and sales sky-rocket and we reached the 1.000.000 threshold more than a Quarter ahead of schedule!

We just have to thank you all for your patience with us, and for your contributions and support throughout the last couple of years since we took charge.

We both hope and feel that our efforts and enthusiasm for DataEase has been well received and are reciprocated by you all!

A wholehearted thank you to your all from "The DataEase Team".

Published: 23 February 2015

DataEase 8.5 - What is new! (Page 1) - Roughly 8.1

This is the first page of 3 where we recapitulate the Blog entries made by our development team through the development from pre 8.0 to 8.5.

We have edited and updated the entries, but the appear in the order they were made and with the ideas, experiences and functionality up to then.

They are listed from oldest to newest and will give you a deep insight into DE85, the thinking, the job and last but need the vast improvement of DataEase.

Published: 22 February 2015

DataEase 8.5 - What is new! (Page 2) - Roughly 8.2

This is the Second page of 3 where we recapitulate the Blog entries made by our development team through the development from pre 8.0 to 8.5.

We have edited and updated the entries, but the appear in the order they were made and with the ideas, experiences and functionality up to then.

They are listed from oldest to newest and will give you a deep insight into DE85, the thinking, the job and last but need the vast improvement of DataEase.

Published: 22 February 2015

DataEase 8.5 - What is new! (Page 3) - Roughly 8.5

This is the third page of 3 where we recapitulate the Blog entries made by our development team through the development from pre 8.0 to 8.5.

We have edited and updated the entries, but the appear in the order they were made and with the ideas, experiences and functionality up to then.

They are listed from oldest to newest and will give you a deep insight into DE85, the thinking, the job and last but need the vast improvement of DataEase.

Published: 22 February 2015

DataEase 8.5 - BETA 1 - Preview

When we do big structural changes to the product, we prefer to run it through a short Beta program before we release the improvements.

This is still an early Beta of 8.5 but as there is some really significant updates/changes we would like to get it out there as soon as possible to get feedback on the improvements.

Published: 31 January 2015

Running DE8 on Windows Servers, do and dont's (SMB1,SMB2,SMB3 and OpLocks)

With the release of DataEase 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and Windows 7, 8 , 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, we are frequently asked about how new versions of DataEase work when connecting to old versions of Windows servers and old versions of DataEase connecting to new versions of Windows servers etc.

In DataEase 8.0 we did an important and radical decision in defaulting to Opportunistic Locking and stop the previous locking recommendations. This in itself reduced the problems by a factor of 100 and increased network speed and reliability dramatically.

But there is still pranks to be played on you and in short they are called OpLocks (MS Opportunistic Locking not to be confused with our Opportunistic Locking) and Caching (Read ahead blocks), in short - SMB.

In this article we will discuss what problems you can expect and how to avoid them.

Published: 3 December 2014

New Feature! Emailing and PDF from DE8.2

We have had emailing and PDF generation in DataEase 8 for quite a while but the library we used for emailing didn't support TLS so it could only use a limited number of SMTP servers. We have also shown how you can generate PDF to a named file, but the solution wasn't very elegant and the documentation was rather lacking.

We have know made a small Email and PDF application that you can download, explore and test and hopefully it will now become part of your DataEase "vocabulary".

You will need minimum DataEase 8.2.0.1986 to run this application.

Published: 14 November 2014

Running DataEase 8.2 on iPad, iPhone and Android (and Mac)

DataEase 8 is leaping forward and more and more of you develop new and exciting applications in it. However there is one limitation that DE8 still have and that is that it is Windows based and to build a DG3 interface is not an opportunity for most of you in the short term.

Some of you have tried viritualisation etc. over the years but due to high license cost, awkward implementation and difficult user interfaces it has never been very popular.

This is about to change with Parallels Access.

Published: 9 October 2014

How to upgrade from Trial to Full (DE8 Developer)

We have seen a dramatic increase of customers converting from DE8 Trial to Full over the last couple of weeks and we can only interpret that as we are starting to get things right, so Thank YOU! to all of you.

However we see that a lot of you are not sure how to proceed after you get the full license key so please find the instructions below.

Published: 2 October 2014

How to upgrade from Trial to Full (DE8 Developer)

We have seen a dramatic increase of customers converting from DE8 Trial to Full over the last couple of weeks and we can only interpret that as we are starting to get things right, so Thank YOU! to all of you.

However we see that a lot of you are not sure how to proceed after you get the full license key so please find the instructions below.

Published: 2 October 2014

How to: Nationalisation of a DataEase 8 application

DataEase used to do special versions language versions up to version 6.x but have since 7.0 only delivered a English version of DataEase with some national files for sorting etc. In 7.2 we did a trial version in German, but we found very little interest for it and have since concentrated again on english.

The interest in DE8 has been great and in 2014 it seems that most developers want to develop in an English version but be able to deliver an application in local languages.

The old "way" caused a lot of trouble since applications didn't travel well as the language specific stuff was translated and integrated in the code.

In this little article with included sample we try to inspire you on how to fix your own "nationalisation".

Published: 30 September 2014

SetStyle() - One of the forgotten Treasures of 8.x

DataEase 8 is not a Alpha or Beta product it is a full release, but it is in what we call Pre-Release or Developer Release version. This means that it is fully approved and warranted by us, but it is not the final version of this product.

Due to the "neglect" that DataEase had suffered under prior to the change of ownership, it was necessary to both look after current customers need when at the same time developing DataEase into a contemporary product offering.

It was clear from Day one that DataEase 7.x suffered from so many maladies that it was necessary to quickly come up with an improved release version hence the Pre-Release version of DE8.

When deciding the path forward we decided that we would include our users in the development process and make available any new feature in DE8 as soon as it was developed with the understanding and knowledge that it would not be used by the majority. Every bit of new functionality is part of the bigger picture or plan if you like and at the end of the development cycle we will focus on showcasing the entire product as one.

In a way we have simply developed the functionality, tested it (and used it in house) but not always spent much time in promoting or showcasing it. As sensible as this might be as an approach there should at least be a minimum of "marketing" and fanfare for each new function, but some it seems we have completely neglected to almost even mention.

For-most of these are SetStyle() which is an abomination as it might possibly be the most useful function for manipulating and making your applications interactive and attractive.

So better late than never, here it is: SetStyle()

Published: 13 September 2014

SetStyle() - One of the forgotten Treasures of 8.x

DataEase 8 is not a Alpha or Beta product it is a full release, but it is in what we call Pre-Release or Developer Release version. This means that it is fully approved and warranted by us, but it is not the final version of this product.

Due to the "neglect" that DataEase had suffered under prior to the change of ownership, it was necessary to both look after current customers need when at the same time developing DataEase into a contemporary product offering.

It was clear from Day one that DataEase 7.x suffered from so many maladies that it was necessary to quickly come up with an improved release version hence the Pre-Release version of DE8.

When deciding the path forward we decided that we would include our users in the development process and make available any new feature in DE8 as soon as it was developed with the understanding and knowledge that it would not be used by the majority. Every bit of new functionality is part of the bigger picture or plan if you like and at the end of the development cycle we will focus on showcasing the entire product as one.

In a way we have simply developed the functionality, tested it (and used it in house) but not always spent much time in promoting or showcasing it. As sensible as this might be as an approach there should at least be a minimum of "marketing" and fanfare for each new function, but some it seems we have completely neglected to almost even mention.

For-most of these are SetStyle() which is an abomination as it might possibly be the most useful function for manipulating and making your applications interactive and attractive.

So better late than never, here it is: SetStyle()

Published: 13 September 2014

DataEase Information Overload - How come?

After almost 20 years of close to no development, change and progress DataEase is shaking off the cobweb and is accelerating forward.

Over these 20 years it has almost become a shared truth that nothing can or will change in DataEase. it is "As designed".

Nothing could be further from the truth. The only thing that couldn't and wouldn't change were the people in charge of it.

Published: 11 September 2014

The Wizzardry of Installing DataEase 8 Applications on a Windows server.

Running a DataEase application in a network environment, locking strategy, magic switches that release unimagined bliss and happiness. Are they real or is it pure wishful thinking, policy and salesman's s..?

It has been a long honoured breed of DataEase specialist that has made their living from investigating deep obscure switches, buffer setting, .ini files, registry settings in Windows NT, XP, 2003R2, 2008R2, Windows 7,8,9,10... Decoding ZTERMDEF and CONFIG.DAT and then based on all this research offer their hard earned knowledge to the highest bidder.

But don't you ask yourself. If this was all really necessary, why didn't we or Microsoft simply do this as default? More or less just make it work out of the box?

Published: 25 August 2014

How to get started in DE8 when you have already mastered DataEase for DOS.

The best thing you can do when developing in DFW and especially in DE8 is to forget about DFD. The skill and understanding you have acquired over many years of DFD use is of course invaluable when it comes to learning, understanding and using DE8 but if you think it is DFD you will constantly be disappointed.

It simply isn't.

Published: 25 August 2014

DataEase 8 Advanced Workshop Wednesday 26th February in Tring - Greater London.

DataEase 8 has been for 6 months and it has been a fantastic and resounding success. However the feedback from our users is that in many places they only scrape on the surface of the the new functionality, because do not be mistaken - DataEase 8 is not just another lick of paint!

DataEase 8 contain more new functionality than all previous versions of DataEase put together and then some!

The DE8 which has been released so far is DE8 Classic which is the bridging version between the "old" and the New DataEase. Since it retains most of the old functionality of DFW 7/6/5 some users get the mistaken impression that it is the same.

Believe us when we say: IT IS NOT!

Published: 29 January 2014

New Richer RichText Editor in DE8

The rich text (HTMLEdit) or WYSIWYG editor was one of the first things we implemented in DE8. Backin DFD dataease was very early with implementing an "editor type" functionality with the long: text fields. They were awkward, but they allowed users to enter a continuous text contained in many separate text fields.

This Long: functionality was automated in DFW and was called Memo and finally in 7.x it was implemented as a "unlimited" sized field.

Only problem was that it had the same edit limitations as any other DataEase field with CTRL-Enter for line change and no formatting whatsover...

Published: 4 September 2013

Migrating an app from DFD to DE8 - Do or don't and how...

Our goal with DataEase is not to constantly focus on migrating old apps or pestering old customers with new upgrades. Our goal is to make it easy to develop in DataEase again so that new applications is quick and simple to make.

One of the reasons many users want to migrate an app (not the data) is that they find it hard to learn/adapt to the "new" DataEase so they think it is an easy fix to migrate an app that already exist into the latest version.

Oh, how we have proven them wrong over the years ;-)

Published: 1 August 2013

NoOffice CRM - Working DE8 Showcase Sample

This is the first of the official Samples that will be shipped with DE8 Classic. The fun thing with our new samples, is that we will keep updating the samples as well as the product. This sample will be further enhanced as we progress, but it should be more than enough to catch up with already.

Traditionally the samples has been rather poor, but this too have changed. We want our samples to be useful and inspire. The old "main" sample Club ParaDEASE is well over 20 years old so we thought it was high time to retire it and we promise that you will never see it again!

In this NoOffice CRM sample we showcase almost all the new functionality like ExecDQL(), the entire MemoClass, FileClass, SetClass etc.

We do a lot of "magic" that DataEase have never been able to do before, but don't worry it is not as hard as it looks.

Published: 29 July 2013

Try DataEase 8 for FREE in June!

It has been a while since we released the then code named 7.5 to show that DataEase for Windows was still moving forward. It has since got its rightful name - DataEase 8 - but it is still in heavy development towards its full release later this year.

It is no secret that previous DataEase for Windows versions have not lived up to expectations, so we have held back and concentrated on making this one a pleasant surprise. It has now been on general pre-release for more than 6 months, and several developers and clients have been testing/using and deploying applications with it for close to a year, so we now feel that we can lift the curtain and give you all a little glimpse into what we are doing.

The only thing you need to do to get a preview of it is to register on our website and log in, if you have already signed up you simply need to log in and the license key will be visible under here.

Published: 7 June 2013

Some times small steps, some times big leaps...

Making a contemporary DataEase for Windows is not done in a day, but as the days pass we get closer and closer.

One of the biggest problems with DataEase for Windows has been that the small things have been ignored. The small niggling bits that annoy you every time you find them. The goal with DataEase 8 is not simply to make "just another upgrade", it is to make a DataEase that you will love to work with again.

We will announce a big update/leap forward later today, but for now you will have to settle for a small one: Mouse wheel now works as it should to scroll up and down in DataEase forms.

Next MouseWheel step is to make it work like this inside Memo/WebField too.

Available in DataEase 8 from build 8.0.0.1247 18/03/2013

Published: 21 April 2013

"Outversioned" - The #1 bug in DataEase 8.

Over the last couple of months we have acquired a "funny" bug in DataEase 8 and we have named it "outversioned".

We know that contacting us is a matter of last resort for most of our hardy DataEase developers, but some times when they have looked on the DQL or the derivation till they go half blind they concede defeat and send us a line.

"I can't get my head around this StringFrom() function... I am sure I am doing it right but it won't accept it!"

Our first question now is: "What version are you on sir?"

Published: 31 January 2013

Exciting opportunity for the right company.

We have mutually agreed with our previous US representative - ICRA Sappire - that the re-establishment of DataEase on US soil is not for them.

The US is the second largest market for DataEase after the UK and will with proper managment quickly become the largest market.

We need someon to spearhead that effort.

Published: 25 January 2013

DataEase 8 GROUP and GROUP+1 are here!

DataEase is undergoing a complete transition from a lonely "wolf" to a team player. For a very long time, only one version of DataEase has been available - the full developer version. This has now changed!

You will see that DataEase will separate clearer and clearer between development tools and runtime/deployment tools.

We obviously need to start at the beginning, so our focus over the last 18 months (The DataEase for Windows team) has been on enhancing and moving the DFW development platform forward. We are beginning to see the end of the current stage of that, so we are now branching out into support/runtime/deployment/maintenance and data transport.

Published: 23 January 2013

Thinking Global acting Local...

This is the map over sales so far this year and it has been a very hectic year so far indeed. But what does it tell us? It tells us that DataEase is still a global brand with a global responsibility, but it also tell us that the strongest markets at the moment is the same as it has been for the last 20 years. UK, US and Norway.

UK and US make sense, but what about Norway? The US is where DataEase was born and UK was where it now resides, but again - Norway? One word or rather a name: WestSoft. They did a fantastic job in Norway and in the 80ies and early 90ies, DataEase had a market share of over 60% in Norway!

Published: 20 January 2013

Impressionism, expressionism or conservatism?

We have obviously spend a lot of time disecting both DFD and DFW over the last years when we worked on DG3 and DataEase 8. Our "balanced" view is that DFD is not as good as people like to believe (especially not in 2012 ;-) and that DFW is not as bad as people want to believe. The challenge is that the good bits in DFD outshine the bad bits when the bad bits in DFW overshadow the good to brilliant bits.

The biggest problem for DFW is that it is really bad at what DFD is really good at - exporting and printing (predictably), blinking and flickering, unmanageable and confusing windows/forms handling, a hopeless, a "dum" DQL editor with matching body/printing and on top of all this it has been burdened with a lot of stupid bugs.

Published: 10 January 2013

DataEase 8 Preview - Quick Documents Demo!

With all the new functionality in DataEase 8 we will need to make it very visual to get as many as possible to use as much as possible. It is kind of pointless to invest a lot of time and money in new functionality if the only functionality that will be used is the old and known.

DataEase 8 is not an "upgrade" it is the first version on the step to the "new" DataEase. Yes, you will find all the old functionality in it, but if you want contemporary, advanced and exciting applications, we recommend that you forget what you think you know about DataEase and how DataEase works, and take a look on what DataEase 8 can do.

Published: 28 December 2012

Pure 8 - or DataEase Por.. as we call it around here.

As you might have guessed. DataEase 8 is not an "upgrade", it is a completely new version of DataEase for Windows.

It was time this product shook off it's parent issues and stood firmly on its own too feet. For way too long has migration/conversion/compatibility etc. been the only item on the menu.

No more!

We are sorry that so many people had a bad experience when trying to move from DFD to DFW, but it wasn't all our fault. The early versions was bad, but if one want to move forward one also must handle change. It was a big mistake not to make it easier for DFD users to move forward with DFW, but it was an even bigger mistake to "ruin" DFW by trying to implement DFD inside of it.

We have all learnt from experience that prevarication is the road to disaster, and that is what DataEase have done. It moved away from DFD - mistakenly, and then panicked and tried to move back, but only got half the way.

We have now been stuck in the past too long. We are working with a solution to finally help the DFD users onwards, but DataEase 8 is not it!

DataEase 8 is to move DFW user forward, and to capture new users with the DataEase "magic". Don't laugh, we mean it ;-)

Published: 29 November 2012

DataEase 8 Product Strategy Explained

We will soon start presenting the new products in more detail, but as part of the run up to DataEase 8 launch, we would like to explain a little of what we have been up to, what we are thinking of the future and how DataEase will be in the future.

It is not a big secret that DataEase has struggled with moving ahead and keeping up with time. This is now about to change big time and we believe and hope that DataEase will soon be back where we think it belongs.

We have spent vast resources in trying to understand what is right and what is wrong in DataEase and we think that our work now is starting to pay off.

Read on and find out if you think we are on the right way.

Published: 4 November 2012

DataEase 8 Tittle Tattle

We are now gearing up towards the release of DataEase 8 later this year. As you might have suspected, software release is more of a marketing gambit these days, than a technical milestone. DataEase 8 has been released to the closed developer circle for quite some time, and even though it is still being updated towards it's proper release, it is already in production on several systems.

The reason we have kept a low profile on DataEase 8, is not that we try to hide it, it is more that we want it to become a pleasant surprise to the user base, after some sour lemons. DataEase development had become stagnant, and we don't blame you for taking whatever we say with a "pinch of salt".

We have just published a new "Product Blog" on here, where we will informally publish updates and changes to our products, as development progress. We will soon also start publishing all the technical documentation, how to, samples and early trial downloads of 8, so you will be in good hands when it comes to information and help around DataEase 8.

But before all that, we want to spend some time here on DataEase 8 itself, what we think, how it came into being, and where we see it heading.

Published: 12 October 2012

Solving problems with Help Links in 7.2

As some of you might have experienced, there is a problem with accessing help in 7.2

DataEase 7.2 is published by DataEase International Ltd and not by us, which also apply to all version up to and including 7.2 So both support and maintenance is outside our purview.

As a consequence we get some glitches, like the problems with the Help links in 7.2. Originally they where directed towards www.DataEase.com, which is now our domain, but the help files is now located on

http://www.sapphiregroup.com/support/knowledge-base/help

Published: 9 October 2012

DataEase and Windows 8

It looks like DataEase 8 and Windows 8 is to be released approximately at the same time. This is a pure coincidence and as you all know, we entered 7 long before Windows ;-). 7 was never a really good number for us, but it turned out to be pretty great for Windows.

After having a thorough look at Windows 8 Release Preview I think that for 8, the fortune might be reversed. After a bumpy ride with DFW 7, we have put a lot of effort into making 8 a joyful and pleasurable ride for our loyal users, but it seems that Microsoft have forgotten the lesson they learnt with Vista, and are in our mind heading for an even greater disaster.

Enough said as we don't want to spoil your fun. Have a look at Windows 8 yourself, and make up your own mind.

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Published: 24 July 2012

New server? Settings to check on 2003 and 2008.

With new versions of operating/server operating systems, there is always new challenges. We have currently tested DataEase on 2008R2. This work also brought light on problems that has been with earlier versions of Windows server, so please find below a re-publishing of an article written about registry settings in 2003 server.

Published: 5 June 2012

ODBC vs. OLEDB under WIndows 7 x 64

With every new version of Microsoft Windows, there is new opportunities, new solutions, new problems and new challenges. ODBC has been around for more than 20 years now, and it is has always been a popular way to quickly access data in different databases. The problem has often been, that for some reason it has never been "Good enough".

Microsoft tried to replaces it with the much more "effective" OLEDB technology, but as most of the technologies with OLE in the name, it never really worked, so now they have discontinued that too....

Published: 6 May 2012

The DQL body Layout of Despair

Do you recognise this? If you do, you are not the only one. In 7.5 our focus is on moving DataEase for Windows into the 21st Century, but instead of attacking the core product - that is called DataEase Generation 3 - we try to include new functionality that can help the users that has invested in DataEase for Windows, to move their application forward and take advantage of new functionality.

The basis of the improvements in 7.5 is very much a result of the DataEase Generation 3 project, so it is only natural that HTML is a big part of "how" we improve DFW.

In this article we will try to explain why DQL body is the way it is, and how we are developing a workaround in 7.5

Published: 30 April 2012

DataEase 7.5.0.1066 - A watershed moment!

Today we compiled version 1066 of DataEase 7.5. A memorable number, and to be honest quite a memorable version too. For the first time you can now edit and store RichtText (HTML) directly in a DataEase for Windows form.

Development of both 7.5 and DG3 is storming forward and we are looking forward to sharing it with you in the not so far future. We will leave DG3 alone for the moment, and focus on 7.5 a little. It definitely deserve not to share the limelight over the next couple of months, as we now feel certain that it will be a great version of this product and one that the DFW community will really love working with.

Published: 17 April 2012

DataEase 7.5 - Sneak Peek! New test version soon....

Our current Test version is now "old", and as a lot of you would have found out, it no longer works.

We have made giant leaps forward since the last test version, but before we release the next "preview" version, we want to test some of the features ourselves.

Published: 10 January 2012

7.5 is all about NEW functionality, so please help us!

Below you will find some of the improvements we are currently doing in DataEase 7.5 to make it the best DataEase for Windows ever. In some people's opinion, that wouldn't take much, but we have a loyal user base out there that deserves the final version to be as good as we can possibly make it.

In 7.5 we have come to terms with the fact that DFW will never be a bug free product, so the focus now is to implement functionality that makes it easier to use and that will enable our loyal user base to make better applications.

Our focus is on doing small changes that will provide a big impact - i.e. we are not doing brain surgery in 7.5 and therefore will not be doing any structural changes - that has already been done in our new version, DG3.

In our experience the biggest problem with DFW is the lack of flow and it's stiff legs, so if you have some small stuff that really annoy you and that you always wanted us to iron out, this is the time to come forward and tell us.

We will set up a feedback form for this, but as we have rather much to do at the moment, we would appreciate it if you could forward your suggestions to sales@dataeaseg3.com and mark it 7.5 Improvements.

Published: 1 November 2011

Memo - from DFD to DG3

There have always been two things that have been especially troublesome in DataEase. Sequence numbers and Memo/Long text fields. The need for a text field longer than 255 presented itself very early on but because of the 8 bit data structure of DataEase, it had to be a "hack".

Published: 25 October 2011

Mouse wheel support in DataEase for Windows.

For some reason Mouse Wheel does not work in Userview in DataEase for Windows. It might not be a big surprise, as the framework and core technology of DFW pre-dates Windows itself.

But, this is something we all have become used to using to scroll up and down pages, and when you try to do this in DFW, you get nothing.

As part of our new "drive" to increase user satisfaction with our LegEasy products, we have looked into this and we have come up with a "quick fix".

Published: 20 October 2011

DataEase 7.2 - How to get Started

The new welcome screen gives you a quick way of getting started as a new user, but also helps you to quickly find where you left of last time you used DataEase.

Published: 1 September 2011

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