InterApps Dominion

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InterApps Dominion

• Present and Future

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Present

• Dominion 3.5 announced
• Superbase 3.5 upgrade
• New features and functions
• Available now (free for v3.2 users)

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Dominion 3.5 Goals

• Update Architecture
• Address Customer Feature Requests
• Enhanced HTML/Web support
• Provide additional support/tools
• Enhanced Access Control, Security
• Implement VBA Language Support
• User Interface

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Updated Architecture

• Now uses and supports Industry Standard ODBC
  drivers
• HTML/Web add-on allows browser access
• Long Filenames and more 32-bit support in product
• Improved file handling reliability

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Customer Feature Requests

• Long Filenames for Quick Reports
• Alphabetized Pick lists throughout
• Print Preview for Custom Reports
• Import/Export to/from HTML

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Feature Requests (part 2)

• Rotated Text on forms (compact display)
• Updated QuickChart and TimeCard
• QuickSearch problem search tool
• Faster operations with MEMORY files
• Better status progress on lengthy operations

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Dominion/Web add-on

• Allows use over web via HTML pages
• Works with Netscape and MSIE (3.x or better)
  browsers
• Work with IIS and Netscape web servers
• Auto-translates standard Dominion code so it runs
  over the web on the fly.
• Highly scalable

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Industry Standard Support

• 16 and 32 bit ODBC drivers for Dominion available
  now
• Import/Export of DTMF/CSC in trials
• Can plug Dominion tables in any Web or NT server
• Export to HTML table

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Year 2000 Compliant

• Code and pages are Y2K compliant
• Fixed-Window support (CenturyBase) for rapid data
  entry
• Additional Date and Time aids

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Form Report Builders

• One Button form / report generation
• Form/Report designer now integrated
• Custom Reports automatically built from
  QuickReports
• True Print Preview/Print window with multitasking

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Mail Support

• Send and Receive from inside Dominion
• Automatic notification of new mail
• Inbound mail handling via DOMSRV

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VBA Language Support

• VBA compatible Object Model
• Properties Dialog with integrated browser/dumper
• All tools now generate Object code
• OLE2 Automation (OLE and OLE/DB)

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User Interface

• IconBar / SelectionBar can float / move
• Task Advisors and Map
• Tool Tips and Status text
• Help buttons on dialogs
• More on-line help information
• Right-mouse button (property sheets) support
• Colorized Icons for easy identification

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Tool Enhancements

• MenuBar / IconBar editors
• Fully integrated in ADMIN program
• Dialog Editor
• Toolbox, Alignment, MRU, Help IDs
• Program Editor
• Colorized program code
• Command history
• block indent/unindent

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Future Directions

• Enhance Dominion/Web
• Better integration with DMTF/CSC spec
• More Network Management support

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Future Directions (part 2)

• More Video/NetMeeting support
• Better integration with web and internet
• Windows 2000 / Install / Run on demand support
• and your input