DDH Software Announces ODBC Driver for HanDBase.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LAKE WORTH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2001 Enterprise Users of Palm OS and Pocket PC Handhelds Now Have Easier Means of Accessing, Editing and Synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. Data in Corporate Databases DDH DDH Decision Diffie-Hellman DDH Developmental Dysplasia of Hip DDH Dorothy Day House DDH Document Drafting Handbook DDH Dublin Dental Hospital DDH Destroyer-Carrying Helicopter DDH Dissociated Double Hypertropia Software, Inc. announces the release of HanDBase ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. Driver, enabling enterprise users to access and edit data stored in HanDBase records on Palm OS(R) and Pocket PC handheld devices from corporate database and reporting programs. The new HanDBase ODBC Driver bridges the gap between the data contained within the handheld and back-end corporate data files in two key ways. First, with the ODBC Driver handheld databases can appear as tables directly within corporate databases, which enable one to access live data for queries, reports, forms, charts, and mail-merge without having to do any conversions. Second, the ODBC driver will synchronize See synchronization. changes made to the database across all entry points between the handheld and desktop versions of HanDBase, and any ODBC enabled back-end database A back-end database is a database that is accessed by users indirectly through an external application rather than by application programming stored within the database itself or by low level manipulation of the data (e.g. through SQL commands). program, such as MS Access, SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. , Oracle, Sybase and more. "Most of our clients are struggling with managing huge amounts of data being passed between operation centers and its mobile team," said Paul Hoffman
The HanDBase ODBC Driver also expands opportunities for enterprise application developers and systems integrators. Application developers will be able to use the new ODBC driver to write custom applications that can access current handheld data using developer tools such as JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) A programming interface that lets Java applications access a database via the SQL language. Since Java interpreters (Java Virtual Machines) are available for all major client platforms, this allows a platform-independent database , Visual Basic, Crystal Reports, or Microsoft Access A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite. Access is programmable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Access can read Paradox, dBASE and Btrieve files, and using ODBC, Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE SQL Server and Oracle data. , greatly simplifying the process of integrating handheld data into custom written applications. Earlier this year, DDH Software released HanDBase Data Exchange, a tool aimed at converting data between HanDBase databases and enabled ODBC databases. The key difference is the HanDBase ODBC driver enables live data queries to the handheld data and synchronizes between the handheld, desktop, and ODBC enabled applications, while HanDBase Data Exchange converts data in either direction to the proper format and enables the creation of HanDBase databases from an ODBC source. By offering both solutions, companies have two solid options that will enable them to choose the best means of providing mobile workers with corporate data resources. With the release of these two products, DDH now provides complete two-way, read/write, record-level integration from the mobile workplace to hosted enterprise databases. HanDBase ODBC Driver sells for $49.99 per license. Since most company data is stored on a single computer, companies would only need to obtain a single copy of the ODBC driver, plus separate licensed copies of HanDBase for each user. HanDBase sells for $24.99 for the standard edition, or $29.99 for a version that includes a bi-directional synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. conduit that works with the Windows desktop version of HanDBase. Information on purchasing these applications can be found at www.handbase.com. About DDH Software, Inc. DDH Software, Inc. develops software in the handheld computing industry. Developing for the handheld computing platforms since early 1997, the Company offers several products, including the award-winning HanDBase, Thesaurus/Spell Checker check·er n. 1. a. One, such as an inspector or examiner, that checks. b. One that receives items for temporary safekeeping or for shipment: a baggage checker. 2. , and Translate, among other software titles. DDH Software, Inc. also writes custom solutions for businesses on a contract basis. HanDBase has carved niches in the medical, legal, real estate and educational fields. HanDBase is a trademark of DDH Software, Inc.. Palm OS is a registered trademark, and Palm and Palm Powered are trademarks of Palm, Inc. All other products, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or services marks of their respective owners. |
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