We can undertake all aspects of your Filemaker
Pro, 4D, and Access database programming on both PC, Mac, and
palm top. DDE is also able to create and host database / e-commerce
web sites using any of the common web-database architectures.
To ensure a quick and efficient solution to your problems we utilise
the SSADM 4+ operating guidelines (Structured System Analysis and
Design Method).
Are the database that
many professional database developers use to create custom applications.
It is also the logical 'next step' database when Filemaker limits
become a problem. 4D can be summarised as a database containing
all of the best features of Filemaker and Access with a whole
load of extras added on top. 4D is programmable via its own 'Pascal'
type programming language, and can be compiled for extra speed
(FileMaker Pro and Access are both interpreted databases).
Databases created in 4D can be bound so that the
client does not need to purchase a user licence. 4D comes as both
Mac, PC, and server versions. Instant web publishing is a standard
feature that can be enhanced with Lasso middleware.
Access is one of the most popular 'end user' databases
in use today. Access is excellent at number crunching, and at
interacting with a variety of other databases and applications
via the Visual Basic programming language and the ActiveX control
system.
Access is a PC only product that can be put to a great many uses,
especially web databases via the Sql programming language.
Databases built using Access interact well with the Microsoft
Office suite of programs including Word, Excel, and other Microsoft
programs such as Back Office.
DDE has been programming databases with Access for many years
and can produce solutions that use Visual Basic and ActiveX in
a variety of interesting ways.
Contact us via the usual routes for further information.
Many of our clients are small to medium sized businesses
that use their websites internally, or have limited traffic. 1-1000
hits a week. Most clients don't want to have to learn an entire
programming language to quickly and efficiently publish their
databases to the web. Dowrick Database Engineers has been developing
Web Publishing CDML solutions for many years.
FileMaker Pro is a very sophisticated relational database with
an amazing number of third party plug-ins that fill every requirement
hole not filled by Filemaker Inc. Databases can be bound so that
the client does not even need to purchase a user licence. FileMaker
Pro comes as both Mac, PC, and Palmtop versions. It is even being
run on Redhat Linux. CDML Instant web publishing is a standard
feature that can be enhanced with Lasso middleware.
FileMaker Pro web capabilities and excellent graphic abilities
make it a prime choice for many 'off-the-shelf' products. For
example the business management system 'Valiano' by Fuji Film
is a Filemaker Pro project that comes in several versions including
a bound standalone FileMaker Pro application and a web server
version. have been business software of the year several times.
It is the most popular / most purchased database system in the
world. It has a very low learning curve (compared to Access and
4D) yet it is a very sophisticated relational database with an
amazing number of third party plug-ins that fill every requirement
hole not filled by Filemaker Inc. Databases can be bound so that
the client does not even need to purchase a user licence. FileMaker
Pro comes as both Mac, PC, and Palmtop versions. It is even being
run on Redhat Linux. Instant web publishing is a standard feature
that can be enhanced with Lasso middleware.
