Visual Dataflex

Visual DataFlex ("VDF") is a suite of software design  tools, a development methodology, application deployment components, a transaction processing DBMS and scaleable client server options built around a mature object-oriented 4GL. 

Professional developers worldwide use Visual DataFlex to develop high-performance, database independent applications for manufacturing, financial services, accounting, distribution, health care, insurance, agriculture, food service, transportation, hospitality and government industry sectors.

With Visual DataFlex, you can: 

• Produce database applications faster with Visual DataFlex Studio - an IDE and other tools specifically tuned for developing database applications.
• Extend application functionality through a mature and proven object-oriented 4GL.
• Deploy Windows applications using the Visual DataFlex Client Engine
• Deploy web applications using the scalable, secure Visual DataFlex Web Application Server 
• Connect applications to industry leading database servers - including Pervasive.SQL, MS-SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle, or any ODBC compliant database.
• Report on application data using the world’s #1 reporting tool - Crystal Reports or VisualDataFlex’s built-in report writer, WinPrint

Applications built with Visual DataFlex Studio are database independent.  They can be easily deployed on the DBMS of your choice without needing code-changes using "Connectivity Kits".  These kits provide application transparent database connections and they also will convert your data from one DBMS to another.  Connectivity Kits are available for Microsoft SQL-Server, IBM DB2 Universal Database, Pervasive.SQL (Btrieve), Oracle and MySQL. An ODBC Connectivity Kit provides access to any ODBC-compliant connection...

Visual DataFlex Client Engines include an embedded DBMS, providing developers with a powerful, high performance workgroup database solution "in the box".

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