Jay D. Smith

Visual Basic programmers look high and low for the perfect ActiveX/OLE Control to use in their next client/server project. Protoview's DataTable OLE control is one such ActiveX/OLE control. The DataTable control falls into the grid/spreadsheet class of ActiveX/OLE controls and has a boatload of features to allow for a multitude of presentation views and styles. The use of panes, which were borrowed from the spreadsheet metaphor, is nicely done in the DataTable Control. Figure 1 has an example. This presentation style allows you to create multiple rows at any given time. One example that comes to mind is the spelling of names and addresses. For instance, my name is Jay D. Smith. Some people may just look for J in my first name as opposed to Jay, which may result in two distinct rows. Figure 1 also allows for viewing multiple columns at any given time. For example, if ... (more)

Supercede Database Edition, v.1.2

SuperCede has a picture of a man that resembles the comic book character Flash'. This character is highly representative of the SuperCede development environment and SuperCede Flash Compiler' technology that allows the developer to modify the code of a running application. This Java development environment allows the user to generate standard Java classes for portability or native executables for Intel-based PCs. SuperCede comes in three flavors: the Java Edition, the Java/Active X edition and the Database Edition. This review concentrates on the Database Edition. The Database Ed... (more)