abcDB Professional Database v6.0 for Pocket PC devices offers incredible power for those who need it, and at the same time, a simplicity that anyone can appreciate.

Version 6.0 includes the following new features:

·        COMPLETELY rewritten to improve performance and ease the transition to new devices in future releases.

·        Ability to open multiple forms, queries and tables simultaneously.

·        Unlimited controls per form.

·        Form designer now includes user-definable ‘grid lines’ to make designing forms easier.

·        Multiple new commands allowing your application to read and write to the pocketpc registry.

·        Background and foreground color can now be set for button controls

·        Powerful integration with ‘Microsoft Pocket Outlook’.  You can now access/delete/modify your Outlook data right from within your abcDB application!

·        Dozens of new commands and functions

·        Treeview control

·        New ‘event’s – KeyPress, OnPaint

·        Image controls now support JPG, GIF, and BMP image types

·        Scribble control now allows you to save your data to a ‘memo’ field in your database table

·        User definable color schemes allows you to run abcDB in whatever colors you like the most!

·        For the more advanced abcDB users, there is a new DEBUG menu option which allows you to ‘debug’ your forms code by running the code line-by-line.  This feature makes is MUCH easier to find and ‘squash’ those pesky programming bugs.

·        When designing forms, you can now select multiple controls and align them and size them.  This makes designing forms MUCH easier and more efficient.

• Now supports Auto-Increment, Random ID, and GUID field types.
• Greatly improved Script Editor. Now while designing forms, you can create use the query builder while building commands.
• New CAPTION() function allows the captions of Labels and Command buttons to be changed at runtime
• RUNUPDATE() function allows you to execute the equivalent of UPDATE queries. (UPDATE queries are not natively supported by the Microsoft PocketPC Database engine)
• New SCRIBBLE object allows you to capture signatures and other free hand drawings and save the results in an OLE field. (See the associated SCRIBSAVE, SCRIBFSAVE, SCRIBCLEAR functions)
• Every FORM now has a user defineable TIMER event (See the associated TIMER() function)
• New IMAGE object allows you to display BMP files from within your forms. (See associated IMAGE() function)
• Ability to define the FORMATTING properties of your textboxes to either PERCENTAGE or CURRENCY.
• Now DROPREFRESH() will also allow you to refresh a dropdown control with a hardcoded list of items.
• Forms now contain PASSWORD protection. See the PASSWORD property found in the FORMS properties.
• Forms now have a total work area of approx 8.5" Wide by 12" Long.
• New WINDOWPOS() function allows you to position the viewable portion of your form to an alternate location.
• New ZORDER() function allows you to bring controls to the front or send controls to the back at runtime.
• RNDID() function will return a random number suitable for use in AutoID-Random field types (MS Access specific)
• NEXTID() function will return the next ID value from the given table/field.
• PRINT() function will now allow you to PRINT your form at runtime. (NOTE: Print Enabled Version of abcDB Only!)
• ONCLICK() event now added to LABELS.
• EVAL() function implemented which allows you to return the result of math calculations (ie. EVAL("1+2+3") would return 6)
• POWERPICK() function allows you to quickly display a list of items for your users to choose from.

Tables

Queries


Powerful Form designer

Property Editor

Code debugger