AbsoluteDatabase 5.16

Absolute Database for Delphi / C++ Builder: README ================================================== Please read this file carefully (especially the INSTALLATION chapter) before installing the program to your computer. Contents -------- Program information Company information Description Specification Features and Benefits Installation Purchasing / Registration Copyright and licenses Warranty and guarantee Technical support Important note Program information ------------------- Program Name: Absolute Database License Types: Personal (for personal use, without source code) For Single Developer, No Source Code For Single Developer with Source Code For 4 Developers with Source Code For 8 Developers with Source Code Site License with Source Code Program Version: 5.16 Program Release Date: 12/13/2007 Program Purpose: High-speed embedded database system for Delphi and C++ Builder. Target Environment: Delphi 4, 5, 6, 7, 2005, 2006, 2007 and C++ Builder 4, 5, 6, 2006, 2007. Company information ------------------- Company Name: ComponentAce Contact E-mail Address: [email protected] Contact WWW URL: http://www.componentace.com Description ----------- With AbsoluteDatabase you can forget the Borland Database Engine (BDE) . Absolute Database is the compact, high-speed, robust and easy-to-use database engine. With Absolute Database you will not need special installation and configuration, it compiles right into your EXE. Make your application faster and smaller with Absolute Database! Key Features: · No BDE; no DLLs · SQL'92 (DDL & DML) support · Single database file · Unmatched ease-of-use · 100% compatibility with standard DB-aware controls · Strong encryption · BLOB compression · Full source code available · Royalty-free Features -------- Ease of Deployment · No BDE, no DLLs · No special installation or configuration required · Database engine compiles right into EXE · Single-file database format High-speed · Advanced cache management and buffering architecture · Sophisticated SQL query and filter optimizer · Special optimized database engine for temporary results of SQL queries · Fast B*-Tree indexes with high-speed on thousands and on billions of records · Buffered transactions for batch inserts, updates and deletes · Optmization for read-only databases, such as databases on CD SQL support · SELECT with DISTINCT, INNER LEFT, RIGTH, FULL and OUTER JOIN, GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses · CREATE TABLE, DROP TABLE, ALTER TABLE statements · CREATE INDEX, DROP INDEX statements · INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE statements · BETWEEN, IN, LIKE, IS NULL operators · Aggregate functions COUNT,SUM,MIN,MAX,AVG · Most of all SQL'92 arithmetic, logical, date-time and string functions and operators · Data types conversion by function CAST · SQL scripts (multiple commands separated by ';') · Parameters in queries Compactness · Small size of code added into the application by the database engine units · Small database file size achieved by customizable page size, compression of table metadata and other special means · Fast BLOB data compression · Short indexes for string fields · Low memory consumption Compatibility · Support of most of TTable field data types, including BLOB fields · Full compatibility with standard DB-aware visual controls such as QuickReport, DBGrid, DBNavigator, DBImage, DBMemo, DBRichEdit and others · Calculated and lookup fields · Most of TTable functions including Key and Range methods Functionality · Unicode support in String and Memo fields · Multiple-fields indexes with descending, ascending, case-sensitive and insensitive options · Shareable in-memory tables · Default values support. · Min, max and not null constraints on field values Security · Strong encryption of database file · Variety of supported encryption algotithms: Rijndael, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) winner 128 bit key, Rijndael 256 bit key, Blowfish 448 bit key, Twofish 128 bit key, Twofish 256 bit key, Square, Single DES and Triple DES Reliability · Repair database in case of hardware failure or operating system error caused by another application · Auto-detect of database corruption and automatic repair of database file Convenience · Table restructuring being performed in the easiest way keeping all the existing data · Data importing from and exporting to any data source · Internationalization / localization support by use of current system locale · Displaying progress during potentially slow operations with the tables and databases Utilities · DBImportExport utility to transfer your existing tables from database systems with BDE driver, such as Paradox, Interbase, Access, Oracle, SQL Server to Absolute Database format and vice versa. · Absolute Database Manager to manage a database easily and to perform all supported operations with tables and database file · Absolute Database Manager also provides you an easy way of executing SQL queries · All utilities come with full source code and can be used as an advanced examples Ease of Development · Full compatibilty with TTable, TQuery, TDatabase and TSession components · Extensive documentation: Developer's Guide and Reference covering every development issue. · Large number of demos illustrating wide range of use cases · Prompt and responsive technical support Cost-Effectiveness · 100% royaty-free, i.e. there is no additional licensing fees no matter how many times you deploy the application · Flexible licensing: source code and no source code versions, multi-developers licenses Installation ------------ 1) Make sure that all copies of Delphi (or C++ Builder) are currently closed and not running on the target system. Also, if you are replacing an existing version of Absolute Database, please remove all files and the package of the prior version before running the new setup program. 2) Unpack zip archive containing Absolute Database into any directory. 3) Run the INSTALL.EXE from this directory. 4) Follow on-screen instructions of step-by-step setup wizard to install Absolute Database. 5) If after the installation Absolute Database components don't appear in Components Palette of the IDE, please follow the next instructions: * From the IDE, select 'Component | Install Packages...'. * Click the 'Add' button. * In the ..\AbsoluteDatabase\Lib\Delphi# (or ..\AbsDb\Lib\C++ Builder#) directory, select the dclAbsDbD#.BPL (or dclAbsDbB#.BPL) file. * Click the 'OK' button to close the dialog. * Finally, select 'Tools | Environment Options' from the main menu. From this dialog, select the 'Library' tab and insure that the ..\AbsDb\Lib\Delphi# (or ..\AbsDb\Lib\C++ Builder#) directory is included in the 'Library Path' line. Purchasing / Registration ------------------------- Visit our site http://www.componentace.com to purchase or register the product. Copyright and license --------------------- See "license.txt" file. Warranty and guarantee ---------------------- See "license.txt" file. Technical support ----------------- Before you contact us, please do the following: - Make sure you have performed all the required steps correctly. - Look at the Help files and Demos: it may already contain an answer to your question. A lot of people ask us something like "how do I:", though the complete information is there. - Visit our Internet site at http://www.componentace.com. It's a good chance that you'll find the newer version of our product there. If the problem persists, please, inform us about the following: - Absolute Database version - Compiler information: Delphi or C++ Builder, Version, Edition, Service Pack