Oracle Power Objects Architecture

Everything you need to build database applications, fast.

Oracle Power Objects includes all the tools you need to start building powerful database applications today: a fully integrated database session manager for creating and administering database objects, a graphical view designer, intuitive forms and report builders, Oracle Lite local database and a BASIC editor, debugger and compiler.

Oracle Power Objects Designer

Oracle Power Objects integrated development environment speeds the development of mobile, client/server or intranet applications

Automatic data binding of visual controls through drag & drop, includes optimized native database drivers for Oracle Lite, Personal Oracle7 and any Oracle7 Server, integrated ODBC drivers with drag & drop upsizing from PC databases using the Object Browser, 17 data aware controls with automatic support for transaction integrity, row-level locking, and binary datatype support for multimedia applications.

Oracle Power Objects Object Browser

Use the object browser to manage both client and server side application components, move them with a simple drag & drop.

NetscapeTM compatible plug-in enables any Power Objects application to run within plug-in compatible browsers enabling you to easily produce intranet database applications. Embed Internet content into your applications with the PowerBrowser ActiveXTM control. . Publish your reports on the internet with the Crystal Reports HTML option.

Includes Oracle Lite local database requiring under 1MB RAM, combined with the small footprint of Power Objects enables you to deploy lightweight database applications easily with two way replication support with an Oracle7 Server.

Generate high performance 32-bit applications for Windows 95 and NT. Build Windows 95 style applications using the 18 ActiveXTM controls included. Integrate Power Objects with other applications using the in-built OLE automation server

Use the portable native controls and reusable classes to deploy to any Windows machine including 16-bit desktops, or any Macintosh or Power Macintosh. Generate royalty-free executables and deploy them with no runtime interpreter DLL's.

Take advantage of today's desktop standards: BASIC for programming events, OLE automation for integrating applications, ActiveXTM controls to build true Windows 95 style applications, ODBC drivers to integrate all your data and Crystal Reports Version 5.0 Professional for quick and easy database reports.

• Native database access to Personal Oracle Lite, Personal Oracle7, and any Oracle7 Server

• ODBC support for any data source

• ODBC drivers included for ASCII, Excel, Paradox, dBase, FoxPro, Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 & Sybase System 10

• Includes Oracle Lite Version 2.3
• Bi-directional replication support

• Integrated graphical forms designer
• Support for ActiveXTM controls, OLE Automation and DLL calls under Windows

• Property sheet allows customization of components without code
• Native widgets for application design and layout
• Native data-aware controls including grid, combo box, popup list, list box, & radio button
• 18 data aware ActiveXTM M controls including Crystal Reports and Crescent controls
• Support for embedded 2D and 3D graphs
• Integrated query by form capability
• Support for embedded forms

• Integrated graphical banded report writer
• Load balancing for any data size
• Custom group specifications
• Multi-level sorting
• On-screen print preview

• Integrated Basic Editor, Debugger and Compiler
• Code Editor with search & replace
• Full graphical debugging
• Conditional watchpoints
• Conditional breakpoints

• Oracle BASIC language
• Structured, object-oriented language
• Uses same syntax as Microsoft Visual Basic
• Full support for inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation and overriding
• Run-time type information and object persistence

• Oracle Power Objects Application Runtime

• Complete Documentation including Users guide, Getting Started and Oracle Basic language reference manual

• Sample Applications

• An IBM or Compaq compatible personal computer with a 386DX/25 or higher processor (486 or higher recommended)

• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows NT Workstation 3.51 or 4.0, or Windows 3.1

• At least 8MB of memory if using Windows 3.1, 12MB for Windows 95 or 16MB for Windows NT

• 25MB available hard disk space (additional 100MB required for Crystal Reports)

• A CD-ROM drive

• An Apple Macintosh or PowerBook personal computer with a 68020 or later processor, a Power Macintosh computer, or any other Mac OS-based computer

• Macintosh system software version 7.1.2 or later

• Minimum 8MB of RAM (12MB recommended)

• Minimum 20MB of available hard disk space

• A CD-ROM drive