DATABASES Here is a selection of various database programs available on the Fred Fish collection just right for anyone in need of organising data (and that's everyone!) - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = -  bBaseIII (Disk #923) An easy to use, versatile, yet full featured database program that will run on any Amiga. Search or sort on any field, print mailing labels, (un)delete records, mail merge, get reports in many formats, scramble files, flag records, and more. Fields are user- configurable, so bBase can be used to keep track of addresses, tape or video collections, recipe files, or anything else you can think of one program does it all! bBaseIII is a greatly enhanced successor to bBaseII. This is version 1.4, an update to V1.3 on disk 878. Shareware. Binary only. Author: Robert Bromley QuickFile (Disk #919) A flexible, fast and easy to use flat file database using random access with intelligent buffering to minimize disk access, multiple indices for fast access to records, form and list style screens and reports, and fast sorting and searching. Files are quickly and easily defined, and fields can be added, changed or deleted at any time. Now supports up to 255 fields per record, date data types and ASCII file import and export. Version 1.3.3, an update to version 1.2 on disk number 820. Binary only, shareware. Author: Alan Wigginton Rego (Disk #916) Registration Manager. A style of AddressBook/Database that allows you to keep track of multiple registrations. Useful for Shareware authors, for example. Also allows an optional comment. Version 1.01, shareware, binary only. Source available from the author. Author: Paul Mclachlan AmigaBase (Disk #901) A hierachical, programmable database that runs under OS 1.3 and OS 2.0. Has a full intuition interface. Features include two display methods, filter datasets, search datasets, print datasets, and much more. Nearly everything can be realized by programming AmigaBase. Datatypes can be Integer, Real, Boolean, String, Memo (Text), Date and Time. Number of datasets is only limited by available memory. Also included in the package are some example projects. Version 1.31, an update to version 1.21 on disk 813. Shareware, binary only. Author: Steffen Gutmann DiskCat (Disk #889) DiskCat is a disk cataloger. The files can be organized any way you want. You can make and name any category you care to. Categories and files can be moved. Through menu selection, all disks that are inserted are automatically searched and the useful information copied. A 40 char comment can be entered for each file. The database can be searched and exported. Version 1.3, requires OS 2.04+, binary only, shareware. Author: Kenny Nagy Genealogist (Disk #865) ArJay Genealogist is a specialized database for keeping track of genealogical information. It features a full, easy to use Intuition interface. The program is totally non-sexist and secular in nature, and correctly handles multiple marriages, "unconventional" marriages, adopted children, and unmarried parents. The printed reports include descendant and pedigree charts, personal details reports, family group sheets, and index lists of people and families. Free-form note files can be created using any editor, and IFF pictures can be viewed using any IFF viewer, from within the program. Other features include dynamic on-screen ancestor and descendant charts, extensive online context-sensitive help, flexible "regular expression" searching, and multiple ARexx ports with an extensive command set. Up to 1000 people per database, with databases held in RAM for maximum speed and responsiveness. PAL or NTSC, AmigaDOS 2.04+ required. 1 Meg RAM recommended. Version 3.04, binary only. Author: Robbie J Akins SCAN8800 (Disk #864) A specialized database program to store frequencies and station names for shortwave transmitters. It can also control a receiver for scanning frequency ranges. Version 2.33, an update to version 2.28 on disk 812. Binary only. Author: Rainer Redweik PhoneList (Disk #862) Simple phone list database, unique in the fact that it allows easy usage from either the WorkBench or CLI. Allows you to add, delete, search and create an alpha-sorted list. Author: Michael Hoffmann ButlerJames (Disk #856) A database program designed primarily for address management, but can be used for other purposes as well. Hotkey activated, allows you send selected groups of data directly to the keyboard input stream or printer. Very useful to avoid having to continuously enter an often used address into your favorite word processor for example. Compatible with OS 1.2/1.3/2.0 Binary only. Author: Christoph Zens ADM (Disk #847) A comfortable and flexible address database with font sensitive windows, commodity support, application window support, an ARexx-port, public screen support, and fully controllable from the keyboard. It includes user flags (grouping), email support, and freely configurable label printing. It can fill out letter forms and call your word processor, print remittance orders, dial the modem, and has online help. Requires AmigaDOS version 2.04 or later. Version 1.01, German version only. Shareware, binary only. Author: Jan Geissler AMaster (Disk #827) An address database program with sort, search and selections after each field. The number of entries depends only on the free memory. Has a lot of print options including a print to screen function. Has a full online help system. Includes both German and English versions. Is font independent and has been tested under 2.04 and 3.0. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. This is version 1.52, freeware, binary only. Author: Hans-Peter Guenther Databench (Disk #820) Databench is a new low-cost Database with some nice features like fast search, filter, password, import/export and more. Includes both English and German versions. Demo version only, binary only. Author: Eric Hambuch APC&TCP Vertrieb AmigaBase (Disk #813) A hierachical, programmable, in-core database that runs under OS 1.3 and OS 2.0. Has a full intuition interface. Features include two display methods, filter datasets, search datasets, print datasets, and much more. Nearly everything can be realized by programming AmigaBase. Datatypes can be Integer, Real, Boolean, String, Memo (Text), Date and Time. Number of datasets is only limited by available memory. Also included in the package are some example projects. Version 1.21, an update to version 1.20 on disk 792. Shareware, binary only. Author: Steffen Gutmann FileStorage (Disk #785) Small demo of a file librarian, a database for files. The database exists as a number of index files and disks where FileStorage puts your collection of files. FileStorage 'remembers' how many free bytes each storage disk has and tries to fill the disks to the maximum. For each file you can add a 320 character long description and set 16 different (user definable) filetypes. Searching/adding/deleting/changing it's all there! Version 1.2, binary only. Author: Joep Grooten Addresser (Disk #767) Name, Address and phone number database in a window. Features include merge file creation for most popular Amiga word processors, envelope printing, user- defined address formats, support for the Amiga clipboard device, and much more. Version 2.0, an update to version 1.0 on disk #559. Binary only. Author: Jeff Kelly BBase2View (Disk #766) A Base-Viewer for Databases created with BBase2. Advantages are faster database processing, viewing and more. Includes a print option for single records. Requires Amiga OS2.0, version 1.00, binary only, shareware. Author: Michael Bialas VCR (Disk #721) A database for all your VCR tapes. Has built in search and print capabilities. Version 1.1, binary only. Author: Ken Winfield DataFiler (Disk #721) A database for names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. Has search and print capabilities. Version 1.01, binary only. Author: Ken Winfield A-Gene (Disk #702) Latest demo version of a popular genealogy database program. A-Gene now supports both PAL and NTSC systems. This demo is complete but limited to 200 persons/70 marriages, and does not have on-line help. A- Gene includes a text-editor to add free-form reports to records and allows you to show digitised pictures from within the program. This version also includes Ordinances for Church of Latter Day Saints users. Pedigree charts and family group sheets, among other reports, can be printed. A-Gene needs 1Mb of ram. This is version 4.18, an update to version 3.10 on disk 425. Binary only. Author: Mike Simpson BonAppetit (Disk #686) Bon Appetit is a recipe database manager that automates recipe collections and allows for far more flexibility than regular index cards. You can search for recipes by title, keyword, or ingredient. You can import recipes in BonAppetit's own format or 3 popular MS-DOS formats, so you can quickly build a recipe collection. Includes complete recipe utilities and 24 recipes to get you started. Version 1.3. New features include recipe browsing, mass export, less cryptic error messages, and many bug fixes. Shareware, binary only. Author: Boris Shor WBase (Disk #653) A handy database which stays as a small window on your Workbench screen and supports PowerPacked files, even crunching them itself. It also allows you to run programs from it. This is version 1.2, binary only. Author: Simon Dick DataEasy (Disk #526) An easy-to-use data base program which includes a phone dialer, speech output, a simple screen editor for making and modifying the database definitions, a screen print function, form letter printing, sorting, searching, and two small sample databases. Version 1.3, an update to version 1.1 on disk 417. Binary only, source available from author. Author: J. Dale Holt Mkid (Disk #448) A program identifier database package that provides a logical extension to "ctags". The ID facility stores the locations for all uses of identifers, preprocessor names, and numbers (in decimal, octal, or hex). Includes source. Author: Greg McGary, Amiga port by Randell Jesup HyperDialer (Disk #367) Database for names and addresses, full intuition interface. Dynamically allocated, with configurable script startup file. Iconifies to titlebar icon. Search, sort, insert, delete, full file requesters. Uses modem to control dialing of multiple phone numbers. Binary only, shareware, with source available from author. Author: David Plummer FileIt (Disk #230) A simple database program, written in DRACO. It is meant to be portable, thus it does not use any of Intuition's facilities. Version 1.0, includes source. Author: John Davis Rim (Disk #143) RIM-5 (Relational Information Manager) is a full relational DBMS that is suitable for VERY large databases using B-Tree data storage. It has a crude (by today's standards) user interface, but since full source code is provided, this can be fixed. Versions of RIM run on a wide variety of systems, small and large, and produce compatible databases. Also includes a built in HELP database and a programming language. Full Fortran source code and documentation included. Author: Various, Amiga port by Glenn Everhart HyperBase (Disk #131) Nice little shareware database management system. Version 1.6, binary only, source available from authors. Update to version on disk number 58. Author: Michael MacKenzie, Marc Mengel, and Craig Norborg MFF-Demo (Disk #89) Demo copy of the MicroFiche Filer program from Software Visions Inc. The MicroFiche File is a full- powered database program for manipulation of text, numbers, and pictures. It uses the microfiche metaphor for dealing with your data graphically. This is a full production version except that the save option has been disabled. Includes a sample database of my disk library. Binary only. Author: Gary Samad FileIISG-Demo (Disk #86) A demo version of Softwood File IIsg, a database manager with sound and graphics. Also includes a database of of previously released disks in this library, courtesy of Stan Spence. Binary only. Author: Woody Williams and Donald Brady Sdb (Disk #33) Simple database program, originally released on a DECUS VAX SIG tape. Author: Unknown, Amiga port by Mic Kaczmarczik - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = -