Welcome to the developer-related information section. If you find troublesome to reach what you're looking for, drop us a note so we can improve this documentation.
So, what has the MaxBase package to offer to a developer? In a nutshell, everything youŽve seen of MaxBase as an user is either directly or indirectly exploitable from your Java or NetRexx programs. Therefore you will find classes that will help you with printing of reports, accessing MaxBase database servers on a network, converting files into MaxBase own database format, expanding MaxBase features and so on.
On the other hand, you should be warned about what MaxBase canŽt do for you -- currently MaxBase doesnŽt use Jdbc and neither the database engine nor MaxBase itself can deal with relational Dbs, they really work with a single table at a time (although there are means of making several MaxBase instances work together).
By clicking on one of the tabs above or below, you will explore different areas of the MaxBase beans and libraries: the RXDbase tab will bring you to the section where youŽll learn how to exploit the underlying database engine; the MaxBase tab brings to the pages related to MaxBase used as a developer (applets are covered in this section, too); the reports tab unfolds all the information about printing and finally the utilities tab will show you all of the classes that couldnŽt fit in any cathegory but that are useful anyway.
A note about NetRexx
NetRexx is a Java tool, a great pre-processor for Java code that adds several features to Java and readability to your programs. It is completely portable: the pre-processor is written in Java, and the features can be freely distributed with your applications, as I have done with this program -- check it out!
Most of the examples in these pages are written in NetRexx, but since NetRexx isn't a radical departure from Java, you will surely be able to completely understand a NetRexx program if you're already a Java developer. Not only this, but youŽll want your own free copy of NetRexx, which can be downloaded from the main NetRexx page. |