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A. Gonzalez wrote:
> The new Borland C++ 5.0 comes with Visual Database Tools,
> but I don't know if this will allow you to create full
> database applications like you can using Visual dBase or
> Delphi. This new version should be out anytime now. The
> upgrade price is $199.95

According to various [Borland] Sources, I have learned:

- the Borland Database Engine, roughly analogous to Microsoft's
  JET Database Engine, is included in the package, with all its
  header files.  The "old" BDE had a C-language style API, that
  looked a lot like ODBC.  The 5.0 BDE interface (apparently)
  includes classes for things like tables, data sets, etc., which
  I speculate are roughly analogous to the CRecordSet type classes
  in the MFCs.  The BDE is capable of reading & writing all the
  usual suspects: Paradox, DBase, FoxPro, and Access files, as well
  as using ODBC to read/write just about anything else.

- a "Visual Database Designer" is included, which (I speculate)
  seems to include a Delphi-like drag-and-drop forms designer, and
  some kind of .ocx (custom control) support that is database-aware.
  C++ classes encapsulating the included controls are also included.
  I know very little about this part; it sounds rather like the
  DAOs with some better support for data-aware controls.

Cheers,

Larry

SABRE Decision Technologies