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Vendor's Description (from Readme files, web site, etc.): Apollo is a 350k, plug 'n' play, native VCL replacement for the Borland Database Engine (BDE). Apollo is a Delphi/C++Builder-specific incarnation of the SuccessWare Database Engine (or SDE), and was voted Best Delphi Add-In in the 1996 Delphi Informant Reader's Choice Awards and Best Database Tool in the 1997 Delphi Informant Reader's Choice Awards. Key features include:
Apollo provides Delphi and C++Builder database application developers with high-speed, multi-user local access to the data and index files used by CA-Clipper® (.DBF/.DBT/.NTX), FoxPro® (.DBF/.FPT/.IDX/.CDX), as well as our super-fast, compact/compound HiPer-SIx®.NSX/.SMT index and memo file formats. Apollo inherits from Delphi/C++Builder TDataSet allowing you to continue using Borland's own data-aware controls (i.e, TDBGrid, TDBEdit, etc.) through TTable and TDataSource. Even 3rd-party data-aware components, such as DB Power, InfoPower, or Orpheus, can be used with APOLLO. Other Apollo features include a Fast Text Search (FTS) component, custom ReportPrinter component, User-Defined Function (UDF) support in index/query expressions, VariField Data storage, built-in Mach SIx Query Optimizer, index Scoping, Conditional Indexing, Sub-indexing, and record-level Data Encryption. Another feature is a super easy migration path to Apollo Client/Server. NOTE: The Apollo package includes support for Delphi 1.x, 2.01, 3.x, and C++Builder 1.0. For Delphi developers who are also working with Microsoft VB/VC++, we offer another product called ARTEMIS which is our smart replacement for the JET engine. BDE Alternatives Guide Comments: Apollo was formerly a Successware product; Successware became part of Luxent, then Apollo was acquired by Vista Software. Vista Software founders, Loren Scott and Anthony Carrabino, are both Borland Certified Delphi Developers and Mr. Scott was the one of the original Apollo developers. Apollo is a stable and well-designed product. It inherits from TDataSet, which allows you to continue using Borland's own data-aware controls (i.e, TDBGrid, TDBEdit, etc.) through TTable and TDataSource. Even 3rd-party data-aware components, such as InfoPower, or Orpheus, can be used with Apollo.. Apollo includes a Fast Text Search (FTS) component; if you need to do text search, it is very wise to consider using a database engine that offers it; this is not an easy wheel to reinvent.. Is this data old or incomplete? Visit the How To Contribute page. You will also need to download the XML version of the data on this page here. Note that you need to right-click and download the file, not view it in your browser. |
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