An in-depth guide to database management with dBASE IV 1.1, emphasizing structured techniques for application program development. The book is task-oriented, and features real-life examples. Special programming tips and techniques are included.

Written by experts in the field, this essential dBASE IV guidebook was especially designed for database professionals who are developing and programming databases for business and corporations. It shows how to design and develop a complete corporate application in a throough, step-by-step manner.

This updated book offers a complete course in programming with dBASE IV, Version 1.1.

This is an introduction to systems programming using dBASE IV as a first programming language. The author uses dBASE IV (version 1.1 or 1.5) because it is the easiest language to learn initially, and applications can be up and running more easily and quickly. This textbook is very easy to use. The results of commands are shown on monitor screens illustrated in the text. Page two begins the creation of a data base with immediate interaction with the computer. Students know exactly what they are doing because of the clear and concise explanations and because they have a view of their screens in the text. If the student's screen does not match, he or she can just backtrack. Little backtracking will be necessary because the language is so exact. The text is self-teaching.

Following the same highly informative yet easy-to-read style that made their other books so successful, Prague and Hammitt offer a tutorial and reference on programming with dBASE IV. Covers customizing applications and programming utilizing all the new features of dBASE IV.