A tutorial reference geared to every level of database user. As a confidence-building update of the popular Using dBASE IV 15, Special Ed., this book explores all the latest features so readers can enhance the functionality and speed of their applications. Users will learn how to expertly use and create queries, how to use expressions and functions, and create specialized dBASE programs.

A comprehensive overview of dBASE IV and all the features that distinguish it from its predecessors: SQL, QBE, the applications generator, the procedural language, and more. The authors are relational database and SQL experts who were involved with dBASE IV in its pre-release stages.

Hartman offers a complete guide for nonprogrammers who want to develop applications using dBASE IV. Readers learn by following the step-by-step explanations of six working business applications. Illustrated.

This single volume will teach users how to effectively tap into the full capabilities of dBASE IV's expanded menu system, new macros facility, Query-By-Example capability, and more. Also shows how to build custom applications.