About DataWindow Designer

DataWindow Designer is a tool that creates DataWindow objects for use in applications. A DataWindow object is an object that you use to retrieve and manipulate data from a relational database or other data source. The following DataWindow object retrieves and updates employee data.

The sample DataWindow preview shows an object with the title Employee Data that retrieves and updates employee data. Many labeled boxes in the sample display data such as Employee I D, Manager I D, and First and Last Name. Also included are sets of radio buttons such as a pair for Sex, with Male cleared and Female selected. Check boxes for Health Insurance, Life Insurance, and Day Care are also displayed, with the first two checked.

DataWindow Designer provides built-in connectivity to a broad range of desktop and server-based databases. It includes the EAS Demo DB (a Sybase Adaptive Server® Anywhere database) to create reports and other DataWindow Designer objects.

When you work in DataWindow Designer, you work in a graphical environment—and working with data in this environment means you do not need to understand SQL, the standard programming language for talking to databases. DataWindow Designer creates all SQL statements behind the scenes as you build your DataWindow objects and other objects graphically.

Painters

In DataWindow Designer, you do most of your work in the DataWindow painter, where you “paint” your DataWindow objects. DataWindow Designer also has painters where you work with databases, libraries, and SQL statements.