This book is for anyone who is using InfoMaker® to work with data. Although the book does not assume you have knowledge about any particular topic, having some familiarity with relational databases and SQL is helpful. Consult books on these topics as needed.
InfoMaker works with many DBMSs
This book describes how to use InfoMaker using a SQL Anywhere™ database
for examples. You use InfoMaker with many different DBMSs, as described
in Connecting to Your Database.
This book describes InfoMaker, what you use it for, and how you work in its environment to accomplish your goals. The book shows you how to use InfoMaker to create reports, queries, forms, data pipelines, and applications. It also shows you how to work with databases in InfoMaker.
To help you do your work more easily, the book is divided into parts that focus on accomplishing particular goals:
If you want to |
Use these parts of the book |
|---|---|
Learn about the environment and work with libraries |
Part One, The InfoMaker Environment |
Manage databases and create data pipelines |
Part Two, Managing Databases |
Create reports |
Part Three, Reports |
Create queries |
Chapter 5, Defining Reports |
Create forms |
Part Four, Forms |
Create applications |
Part Five, Applications |
Look up information about operators, expressions, and InfoMaker functions |
Part Six, Reference |
Look up information about identifiers and the extended attribute system tables |
Part Seven, Appendixes |
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