New Title Decodes dBASE for Windows
Ventana Visual Guide offers hands-on tutorial

Chapel Hill, NC; September 1, 1991 dBASE for Windows brings the treasures
of object-oriented programming to users of the world's most popular
database software for personal computers. New from Ventana Press, The
Visual Guide to dBASE for Windows teaches new concepts of forms,
object-oriented extensions and productivity-enhancing tools via an
abundance of screen shots and other visual elements.

With savvy advice on designing databases, The Visual Guide to dBASE for
Windows leads readers through every aspect of dBASE for Windows. Divided
into four sections with appendices, the book features:

* an orientation to general database terminology and concepts, and Borland
dBASE features and capabilities.

* hands-on tutorials on the fundamentals of developing effective programs
and applications with dBASE, including using queries, creating tables and
designing forms.

* an introduction to object-oriented programming as an extension of the
dBASE language.

* a detailed overview of advanced dBASE programming, including
event-processing, working with controls and using DLLs.

* valuable tips for using dBASE and information on using a shared
environment.

The companion disk contains the examples and all the necessary files for
completing the tutorials in the book, as well as a full menu-driven
application, called Tutor, which runs as a dBASE program and allows the
reader to see how the examples in the tutorials work.

The Visual Guide to dBASE for Windows is the latest addition to Ventana
Press's bestselling Visual Guide series, which includes titles on Visual
Basic, VBA, Access, Paradox for Windows and, forthcoming, Visual C++.

The Visual Guide to dBASE for Windows is 600 pages, illustrated, with disk.
ISBN: 1-56604-178-3. Suggested retail price: $29.95.

Author Carl Townsend is an international computer consultant, author and
lecturer. Among his other works are Mastering Excel 4, Mastering dBASE 4
Programming (both published by Sybex) and 1-800-HELP With Windows 3.1
(Sams).

Ventana Press publishes books and other materials that help computer users
become more productive, including Voodoo UNIX, The Windows Internet Tour
Guide, The Windows Shareware 500, Voodoo
NetWare and The Presentation Design Book. All titles are available in
bookstores and by writing Ventana Press, P.O. Box 2468, Chapel Hill, NC
27515, or by calling Ventana's toll-free order line, 800/743-5369,
919/942-0220, FAX: 919/942-1140

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