Welcome to OverDIG 1.6D+ for Int.Base	
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This README file contains important, last minute information
about OverDIG 1.6D+ for Int.Base

IMPORTANT:
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    License information of OverDIG 1.6 for Int.Base
    you can find in OverDIG Online Help.
    This product is shareware until it is not registered and
    can be used for evaluation purposes only.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1.OVERVIEW OF OVERDIG FEATURES.
2.SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION NOTES.
3.REGISTERING INFORMATION.
4.CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS 
5.NEW VERSIONS AND SUPPORT.
6.FEEDBACK.
7.COMPANY ADDRESS.


1.OVERVIEW OF OVERDIG FEATURES.

OverDIG for Int.Base is designed for Int.Base application developers
to develop business rules in Int.Base using triggers, stored procedures,
generators e.t.c. Idea of product is possibility to quickly "online" get 
the code of SQL objects change and test them without recreating database.
Developers without experience in Int.Base can quickly understand triggers e.t.c.
Developers which uses some CASE tools for designing database, can use OverDIG
to write business rules througn triggers what CASE tools usually do not.
	OverDIG for Int.Base uses metadata information of your database to
quickly access source code of the SQL objects.
	OverDIG supports Int.Base 4.0 and higher.
	Program works with Borland Database Engine and each session
has single connection for Int.Base.
	Program can work in two modes : Autocommit, not autocommit.
	Recomended mode is AutoCommit mode, because al changes in database metadata reflects
immediatly in OverDIG, however using this mode does not allow you to undo changes you done.
	Information about Int.Base DDL language you can found in Int.Base documentation.
IMPORTANT 

	1.1 MAIN FEATURES OF OVERDIG.
	
	a) GENERATORS - allows you to quickly create, drop, list generators of Int.Base. 
Using generators window you can also set the value or generator.
	b) EXCEPTIONS - allows you to quickly create, drop, edit, list exceptions,
set values for exceptions. 
	c) STORED PROCEDURES - allows you tio quickly list stored procedures, edit them and 
compile again without dropping them and all dependent SQL objects.
	d) DATA STRUCTURE VIEWER - allows you to see data structure of Views and Tables.
For VIEWS you can get also full source DDL code to change behavior or use it 
as base code for creating new VIEWS.
	c) TRIGGERS - allows you to quickly access triggers, activate,deactivate them, 
change the code and create new ones. OverDIG have built in features to 
create statement headers for you as "CREATE TRIGGER ..", "ALTER TRIGGER..."e.t.c. 
       When you use trigger source window for creating trigger, start trigger
source with keyword  "AS". Statement header  OverDIG creates for You.
	e) CASCADED UPDATES - if you create views for cascaded updates in 
underlyng tables, OverDIG have built in WIZARDS to create Update and Insert statements 
for You.
	f) OBJECT REPOSITORY - paradox table in which you can save the commonly used constructs,
source code of SQL objects, for quickly access from any source window.
	g) DATA VIEWER - you can test triggers and data with OverDIG using data view window,
which allows you to edit any table of your database in grid format.
	h) DDL statement editor - in DDL statment editor you are able to
excute any valid DDL statement. If you are creating triggers or procedures
you must not use statement "SET TERM .."as in WISQL.
	i) DOMAINS - shows information about domains
	j) LOG and ADDITIONAL LOG - allows to log all statements executed on the database, join them 
           from different developers and to apply on oter databases. 
	

2.SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION NOTES.

To use OverDIG you should have installed:
 Windows 95 or Windows NT,
 Int.Base developer client (OverDIG uses gds32.dll library)
 BDE installation for Delphi 3.01 or higher
To install Overdig run SETUP.EXE, if your instalation has BDE, then you 
can choose whether to install it by Selecting CUSTOM Setup type.

3.REGISTERING INFORMATION.

Registering information can be found in online help file of OverDIG program,
help file is located in the same directory as executable of OverDIG.

4.CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS 

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Overdig1.6D+.exe corresponds to Overdig1.6 version
with some extentions

1) TableStructureView added Not Null For Field,
  Constraint and Indices views for selected table

2) DataView -- added possibility to change Memo Fields

3) Added Wizards for fast SQL building from DDL window

4) Added Find Replace in DDL Editor.

5) Log more reliable from program crash - if Current Log form is not 
   opened - crash doesn't proceeds

6) Added changes for Log : now multiple Log Tables can be opened 
   without changing Current Log settings;from these tables logs can be
   copyed to current log or executed (it also adds statements to current log
   if save to log enabled).
   Old Log form now is named Current Log Form.

7) Corrected bugs in exception form causing an error message after editing

7. Log can be ordered by date not number, so it is possible to shange order of
   log statements'executing.

5.NEW VERSION AND SUPPORT.

In next version of OverDIG we plan to include syntax highlight for DDL source editors,
Table creating wizard, view creating wizard with generated triggers and debugging for
procedures.
We are ready  to support registered users through the E-mail to give 
more benefits when work with OverDIG.
New versions of product can be found at www.batsoft.com.

6.FEEDBACK.
	
We are working in this interesting field of database development tools,
therefore we are pleasured to receive any kind of feedbac to  info@batsoft.lv
or products@batsoft.com


7.COMPANY ADDRESS.

"BatSoft"
Peldu 26/28, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia
Phone (371) 7229336, (371) 7228649
Fax   (371) 7227859
