The Rapid Application Development (RAD) Framework for BASIS

Checkout some sample code

The Teradocs Application Framework (RADforBASIS) is a tool that our company has been using and advancing for Rapid Application Development of BASIS projects.

It allows us to develop Windows GUI programs with a minimum of effort. A simple customized application can be completed in a few days. More complicated projects can often be completed in less than a month.

The RADforBASIS is a Visual Basic program that is designed to be easily modified and customized for access to any BASIS database.

RADforBASIS has the following features

• Object Oriented
• Written in Visual Basic
• High level of Abstraction (users do not need to know the intricacies of the BASIS activeX controls)
• Highly customizable (simply indicate Database, Model, Record, and Fields)
• A Reports Module integrated with Crystal Reports
• Support for Long Text with Hit Highlighting
• Uses the same document viewing technolgy as Desktop

Benefits

• Able to open more than 1 view at a time (A BASIS Desktop limitation).
• Able to perform Joins across multiple tables and multiple databases.
• Much simpler development environment than Visual Basic with only the activeX controls and no code library.
• Less time to develop an application, a simple database application can be completed in a few weeks!
• A standard interface to all BASIS databases that can be customized to be consistent with a corporate standard.

The RADforBASIS contains the following core objects that are used for developing an application.

• Session
• Result Sets
• RecordData
• Fields
• BASIS VIEW Forms Customized forms for BASIS Views - 1 or more Forms may be created for the same View.
• Index Browser
• TextStream
• BLOB