BeeBase Files

MUIbase
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MUIbase (Magic data BASE with User Interface) is a relational, programmable 
database with graphical user interface for Windows, Mac, Linux and Amiga.

MUIbase is open source software distributed under the terms of the
GNU General Public License (GPL).

If you like MUIbase and would like to support it then you are welcome to 
make a donation.  Please visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/muibase 
for more information.


Features
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MUIbase is a fast and flexible database system.  It is targeted for 
advanced desktop users who want to manage data in a comfortable and 
powerful way.  MUIbase is able to manage any kind of data, e.g. addresses,
CD series, movies, photo collections, your family tree, your income and 
expense, and much more.  The power of MUIbase lies in its clear and 
powerful graphical user interface and its programming capabilities.
Programming MUIbase allows you to process data in various ways, 
e.g. automatic calculations upon user input, generation of reports, 
import and export of data,  etc.  For example MUIbase can be used for 
calculating the total amount of income, or the total amount of recorded 
time on a CD, or to automatically create and print serial letters to 
your customers.

MUIbase offers the following features:

* Shared access to a project from multiple instances of MUIbase running on
  the same or different computers.

* Unlimited number of projects, tables, attributes, and records.

* Attributes can be of type string, memo (multi line text), integer,
  real, date, time, Boolean, choice (one item out of many items), reference
  (easy way to reference a record of another table), button (for
  starting MUIbase programs), and virtual (compute value on the fly).

* The string type can also manage lists of strings, files, and fonts.
  A string can refer to an external image which is displayed in the 
  graphical user interface.

* Dynamic loading of records.  Records which are not needed may be
  flushed from memory (e.g. when memory is low).

* Programmability.  With the easy and powerful MUIbase programming
  language complex tasks can be implemented.  The language also
  includes a SELECT-FROM-WHERE query for easy and fast data retrieval.

* Ordering of records by any combinations of attributes.

* Flexible and powerful search and filter facility.

* Query editor which allows entering and managing of SELECT-FROM-WHERE
  queries.  The queries can be saved and the results can be printed.

* Optional logging of changes (adding, deleting and changing of records)
  into a system log table.

* Import and export facility.

* Full documentation including user and programming manual in HTML
  and PDF.

* Operating system independence.  MUIbase is available for Windows, Mac, 
  Linux and Amiga.  The source code of MUIbase is also available as part 
  of a Source Forge project.


New features since V3.1
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o When a project has been changed, a '*' used to be prepended to the window
  title.  This has been replaced by prepending the text 'Changed' instead.
  In addition, if a project has been locked by another MUIbase instance, the
  window title is now prepended with 'Locked'.  Finally, if there is a newer
  version of the project on disk, the window title is prepended with 'Old'.

o Amiga: allow quick search in select-from-where lists similar to how this
  works in GTK.

o The programing functions MIN and MAX are now defined over arbitrary data
  types not just integers and reals numbers.

o The generation of the user manual has seen an overhaul and unused document
  formats such as PS and DVI have been removed.

o Linux: only non-deprecated functions of GTK3 are used now and the color and
  font choosers have been updated accordingly.

o Several bug fixes.


Steffen Gutmann, 15.10.2015