Vista Software
Apollo VCL Features

Features

  • Supports Delphi 2007, 7, 6, 5, Borland Developer Studio 2006, 2005 and C++Builder 6, 5
  • Small and fast Xbase database engine
  • BDE not required!
  • Can co-exist with BDE allowing developers to connect to other databases
  • Includes complete Delphi source to all components.
  • Supports the native Delphi/C++Builder data-aware components as well as popular 3rd-party data-aware components like InfoPower, and Orpheus.
  • Provides high-speed, multi-user local and network access to the data and index files used by CA-Clipper (.DBF/.DBT/.NTX/.NSX), FoxPro (.DBF/.FPT/.IDX/.CDX), as well as HiPer-SIx (.DBF/.SMT/.NSX) index and memo data files.
  • High speed access - traverse a 1 million record table in less than 1 second.
  • Small footprint with less than 500kb of distributable files.
  • Supports large data files that are 100's of MB in size.
  • High-speed searching using optimized indexes can find any record instantly.
  • Easy-to-use and easy-to-deploy.
  • With the Apollo SQL™ add-on, developers can use SQL in local mode.
  • Client/server ready! Seamless Client/Server migration to the Apollo Server. Add client/server support by connecting to Apollo Server using the exact same code set for local and network configurations.
  • Support connections to Apollo Server with TApolloQuery, TApolloStoredProc and TApolloConnection components.
  • No end-user configuration required.
  • File-level data encryption.
  • File and record-level locking for both Windows and DOS simultaneous transactions.
  • Built-in Mach SIx Query Optimizer - Similar to Microsoft's RushMore Technology used in FoxPro and MS-Access - allows filters and non-SQL queries to execute at blazing speeds.
  • Index Scoping - Limit your indexed views in a flash!
  • User-Defined Function (UDF) support in index/query expressions.
  • Roll-Your-Own (RYO) Queries and Indexes - Completely ad-hoc queries with no fixed condition! RYO is much faster than using TDataSet's OnFilterRecord event.
  • Flip existing indexes between ascending and descending order.
  • Conditional Indexing allows indexes to selectively included data.
  • Low-level power using direct calls to the SDE API functions.
  • Includes Fast Text Search (FTS) component which is a powerful search engine that provides hyper-fast searches on text-based databases similiar to the Find option in the Windows help system.

Apollo Database Engines