| MaxBase Frequently Asked Questions
| This section is always under construction -- feel free to suggest new topics by sending us a comment using the feedback form. What can MaxBase do? What are software and hardware requirements? Is MaxBase only an applet? Is it an applet at all? Is MaxBase free of charge? Question: What can MaxBase do? Answer: In this package you find programs and Java APIs that can do the following: Creating/modifying/deleting local and remote database tables structure. Populating local and remote database tables. Importing/exporting CSV, some QIF and DBIII DBF files. Printing line and form view reports. Generating HTML reports out of line view reports. Creating Java and NetRexx code to reproduce reports in your code. Creating forms (to be used both for data input and for reports). Additionally, as a developer, you can extend all of the above features with your own code (e.g. MaxBase can be fitted with custom plugins; you can create your own form designer components; etc). Question: What are software and hardware requirements? Answer: As far as hardware is concerned, I think itīs safe to say that you need at least a Pentium class PC with 32 MB of main system RAM. You may want to experiment with different configurations, though. Software requirements are as follows: Java 1.1 or better correctly installed and configured on your machine (unless you downloaded a MaxBase version that contains an embedded Java VM runtime -- in this case the software installer will automate everything for you). All of the components of the MaxBase package are written in Java and should perform equally well on a good JVM (although we didnīt apply for the 100% pure Java marketing program). We have tested this software personally on Linux, Os/2 Warp 4 and Windows 95/98. Note: MS JVM exhibits a number of glitches when running MaxBase, please use a certified JVM instead. Question: Is MaxBase only an applet? Is it an applet at all? Answer: MaxBase is not an applet per se, in fact it is a full blown application, but it can operate in a browser when called from an applet. Please see the developer section for more information. Question: Is MaxBase free of charge? Answer: Please see license information.