PC/FOCUS, version 5.5

FOCUS from INFORMATION BUILDERS, INC. is one of the leading Fourth Generation Languages and Database Management Systems (4GL/DBMS) used both by information systems professionals and non-technical end users. It offers a complete set of tools for reporting, graphing, analyzing, and maintaining data that can be accessed using either the command language or the menu-controlled user interface.

This book provides a simple, direct approach to learning quickly and easily most PC/FOCUS (PC version of mainframe FOCUS) features. Unlike others, all the hands-on exercises herein are built around a case-study approach. This approach allows you to construct a relatively complex and complete PC/FOCUS database application without spending hours of frustrating trial and error on isolated technical exercises.