Unibase Feature Summary

Data Entry

• Key from paper or key from images

• Fully mapable keyboard in three groups, each with three overlays

• Aux dup functions supportedn

• 78 character per field user controlled on screen help

• Unlimited help from user ASCII file accessed with <INFO> key

• Field by field Character Wrap allows delete/addition over multiple fields to support "text mode" keying

• Historically correct with older key-to-disk systems, including Nixdorf, REI, Textware, etc.

• Total color and screen attribute control of various operating systems

• "Hot Key" to call field edit program at any time during keying

• "Double Key" capability during entry for critical items

 Image Entry

• Reject re-entry supported

• Supports test bed de-skewing, alignment, rotation, line drop out, cropping and resizing for images

• Display and change image (TIFF, multipage TIFF, and JPEG) files

• Supports images up to 7500 x 7500 pixels with four screen pixel modes: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024 - others upon request

• Split and dual screen image entry

• Image entry display may be zoned or unzoned

• Operator controllable panning, zooming and rotation of images

• Images may be displayed at top, bottom, left or right of screen display

• Operator control of ruler line on an image

• Support for multi-page TIFF images

Input/Output

• Import comma delimited flat ASCII files, standard job files or unformatted files or extract data directly from flat ASCII files

• Input and Output packed decimals fields

• Edit, modify or export any data in Unibase as a flat ASCII file

• Code Set Converter allows EBCDIC, ASCII, BCD, etc. user definable code sets

• Supports SCSI, Pertec or STC interface nine track tape drives

• Write data to nine track tape and 3480 tape drives

• Supports comma delimited OCR/ICR input files

• DMAC language supports multiple file output or index builds, with dynamicall generated file or index names

• Easy generation of double-quote, comma delimited output programs

Administration

• Object Oriented Record Format Generator allows painting, check box edits and field or validate edits concurrently

• Workflow queuing allows supervisor to assign jobs to individual operator by job name or function - entry, verify or correct

• 31 character names for easier file management

• Set security levels by password

• Complete login user statistics allow computation of performance, efficiency and productivity

• Statistics and statistical reports available for customization by user

• Current "Hands On Unibase by DMAC" training manual

• Printed and on-line manuals

• Single installation for DOS, PC-DOS, Win 3.1x, Win95, Win98, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP and OS/2

• No environment space setup required with Unibase.INI setup function

• CD-ROM training for basic Unibase by DMAC

Programming/Set Up

• Over 100 verbs and 60 control functions in 4GL DMAC language

• 99 characters or 14 digits per field

• 999 fields per record; 99 record formats per job; unlimited number of jobs

• Over 64 check-box edits

• Output & field edit program generator minimizes programming

• Sequential and indexed table look ups, displays or inserts

• Indexes and sorts can be built over up to 65,000 files

• 32 pre-defined accumulators; DMAC language supports over 256 more

• Unibase Macro procedures and keystroke macros supported

• All menu items callable from command line Supports industry standard TIFF (tagged image file format) image files

• User changeable help file system

• DMAC language allows 99 channels to be explicitly chosen

• Update global variables from edits or command line

• C call verb runs user C programs as part of DMAC load

• User selectable keying order

• German, English and Spanish user changeable menu capability

• Set verbs can control upper/lower case input and output user options

• High-speed index builds on local drives with UBIDX environment variable

• Perform character string searches from DMAC programs

• Extremely high-speed creation of Unibase file from one format text file

• Extremely high speed index build on single data file with contiguous sort parameter

• Merge capability for indexes

• Programmer control of percentage of image devoted to image

• Variables may be defined to be arrays. Arrays may be filled with literals, fields, variables or other arrays using the "build" verb in a single statement. (Similar to the "output" verb.)

• Read/Write access to text files in text sub-directory with "open, get, put, append and close" verbs

• String concatenation function

• Pre-field as well as post-field edits

• Programmer control for interruption of operator batch keying

Technical

• Graphical User Interface written in ANSI C/C++ running on Windows 98, 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista operating systems.

• Menu User Interface written in POSIX, ANSI C/C++ running on all major workstation operating systems.

• Standard procedure for conversion of meta data to flat ASCII files.

• Meta data in persistent files is standard for all operating systems-- 16 bit, 32 bit, Windows, UNIX,and LINUX.

• All Unibase upgrades are transparent for the meta data -- or a wizard is provided.

• DMAC dynamically uses additional memory for faster response when needed.