Unibase Feature Summary

Data Entry

  • Key from paper or key from images.
  • Individual fields may be encrypted when stored and automatically decrypted when retrieved.
  • 78 character per individual 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, EZC, Textware, etc.
  • Total color and screen attribute control of various operating systems.
  • Fully mappable keyboard in three groups, each with three overlays.
  • “Hot Key” to call field edit program at any time during keying.
  • “Double Key” capability during entry for critical items.
  • Aux dup functions supported.

Image Entry

  • Reject re-entry supported.
  • Display complete or snippets of image contained in TIFF, multi page TIFF, JPEG, PDF, multi page PDF format.
  • Color, grayscale, and black and white images allowed.
  • Manipulate displayed image ( zoom, rotate, pan, etc.) under operator or edit control.
  • Supports images up to 7500 x 7500 pixels with four screen pixel modes: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 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.
  • Support for multi page PDF images.

Input/Output

  • Import comma delimited (or any other delimiter) 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 comma delimited OCR/ICR input files.
  • DMAC language supports multiple file output or index builds, with dynamically 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.
  • Up to 31 character multifolder name space for easier file management.
  • Each operator has own password and belongs to a group.
  • Operator can be forced to change password at prescribed interval.
  • Set security levels by group.
  • 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 is available on line.
  • Printed and on-line manuals available.
  • No environment space setup required with Unibase.INI setup function.
  • Downloadable or on a CD-ROM training for using Unibase by DMAC.

Programming/Set Up

  • Over 100 verbs and 60 control functions in 4GL DMAC language.
  • 99 characters or 14 digits available per field.
  • 999 fields per record; 99 record formats per job; unlimited number of jobs.
  • Over 64 check-box edits available for each field.
  • 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), JPEG, and PDF image files.
  • User changeable help file system.
  • DMAC language allows 99 channels or output to be explicitly, concurrently 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 screen 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

  • Unibase is written in C/C++ running on all versions of the Windows operating system (Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10).
  • Standard procedure for conversion of meta data to flat ASCII files.
  • All Unibase upgrades are transparent for the meta data — or a wizard is provided.
  • DMAC dynamically uses additional memory for faster response when available.