Exodus Software - Retriever II

Retriever II

Description

Retriever II is a commercial product developed and published by Exodus Software as a flat-file database solution for small to medium size files. It supports files up to 16,000 records and 255 columns, with text fields as large as 32,000 characters. It uses a proprietary record caching system, allowing Retriever II to work in a small memory partition, even with files of several thousand records, and many fields. Retriever II's powerful import engine allows users to append data to an existing file, combining up to 4 fields into a single field. Fields can be numeric and calculated as well as text, allowing for many uses beyond some of the more basic databases. Phone dialing with customizable strings and preferences are included, allowing the user to dial either using a modem or through the Macintosh's speaker.

Advanced Features

Fast searches of your data - search for text or portions of text in all of the data, or only specific fields or records.
Easy sorting of text or numeric columns.
Handling of large data files - Retriever II files can grow in size up to 256 fields per record, up to 16,000 records.
Flexible formatting - columns can be resized by dragging, and can also be repositioned by dragging them to new locations, and the font and size of the display text can be changed at any time.
Hiding columns - columns can be hidden, providing the ability to print, copy or export a subset of your database.
Marking records - records can be marked, allowing you to pring, copy or export specific records.

Import and Export Features
Imported data can be used to create a new file, or it can be appended to a current file. Powerful import features include:

Data conversions - if placed into a numeric field, the incoming text is automatically converted to numeric data
Joining fields - you can specify that up to 4 fields of the incoming data be joined into a single field of the existing file. Text can be inserted between joined fields.

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