BeeBase

BeeBase V1.1
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BeeBase is a relational, programmable database system with graphical user
interface for Windows, Mac, Linux and Amiga.

BeeBase is open source software distributed under the terms of the GNU General
Public License (GPL).

If you like BeeBase and would like to support it then you are welcome to make a
donation.  Please visit https://sourceforge.net/projects/beebase 
for more information.


Features
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BeeBase is well suited for managing structured data with clear semantics
that can be organized into tables and fields.  It can be regarded as an
application development environment where an application designer creates the
database structure and user interface, and users of the application
enter and process data on a regular basis.

There are numerous applications for BeeBase including managing addresses, music
and movies, photo collections, your family tree, or your income and expense.  
Some users run their entire business using BeeBase from project planning to
creating offers, article and part management, creating bills and invoices, and
tracking their finances.

The strength of BeeBase lies in its graphical user interface and its programming
capabilities.  
It allows you to process data in various ways, e.g. automatic calculations upon
user input, generation of reports, import and export of data, etc.  
For example BeeBase can be used for calculating the total amount of income, or
the total amount of recorded time on a CD, or to automatically create and print
serial letters to  your customers.

BeeBase offers the following features:

* Graphical user interface for defining the database schema and the graphical
layout for entering and browsing data.

* Admin and user modes.

* Shared access to a project from multiple instances of BeeBase running on the
same or different computers.

* Fields can be of type string, memo (multi line text), integer, real, date,
time, Boolean, choice (one item out of many items), reference (easy way to
reference a record of another table), button (for starting BeeBase programs),
and virtual (compute value on the fly).

* The string type can also manage lists of strings, files, and fonts.
A string can refer to an external image which is displayed in the graphical user
interface.

* Programmability.  With the easy and powerful BeeBase programming language
complex tasks can be implemented.  The language also includes a
SELECT-FROM-WHERE query for easy and fast data retrieval.

* Ordering of records by any combinations of fields.

* Query editor which allows entering and managing of SELECT-FROM-WHERE queries. 

The queries can be saved and the results can be printed.

* Optional logging of changes (adding, deleting and changing of records) into a
system log table.

* SQLite3 file format, and import and export facility.

* Full documentation including user and programming manual in HTML and PDF.

* Operating system independence.  BeeBase is available for Windows, Mac, Linux
and Amiga.  The source code of BeeBase is also available as part of a Source
Forge project.


New features since BeeBase 1.0
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o BeeBase now uses Qt 6.7.2 on Windows and MacOS.

o Universal binary (x86_64 and arm64) for MacOS.

o New BeeBase homepage by St�phane Aulery.

o Corrected icons for Amiga.

o Optional MorphOS binary using MorphOS bultin sqlite.library.

o Several other small fixes.


Steffen Gutmann, 28.08.2024