As a result of efforts spearheaded by Bill Halpern of PCTA, a group of leading Q&A consultants, developers and "power" users came together and formed a company to design and market a Q&A follow-on product. Not a product that would be called Q&A, but a totally new product built from the ground up that would be Q&A-compatible. Our group began meeting in 1999 after development on the new product had already begun. Lantica Software, LLC was formally registered in the State of Pennsylvania in June 2000 as a limited liability stock corporation.
>b>Sesame Database Manager
Whether
you are a small business do-it-yourselfer, the head of an organization,
a corporate department administrator or a professional application
developer, Sesame gives you the tools you need to easily create
database applications and organize and present the information in them.
Features
such as centralized application design facilities, a consistent
form-based interface, intuitive query-by-example searching, and HTML
reports will have you creating attractive and smoothly functioning
applications soon after starting with Sesame.
If you are new to
databases, Sesame makes getting started with simple applications easy,
fast, and fun. For those with more experience, Sesame provides a
variety of options within easy reach for customizing and programming
your applications.
Sesame is built around proven client-server
architecture. Your copy of Sesame can run standalone, serve other
Sesame clients, or connect to a Sesame server — just by the way you
start the program. And Sesame is truly cross-platform, currently
available for Microsoft Windows™ and Linux. If you are considering
switching platforms or you have a network environment mixing both
platforms, Sesame is an ideal choice.
When making the switch to
Sesame from another database manager, a variety of integrated
facilities can help simplify that transition. Sesame provides Symantec
Q&A™ users with an exclusive translator for Q&A databases.
Those using other programs can take advantage of Sesame's data import
facilities, including the ability to perform hierarchical imports when
migrating from a relational product.
The documentation that
comes with Sesame is designed to help you get started quickly and serve
as a comprehensive reference as you explore Sesame’s wealth of features
and capabilities. Five lavishly-illustrated printed guides are included
with the product, including a main user guide, quick-start tutorials
and network setup booklets, a Q&A database translation guide and a
programming guide.
And Sesame comes bundled with sample applications that you can begin using right away or easily customize to suit your needs.
