Publisher's Synopsis
Aimed at students on a wide variety of business courses who need to know how to use dBase IV (the industry-standard database management system for IBM PC and compatibles), this learning material in this book requires little, if any, input by lecturers, and can be recommended for student self-instruction. It makes no assumptions about business or computing knowledge, but teaches dBase IV techniques and their business applications in simple terms.;The text covers all three modes of dBase IV - menu-driven, command-driven and programming - and dBase IV features are progressively introduced in the context of practical business activities.;A free disk is provided for lecturers adopting the book as a course text. It includes all the programs and databases used in the book.