blueshellAt2 Library

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The blueshellAt2 library (also called bAt) contains the blueshell Active Tables controls. Its filename is bAt2.ocx.

blueshell Active Tables are designed to connect Visual Basic to various databases like Oracle, MS SQL Server, Jet and more. With a few entries, you may design your database client using the new ADO technology. You may build table grids and table forms as well. Using blueshell Active Tables you can develop reliable and easy-to-use database applications.

blueshell Active Tables are currently build with Microsoft Visual Basic 6, Service Pack 5. If you don't have that product, you may use an other, providing you have installed ADO 2.1 (or higher) and the VB6 runtimes. These components are available from various sources for free. If you have difficulties with that, let us know.

Fig. 1: Two Forms, each covered by an atb control.

Advantages of blueshell Active Tables

• Advanced graphical user interface
  • The user may switch between grid view and form view
  • Supports inserting and deleting records and undo changes by graphical interface
  • Supports sorts and filters at SQL level
  • Enables Finds as well as Goto record number
  • Supports checkboxes and datepickers in both views
  • Multi-language: English and German built-in, other languages customizable
• Advanced connectivity
  • Observes table relationships by automatic linking between different Active Tables
  • Based on ADO
  • Supports VB6's DataEnvironment as well as direct SQL statements
  • Allows linkage of blueshell's controls, .NET controls and of custom controls to the form view
  • Can be a .NET data source
• Advanced development
  • No rapid generating with hard editing but rapid generating and easy editing
  • Supports Visual development
  • Rich support of Visual Studio for .NET
  • bAt Master Add-In for Visual Basic 5+6

Note that the .NET features requires blueshell Active Tables for .NET. See the bAt homepage at www.blueshell.com for details.