Portal:Development Tools

For any Dataflex Developer there are a range of tools useful for many situations.

Data Access Tools

Data Access provide a core of development tools vital to Dataflex development.

• Visual DataFlex Studio
• Database Builder
• Database Explorer

Third Party Development Environments

Other tools have been developed by the dataflex community over the years. These tools frequently take inspiration from the larger development community and often preview features which eventually make it into the official VDF Studio.

• Eclipse
• The Hammer

Dataflex Libraries

• VDFQuery
• StarZen's Wizard
• StarZen's Date form control
• Evolution
• cWindowsEx Framework

Crystal Report Tools

• Mass Verify Change database locations, Verify Database on hundreds of reports,...
• Crystal Spellcheck Check Crystal Reports for Typo's
• Mass Convert Convert Native DF Crystal Reports to SQL
• Mass S&R Search and Replace text in your Crystal Reports
• Millet Software Crystal Reports tools]

Other Tools

• VDF Structure Viewer
• Version Control
• File Comparison
• Text Editors
• SFS Compare Compare and Modify Database Structures