This book is for new InfoMaker® users.
This book introduces InfoMaker and provides a tutorial for learning to use InfoMaker. The lessons teach InfoMaker basics and how to create forms, reports, queries, and graphs. The last lesson puts everything into an InfoMaker application.
When you have a question about using InfoMaker, you can access its online Help system or consult one of the following books:
Book |
Description |
|---|---|
Installation Guide |
Provides instructions for installing InfoMaker |
Getting Started |
Introduces you to InfoMaker and provides a tutorial you can step through to learn the basics |
Users Guide |
Tells how to use InfoMaker to create reports, work with databases, transfer data between databases, create forms to update data, create queries to retrieve data automatically, and create applications to package reports and forms |
Connecting to Your Database |
Tells how to connect to a database from InfoMaker; describes how to set up, define, and manage database connections accessed through a standard database interface (such as ODBC or JDBC) or one of the InfoMaker native database interfaces |
Use the Sybase® Getting Started CD, the SyBooks™ CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:
The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other documents or updated information not included on the SyBooks CD. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.
The SyBooks CD contains product manuals and is included with your software. The Eclipse-based SyBooks browser allows you to access the manuals in an easy-to-use, HTML-based format.
Some documentation may be provided in PDF format, which you can access through the PDF directory on the SyBooks CD. To read or print the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Refer to the SyBooks Installation Guide on the Getting Started CD, or the README.txt file on the SyBooks CD for instructions on installing and starting SyBooks.
The Sybase Product Manuals Web site is an online version of the SyBooks CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Sybase Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.
Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.
