DataFlex is an object-oriented high-level programming language and a fourth generation visual tool 4GL for developing Windows, web and mobile software applications on one framework-based platform. It was introduced and developed by Data Access Corporation beginning in 1982.[5][2][6][7]
DataFlex can be traced back to 1982 when the company called Data Access Corporation[8] (founded in 1976) created and developed a language allowing application code to run on almost any system architecture, regardless of hardware.[2][9] It started as a relatively early example of a fully fledged and commercially used fourth-generation programming language (4GL). In its early forms, DataFlex was available for CP/M, MS-DOS, TurboDOS, Novell NetWare,[10]OS/2, Unix, VAX/VMS and IBM AIX operating systems.[11] By 1985, DataFlex was applied in a variety of high-tech industries including automated inventory control systems and insurance fraud detection systems.[5]
DataFlex has lasted many years as a niche application development environment. The DataFlex product supports many database environments: Oracle database, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL and any ODBC database. DataFlex applications are used by around 3 million users. In 1991, the 3.0 version with a modernized interface was released.[12] In 2014, Data Access released 2014/18.0 version.[13]
DataFlex is developed and provided by Data Access Worldwide, a software company with main offices in Miami, Florida, Hengelo, Netherlands, and São Paulo, Brazil.[1][14]
The DataFlex language supports:
The DataFlex programming language is used in the following development environments:
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