Preface

Purpose

• About Inspector's graphical interface and the tools that help with logical and physical aspects of ObjectStore database analysis
• How to create custom views of ObjectStore databases
• How to create, read, update, and delete ObjectStore objects from Inspector
• How Inspector helps you share ObjectStore database information with reporting, data exporting, and OLE server features

• ObjectStore Rapid Database Development describes how to use two new Rapid Database Development (RDD) tools, the Database Designer and the Component Wizard, to help you get jump-started with ObjectStore.
• Building ObjectStore C++ Applications provides information and procedures for generating schema, compiling, linking, and debugging.
• ObjectStore C++ API User Guide describes how to use the basic C++ programming interface to ObjectStore to create database applications.

• Chapter 1, Overview describes the main features of Inspector and describes how to set options.
• Chapter 2, Database Views describes the Database Root, schema, and instance panes of the main database view window and tells you how to create custom database views.
• Chapter 3, Data Views describes how to create a data view, and provides procedures for filtering, ordering, and formatting collections.
• Chapter 4, Schema Diagrams describes how to work with the schema pane of the main database view window.
• Chapter 5, Classes and Instances describes how Inspector handles class and instance information, including where and how instance information is displayed, how you can change the instance format, and how to edit data members.
• Chapter 6, Collection Grids and Lists describes how to work with collection grids and lists in the instance pane of the main database view window and in data views.
• Chapter 7, User-Defined Methods tells you how to register and invoke user-defined methods in Inspector to perform create, read, update, and delete operations on ObjectStore objects.
• Chapter 8, Roots describes how to work with roots in Inspector.
• Chapter 9, Tools for Physical Analysis describes the Physical Database Layout window and other tools to help you examine an ObjectStore database at the segment and page level, and to work with free space.
• Appendix A, Printing describes how to print schema diagrams, collections grids in the instance pane, and navigation trees.
• Appendix B, Using Inspector as an OLE Server describes the Inspector objects you can use as OLE servers in OLE container application documents.
• Appendix C, Working with Metaknowledge describes what metaknowledge is and how to use it to leverage customization work across similar databases.

For more information, see the online Help for the ObjectStore Inspector Configuration Utility.

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