Barbara Ryan
BarbaraRyan at cox.net
Fri Oct 22 20:14:28 CDT 2004
Thanks, Marty....I'll pass on the info..............Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] document development tools > You are probably looking for CASE (Computer Aided System Engineering) Tools. > > I have used Enterprise Architect > http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/ > Good for reverse engineering an Access mdb just plug in the mdb or an > ODBC connection to SQL and it will layout a data model or ER diagram. > Also lays out XSD schemas for tables and queries. Does UML modelling > Probably best in it's price range for diagramming $200. There is trial > version. > > Case Studio is good too. It generates SQL table scripts. > http://www.casestudio.com/enu/ > > Then you get into the $1000 price range with ER-Win and WinDev > and there are the $10,000 packages Rose, System Architect, and ARTiSAN, > and probably even higher mainframe packages.Texas Instrument IEF > > I saw one about 15 years ago that produced good Cobol Code but none > since then. > So dont believe any code generation hype with Case Tools. > > Barbara Ryan wrote: > > >I received the following email from my client ---- any thoughts / suggestions?.....Thanks, Barb Ryan > > > > > >*************************************************************************** *********************************************** > >Do you know of any document development tools, something like VISIO Technical or Quick CAD that > >are specifically designed to support a tedium free graphical development of a > >table architecture or data model? > > > >I'm wondering if there is an affordable application out there for > >drafting up table schema's and database design diagrams that is easier to use than > >wiring together a bunch of text boxes or flow chart symbols in a MSword document. > > > >Just curious if you know about somthing that the development community uses. > > > > > > -- > Marty Connelly > Victoria, B.C. > Canada > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com