PRESS: INFORMIX INTRODUCES INFORMIX-4GL for Windows

INFORMIX INTRODUCES INFORMIX-4GL for Windows Cross Platform Deployment, Point and Click Simplicity Increase Developer Productivity MENLO PARK, Calif., (Oct. 11, 1993) -- Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), today announced the availability of INFORMIX-4GL 4.1 for Windows, a graphical, fourth-generation, development environment that allows developers to create powerful commercial transaction processing applications on Microsoft Windows. INFORMIX-4GL for Windows also allows applications to be deployed graphically on Windows and OSF/Motif, or in character mode on UNIX terminal-based platforms without source code modification. Database applications created with INFORMIX-4GL for Windows can also run in client/server environments thus allowing developers to take full advantage of the power on the desktop. "INFORMIX-4GL for Windows will enable developers to create powerful client/server database applications more quickly, easily, and cost effectively than other 4GL products," said Nancy Li, product manager, Informix. "INFORMIX- 4GL applications can now be developed in Windows or UNIX and deployed in Windowsor UNIX without modification. This means developers can create multiplatform applications with less coding overall, migrate applications to new environments and technologies easily, spendless time maintaining applications, and enjoy a smoother deployment process. Graphical Capabilities Combined with Proven 4GL Technology The foundation of INFORMIX-4GL for Windows is INFORMIX-4GL, the market leader infourth-generation programming languages for UNIX. INFORMIX-4GL is a complete SQL-based application development environment that provides power, flexibility and increased productivity over third-generation languages. With INFORMIX-4GL for Windows, developers can design and build INFORMIX-4GL database applications in an easy-to-use, mouse-driven environment, and deploy those applications with a graphical look and feel. It combines, in a graphical development environment, the functionality of INFORMIX-4GL's rapid development system (RDS), interactive debugger (ID), high-performance compiler, and graphical runner (GX). The result is a product which dramatically increases programmer productivity in creating powerful and scalable applications for multiple platform deployment. Product Features INFORMIX-4GL 4.1 for Windows includes: A Graphical Programmer's Environment Manager (PEM), which increases productivityby providing a point and click, seamless interface between tools to generate forms and to compile and debug applications. A Graphical Form Painter which allows WYSIWYG forms creation and edits. Fields can be selected, dragged, and dropped into new locations within the form. A Graphical Interactive Debugger with a built-in GUI for increased productivity.The debugger features buttons to access common commands and split windows for simultaneously debugging and running code. Graphical "Mini" Tools that provide point-and-click access to 4GL utilities such as a form compiler and an error reference. A choice of p-code or C Code Compile of 4GL source code to benefit from either faster compilation or faster runtime performance. A Graphical p-code or C Code Runtime on Windows. Runtime Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), code libraries that are accessed by the application at run time. Context-Sensitive Online Help which provides extensive online help for all Informix tools through the native Windows help delivery system. Pricing, Availability INFORMIX-4GL for Windows is now available for Intel 80386-based or higher personal computers for development, and 80286-based or higher personal computersfor deployment. An INFORMIX-4GL for Windows client bundle, which includes the INFORMIX-NET client/server connectivity tool, sells for $1,995 for a developmentversion and $300 for a runtime version. INFORMIX-4GL for Windows without INFORMIX-NET sells for $1,895 and $200 for development and runtime versions respectively. About Informix Informix Software, Inc., provides the most complete and productive database technology to build, deploy, run and evolve applications. Informix products include powerful distributed database management systems, robust application development tools, and graphical- and character-based productivity software for delivering information to every significant desktop platform. With corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Informix has European headquarters in London, and Asia/Pacific headquarters in Singapore. ###