PdxEditor v. 5.6 - SQL script enabled Paradox and dBASE editor
Download: PdxEditor.zip (v. 5.6.0.623, 2024-08-04) - PdxEditor update history.
Description: Largely a Borland Database Desktop replacement,
this Paradox and dBASE/xBase SQL script enabled (SQL command batches) editor lets you read, edit and extract combined and calculated data from any Paradox and dBASE/xBase tables as well as rename and resize fields and selecting table language drivers. Other table modifications within the scope of associated SQL query language (BDE Local SQL).
To enable this application to
store data locally (tables and SQL statements) you should install/place the exe off the C:\Program Files directory.
HTML Help on Local SQL
is recommended to be installed along the PdxEditor.exe or in a .\LocalSQL subdirectory relative to the program's location.
Basic Excel & CSV export as well as universal CSV import.
CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and NOW() placeholder variables in SQL statements are by runtime autoconverted to date and timestamp constants accepted by the BDE database engine.
Besides using the
BDE /* standard delimited comments */ the PdxEditor optionally also accepts SQL '-- single line comments'.
Help sources: Comprehensive online PdxEditor application help. Please see also the associated Local SQL WebHelp page, valid also for other Paradox/dBase applications.
Specifications:
32-bit single exe file for 32- and 64-bit Windows (5.1(XP), 6(Vista), 7, 8, 10, 11).
Tables: Paradox 7 and dBase 7 (aswell as Paradox 3.5, 4 and 5 and dBase III+, IV and 5).
Dependencies: uses Borland Database Engine (BDE) vers. 5.
OS: Windows incl. Windows 10 (32- and 64-bit) and Windows 11.
Feature matrix - Compared to Database Desktop.
PdxEditor Export Specification.
Installing: PdxEditor is a freeware (no restrictions, no limits, no adds) incl. Pdx to CDS/FDS export tool - unpack, drop and run from anywhere (except in the C:\ root directory or in C:\Program Files).
HTML Help (Local SQL manual and Application Help)
included in the zip file.
Configurable for internet WebHelp Local SQL manual and WebHelp application help.