blueshell Active Tables are designed to connect Visual Basic 5/6 as well as all the languages of .NET (like C#, VB.NET and J#) to various databases including Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Jet and more. With only a few entries, you may design your database client using ADO. You can also build table grids and table forms as well.

blueshell Active Tables needs the Visual Basic 6 Runtime available free from Microsoft. If you want to use the .NET framework "blueshell Active Tables for .NET" is also available for download.

Advantages of blueshell Active Tables include:

1.) Graphical User Interface

- The user may switch between grid view and form view

- Supports inserting and deleting records and undo changes

- Supports sorts and filters at SQL level

- Enables finds as well as goto record number

- Supports checkboxes and datepickers in both views

- Multi-language: English and German built-in, other languages customizable

2.) Connectivity

- Observes table relationships by automatic linking between different Active Tables

- Based on ADO

- Supports VB6's DataEnvironment as well as direct SQL statements

- Allows linkage of blueshell's controls, .NET controls and custom controls to the form view

- Can be a .NET data source

3.) Development

- Supports Visual development

- Rich support of Visual Studio for .NET

- bAt Master Add-In for Visual Basic 5+6

Visit the blueshell Web site for further information.