Just how easy is to create a complete, fully updateable, multi-tier application?

How about 3 steps and a couple of mouse clicks - no code, no typing...

1. Add a TdbOClientDataset, TDatasource, TDBNavigator and TDBGrid to a new form.

2. Click on any property of the TdbOClientDataset that shows [Data Central] to display the Data Central Wizard, then select a Database and Table when it displays:

3. Click [OK] to close the Wizard. Set the TdbOClientDataset's Active property to true, then Run the app:

That's it! You're done...

This application is connected to a local server executable. You can perform all data functions: modify, insert and delete.

By the way, to connect to a server over the Internet, or through the company's intranet, just change a couple of settings in the Data Central Wizard. You can kill two birds with one stone here, by citing the remote data server and selecting the option to update the TdbOClientDataset's Port and Server IP address: