December 2002: MySQL support and enhanced GUI color control in dL4
It's here, dL4 support for MySQL tables and a new Indexed Contiguous to Full-ISAM/SQL conversion tool

November 2002: Product Spotlight of dL4 GUI Application
Samples of applications before and after dL4 GUI enhancements
Click here for before and after screenshots (PDF)

September 2002: Training Class October 17-19
Class will cover Unibasic to dL4 Migration and new MySQL driver

May 2002: Mini-Sell Product Available
Hand-held sales force software for the Pocket PC platform

April 2002: ub2dL4 conversion tool
ub2dl4 allows you to convert Unibasic programs and files to dL4.

March 2002: dL4 Version 5 beta
This version offers improved Unibasic and IMS compatibility.

December 2001: dL4 & dL4Term Version 4.4 Released
New GUI functionality, improved IMS Migration package and new Windows licensing. October 2001: dL4 Training
Dynamic Concepts will hold an Advanced dL4 Programming Seminar on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 29th, 30th and December 1.

October 2001: Marketing & Technical Updates
Information on the latest release of Unibasic [7.2], and the new IQ Version 4.1 for Linux is now available. New term file for SCO 5.0.6 Console, and UBCompress bug affects transferring files.

June 2001: Unibasic 7.1.1 Release & 7.1.1.2 beta
Unibasic applications can be intergrated to the web with dynamicXport. Also support for huge files.

July 1999: dL4 Term Beta Release
Designed to allow dL4 applications running on Unix systems to use the same GUI features as dL4 version 4 for Windows, dL4Term also supports UniBasic and other Unix applications. In fact, even character-based UniBasic and dL4 installations may install dL4Term as a low-cost, replacement terminal emulator.

July 1999: UniBasic SDK Available Online Plus 6.1.2 Maintenance Release.
The UniBasic Software Development Kit (USDK) is now available, for all currently supported platforms. The USDK is used to add custom CALL's written in "C" to the UniBasic language.
Also A maintenance release of UniBasic version 6.1.2 is now available for Motorola SVR4 (platform C3).

May 1999:IQ 5.2 Release
Announcing the immediate release of IQ for Windows version 5.2. Some of the key features: Year 2000 compliance, UniBasic Universal Data files and also includes popular Microsoft 16-bit ODBC.

April 1999: dL4 Version 4 Beta
Announcing the first beta release of dL4 version 4. This beta release is available for the Windows platform and is provided so that customers can evaluate the new Graphical User Interface (GUI) programming features of dL4.

Febuary 1999: dL4 Makes Printing Easier
For everyone struggling to setup printers in dL4 for Windows, a solution has arrived. The Windows version includes a new page printer driver which makes it possible to output to any Windows printer.

September 1998: Converting to Universal Data Files
Is moving UniBasic data files from one platform to another platform a chore? If so, relief is here with UniBasic release 6 in the form of Universal Data files.

February 1998: Bringing up a Printer in dL4 for Windows
Many developers moving to dL4, and more specifically Windows 95 and NT, are faced with learning some differences between UNIX and Windows. One of the questions fielded by the Support Department frequently is, "How do I set up a dL4 printer file in Windows?" *NOTE: This article has been superseded by " Configuring a Printer for dL4 for Windows".

November 1997: UniBasic Erroneous Printer Lock Errors
We have discovered an incompatibility between SCO UNIX versions 3.2 and SCO OpenServer Release 5 (3,2v5) which may cause UniBasic to incorrectly report a "File isin use and locked" error while attempting to open a printer after its use.

September 1997: No More LUST
As you know by now, dL4 does not have a Logical Unit Search Table (LUST) like UniBasic. This article discusses how to work in dL4 in the absence of LUST.

July 1997: c-tree
Fine tuning c-tree to optimize system performance. Recovering from a c-tree error 240. June 1997: dL4 File Names
Now that dL4 is available for both UNIX and Windows 95/NT, it is a good time to review portable and non-portable filenames in dL4.

January 1997:  dL4 for Windows Beta Available
DCI is pleased to announce to all developers the immediate release of the Beta version of dL4 for Windows NT and 95. Also see the known problems related to this Beta release.

October 15, 1996: dL4 for Windows Alpha Version Available
DCI is pleased to announce to all developers the immediate release of the alpha test version of dL4 for Windows NT and 95.

July 10, 1996: Building INDEX Files on Solaris SPARC
The DCI Support Team has learned that users of UniBasic Revisions 5.3.2 and 5.4 on Solaris SPARC cannot build INDEX files if the user's UID is greater than 65535.

July 10, 1996: UniBasic 5.5 Available
DCI is pleased to announce Release 5.5 of the UniBasic Runtime Language.

July 8, 1996: dL4 2.2 / Samples & Utilities 1.2 Available
DCI is pleased to announce Release 2.2 of the dL4 development system and runtime language and, also, Release 1.2 of dL4 Samples and Utilities.

June 1, 1996: UniBasic-IQ 3.1.2 Available
New and improved, this version of UniBasic-IQ is available now.

April 22, 1996: Passport 3.5.1
DCI has announced the immediate availability of Passport licensing software, Version 3.5.1, specifically for SCO Open Server 5 and SCO Unix.

April 3, 1996: Resellers Online
DCI is providing its Resellers who are on support with a free Internet Web Page. DCI is linking its site to Resellers who already have a Web Page established.

December 1, 1995: dL4 Packaging & Distribution
dL4 is packaged and distributed as three separate items: Runtime, Development and Samples & Utilities.

November 1, 1995: Electronic Update
DCI upgraded its in-house modems to provide transfer rates up to 28.8bps.

September 1, 1995: Passport Security Revisited
Passport Security is a separate product, no longer bundled with UniBasic 5.4, dL4 1.x or UniBasic-IQ Version 3.x.

July 1, 1995: SCO Products
The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) will formally obselete all versions of Xenix except for 2.3.4 as of October 1, 1995.

June 1, 1995: Altos/SCO Platform Unification
Altos now ships a standard SCO product with its systems. DCI has unified Platform15 (Altos) and Platform 99 (SCO Unix).

May 1, 1995: AIX 4.1 IBM RS/6000 and PowerPC
Version 4.1 of AIX was released for IBM's current line of Power Systems. AIX 4.1 is also available for PowerPC systems offered by IBM and others including Motorola.

April 1, 1995: UniBasic-NexGen 1.19
UniBasic-NexGen 1.19 is now available to all developers.

March 1, 1995: Passport Security
Passport Security has been established as a separate product to facilitate its independent development and use by multiple DCI products.

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