MaxBase is the name of this package, and also the name of the program you use to edit your databases. But there is more than this!

If you have the need to share your databases on a local area network (LAN) or the Internet you can easily use the tools provided in the MaxBase package.

The owner of the local DB to be shared on the network will simply have to activate the server, a program which will handle requests from remote users:

java nrio.RXDBServer /d:[your database] /p:[Port number]

and other optional parameters. Valid options are:

nrio.RXDBServer [/c:cmt] /d:file[.dat] [/l:file] [/p:port] [/q] [/s] [/p:pwd]

where:

/c:comment => description of the database ['_' are substituted with spaces in <comment>, spaces are not allowed]

/d:file[.dat] => uses database [file]

/l:file => logs all activities to file [file]

/p:port => specifies a port for listening

/q => operates in quiet mode

/s => operates in safe mode (only read operations allowed)

/a:password => grant *A*ccess to requests made with [password] (safe mode).

Once you have setup your DB server, remote users can access your database right from MaxBase, specifying the correct host name and port number in the DB login sequence. The number of the users that can access a remote database at once is two for the standard edition of MaxBase and unlimited for the extended edition. Important: please read about multi-user issues if you haven't already done so.

Another option is to setup a web page which has an applet in it, and every user that will hit that page will be able to use MaxBase. For more details on how to do it, refer to the "for developers" section.

Note: Not every browser is equally capable of running Java 1.1 applets. In fact, often the problem with MaxBase is that not everyone can run Java 1.1 applets with their favourite browser. Here it is a list of the current compatibility issues I found: