"The program allows us to save a great deal of valuable time by automatically importing images, style sheets and formatting. This allows us to be more competitive in the marketplace and therefore more successful in our business."
Save Time and Money Publishing your Catalog or Directory with CatBase!
Database Publishing Simplified!
This video shows just one example of how CatBase can publish your data. You can see some more examples on our Video home page.
What is CatBase?
CatBase is a database publishing program which automates the process of publishing a catalogue, directory, price list, membership directory, or any other sort of publication that's based on database data.
What can it do for me?
It will SAVE YOUTIME by doing the tedious, time-consuming job of styling your data
It ELIMINATESERRORS by doing the text and picture formatting automatically, thus eliminating the human error factor
It will SAVE YOUMONEY by saving time and eliminating errors
How does it work?
Get your data into Catbase's database. It can be imported from virtually any other data source or entered manually.
Set up one or more Publishing Styles. These tell CatBase what you want to publish and how you want it formatted.
Select the data you want to publish, choose the Publishing Style to use, and transfer the data to your chosen publishing destination.
Microsoft Word, or any program that supports RTF tags
HTML
XML
Delimited text files
An ODBC-compliant application such as MS SQL Server, MySql, etc. (Data Chameleon Edition)
Features:
Interface: Easy-to-use point-and-click interface - no programming required
Data Sources: Enter data directly or import it from practically any other source, such as a spreadsheet, text file, or (Data Chameleon Edition) ODBC data source such as MS Sql Server, MySql, etc.
Publishing: Create any number of Publishing Styles to publish your data in lots of different ways and to different publishing destinations
Intelligent data formatting: Various options, such as Formulas, to enable you to tell CatBase how to make decisions about formatting your data
Pictures can be automatically placed (QuarkXPress, InDesign and FrameMaker)
Round-Tripping: Once your data has been published to QuarkXPress or InDesign CS2 or 3, data can be updated in the document or from the document back to the database
Available in single-user and multi-user versions
Available for Windows and Macintosh
Automation: Create Sets of data that meet certain criteria; set up Publishing Projects so you don't have to remember the settings each time you publish; use the Event Scheduler to perform tasks such as importing or publishing data according to a flexible schedule
Communications: Send and receive emails; print letters and labels
Automatic Backups: The Backup Scheduler makes backups at specified intervals and maintains a log file of all changes made to the database; in the event of a system crash, it can automatically restore the database if necessary
Got a question? Contact our friendly and knowledgeable technical team and we'll be happy to answer your questions and help you to set up your own database
Give your cashflow a helping hand by leasing CatBase! Instead of paying for the software up front, make a very small monthly payment (minimum lease term 12 months). Find out more about leasing.
