Entrypoint 3.0 Features

The design of Entrypoint 3.0 indicates a major departure from the architecture of previous versions of the product. While earlier versions relied on file-server architecture to implement networking in a LAN environment, Version 3.0 is based on a client-server design that communicates over TCP/IP. A relational (SQL) database, accessed via ODBC, provides data storage. Because of the separation of client, server, and database, Entrypoint 3.0 can be installed in several different ways, depending on the hardware available and company requirements.

The new version of Entrypoint incorporates many other new features; below are few examples:

Remote data entry
Context-sensitive help to the dialog box level
Greatly enhanced, fine-grained security
Format attribute that prevents data from being included in the batch (for menus, worksheets, etc.)
Field-level manual duplication with user-definable dup key
Further field-level access control as a result of duplication
Dynamic control of attributes of the fraction fill field attribute through Logic routines
Dynamic attribute control of the export field attribute via Logic routines
Access-level field attribute with exposure to Logic to allow dynamic attribute control
Showhelp Logic function that displays user-defined Help screens
Enhancements to registers:
- Limit increased from 256 to 2,147,483,647
- Dynamic register manipulation via new Logic functions
- Available persistence of registers