Beta Version 0.13 Now Available!

Whew!. It has been more than a week since the last beta upgrade was posted, and I am very happy to be able to post this latest update to the program. As you have been hearing (if you’ve been reading emails or these posts), there are TWO major upgrades in this...

New Features – Vol 2.

Whoo-ee! The previous News posting was about some great new upgrades in devlopment for LIDA, and this posting is even more new stuff on the way! Well, actually one new stuff. (Can “stuff” be singular? You can have “oodles” of something, but can...

New Features In Development

Sometimes, we undertake upgrades so grand, it takes several days to build them, debug them, test them. test all the various cascading consequences, and finally deploy them. Such is the case right now, since issuing the v0.11.004 version of LIDA on January 19, three...

Quick-Access Data Files

Capitalizing on a seemingly inconsequential comment from one of our beta testers, with today’s update to version 0.11.004 LIDA now gives you the capability to STORE any data file you connect to, for future quick access. HOW IT WORKS: First, you just connect to a...

“Chunk” Programming

LIDA, despite the fact that it is built using Microsoft Access for an engine, is truly the product of a computer programmer. And, as you may have learned, most computer programmers aren’t “normal folks.” Alan Cooper, in his book, “The Inmates...

Installer Package Builders

One of the biggest challenges, okay, obstacles to overcome when developing a program like LIDA to be distributed to a wide number of users is How do you PACKAGE the distribution so it’s easy for the users to install? I’ve had to dig into researching this...