What is it that DATAFORM can do for my model application?
DATAFORM is a model database manager and a data manipulation language with specific features for matrix generation, optimization control, solution access, and report generation. As a procedural “structured programming” language, one of its strengths is the use of the dynamic table constructs. Because of the ease of use and power of the language, most DATAFORM applications end up with a large percentage of the data processing built into the DATAFORM coded part of the application. It is important to understand that DATAFORM is a matrix and report generator language (among other things), not a matrix generator. What DATAFORM does not do any better than general-purpose languages such as FORTRAN and C is to interface with the user. That is where Access, Excel, FoxPro, etc. can be used effectively. In most cases, the user interface is used to gather the information, display it for review, and give the user the facility to input and edit the data manually. Data are then sent to the DATAFORM m
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