SmartWare

{{Short description|MS-DOS office suite}}

{{notability|date=May 2021}}

SmartWare is an office suite, originally developed for MS-DOS and Unix, and later Microsoft Windows, including a database, word processor, spreadsheet, and a (now obsolete) "communication" module for communication via a modem .{{Cite book|last=Archer|first=Russell|title=Programming SmartWare II:A Guide to Learning Programming Through the Powerful SmartWare II Programming Language|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=1992|isbn=9780137218790|location=|pages=}}{{Cite magazine|last=Zeichick|first=Alan L|date=14 August 1989|title=Product Comparison:Integrated Software Comes Together|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 |magazine=InfoWorld |volume=11 |issue=33 |pages=45–60 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite magazine|last=Slater|first=Derek|date=10 January 1994|title=Angoss Eyes Unified Office Suite|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAQtqVMDKt0C&pg=PA30|magazine=Computerworld|volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=30|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|last=Schwartz|first=Andrew N. |url=https://archive.org/details/usingsmartwareii0000schw |url-access=registration |title=Using SmartWare II|date=1989|publisher=Que|isbn=0-88022-405-3|location=Carmel, IN|oclc=20969879}}

The user interface consists of a window in which documents, spreadsheets and database views are displayed and can be manipulated via a command line at the bottom of the window. Significantly the product includes a complete and powerful programming language enabling developers to build complex applications. The spreadsheet and word processor modules are proprietary, but the database is built on a FairCom database engine.

Started in 1983, it was developed for many years, with SmartWare 4.5 released in 2004 and VisualSmartWare being released in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.smartware4.com/index.html|title=SmartWare 4 - Home Page}} The later versions include features such as the capability to communicate with SQL servers, use Microsofts Dynamic-link library and ActiveX technologies, and optionally provide a less 'Dossy' looking user interface.

Smartware is still widely used and has an active online Smartware Users Group - Smug.{{Cite web|url=https://groups.io/g/uksmug|title = Uksmug groups.io Group}}

Similar and competitive packages included Lotus Symphony, Microsoft Works, Context MBA, Framework, Enable and Ability Office.