WindowBase

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| author = Software Products International

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| released = {{Start date and age|1991}}

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| operating system = Microsoft Windows

| platform = x86

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| genre = Database management system

| license = Proprietary commercial software

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WindowBase was a database management system created by Software Products International (SPI) as the successor to its manager for MS-DOS, Open Access. Introduced in 1991,{{cite journal|url=http://www.atarimax.com/freenet/freenet_material/6.16and32-BitComputersSupportArea/8.OnlineMagazines/showarticle.php?180|title=SPI Unveils Windowbase|journal=St Report International Online Magazine|date=23 August 1991}} it was launched in Europe in 1992.{{cite journal|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SMG/is_n3_v12/ai_12008430/ |title=WindowBase RDBMS runs standalone under Windows|journal=Software Magazine|date=March 1992}} It cost $495 ($695 with the SDK for C).

The program incorporated functionalities such as a SDK for C and C++ and support for SQL. The interface offered, among other features: personalization of menus; tools for creating graphical representations of its output; predefined groups of screen and print formats; and context sensitive help. Data could be exported to or imported from the dBase format, Btrieve format, or SPI's own Open Access format. In monoposition,{{Clarify|date=June 2011}} it was compatible with the Microsoft SQL Server.