V Trex
Voice-activated, natural-language queries into your
DB2/2 Database Tables ... and MORE!
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
- Hal 9000
"Computer,"
"Who makes more than $30,000?"
"Who was hired before January 1, 1970?"
"Do we have any V belts in stock?"
"What were the product sales last quarter?"
"Play me a waltz."
"ENGAGE"
Science Fiction? NOT ANY MORE!
Information at your fingertips? NOT ANY MORE! ...
V Trex: Information ... at your COMMAND!
What is V Trex ?
IBM's VoiceType Dictation
provides state-of-the-art speech-enabled Dictation and Navigation.
V Trex adds the third dimension: speech-enabled Information Retrieval.

How does V Trex work?
V Trex analyzes your DB2/2 Tables to determine:
- Field Names (eg. WORKDEPT, HIREDATE)
- Field Datatypes
- Field Lengths
- Numeric Field Formats (eg. 10.2)
V Trex builds a preliminary Dictionary of these raw Database Fields.
Dictionary Manager
The built-in Dictionary Manager, allows you to build a complex vocabulary of
terms and phrases based on these raw fields (eg. "Department" = "WORKDEPT", "hired" = "HIREDATE").
You can have a single term refer to several Database fields (eg. "who" = "FIRSTNME,MIDINIT,LASTNAME")
You can build complex expressions, such as "gross pay" = [SALARY+BONUS+COMM]
You can define new terms using terms you have already built (eg. "makes" = "gross pay").
You can attach Conditions to terms (eg. "V belts" = "PARTDESC LIKE '%V Belt%' " or "in stock" = "ONHAND > 0").
V Trex has a built-in Condition Builder and a built-in Expression Builder to make things very easy for you.
V Trex has a series of built-in numeric operators:
- more than, less than, equal to,
- exceeds, greater than,
- over, under,
- from ... to ...,
- etc.
V Trex also has a series of built-in operators for date comparisons:
- before, after,
- since, until,
- between ... and ...,
- etc.
You can add your own numeric and date operators to the V Trex GLOBAL Dictionary.
Internationalization
V Trex is fully internationalizable!
You can translate all V Trex terms and phrases into languages other than English.
You can make Dictionaries of your non-English words and phrases.
Screen Shots
Note: V Trex's actual screen resolution is better than shown here:
Click here to see the V Trex Control Center.
Click here to see the V Trex Results Window.
Click here to see the V Trex Dictionary Manager.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Click FAQS
to see the answers to some frequently asked questions.
System Requirements
V Trex requires
- IBM OS/2 Warp version 4.0* or higher
- Object REXX as the default REXX
- DB2/2 if you want to query your Databases**
- VoiceType Dictation if you want your queries to be speech-enabled
*VTrex and Warp 4 FP6
If you are using fixpack 6 with VTrex you need to replace your CMD files.
The ZIP file FP6CMDS.ZIP contains these CMDs.
After downloading this file UNZIP it into the directory
X:\VTrek\VTSystem\Env where X: is the VTrex installation drive.
**V Trex: Information . . . at your COMMAND! is now available
for IBM's new DB2 Universal Database. See below for PRESS RELEASE.
IBM's Object REXX is supplied with
Warp, but it is not the default REXX. You can easily make it the default by
typing the OS/2 command SWITCHRX.
You can find out more information about Object REXX by visiting the
Object REXX by Example website.
How do I get this wonderful product?
You can obtain V Trex by:
Downloading VTOrder.FRM -or-
Linking to Indelible Blue.
V Trex: Information ... at your COMMAND!
by
Aviar, Inc.
$119.95 + Shipping and Handling
For special orders or comments, click here to send us mail

Live long and prosper.
PRESS RELEASES
AVIAR ANNOUNCES
V Trex: Information . . . at your COMMAND!
for IBM's DB2 Universal Database
May 13, 1997
Click NEWS
to read the Press Release in its entirety.
IBM is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
Object REXX is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
VoiceType Dictation is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
DB2/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
"Information at your fingertips" may be a registered trademark of Microsoft.