Editing DataFlex (section)

==History and overview==
DataFlex can be traced back to 1982 when the company called ''Data Access Corporation''<ref>{{cite journal |year =1984 |title = DataFlex: Programming Gymnastics |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=vQDibG12bVcC&pg=PA253 |journal = PC |volume =3  |issue =17 }}</ref> (founded in 1976) created and developed a language allowing application code to run on almost any system architecture, regardless of hardware.<ref name="PC Magazine"/><ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 8, 1982 |title=InfoNews/Software, CP/M, DataFlex |magazine=InfoWorld |publisher= IDG |issn=0199-6649 |volume=4 |number=9 |page=46}}</ref> It started as a relatively early example of a fully fledged and commercially used [[fourth-generation programming language]] (4GL). In its early forms, DataFlex was available for [[CP/M]], [[MS-DOS]], [[TurboDOS]], [[Novell NetWare]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Aarons |first=Richard N. |date= September 4, 1984 |title= DataFlex: Programming Gymnastics |magazine= PC Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |issn=0888-8507 |volume=3 |number=17 |pages= 253–255 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vQDibG12bVcC&pg=PA253 |access-date= March 8, 2017 }}</ref> [[OS/2]], [[Unix]], [[OpenVMS|VMS]] and [[IBM AIX]] [[operating system]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Duncan |first1=Judy |last2=Petreley |first2=Nicholas |last3=Chiu |first3=Peter |last4=Mathews |first4=Carla |date=November 18, 1991 |title=Product comparison, Database building blocks |magazine=InfoWorld |publisher= IDG |issn=0199-6649 |volume=13 |number=46 |page=92}}</ref> By 1985, DataFlex was applied in a variety of high-tech industries including automated inventory control systems and insurance fraud detection systems.<ref name="Krauskopf"/>

DataFlex has lasted many years as a niche application development environment. The DataFlex product supports many [[Relational database#RDBMS|relational database]] environments: [[Oracle database]], [[Microsoft SQL Server]], [[IBM Db2]], [[MySQL]], [[PostgreSQL]] and any [[ODBC]] database. DataFlex applications are used by around 3 million users. In 1991, the 3.0 version with a modernized interface was released.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lFAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=InfoWorld+dataflex&pg=PA13 InfoWorld], August 12, 1991</ref> In 2014, Data Access released 2014/18.0 version.<ref>[https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/14/09/p4832355/dataflex-201418-0-released-by-data-access-worldwide  Benzinga]: "DataFlex 2014/18.0 Released by Data Access Worldwide"</ref> The release of DataFlex 2023/23.0 introduced FlexTron technology that allows the usage of web controls within Windows desktop applications.

DataFlex is developed and provided by ''Data Access Worldwide'', a software company with main offices in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], [[Hengelo]], [[Netherlands]], and [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]].<ref name="latest release"/><ref>[https://www.dataaccess.com/products/dataflex/overview-206 dataaccess.com]: “DataFlex - Overview”]</ref>