Customer Reviews

The Offical Pendragon Forms For Palm OSŪ Starter Kit

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The textbook and the associated trial software (as well as thediscounted price for the full software if you decide to buy) isa great package. It covers everything from the initial nuances of database programming to writing code. The Pentagon software itself is relatively robust. The only hidden problem is that once you have a workable/sellable software, they'll charge you $849.00 for the rights to distribute your database (ie "sale price" upgrade if you go through the Starter Kit- it's $995.00 otherwise). This is steep enough for me that I'll wait on going through the purchase of this otherwise good software package for now and go with HanDBase instead. The kit itself, though, is an excellent initial product.

The book is interesting but covers a topic that if you use it, you have to pay $1,000 in rights to distribute it. The book ends up being a long advertisement for the software

As an experienced developer, time has always been my enemy. With Pendragon Forms, I'm able to quickly get an application into the hands of my customers, while keeping costs down for them - and me! This book provides the information I need to get the software from development to my customers quickly. Thanks for developing a great product and for giving us developers a break!

While this is a pretty good book, I must say that just going to [a website], [and] downloading the 14 day trial (full software version with an expiration date if you decide not to buy), and use the 320 page User's Manual that comes with the download is a better idea. The User's Manual is actually very good-- every bit as good as this book ...which is just another way for Pendragon to advertise itself and rake in a little extra cash. If you are just getting this for yourself (I am a field biologist with no need to publish my created form) then the ... price tag is worth it.