X/TEND allows the Business BASIC environment to be brought over to the IBM AS/400. X/TEND is a tool designed to enable the owner of the Business BASIC computer to facilitate intersystem communication and a complete conversion to a new computing environment with IBM.

X/TEND brings applications written in the following languages to the AS/400

• Interactive program development and debugging with the X/TEND Interpreter.
• Create, Modify and Execute Business BASIC programs with X/TEND.
• X/TEND includes all Standard Business BASIC functions, directives and mnemonics.
• X/TEND supports any special needs with user defined functions, directives and mnemonics.
• Enter and edit Business BASIC programs.
• Interprets Business BASIC programs to run on the AS/400.
• X/TEND is Year 2000 compliant.

• Familiar file types of direct, Sort, Indexed and Serial are supported with the Relational Database Manager. However, by defining file layouts through DDS, the full power of the Relational Database Manager is made available to the Business BASIC program. All files defined this way may be accessed by other programming languages (RPG, COBOL, C/400 and FORTRAN) and X/TEND may access files created by other languages. This file definition will create, what is called in the AS/400 world, a "native" file. All OS/400 programs and third party programs that are "native" will work with filed defined through DDS.
• "Logical" files are supported.
• Display files are supported.

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Software Developers  - Looking for a way to increase your customer base!
Each year there are about 100,000 computer systems purchased with BASIC as the primary language, approximately half being BUSINESS BASIC. No other language except COBOL sells more systems. This is estimated to be one billion dollars of equipment purchased every year. Now you can add the IBM AS/400 to the list of platforms that supports BUSINESS BASIC.