1.   Its key components include a graphical user interface builder, database access, reusable application framework and cross-platform portability, it says.

2.   The types of information required will tend to be unpredictable and unstructured so that database access will need to be flexible.

3.   It is not necessary to have different languages for database access and a host language for the complex programming tasks using the data collected.

4.   Thus the corporate app builders include database access and HTML authoring as well.

5.   After Hearst acquired Medi-Span, prices for database access were raised, sometimes doubled, the FTC said.

6.   The NICNET network, currently linking government offices, also offers remote database access, electronic mail and library facilities and links to international networks.