StratosWare Releases MemCheck 5.0 for WindowsStratosWare Corporation has announced MemCheck 5.0 for Windows, a runtime error detection tool for applications running under Windows 95 and Windows NT. Immediately after installation, MemCheck 5.0 can check any 32-bit Windows executable on the target system. As the application runs, MemCheck 5.0 monitors its interaction with Windows, detecting and diagnosing heap corruption, Win32 API parameter errors, invalid GDI/USER/KERNEL handles, memory pointers, memory and resource leakage, and unhandled exceptions. No relinking of the target application or debug information is required.
For more information contact StratosWare Corporation, 1756 Plymouth Rd., Ste. 1500, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1890. +1-313-996-2944. FAX: +1-313-996-2955. e-mail: info@stratosware.com. WWW: http://www.stratosware.com/swc/.
DigitalThink Offers Online C++ and Java CoursesDigitalThink has launched an online training site that offers programmers, developers, and system managers skill-building courses they can take at their own pace. Courses now online include Object-Oriented Programming using C++, Introduction to Java for Programmers, Building GUIs with Java, Advanced Java Techniques for Programmers, a perl course, and Preparation for the Sun Certification as a Java Programmer.
DigitalThink instructors include Dr. Ira Pohl, computer science professor at University of California at Santa Cruz; Sun Microsystems staff engineer Ken Arnold; Java and C++ language specialist Barry Boone; and Bill Weinman, author of The CGI Book (New Riders). All instructors hold scheduled, live chat sessions; respond to threaded discussions; and are backed-up by specially trained tutors. Tutors are available in real-time.
Programming courses vary in duration from 12 to 25 hours and cost between $75 and $275.
For more information contact DigitalThink, 860 2nd St., Ste. 12, San Francisco, CA 94107. +1-415-908-1700. FAX: +1-415-908-1717. WWW: http://www.digitalthink.com.
QES Introduces QES/Win EZQES has introduced a new testing package called QES/Win EZ, which offers testing and quality assurance without programming or scripting. The QES/Win EZ package comes with a variety of features. It captures test cases that test instantly. It automatically captures all keyboard or mouse operations and replays with automatic comparison and timing. It builds visually accurate interface and process models of an application that anyone can view, manage, and maintain without programming. And it captures standard and non-standard controls. It replaces old test data with new result data.
QES/Win EZ comes with a 30-day, money-back guarantee and six months of free support.
For more information contact QES Software, Inc., 20 Westbrook St., East Hartford, CT 06108-3447. +1-860-289-2227. FAX: +1-860-289-2009. e-mail: QES@Delphi.com. WWW: http://www.qestest.com.
Software Research Announces TCAT for JavaSoftware Research, Inc. has announced TCAT for Java, a coverage analyzer that reviews a coverage trace and presents the results in graphic, textual, and tabular reports.
TCAT for Java provides both branch and method-invocation (call-pair) coverage in a single test run to identify which part of a Java applet's code has been tested, both at the unit/object level and the system integration level. Branch coverage is used for unit and system testing, tracking the number of times each segment of a method has been exercised. Call-pair coverage tests integration by determining if each method invocation has been exercised. Testers can then efficiently concentrate on untested code, reducing the likelihood of defects and improving product quality.
For more information contact Software Research, Inc. 625 Third St., San Francisco, CA 94107-1997. +1-415-957-1441 or 800-942-7638. FAX: +1-415-957-0730, email: info@soft.com. WWW: http://www.soft.com
Opnek Research Announces NitroSort for WindowsOpnek Research has released its high-speed sort utility, NitroSort, for Windows 95 and Windows NT. NitroSort comes with its own proprietary Data Manipulation Language (DML). The DML user can specify the sorting criteria, the content of the output record, which records qualify, and other data manipulation commands.
NitroSort is a standard Windows 95/NT 32-bit DLL. It supports any language that has the ability to call a Windows DLL. Built-in C/C++ and Delphi definition and header files come with NitroSort.
NitroSort costs $299. Opnek also offers a $129 competitive upgrade for other sort packages. There is no runtime license fee required. NitroSort comes with a full 30-day, money-back guarantee.
For more information contact Opnek Research, 809 Mooreland Dr., Bowling Green, KY 42103. +1-908-852-3277. WWW: http://www.nitrosort.com.
Hewlett-Packard Releases HPaC++ CompilerHewlett-Packard Company has announced the release of HP aC++, an advanced C++ compiler based on the ANSI/ISO Draft Working Paper. Designed to execute on HP-UX 10.20 and 10.10, HP aC++ includes pre-compiled header files, which reduce compilation time and produce smaller object files. A flexible template instantiation mechanism offers automatic and explicit syntax and lets programmers choose when to use templates.
HP aC++ includes standard C++ Library and Rogue Wave's tools.h++ v7.0. The C++ Standard Library includes a number of classes based on a subset of the Standard Template Library (STL).
Included with HP aC++ is an ANSI/ISO draft C++ compiler, as well as debugger, performance analyzer, incremental linker, Standard C++ Library and Tools.h++. HP workstation and server user licenses are priced at $1,495 each.
For more information contact Hewlett-Packard Company, 3000 Hanover St., Mailstop 20BR, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185. WWW: http://www.hp.com.
Socket Announces Wireless Developer's Kit for Windows CESocket Communications, Inc. has announced a Software Developer's Kit (SDK) that simplifies creating applications to deliver time-critical messages and data to mobile workers carrying Handheld PCs (H/PCs) using the Microsoft Windows CE operating system.
The SDK includes components for both formatting and sending data on Windows 95 or Windows NT computers, and components for receiving data in applications on Windows CE HP/Cs. A key feature of the SDK is a paging carrier emulator, which allows developers to stress test their applications without incurring the cost and delays of sending actual wireless pages.
API functions, runtime DLLs, and C/C++ and Visual Basic header files provide a robust developer environment. The SDK is built on open standards, provides support for the Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP) for sending data via modem to any major paging network, and supports Novell NASI and Telebit ACS protocols for sharing modems across local area networks.
For more information contact Socket Communications, Inc., 37400 Central Court, Newark, CA 94560. +1-510-744-2700. FAX: +1-510-744-2727. WWW: http://www.socketcom.com.
POET Introduces Universal Object Server FamilyPOET Software Corporation has introduced its POET Universal Object Server Family, a suite of database development tools for Visual Basic, Java, and C++. The Universal Object Server consists of an object storage server, a comprehensive set of system services, an industrial strength administration facility for system security and data integrity, and a GUI-based workbench for application development. Also, POET Universal Object Server provides a class library for the persistent storage and management of database objects.
POET's API for Visual Basic, Java, and C++ provide a set of front-end development tools. POET's Object Model also provides all the back-end storage capabilities necessary for managing the complex and diverse data on the Internet and intranets.
The Universal Object Server costs $995, and the Visual Basic SDK costs $499. The POET C++ SDK costs $499, and the POET Client Access Package costs $139. The POET Java SDK costs $499.
For more information contact POET Software Corp., 999 Baker Way, Ste. 100, San Mateo, CA 94404. +1-415-286-4640. FAX: +1-415-286-4630. e-mail: info@poet.com. WWW: http://www.poet.com.
KL Group Announces JClass ChartKL Group Inc. has announced the launch of JClass Chart. JClass Chart is a Java Bean component that supports many types of business and scientific charts including line, 2-D and 3-D bar, 2-D and 3-D pie, stacked bar, and plot. Interactive features of JClass Chart include rotation, translation, drill-down, zoom, editing, and scaling.
The JClass Chart is available for JDK 1.0.2 and JDK 1.1 with the same API. In the JDK 1.1 environment, JClass Chart is a 100% Java Bean and can be used in any Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supporting JDK 1.1, including Borland Open JBuilder. For JDK 1.0.2, JClass Chart acts as a transitional bean and can be used in many IDEs, including Microsoft Visual J++ and Symantec Visual Cafe.
For more information contact KL Group, Inc., 260 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5A 1K3. 800-663-4723 or +1-416-594-1026. FAX: +1-416-594-1919. e-mail: info@klg.com. WWW: http://www.klg.com.
Rogue Wave Announces JChart 1.0Rogue Wave Software, Inc. has shipped JChart 1.0, a Java class library providing developers with a palette of 2-D and 3-D interactive charts, and an extensible framework for developing custom charts or creating new ones.
JChart 1.0 includes bar, area, line, pie, and scatter-plot charts. A broad set of properties gives complete control over color, font, scaling, titles, labels, and legends. JChart uses a flexible Model-View-Controller architecture based on the Java Bean's event model, which permits access to data from virtually any source. Charts can be updated in real-time, or at defined intervals, to reflect data changes.
JChart 1.0 costs $195 for a single-user, byte-code license. Annual support contracts are $99.
For more information contact Rogue Wave Software, 260 S.W. Madison Ave., P.O. Box 2328, Corvallis, OR 97339. 800-478-3217 or +1-503-754-3010. FAX: +1-503-757-6650. WWW: http://www.roguewave.com.
NobleNet Announces NobleNet WebNobleNet, Inc. has announced NobleNet Web, the automatic browser-based Web deployment system. NobleNet Web enables the immediate deployment of existing Windows-based client/server applications across the Internet, intranets, and the World Wide Web.
Two features of NobleNet Web are the NobleNet Web Sealer and the NobleNet Web Opener. The NobleNet Web Sealer is used to create and place a sealed package of an application client and descriptive information on the corporate Web server. The NobleNet Web Opener is used to provide secure access to the latest version of the sealed package.
NobleNet Web is available for $1,000, a special introductory price that entitles buyers to deploy an unlimited number of applications to an unlimited number of users. Free demonstration copies of NobleNet Web can be downloaded from NobleNet's Web site at http://www.noblenet.com.
For more information contact NobleNet, Inc., 337 Turnpike Rd, Southboro, MA 01772. +1-508-460-8222. FAX: +1-508-460-3456. WWW: http://www.noblenet.com.
MarshallSoft Releases Windows Standard Communications Library for C/C++MarshallSoft Computing has released Windows Standard Communications Library for C/C++ v2.0 (WSC4C), an asynchronous serial communications library including over 25 functions and four example programs. The Windows Standard Communications library features support for both Win16 and Win32.
WSC4C requires a Microsoft, Borland, or Watcom (Windows) C compiler. WSC4C can be downloaded from the MarshallSoft Computing BBS (205-880-9748) or from the MarshallSoft Computing FTP site.
Registration is $75 plus $5 domestic shipping, and includes full source code.
For more information contact MarshallSoft Computing Inc., P.O. Box 4543, Huntsville, AL 35815. +1-205-881-4630. FAX: +1-205-880-0925. WWW: http://www.marshallsoft.com. FTP: ftp://ftp.marshallsoft.com/marshallsoft.
i-Logix Introduces Rhapsodyi-Logix Inc. has introduced Rhapsody, an object-oriented analysis, design, and implementation tool. Rhapsody's toolset includes Rhapsody Designer, Code Generator, and Animator. Rhapsody Designer, a graphical implementation of the Unified Modeling Language, allows developers to create design diagrams such as Object Model Diagrams and Statecharts that incorporate composite objects, concurrency, inherited Statecharts, and other embedded constructs. Rhapsody Code Generator generates full, optimized C++ production-quality code from object models created in Designer, and includes more than 30 properties to customize code generation to users' exact needs. Rhapsody Animator, a debugging tool, allows developers to debug and verify software at the graphic design level instead of the compiler level.
Rhapsody costs $2,495 with discounts available for multiple seats.
For more information contact i-Logix, Inc., Three Riverside Dr., Andover, MA 01810. +1-508-682-2100. FAX: +1-508-682-5995.
Hurricane Software Announces WinGREP 3.0Hurricane Software has announced WinGREP v3.0, a multi-file, search-and-replace utility. WinGREP can be customized to automatically synchronize an editor or IDE with the results of a search. Not only does it open the file, but it will also position to the line of the match. WinGREP also includes the ability to display the results of a search in a developer's native working environment.
WinGREP's interface features a hierarchical tree of search results. As the developer highlights each match in the tree, the Quick-Preview window shows several lines of text around the search match. This allows results to be viewed in context with the code surrounding it.
WinGREP 3.0 costs $39; call for volume pricing.
For more information contact Hurricane Software, Inc., 2401 S.E. 7th St., Blue Springs, MO 64014. +1-816-373-9252. e-mail: mail@hurricanesoft.com. WWW: http://www.hurricanesoft.com.
TAL Announces Bar Code DLLs for WindowsTAL Technologies has announced bar code DLLs for Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT. TAL's bar code software creates true bar code graphics as Windows metafiles, so that all bar codes will print to the highest resolution possible on any printer supported by Windows. These DLLs create completely device-independent, Windows metafile graphics.
The user gets complete control over all aspects of the bar code including, height, bar width, selectable narrow to wide element ratios, rotation, 16 million colors for bar code, background and text, font selection for human readable text, bar code supplementals, Bearer Bars, Quiet Zones, and bar width reduction/gain.
For more information contact Tal Technologies, Inc., 2027 Wallace St., Philadelphia, PA 19130. 800-722-6004 or +1-215-763-7900. FAX: +1-215-763-9711. e-mail: sales@taltech.com. WWW: http://www.taltech.com.
NewMonics Announces PERCNewMonics Inc. has announced PERC virtual machine for sublicensing. By replacing Sun Microsystem's Java virtual machine with the NewMonics product, developers can take advantage of NewMonics' real-time garbage collection technologies and ROM-targeting, pre-runtime code optimizer.
PERC's garbage collector incrementally defragments memory by copying in-use objects to contiguous memory locations to coalesce multiple small free segments into larger free segments. It does this under strict real-time execution constraints, enabling high-priority application tasks to preempt the garbage collector and offering throughout guarantees for the rate at which each real-time activity's memory can be reclaimed and reallocated.
For more information contact NewMonics Inc., 2501 N. Loop Dr., Ste. 614A, Ames, Iowa 50010. +1-515-296-0897. FAX: +1-515-296-9910. WWW: http://www.newmonics.com.
Rainbow Ships SentinelLM License Manager for Windows NTRainbow Technologies, Inc. has announced shipment of its SentinelLM License Manager CD-ROM release 4.2 for developers of Windows NT software. SentinelLM License Manager includes a Windows-based license installation program for the end user. In addition, SentinelLM requires no C compiler, allowing developers to program in their native language.
SentinelLM users can request an optional hardware-based security key for high-level protection. Also, SentinelLM includes distribution enhancing features. It enables advanced demonstration packages, remote activation or upgrades of licenses, and secure distribution over the Internet.
The SentinelLM Developer's Kit costs $49.
For more information contact Rainbow Technologies, Inc., 50 Technology Dr., Irvine, CA 92618. 800-852-8569 or +1-714-450-7300. FAX: +1-714-450-7450. WWW: http://www.rainbow.com.
Elan Announces License ExpressElan Computer Group has announced License Express, a complete suite of Internet software distribution tools. The suite will fully automate the sales process, for presentation, demonstration, evaluation, and purchase of software over the Internet. License Express allows a developer to safely distribute software, issue demos, and automatically generate software licenses from their Web site.
License Express allows a software developer to electronically ship an application to a customer over the Internet. After downloading the software, the customer may unlock access to an application, component, or feature as the customer's needs dictate.
License Express prices start at $2,500.
For more information contact Elan Computer Group, Inc., 888 Villa Street, Ste. 300, Mountain View, CA 94041. +1-415-964-2200. FAX: +1-415-964-8588. WWW: http://www.elan.com.
20/20 Software Introduces SoftSENTRY20/20 Software has introduced SoftSENTRY, a program designed to reduce software piracy and protect software developers intellectual property rights. Developers can choose one or a combination of protection schemes. The registration form, used in combination with another feature, can be displayed to the end-user the first time that an application is executed, or every time it is executed if a correct password has not been entered. Password protection can be used to prevent the end-user from executing software unless a valid password is supplied. Trial mode can be used to create a limited-use evaluation version of the publisher's software. And a splash screen can be displayed every time the software is executed, showing copyright information, pricing and ordering information, or the end-users name to discourage unauthorized copies.
softSENTRY has an introductory price of $595; list price is $695. "Lite" versions for 16- or 32-bit apps cost $249.
For more information contact 20/20 Software, Inc., 8196 S.W. Hall Blvd., Ste. 200, Beaverton, OR 97008. +1-503-520-0504. FAX: +1-503-520-9118. WWW: http://www.twenty.com.
Tower Concepts Releases Razor 4.1Tower Concepts. Inc. has announced Razor 4.1, an upgrade of their integrated tool suite offering both problem tracking and configuration management. A key element of the new release is the seamless and full support of Windows NT/95 clients to the UNIX-based database server for the file version control and release management aspects of the tool.
For more information contact Tower Concepts, Inc., 103 Sylvan Way, New Hartford, NY 13413. +1-315-724-3540. FAX: +1-315-724-3129. e-mail: www-sales@tower.com. WWW: http://www.tower.com.