Xceed Software Launches Xceed Zip for .NET
Xceed Software Inc. has released Xceed Zip for .NET, a data compression and all-purpose file manipulation component for Visual Studio.NET written entirely in C# and created specifically for the .NET framework. Xceed Zip for .NET seamlessly integrates with the .NET framework class library.
Xceed Zip for .NET offers a variety of intuitive classes for manipulating zip files and compressed streams and improved file and folder manipulation classes.
Xceed Zip for .NET costs $299.95 for a single-user license. Volume discounts are available. A fully functional trial version of Xceed Zip for .NET can be downloaded from the company’s website.
For more information, contact Xceed Software Inc., 800.865.2626 or +1.450.442.2626; info@xceedsoft.com; www.xceedsoft.com.
Wise Solutions Announces Wise for Windows Installer 4.0
Wise Solutions, Inc. has released Wise for Windows Installer 4.0, which offers a suite of features for creating Windows installations. Step-by-step graphic cues walk users through each process with point-and-click directives.
One feature in version 4.0 is MSI Script, an application for viewing and editing any Windows Installer package as a logical, sequential script. Users can define IF statements, set properties, and add comments, while still following all of the open standards defined by the Windows Installer service. Also in version 4.0 is Visual MSIDiff, which allows users to see where two Windows Installer packages differ.
Wise for Windows Installer 4.0 Standard Edition costs $349 for a single-user license. The Professional Edition costs $899. Products may be purchased online at the company’s website.
For more information, contact Wise Solutions, Inc., 800.554.8565 or +1.734.456.2100; info@wise.com; www.wisesolutions.com.
Rogue Wave Offers SourcePro C++ Edition 3
Rogue Wave Software, Inc. has released SourcePro C++ Edition 3, including new functionality that enables XML Streams to be transformed using XSLT scripts or by employing user-defined functions. It offers support for the current XML schema specification, additional support for the SOAP 1.2 specification, support for the SOAP Attachments specification, and basic support for the MIME protocol.
SourcePro C++ Edition 3 is available for Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Linux 7.1, AIX 5L v5.1, and HP-UX 11i. In addition, SourcePro C++ Edition 3 now provides support to recent database releases, including Oracle9i, DB2 7.2, Sybase 12.5, and Informix 2.7.
For pricing and additional information, contact Rogue Wave Software, Inc., 800.487.3217 or +1.303.473.9118; www.roguewave.com.
LANGNER Presents LUCA 5.2
LANGNER Communications AG has released LUCA 5.2, a driver library for PLC control, alerting, and teleservice. LUCA 5.2 offers revised event-handling routines. Every event-handling routine of the object-oriented LUCA interface (C++ classes, Delphi VCL components, and ActiveX controls) delivers the related data (such as receipt information) as a parameter, eliminating the need to call functions to ascertain data pertaining to the specific events.
Pricing for LUCA 5.2 begins at $537,000 for Windows versions.
For more information, contact LANGNER Communications AG, +49.0.40.609011.0; info@langner.com; www.langner.com.
The Breeze Factor Releases Breeze XML Binder v3.0 for Java
The Breeze Factor has released Breeze XML Binder v3.0 for Java, a data-binding product that allows developers to create Java frameworks from XML structures and process XML documents through object interfaces. A re-packaging of Breeze XML Studio, new features include support for the W3C XML Schema Recommendation with code generation and validation for the most commonly used facets and data types. In addition, Breeze XML Binder provides support for XML Namespaces in a data-binding context.
Breeze XML Binder v3.0 for Java costs $395 per developer and $595 per developer with one-year annual maintenance. Deployment of Breeze-generated objects and associated toolkits is royalty-free. Volume and OEM pricing is available for enterprise customers and technology partners.
For more information, contact The Breeze Factor, 888.965.0088; info@breezefactor.com; www.breezefactor.com.
The Mind Electric Debuts GLUE
The Mind Electric has released GLUE, a Java platform for creating, deploying, and consuming web services. Built on standards like XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, GLUE is used to create software building blocks that are language, platform, and location independent. GLUE can be used stand-alone or hosted inside any third-party application server.
The GLUE professional edition includes enterprise-level features such as EJB integration, JMS integration, and UDDI server, together with technical support via phone and email.
The GLUE standard edition is free for most commercial uses. A single-user development license costs $1,000. A deployment license costs $1,500. Pricing for OEM, ISV, volume, enterprise, and source code licenses are available.
For more information, contact The Mind Electric, +1.972.764.5115; info@themindelectric.com; www.themindelectric.com.
Indigo Rose Ships Setup Factory 6.0
Indigo Rose Corporation has released Setup Factory 6.0, a Windows development tool for creating compact software installers for deployment via CD-ROM, Internet, and LAN. New in version 6.0 is an integrated suite of drag-and-drop actions, improved variable handling, and control structures, such as IF, WHILE, and GOTO. In addition, developers can add actions such as HTTP downloads, CGI web form interaction, and Registry editing to installation using a fill-in-the-blanks approach.
Setup Factory 6.0 costs $395 for a single-user license, with no runtime royalties. It may be purchased online at the company’s website. Also, a fully functional trial version may be downloaded from the company’s website.
For more information, contact Indigo Rose Corporation, 800.665.9668 or +1.204.946.0263; info@indigorose.com; www.indigorose.com.
Jinfonet Releases JReport 4
Jinfonet Software has released JReport 4, which introduces viaWeb Designer, a web-based report designer that allows end-users to create and modify reports directly from a browser. ViaWeb Designer provides a visual design interface and a visual query editor. Resources can be stored and viewed under the catalog tab. Reports can be saved to the server, either in a private folder or published according to user authorization. Among the new features of JReport 4 is page-level security, which allows administrators to accurately control which subset of a report a user will see.
JReport Designer 4, for designing reports, costs $1,995 for a single-thread engine. JReport Enterprise Server 4, for deploying reports, is available on either a concurrent user basis or a per-CPU basis.
For more information, contact Jinfonet Software, +1.301.990.6330; info@jinfonet.com; www.jinfonet.com.
Creative Science Systems Unveils Schema2Java Compiler
Creative Science Systems, Inc. has introduced the Schema2Java Compiler Tool, a publicly available tool to generate run-time Java code from arbitrary XML Schema, which fully supports the implementation guidelines of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) XML Schema Recommendation. Schema2Java Compiler generates XML Schemas into Java classes, which can then be used by developers in applications that process XML documents.
The commercial version includes XML Schema importing, XML Schema inclusion, and Attribute Groups, in addition to custom namebinding, namespace support, XML Schema validation, and both GUI and command-line interfaces.
The Schema2Java Compiler Tool is available free of charge from <www.schema2java.com>. The commercial version costs $119 and is available from the company’s website.
For more information, contact Creative Science Systems, Inc., +1.408.694.0060; info@creativescience.com; www.creativescience.com.
Pramati Announces Pramati Server 3.0
Pramati Technologies has released Pramati Server 3.0, an application server compatible with the J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) v1.3. Pramati Server 3.0 carries a high-performance EJB 2.0 container with support for enterprise-level features, such as load balancing, failover, and hot deployment. Also, Pramati Server 3.0 supports transparent clustering, which provides performance, scalability, and reliability for enterprise-grade deployments. In addition, the JMX-based Web console offers improved management and monitoring.
For pricing and additional information, contact Pramati Technologies, 877.772.6284 or +1.408.965.5513; info@pramati.com; www.pramati.com.
realMethods Offers realMethods Framework v1.5
realMethods, Inc. has released the realMethods Framework v1.5, a J2EE-compliant application development framework that addresses all tiers and supports most current J2EE technologies. A feature of the realMethods Framework v1.5 is the Application Infrastructure Builder, a Java applet that provides one-click code generation of an application’s design pattern-based business tier by using a UML 1.3 DTD compliant XML file representation of the business model. In addition, realMethods Framework v1.5 includes the Proof of Concept Application, a J2EE application generated by and built on top of the Framework to simplify the evaluation process.
Pricing for realMethods Framework v1.5 starts at $4,995 for up to five seats, without source code.
For more information, contact realMethods, Inc., 866.236.5281 or +1.508.697.1491; generalinfo@realmethods.com; www.realmethods.com.
Visual Numerics Releases JMSL V1.0
Visual Numerics, Inc. has released JMSL v1.0, a collection of mathematical, statistical, and charting classes written in Java. JMSL v1.0 contains widely used IMSL algorithms, such as algorithms for complex arithmetic, Eigensystem analysis, integration and differentiation, nonlinear equations, analysis of variance, optimization, and random number generation. JMSL v1.0 offers 2-D charting functionality, such as algorithms for x-y plots, pie charts, bar charts, and hi-lo-close charts.
JMSL v1.0 supports Unix-based workstations (Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Silicon Graphics, and Compaq) and personal computers running Windows 98/NT/2000 or Linux. Pricing starts at $5,000 depending on type of license and number of concurrent developers.
For more information, contact Visual Numerics, Inc., +1.303.939.8797; www.vni.com.
Lineo Debuts Lineo Embedix BridgeWorks VX and PS
Lineo, Inc. has released Lineo Embedix BridgeWorks VX and PS, a real-time solution for porting legacy code from VxWorks or pSOS+ to embedded Linux. Lineo has created a new, clean room implementation of RTOS services that operates natively on the legacy API and runs ahead of Linux. This architecture provides such features as real-time services with microsecond performance by default. With this architecture, Linux kernel activities cannot impede the legacy API real-time layer. In addition, BridgeWorks provides a flat memory model, as used by the legacy RTOS.
Lineo provides the Embedix BridgeWorks VX and PS products (including a comprehensive migration guide) as optional packages for integration with the Lineo Embedix SDK and the associated Lineo board support package. Embedix BridgeWorks VX and PS add-ins are available for x86, PPC, and MIPS platforms. Each add-in costs $2,500 for the first seat and $1,500 for each additional seat. Source code for both products is available under an optional license.
For more information, contact Lineo, Inc., +1.801.426.5001; info@lineo.com; www.lineo.com.
Applied Microsystems and Accelerated Technology Announce CodeTEST for the Nucleus RTOS
Applied Microsystems Corporation has announced support for the royalty-free RTOS (real-time operating system), Nucleus, developed by ATI (Accelerated Technology, Inc.). Support for ATI’s Nucleus RTOS is provided in CodeTEST v3.5. Additionally, CodeTEST v3.5 offers several enhancements, including Point-to-Point Timers, data profiling for parent/child functions, ISR performance impact measurements, and scripting capabilities to automate repetitive tests.
Pricing for CodeTEST v3.5 tools for Nucleus begins at $19,000. CodeTEST v3.5 comes with a special introductory offer for Nucleus users who will receive the CodeTEST Memory Tool free when three or more CodeTEST v3.5 tools are purchased at the same time.
For more information, contact Applied Microsystems Corporation, 800.426.3925; info@amc.com; www.amc.com.
Extended Systems Releases XTNDConnect Mobile Objects
Extended Systems has released XTNDConnect Mobile Objects, a mobile application SDK. Optimized for wireless networks, such as an 802.11b/WiFi, XTNDConnect Mobile Objects offers a simple three-step development process. With XTNDConnect Mobile Objects, first developers build a server-based COM object (or use an existing one). Next, they use the XTNDConnect mobile Objects Client Interface Expert to generate a native (non-COM) interface for the client application. Finally, they use the object interface generated in step 2 with AppForge or CodeWarrior to integrate the server object into the client application. Other features include Streamlined Security based on Certicom Elliptical Curve technology, state or stateless connection models, and live database access with store and forward architecture for unstable network environments.
XTNDConnect Mobile Objects costs $395 per SDK and $595 per server.
For more information, contact Extended Systems, 800.235.7576; www.extendedsystems.com.