Microcross Inc. has announced Visual X-Tools v1.0, an IDE powered by Visual SlickEdit and GNU X-Tools. Visual X-Tools combines an extensive number of cross compilers and Visual GDB debuggers from the GNU X-Tools product set with Visual SlickEdit’s full-featured build, editing, and file differencing technologies to create a single package for embedded systems developers. For more information, contact Microcross Inc., +1.478.953.1907; fax +1.478.953.7661; sales@microcross.com; <www.microcross.com>.
SolarMetric, Inc. has released Kodo JDO Enterprise Edition v2.4.0, which enables databases to talk to any Java application without expensive coding and upkeep. New features include integration with third-party software, logging and debugging enhancements, a performance pack with statement batching and database caching, and full lifecycle support. Kodo JDO Enterprise Edition v.2.4.0 costs $3,750 per developer license including one-year support and maintenance and no run-time royalties. For more information, contact SolarMetric, Inc., +1.202.595.2064; info@solarmetric.com; <www.solarmetric.com>.
Dinkumware, Ltd. has released Dinkum Unabridged Library for VC++, which combines standard-conforming libraries for C++ and C99 with Dinkumware’s Abridged and EC++ libraries. The Dinkum Unabridged library can be configured to disable multithread synchronization, disable use of exception-handling code and namespaces, and enable special iterator debugging checks. Dinkumware has also released Dinkum CoreX Library, a source library that augments the Standard C++ library with caching strategies for STL containers, code conversions between Unicode and popular multi-byte encodings, and a multithreading library callable from either C or C++. For more information, contact Dinkumware, Ltd., +1.978.371.2773; fax +1.978.371.9014; sales@dinkumware.com; <www.dinkumware.com>.
Greatis Software has released Greatis Runtime Fusion, a Delphi and C++Builder runtime edition suite. Greatis Runtime Fusion includes Form Designer Pro v3.5, a suite of components that allows changes to a program’s interface layout, and Object Inspector Pro v1.3, an inspector’s suite including a runtime properties access component and an abstract inspector control. Runtime Fusion costs $89.90 for a single-user license. A demo kit can be downloaded from <www.greatis.com/runtimedemo.zip>. For more information, contact Greatis Software, +1.206.202.4216; fax +1.419.735.3518; b-team@greatis.com; <www.greatis.com>.
Canoo has announced ULC (Ultra Light Client) v5.1, a thin-client framework based on Java and Swing. ULC combines the advantages of fat clients (homogenous development and superior user interface) with those of HTML (simplified architecture and server-side deployment). New features include a tree component and improved table and table-tree components; improved ULC equivalence to Swing; and integration into IBM’s WebSphere Studio. A trial version is available for download at the company’s website. For more information, contact Canoo, +41.61.228.94.44; fax +41.61.228.94.49; <www.canoo.com>.
ArtinSoft has announced WinFormsToWeb Conversion Assistant, an automatic conversion tool for converting .NET Framework applications from Windows Forms to ASP.NET Web Forms. It offers conversion of ActiveX Controls to .NET native controls; full integration with the Visual Studio .NET IDE; delivery of error, warning, and issue messages for unsupported controls and features; conversion of Windows menus to ASP.NET menus; conversion of binary resources to supported formats on the Web; and identical navigation structure between Web Forms and original Windows Forms. WinFormsToWeb Conversion Assistant costs $245. For more information, contact ArtinSoft; 866.547.4606 or +1.506.247.3000; fax +1.506.241.1520; info@artinsoft.com; <www.artinsoft.com>.
NewMonics, Inc. has released PERC 4.0, a development platform for complex embedded systems. Release 4.0 adds real-time timers for accurate triggering of time-driven tasks, improved memory management for greater system flexibility within smaller total memory footprint, and a new direct-memory API, allowing the QuickPERC native compiler to optimize access to memory-mapped I/O ports and buffers that are shared with legacy components written in C or C++. PERC 4.0 costs $4,995. For more information, contact NewMonics, Inc., +1.520.323.9011; fax +1.520.323.9014; sales@newmonics.com; <www.newmonics.com>.
JK microsystems, Inc. has released the Flashlite 186 controller, a fully programmable, compact single-board computer targeting data acquisition, industrial control, and communications applications. Also available is the Flashlite 186 Development Kit, which includes a Flashlite 186 single-board computer, associated hardware and cables, Borland C/C++ v4.52 compiler/debugger tools, driver libraries, and documentation. The Flashlite 186 controller costs $69. Flashlite 186 Developer Kit costs $99. For more information, contact JK microsystems, Inc., +1.530.297.6073; fax +1.530.297.6074; <jkmicro@jkmicro.com; www.jkmicro.com>.
Borderwave Software has announced Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition 4.0, an enterprise-wide defect tracking solution for simplifying feature development, bug tracking, and helpdesk support. New features include lower total cost of ownership, a client defect entry tool, peer review, file attachments, custom security, and email notification. For more information, contact Borderwave Software, +1.506.850.7638; fax +1.506.382.6200; info@borderwave.com; <www.borderwave.com>.
/n software inc. has released IP*Works! CC, programmable credit-card processing components that provide secure real-time validation, authorization, and transaction settlement. IP*Works! CC is available for ActiveX/COM, C++, Delphi, C++Builder, ASP, and Microsoft .NET development environments. A trial version is available for download on the company’s website. For more information, contact /n software inc., 800.225.4190 or +1.919.402.0590; info@nsoftware.com; <www.nsoftware.com>.
Codagen Technologies has announced Codagen Architect 3.0, a software development tool for automatic generation of application source code from UML models. Key enhancements include interoperability with Together ControlCenter, Rational Rose, and Microsoft Visio UML; generic UML adapter; ANSI C++ code generation; addition of statechart, use case, and activity diagrams; and technology accelerators. For more information, contact Codagen Technologies, 877.263.2436 or +1.514.288.4802; fax +1.514.288.2446; info@codagen.com; <www.codagen.com>.
ActivXperts Software has released ActivSocket 2.1, a COM component that provides a scripting interface for TCP/IP communications. ActivSocket offers connection-oriented communications between applications over the network; communications via TCP/IP and IPX/SPX; ASCII and binary data transfer; automated terminal sessions; and wake-up on LAN. Pricing for ActivSocket 2.1 starts at $90 for a five-computer base license. For more information, contact ActivXperts Software, info@activxperts.com; <www.activxperts.com/activsocket>.