Dr. Dobb's Journal May 2002
PolarLake has released PolarLake Web Services Express (WSE), a Web Services platform based on PolarLake, an enterprise strength XML development and deployment platform. PolarLake WSE uses the PolarLake XML server to create and deploy Web Service providers from EJB, COM, and Java applications with no code changes, no generated code, and no scripts. It includes the PolarLake Web Service Wizard, a point and click graphical tool that automatically generates WSDL and configuration information; the PolarLake SOAP Integration Server, which automatically converts between SOAP messages and EJB, Java, or COM calls; and the PolarLake XML server, which includes the Management Console to handle the configuration and management of the created Web Services.
PolarLake Jinfonet Software has released JReport 4, a Java reporting tool. New in this release is viaWeb Designer, a web-based report designer that allows the creation and modification of reports directly from the browser. Also new is a page-level security that allows control of which subset of a report users will see, and output to XML, making JReport fully compatible with this standard for online business information exchange. Additionally, this release has a faster PDF generator, which is added to the list of output formats that also includes HTML, DHTML, Excel, RTF, Email, CSV, Applet, and PostScript. Jinfonet Software Dart Communications' PowerTCP Zip Compression Tool lets you zip/unzip functionality to applications regardless of whether they are manipulating files or memory. Dart's QuickZip methods enable file compression and decompression with a single line of code. The architecture maximizes the memory usage on Windows NT/9x and enables operation on a separate thread. Additionally, it includes flexible file/memory buffer interaction that allows zipping/unzipping file to file, buffer to buffer, and file to buffer. Other features include standard encryption functionality for securing a zip file, a robust object-oriented design, easy to use functionality, and multithreading. The Zip Compression Tool supports both Windows zip standards and gzip for UNIX, and is compatible with WinZip and PKZip. Dart Communications The Imaging Source has announced IC Imaging Control, a video capture ActiveX and C++ class library. Features include the ability to capture video from USB, Firewire, PCI, PC-Card, and DV devices; ability to build one application that runs on PCs with PCI cards and also on standard laptop hardware with no modifications; ability to switch between video sources on the fly; full frame at full resolution live video preview; single frame and image sequence capture; and video codec support to write to .AVI. The Imaging Source iCodeRepository 2.17 is a code manager that lets you avoid repetitive programming and collect reusable source code. Among the tools it includes are: txt2html, which converts source files to HTML format with syntax highlighting; Mini Spy++, which retrieves Windows information; File Killer, which deletes garbage files on the hard disk; and Clipboard Monitor, which monitors the clipboard text. iCodeRepository has a built-in text editor that supports syntax highlighting in Basic, C++, Java, Object Pascal, and more. It runs under all Windows platforms. iCodeTools Inc. Telera's Voice Web Application Platform 5.0 lets wireline and wireless service providers develop voice services that can be deployed over packet and traditional networks. This version includes enhancements such as support for IP-centric technologies and converged infrastructures. New functionality in Version 5.0 includes an open platform that supports the evolving VoiceXML standard; a new modular design that enables platform scalability; integration with the latest speech technologies, including Nuance 7.0 and SpeechWorks 6.5 SE speech recognition software and Speechify text-to-speech engine; a provisioning system that integrates and manages disparate service components from a centralized management system; and support for domestic and international telephony interfaces including T1 and E1. Telera Inc. ConeXL has announced the availability of PTest+ and CTest+, a set of test benches that allow independent testing of message brokers built to the Java Message Server (JMS) specifications. PTest+ implements use cases that describe typical real-world scenarios where the use of messaging is a key requirement. The tests perform multiple Pub/Sub and Queuing tests, latency tests, the effect of message rules on performance, varying load, burst messaging (e-commerce), flow control, and other tests. CTest+ is a comprehensive test suite for testing the quality of product implementation against the JMS API standard. The test includes positive tests for each line of the JMS 1.0.2 API and provides profiling of all JMS features. These tests allow independent verification of the implementation, as well as help to identify bugs in brokers. ConeXL Inc. AlachiSoft's TierDeveloper 1.0 is an object-to-relational mapping and code-generation tool that helps you design, generate, and deploy middle-tier data objects for your enterprise applications. TierDeveloper supported platforms include Microsoft .NET for C# and VB.NET, BEA WebLogic 5.1 and 6.1, IBM WebSphere 4.0, iPlanet 6.0, JBoss 3.0, and Microsoft Windows DNA with C++ and Visual Basic. It also supports database servers such as Oracle, DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server. AlachiSoft SoftSynth.com has released JavaSonics, which adds CD-quality audio input/output capabilities to Java applets and applications. Java programs written using JavaSonics can run on a wide range of platforms, including most browsers. JavaSonics can be used to create voice-mail applications, voice message systems, web phones, music recording, playback systems, and music synthesis applications. It can be used with standalone Java applications and will work with Java 1.1 and above. JavaSonics native code is currently available for Windows and Mac OS 7, 8, and 9. SoftSynth.com Convey Software's Convey Localization Suite is a set of three products that integrates with existing enterprise software and scales to handle all of the users, projects, and languages involved in large-scale localization efforts. The three products are: Convey Content Director, a web application that enables you to automatically and securely access, submit, track, detect changes to, and manage content for localization; Convey Global Project Manager, a web application that provides workflow technology, resource management, language processing, reporting, and content filtering capabilities; and Convey Localization Toolkit, a set of desktop applications to increase translator productivity through a seamless integration with existing Computer Aided Translation tools. Convey Software DDJ
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