Dr. Dobb's Journal November 2002
PatchMeister, from Ecora Software, is a free patch management tool for the Windows environment. It autodiscovers domains, servers, and workstations, and analyzes existing patch configurations for each system. It compares what's installed with the latest available patches for Windows NT4/2000/XP Pro as well as applications such as Internet Explorer, IIS, and SQL Server running on workstations and servers. With PatchMeister, you can view patches by host, product, or by a particular patch. PatchMeister uses both remote registry and file signature checks to validate if patches are installed. The program reports are in HTML and can be exported into a CSV file for manipulation of data.
Ecora Software
500 Spaulding Turnpike, Suite W310
Portsmouth, NH 03801
603-436-1616
http://www.ecora.com/
Hurricane Software has released WinGREP 4.0, a search utility that locates and displays text. Features in this release include an extension of existing software development environments, a real-time search function, customizable previews that allow viewing in context of search results, and regular expression support with quick access menus.
Hurricane Software Inc.
19401 E US Highway 40, Suite 130
Independence, MO 64055
816-795-8955
http://www.hurricanesoft.com/
Salford Software has released Salford FTN95 for Microsoft .NET and Win32, a full Fortran 95 compiler integrated into Visual Studio .NET to provide industry standard code authoring and debugging of .NET and Win32 applications. With FTN95 for .NET, all standard and most vendor-specific legacy language features are supported. Fortran code can be combined in a documented manner with new code written in other .NET languages, such as C# and Visual Basic for .NET. Salford CHECKMATE technology (implemented at the heart of FTN95 for .NET) enables a range of run-time checks for common Fortran usage errors while code is under development.
Salford Software Ltd.
Lancastrian Office Centre
Talbot Road, Old Trafford
Manchester M32 0FP
United Kingdom
44-0-161-906-1002
http://www.salfordsoftware.co.uk/
Flux 3.5, from Sims Computing, is a lightweight software component that provides time-based and event-driven job scheduling. Version 3.5 of the Flux job scheduler introduces file-driven jobs, which provide software applications the necessary infrastructure to react to change and to transport files within the enterprise and between businesses. Using short expressions to describe large sets of files, you can create, delete, copy, move, and rename files and directories on the local file system, on remote FTP servers, or between the two.
Sims Computing
One South Broadway
Billings, MT 59101
406-656-7398
http://www.simscomputing.com/
PKZIP 5.0 is data compression software that uses an extended .ZIP file format to provide both certificate-based and traditional password-based encryption and authentication by incorporating strong encryption algorithms (up to 3 DES 168-bit encryption). PKZIP 5.0 integrates support for standard X.509 v3 digital certificates with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to sign and encrypt compressed files, turning traditional .ZIP files into secure .ZIP files for storage or transmission. It offers integration with Microsoft Outlook to provide automatic compression, digital signing, and encryption of files that are attachments to e-mail messages. PKZIP 5.0 is available for Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP, UNIX (Linux, HP-UX, SPARC Solaris, IBM-AIX), Mainframe, AS/400, and DOS.
PKWARE Inc.
9025 N. Deerwood Drive
Brown Deer, WI 53223-2480
414-354-8699
http://www.pkware.com/
Borland Delphi 7 Studio is a cross-platform rapid application development (RAD) environment that integrates modeling, development, and deployment of Windows-based apps that require support for web services, and preview capabilities for the Microsoft .NET Framework. New features include a Model Driven Architecture (MDA) technology, which lets you take an application from design to deployment with less code; the RAD visual web development, which lets you visually build web applications within the Delphi 7 Studio environment; built-in cross-platform support for Linux; enterprise class reporting capabilities; royalty-free DataSnap Multi-tier Application Deployment, which lets you scale single-tier and client/server applications to multitier without additional fees; and Windows XP Theme support.
Borland Software Corp.
100 Enterprise Way
Scotts Valley, CA 95066-3249
831-431-1000
http://www.borland.com/
Recursion Software has announced availability of its C# Rapid DevKit. The kit includes high-performance collections and more than 50 data-processing algorithms designed to reduce .NET development time. The C# Rapid DevKit extends the .NET Framework and is compatible with the ICollection and IEnumerator classes, and also includes 11 optimized data structures.
Recursion Software Inc.
2591 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 200
Frisco, TX 75034
972-731-8800
http://www.recursionsw.com/
New from Connectix is Virtual PC for Windows 5.0, which enhances OS compatibility, virtual machine performance, and system manageability, letting you consolidate redundant PCs running divergent operating systems. Each virtual machine emulates a complete hardware system, from processor to network card, in a self-contained software environment. New features include: speed and performance improvements, CPU utilization tools that lets you control the CPU capacity allocated to each virtual machine, PC disk image support, increased RAM support allowing up to 1 gigabyte of RAM per virtual machine, and improved support for IBM OS/2.
Connectix Corp.
2955 Campus Drive
San Mateo, CA 94403
650-571-5100
http://www.connectix.com/
DDJ