Dr. Dobb's Journal June 2003
Visual SlickEdit 8.0 is now available from SlickEdit, supporting C/C++, C#, Java, Verilog, Visual Basic .NET, SAS, XML, and Unicode code editing. Version 8.0 supports directory-based projects, autoupdated distributed tagging, Secure FTP (SFTP), and Section 508 accessibility for vision-impaired developers. The native Java debugger has new Edit and Run capabilities and an exceptions toolbar, and Visual SlickEdit can provide automatic setup of build and compile commands within Borland JBuilder. New GNU C/C++ debugger features include remote debugging, suspend support, and a memory toolbar, along with support for Apache Jakarta Ant for builds. A GUI is provided for CVS version control.
SlickEdit Inc.
3000 Aerial Center Parkway, Suite 120
Morrisville, NC 27560
919-473-0070
http://www.slickedit.com/
The Portland Group Compiler Technology team of STMicroelectronics has announced availability of the PGI Workstation 5.0 Fortran and C compilers for AMD Opteron processors. The PGI Workstation 5.Beta release includes the PGF77, PGF90, PGCC, and PGC++ compilers that take advantage of the 64-bit processing capabilities of AMD Opteron processors. This includes the ability to operate on data sets that are too large for 32-bit X86-compatible processors. The compilers also take advantage of the expanded register sets and processor features of the AMD Opteron to enable more efficient execution of compute-intensive applications. The toolset will also be updated to include PGI Workstation 5.0 32-bit compilers, optimized for Opteron, and 32-bit X86 processors.
STMicroelectronics
8338 NE Alderwood Road, Suite 195
Portland, OR 97220
503-282-4941
http://www.pgroup.com/AMD64/
ThinPrint GmbH has announced the availability of a free SDK for ThinPrint .print, a Windows-based infrastructure for printing and delivering content to mobile devices via the Internet. The embedded ThinPrint Client is currently available for more than 60 different hardware devices.
ThinPrint GmbH
Alt-Moabit 73
D-10555 Berlin, Germany
+49 39493111
http://www.thinprint.com/dev/
Zend Technologies has announced Version 2.6 of its development environment for PHP. Zend Studio can perform all CVS operations—including check-in/check-out and differencing—directly from within the Zend development environment. XML-based project resources allow management and sharing of large applications, and new usability features include cross-file searching and bookmark management, regular expression searching, window cloning, customizable shortcuts, conditional breakpoints, and deeper FTP integration. In addition to cross-platform availability on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, Zend Studio also takes advantage of Windows-specific mouse-wheel and filesystem features.
Zend Technologies Ltd.
P.O. Box 3619
Ramat Gan, Israel, 52136
972-3-613-9665
http://www.zend.com/
Sonic Software has released Stylus Studio 4.6, an update of the development environment formerly produced by eXcelon Corp. Version 4.6 integrates Stylus Studio's XSLT debugger with the SonicXQ enterprise service bus (ESB), making it easier to develop transformations stored within the SonicXQ environment. Additional features in Stylus Studio 4.6 include an XQuery editor and debugger, an XML-to-HTML WYSIWYG editor, a graphical XML Schema Designer, and an automated XML Schema Documentation Generator.
Sonic Software Corp.
14 Oak Park
Bedford, MA 01730
781-999-7000
http://www.sonicsoftware.com/
InstallShield is shipping MultiPlatform 5, a cross-platform installation authoring solution supporting Linux, Solaris, Windows, AIX, OS/400, HP-UX, UNIX, and Mac OS X. Distribution methods offered for installers include executable Java Archive Files (JARs), native launchers, CD-ROMs, DVDs, and a web-based applet installation. MultiPlatform 5 lets you adjust the total required disk space, launch web browsers, search for files, and install Windows shared files. In addition, you can move, copy, or delete files or directories during installation. Java Swing has been added to let you include background images and company logos in installations.
InstallShield Software Corp.
900 National Parkway, Suite 125
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847-466-4000
http://www.installshield.com/
Infragistics has upgraded its .NET and Java toolsets with NetAdvantage 2003 and JSuite 7.0. NetAdvantage 2003 Vol. 1 offers presentation layer components for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft .NET Framework, and Microsoft COM. It includes grids, charts, toolbars, menus, tabs, trees, web navigation components, GUI components, listbars, editors, among others. Shared assemblies and common object models allow the creation of standardized interfaces from these components. The new version of NetAdvantage supports upgrades to the ASP.NET component suite, including column/row templates, multicolumn drop-down control, column moving, client-side sorting, cell merging, an enhanced client-side API, stationary column headers, load on demand, read-only mode, and save-and-load XML layouts.
Infragistics Corp.
Windsor Corporate Park
50 Millstone Road
Building 200, Suite 150
East Windsor, NJ 08520
800-231-8588
http://www.infragistics.com/
Aladdin Knowledge Systems has introduced a set of cross-platform software distribution and license management tools. The Privilege Software Commerce Platform lets CD-ROMs be programmed with trial versions that can be limited by use or the amount of time they are active. License terms can be changed with the manipulation of files, and the original code is not affected.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.
15 Beit Oved Street
61110 Tel Aviv, Israel
972-0-3-636-2222
http://www.ealaddin.com/
DDJ