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Olero Software Inc. has announced the release of ORM. NET 1. 2, an object relational mapping tool designed for developers using the Microsoft® . NET Framework. ORM. NET auto-generates a complete data layer object model based on your SQL database schema. Theresa W. Carey MSDN Magazine June 2003 ... Read more!
Guardsoft has announced the availability of VSGuard, which allows you to compare internal data between two executing programs. This technique can reduce time spent on debugging and testing. It is useful whenever a program is modified during the development process or ported to a different environment, such as when moving the program to a new platform or during system upgrades. Theresa W. Carey MSDN Magazine May 2004 ... Read more!
Wanderlust Software LLC has released licX Licensing Component for . NET, a solution for licensing applications and components written for Microsoft® . NET. Featuring drag and drop integration with existing Visual Studio® . Theresa W. Carey MSDN Magazine January 2003 ... Read more!
ISYS/Odyssey Development Inc. now supports the Microsoft® . NET Framework with the availability of the ISYS:web. asp 6. 0 search engine product. Developers using ASP. NET can interface directly with the core ISYS engine, powering their Web applications with the search and retrieval features of ISYS:web. Theresa W. Carey MSDN Magazine September 2003 ... Read more!
Consonica Ltd. has announced StateStitch, which enables ASP. NET technology to be used with existing ASP applications. ASP. NET offers a more powerful feature set, but since ASP and ASP. NET applications cannot share session data, existing applications would otherwise need to be completely rewritten. Theresa W. Carey MSDN Magazine May 2003 ... Read more!
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.gif) .gif) | | Resources for Your Developer Toolbox | | Theresa W. Carey | Wireless Application Hosting and Deployment.gif) Broadbeam Corporation recently introduced five components of its SystemsGO! wireless hosting services: SystemsGO! Develop, Pilot, Gateway, Applications, and Deploy Subscribers. Through these services, Broadbeam hosts wireless connectivity and provides systems management for wireless gateways and applications.
The SystemsGO! Develop program is designed to support wireless application development by providing a wireless server and connections to a wireless network. Included in the program is Broadbeam's software development platform, access to a wireless server, and connection to their network of choice for development purposes.
Applications built on Broadbeam's flexible wireless middleware platform can be deployed to a range of mobile users so companies can stress-test their application in the field.
Customers use the SystemsGO! Deploy service when they roll out their application to their mobile workers. The SystemsGO! Deploy service comes in three varieties. To organizations that want to outsource the hosting and management of the entire wireless application, the SystemsGO! Deploy Applications service is a viable option. The service includes hosting of server and application, support, and access to multiple networks. The SystemsGO! Deploy Subscribers service is designed specifically for ISVs that have Web-enabled applications they want to take to market via an Active Server Pages (ASP) model.
Broadbeam Corporation
600 Alexander Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-734-0300
http://www.broadbeam.com
Help! By the time you read this, eHelp Corporation will be shipping RoboHELP Office 2000 version 9.0, designed to create Help systems and user assistance for Web-based applications and Web sites. Version 9.0 allows developers to automate the process of creating proactive Help and user assistance for Web sites and Web-based applications. RoboHELP Office 2000 supports all major online Help formats, including WinHelp, Microsoft® HTML Help, WebHelp, JavaHelp, the new Oracle Help for Java, and more. This product allows users to create Help systems for deployment on any platform.
New features of version 9.0 include enhancements to the built-in HTML editor and WebHelp 4.0. The RoboHELP Office 2000 built-in HTML editor now offers improved stylesheet support, 20 new table templates, exact positioning of objects, and textboxes that can be layered anywhere in a topic. The built-in HTML editor in version 9.0 now generates code that is compliant with the W3C's HTML 4.0 specifications.
The RoboHELP Office 2000 WebHelp format can be deployed on any operating system or on Internet, extranet, and intranet sites. The new WebHelp 4.0 loads and performs significantly faster than previous versions, can be viewed more consistently across a wider range of browsers, and offers improved support for the creation of context-sensitive Help. The new Smart Publishing Wizard in RoboHELP Office 2000 version 9.0 makes it easy to publish WebHelp systems locally on a network or server, and then streamlines maintenance by automatically detecting and updating modified files.
eHelp Corporation
7777 Fay Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
800-793-0364, 858-551-2485
http://www.ehelp.com/robohelp
Restore Your Registry .gif) imagine LAN Inc. is shipping RegSafe Professional Edition 1.0, a suite of tools that enables advanced registry management on 32-bit Windows®-based PCs. RegSafe utilizes System Snapshot technology, which was originally introduced in the company's ConfigSafe product. Snapshot technology captures and stores images of important system-related data at specified intervals. RegSafe uses this technology to capture and save registry data to be used for administration, comparison, and troubleshooting purposes.
RegSafe lets users view, edit, manage, and safeguard the registry in a protected environment. The View function lets users view the registry without the ability to edit, allowing them to look through the registry without the possibility of making any inadvertent changes. Users can view the registry in various ways, such as by root keys, or expand to view Keys, Values, Data, and Key Permissions (such as access control lists) on systems running Windows NT® or Windows 2000. An Edit function allows users to edit the current registry. RegSafe provides added protection by automatically saving a copy of the registry before any edits are made.
RegSafe also provides troubleshooting and restoration capabilities with tools such as the Comparison feature. Users can compare current or Snapshot registries, evaluating keys and values within the same registry, or comparing access control lists (ACLs) on systems running Windows NT or Windows 2000. If a registry problem is discovered, RegSafe enables registry restoration. A full or partial restoration of the entire registry can be performed. In addition, RegSafe provides an SOS feature that permits restoration of the Registry from MS-DOS®. If a system running Windows 9x, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 (including NTFS formatted drives) will not boot properly, RegSafe can restore the system to a working state.
imagine LAN Inc.
76 Northeastern Boulevard,
Suite 34B
Nashua, NH 03062
800-372-9776, 603-889-3883
http://www.imagine-lan.com
http://www.regsafe.com
XML Parsing and Processing.gif) Visual Parse++ 4.0 is now available from Sandstone Technology Inc. New to version 4.0 is extensive XML support so that Visual Parse++ can be used for parsing and processing on any platform and in any major programming language. Also included is support for several XML technologies, including XML, XPath, XPointer, XSLT, and XQL. Visual Parse++ brings visual programming to parsing technology. It has broad programming support, including C, C++, Java, Delphi, ActiveX®, and Visual Basic®. All support is native to the chosen environment.
New to version 4.0 is the embedded OS API, a tiny, fully functional, ANSI C API designed specifically for embedded systems.
The C++ and Java class libraries are portable to any platform, including Unix platforms, so Visual Parse++-designed parsers can run in any environment, in all the major programming languages. Visual Parse++ also fully supports DBCS and Unicode.
Sandstone Technology Inc.
939 Coast Blvd., Suite 4C
La Jolla, CA 92037
858-454-9404, 800-988-9023
http://www.sand-stone.com
Code, Test, and Maintain Distributed Apps.gif) ONTOS Inc. has released ObjectSpark, which automates the generation of high-performance transactional data components for deployment in any Windows-based architecture. This gives the developer a simple API for persisting data that hides all the complexity of the data storage model and softens the impact of changes made on the back end.
ObjectSpark includes a graphical interface for capturing and mapping object models and data models, validating the mapping, and generating data components. It also has a set of core runtime services that persist data in the form of data components, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) recordsets or XML documents, all based on the same mapping, as well as a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) plug-in to configure and deploy components under Microsoft Transaction Services (MTS).
ObjectSpark provides an OLE DB interface which uses a mapping to translate an object-based query into SQL. This allows you to use an OLE DB consumer (such as Crystal Reports) to create queries based on your object model. The package also includes a generic component interface that enables you to code clients who use the mapping metadata to dynamically construct application-specific objects at runtime.
ONTOS Inc.
200 Brickstone Square
Andover, MA 01810
978-323-8000
http://www.objectspark.com
http://www.ontos.com
From Green Screen to Data Objects.gif) Pixel USA Inc. is shipping HOSTACCESS Gateway, which runs as a Windows NT service and converts any green screen application into new real-time data objects on the fly. These data objects can be accessed by ASP pages to place live legacy data on the Web or WAP devices for input or display.
HOSTACCESS Gateway talks to all hosts' green screens, including 3270, 5250, VTxxx, HP 3000, Wyse, Televideo, ADDS, and ANSI. The HOSTACCESS Navigator Development tool allows users to define data objects from specific host application screens, then Web developers can access these objects through ASP pages. The defined data object knows how to get to the green screen and extract the required data as requested by the ASP page.
Pixel USA Inc.
5275 Triangle Parkway, Suite 150
Norcross, GA 30092
770-449-6691
http://www.pixel.co.uk
Installations Made Easy.gif) InstallShield Software Corporation is now shipping InstallShield Express 3.0, which offers a host of new features, including the ability to create Internet-enabled setups and new support for Microsoft Windows Installer. Express 3.0 also offers support for developers who distribute their products over the Web.
Along with InstallShield Express, customers also receive InstallShield PackageForTheWeb, which allows developers to wrap their application, installation, and other key files in a self-extracting EXE for easy digital distribution. Using PackageForTheWeb, installation packages can be digitally signed to increase security and ensure authenticity. Developers can also take advantage of the features offered by Windows Installer to include application advertising, rollback to a machine's original state after a failed installation, and automatic repair of corrupted files. For developers who require more sophisticated setups, InstallShield Express 3.0 has been designed so that projects can migrate to the InstallShield for Windows Installer solution at any time.
InstallShield Software Corporation
900 National Parkway, Suite 125
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847-240-9111
http://www.installshield.com/express
The Bookshelf.gif) Wrox Press has published A Preview of Active Server Pages+, aimed at experienced ASP developers who are working at the leading edge. This book was written as Microsoft was about to release the first preview version of ASP+. It comes complete with Web site support that documents new features, changes, and updates to ASP+ through the product development lifecycle. This book explains what ASP+ is, how it makes building applications even easier, how to work with ASP+ pages and server-side controls, access data, and use Web Services to provide asynchronous background services to applications. The authors introduce the ASP+ application framework and show how easy it is to build custom ASP+ controls. They also combine the concepts discussed in the book into an ASP+ application, and discuss migration from ASP to ASP+. Find out more at http://www.wrox.com/Consumer/Store/Details.asp?ISBN=1861004753.
.gif) Has someone been tampering with your files? Has work been lost because of accidental system software changes? Have you ever been locked out of your computer? If you answered yes to any of these questions, check out O'Reilly's latest release, Windows System Policy Editor by Stacey Anderson-Redick. The System Policy Editor is a powerful tool for creating and editing local registry values to standardize desktop settings, preventing users from modifying hardware and environment settings, and controlling user actions. "Windows System Policy Editor: Top 10 Tips" is available online at http://windows.oreilly.com/news/syspolicy_0600.html. For more information about the book, including table of contents, index, author bio, and samples, see http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winsyspe.
The Windows 2000 System Administrator's Black Book, by Stu Sjouwerman and Barry Shilmover, is a migration guide for system administrators, network administrators, and IS professionals who install, configure, and support workstations and servers on Windows 2000-based networks. The book provides details of the upgrade process from Windows NT 4.0 and covers integrating your NetWare servers and Apple Macintoshes with a Windows 2000-based network. This book covers the architecture of Windows 2000, configuration, networking, troubleshooting, migration to Active Directoryâ¢, IntelliMirror®, scripting, security, tuning, and more. Pick up a copy at http://www.sunbelt-software.com.
| Theresa W. Carey is a freelance writer who lives in California. Her byline has appeared in Barron's and PC World. You can send her New Stuff at newstuff@microsoft.com.
| From the November 2000 issue of MSDN Magazine. |
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