Harald Heim Software Presents HTML Shrinker Pro 2.0
Harald Heim Software has released HTML Shrinker Pro 2.0, a tool for reducing the size of various web, wap, and script files. HTML Shrinker Pro 2.0 is capable of reducing the size of various file types, including HTML, WML, WMLS, SHTML, JHTML, XML, CFML, JS, CSS, ASP, PL, and PHP. It shrinks plain HTML, WML, and XML code, and also Javascript, Php, Perl, WMLscript, and Vbscript. Comments from different HTML editors, for example, Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Pagemill, and SourceSafe are supported, and SSI commands are left untouched.
HTML Shrinker Pro 2.0 is available for $49.95 and the personal license for use on non-profit websites costs $29.95. HTML Shrinker Pro 2.0 Light, a version with limited features, is available for free, in return for a link to the homepage of HTML Shrinker on the user’s website. For more information, contact Harald Heim Software, +49.911.868516; [email protected]; www.thepluginsite.com.
Inpek 7th World Unveils EditorEnhancement v2.02
Inpek 7th world has released EditorEnhancement v2.02, an add-in for Microsoft Visual C++. EditorEnhancement v2.02 utilities include AutoTyping for automatic statements completion and formatting according to the current settings of the Developer Studio IDE. Parenthesis Contents shows paired parenthesis as the developer types, highlighting the contents when the closing parenthesis is typed. Custom Caret allows assigning different shape and color of the caret (text cursor) for insert and overtype modes.
EditorEnhancement v2.02 costs $30 for a single-user license. Free email tech support is provided for registered users. A free 15-day evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact Inpek 7th World, +7.3832.34.1557; www.inpek.com.
BSQUARE Announces iWin Information Appliance Design Kit
BSQUARE has introduced the iWin Information Appliance Design Kit, a collection of tools and software for creating information appliances based on Windows embedded operating system.
iWin includes a customizable user interface for designing a unique and graphical look and feel for a device, using standard HTML and Jscript. Also, iWin includes components to enable central device administration and in-field software upgrades. In addition, it offers a framework for third-party software plug-ins.
For pricing and additional information, contact BSQUARE Corporation, 888.820.4500 or 425.519.5900; fax 425.519.5999; [email protected]; www.bsquare.com.
DiamondWare Debuts Telephony Sound Toolkit
DiamondWare Ltd. has released a version of Telephony Sound ToolKit (Tele-STK) that runs on Windows 2000. Tele-STK enables POTS-level quality of service telephony on a PC. Tele-STK reduces latency, the time between when the sound enters the microphone and when it plays through the speakers.
The DiamondWare Telephony Sound Toolkit may be purchased online at the company’s website.
For pricing and additional information, contact DiamondWare, Ltd., 480.380.1122; fax 480.380.1133; [email protected]; www.dw.com.
OpenSpirit Ships OpenSpirit v2.1
OpenSpirit Corporation has released OpenSpirit v2.1, a platform independent application framework. Version 2.1 adds support for Landmark OpenWorks 98.5 and GeoQuest GeoFrame 3.8 servers, support for basic Earth Models, Horizon properties, improved event gateway functionality, and support for Windows NT/2000 C++ clients. In addition, version 2.1 includes system performance improvements and enhanced deployment tools.
OpenSpirit Corporation offers three types of licenses: developer, runtime, and application deployment. Prices run from $1,000 per concurrent user session for a base framework license to $16,000 per named developer for a C++ and Java Developer license. Application deployment licenses require royalty payments. For more information, contact OpenSpirit Corporation, 281.940.0200; fax 281.940.0201; [email protected]; www.openspirit.com.
The Kernel Group Introduces AutoTrace
The Kernel Group has introduced AutoTrace, a cross-platform software analysis tool designed to work in very complex multi-threaded and distributed applications that cannot be traced with traditional debugging tools. Through its patent-pending technology, AutoTrace automatically embeds “trace points” in a company’s software. These “trace points” continually record activity information. In the event of a software failure, collecting the trace data allows companies to see exactly what transpired in the seconds leading up to a software failure and resolve the problem.
AutoTrace allows the level of tracing to be adjusted at any time while a company’s program is running. For example, data points can be turned on or off to provide more or less debugging data with no impact on the running software.
For pricing and additional information, contact The Kernel Group, 512.433.3300; fax 512.433.3200; [email protected]; www.tkg.com.
Perforce Software and TeamShare Integrate SCM and tTrack
Perforce Software and TeamShare Inc. have announced the integration of Perforce SCM (Software Configuration Management) system and TeamShare tTrack, a defect tracking system. For this integration, Perforce has developed a new open-source module, P4DTI (Perforce Defect Tracking Integration). With P4DTI, developers can do routine defect resolution from a Perforce client or from their IDE without switching to tTrack and entering duplicate information. P4DTI links the changes that developers make via Perforce with defects tracked and managed within tTrack.
P4DTI is available as part of the new release of Perforce SCM v2000.2. Perforce 2000.2 costs $600 for a single-user license. Also, P4DTI can be downloaded for free for use with a licensed or two-user Perforce server. The newest release of tTrack costs $599 for a single-user license and features the ability to integrate with Perforce SCM. For more information, contact Perforce Software, Inc., 510.864.7400; fax 510.864.5340; [email protected]; www.perforce.com.
For more information, contact TeamShare, Inc., 888.832.6742; fax 719.599.4498; [email protected]; www.teamshare.com.
Stardock Releases DirectSkin 2.0
Stardock has released DirectSkin 2.0, a program that uses WindowBlinds technology to allow software developers to use a self-contained alternative GUI, or skin, with an application. DirectSkin 2.0 is an OCX that, once added, lets developers load and apply skins using the Stardock WindowBlinds UIS skin language. DirectSkin supplies skinning APIs to developers to use and will be compatible with Microsoft’s visual style APIs.
Pricing on DirectSkin 2.0 starts at $99 for a Developer’s license, which allows a developer to implement DirectSkin in a program, but does not allow distribution of the product using DirectSkin. The cost of this license is rolled into a traditional license when the product starts distribution. Other licensing options include Basic for $499, Midrange for $1,750, and Corporate for $7,500. The Corporate license allows unlimited units of a product to be distributed while using DirectSkin. For more information, contact Stardock Corporation, 734.762.0687; fax 734.762.0690; [email protected]; www.stardock.com.
Popkin Software & Systems Introduce Envision XML
Popkin Software & Systems has introduced Envision XML, a graphical-based XML schema editor that enables rapid generation, management, modification, and deployment of schema of XML. Envision XML offers graphical editing that requires little or no knowledge of XML. It includes a data dictionary that allows componentization and reuse of schema and an additional user-defined diagram set that allows schema to be modeled in the context of e-business scenarios. In addition, it provides HTML reporting and publishing that allows schema information to be viewed throughout the enterprise.
For pricing and additional information, contact Popkin Software & Systems, Inc., 212.571.3434; fax 212.571.3436; [email protected]; www.popkin.com.
OTW Software Releases Object Technology Workbench 2.4
OTW Software has released Object Technology Workbench 2.4, a comprehensive modeling and visual development environment based on the UML (Unified Modeling Language). It supports the software engineering process with modeling capabilities, enabling the development of applications, which effectively support specific business requirements and processes.
Object Technology Workbench supports C++, Java, Delphi, CORBA-IDL, and SQL-DDL round-trip engineering and code generation. It scales from small programs to enterprise-wide projects. It allows software architects and developers to model technically complex application methods that will later be deployed in multi-tier, distributed environments. Its user-friendly view encourages interaction with non-technical business analysts without impeding the development cycle.
The Object Technology Workbench 2.4 costs $795 for a single-user Private Edition. The multi-user Team Edition costs $1,495 per user. For more information, contact OTW Software, 858.755.9100; fax 858.755.0033; [email protected]; www.otwsoftware.com.
Mercury Interactive Announces LoadRunner 7.0 and WinRunner 7.0
Mercury Interactive Corporation has released LoadRunner 7.0, a load testing program, and WinRunner 7.0, a functional and regression-testing program. LoadRunner predicts system behavior and performance. It exercises an entire application by emulating the traffic of real users. Each of these users drives the application with real transactions while LoadRunner measures response times, network delays, and application performance. WinRunner captures, verifies, and replays user interactions automatically, to identify defects that span multiple applications and databases.
New in LoadRunner 7.0 is a Web Transaction Breakdown Monitor that provides the ability to breakdown response times for the client, network, and server to isolate problems and drill down to pinpoint the exact component at fault. WinRunner 7.0 offers the new ability to generate test scripts that seamlessly span client/server applications with embedded web-based controls.
LoadRunner 7.0 costs $40,000 for a license of users, and WinRunner 7.0 is priced at $4,995 per seat. For more information, contact Mercury Interactive Corporation, 408.822.5200; fax 408.822.5300; [email protected]; www.mercuryinteractive.com.
Vital Presents CRiSP 7.1
Vital, Inc. has released CRiSP 7.1, a visual text editor that streamlines the process of program editing with a number of editing features including dynamic tagging, source code browser, search and replace, cut-and-paste, syntax highlighting/coloring, dynamic spell checking, code folding, columnar editing, and keyboard emulation for a number of other editors. New in version 7.1 are the ability to edit files on a Unix system from a Windows workstation, support for XML tagging, and tagging and colonizer support for JSP and C#. It offers a new keyboard option called paste-cursor-before, which leaves the cursor at the beginning of a pasted block rather than after.
CRiSP 7.1 is available free of charge for a 21-day evaluation from the company’s website.
For pricing and additional information, contact Vital, Inc., 972.818.2424; fax 972.818.4440; [email protected]; www.vital.com.
Extended Systems Ships Advantage Database Server 6.0
Extended Systems has shipped Advantage Database Server 6.0, a high performance client/server RDBMS for standalone, networked, Internet, and mobile database applications. Advantage Database Server allows developers the flexibility to combine SQL statements and relational data access methods with the performance and control of navigational commands. It has native development interfaces designed to leverage existing knowledge of popular development tools.
Advantage Database Server 6.0 prices range from $249 for a two-user license to $7,495 for an unlimited-user license for Windows NT/2000. A 30-day evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact Extended Systems, 800.235.7576; fax 208.327.5004; [email protected]; www.advantagedatabase.com.
Visual Numerics Unveils IMSL C Numerical Library 5.0
Visual Numerics has released IMSL CNL (C Numerical Library) 5.0. The primary enhancement in version 5.0 is the addition of 77 new numerical analysis functions, including 50 that were specifically designed for the finance and insurance industries. Version 5.0 also news features new statistical analysis functionality, including enhanced random number generators and a Kalman filter. In addition, CNL 5.0 adds support for several new 64-bit computing platforms.
The IMSL C Numerical Library supports Unix-based workstations and personal computers running Windows 95/98/NT/2000 or Linux. Pricing starts at $1,295, depending on platforms and number of concurrent users. For more information, contact Visual Numerics, Inc., 303.939.8797; fax 303.245.5300; [email protected]; www.vni.com.
4Developers LLC Releases Support FetchDog 1.0
4Developers LLC has introduced Support FetchDog 1.0, software that enables help desks, IT departments, software developers, and other support providers to detect and repair software errors on a local or remote PC, by allowing them to retrieve the exact configuration state of the computer. Support FetchDog 1.0 creates small programs, called Configuration Fetchers, which are distributed by e-mail or the Web. When a user runs a Configuration Fetcher, it generates a configuration report and sends it back to the support provider by e-mail.
Support FetchDog 1.0 costs $395 for a single-user license, $1,295 for a site license, and $2,495 for a corporate license. A 30-day evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact 4Developers LLC, 877.353.7297; fax 888.353.7276; [email protected]; www.4dev.com.
Prism MicroSystems Launches AtYourService v2.0
Prism MicroSystems has released AtYourService v2.0, which converts any executable into a Windows NT/2000 service. Its user-friendly GUI offers a point-and-click wizard-style interface and doesn’t require any programming skills or tools. The resulting service fully supports all MS Cluster Service features, including failover policy. Service established with AtYourService can survive log on/off sequence, execute under another user account other than the current login, and run in the background with no user login. AtYourService is useful for database applications or other functions that need to be running whenever the machine is available.
AtYourService costs $24 for a single-user license. For more information, contact Prism MicroSystems, 410.381.1515; fax 410.381.8787; [email protected]; www.prismmicrosys.com.
Peter Macej Releases Vbdocman 1.1
Peter Macej has released Vbdocman 1.1, a Visual Basic add-in for automatic generation of technical documentation from Visual Basic source files. Vbdocman parses source code and automatically creates a table of contents, index, topics, cross-references, and a context sensitive help. The predefined formats are CHM, HLP, RTF, and HTML, but users can create custom formats of output documentation.
A user can add additional description manually, or Vbdocman can extract it from source code comments and from special tags. Alternatively, Vbdocman can add all the necessary tags automatically. The user then fills out a description of them.
Vbdocman 1.1 costs $58 for a single-user license and costs $419 for a site license. A trial version is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact Peter Macej, +421.903.921794; [email protected]; www.vbdocman.exit.de.
ParaSoft Announces Insure++ v6.0
ParaSoft has announced Insure++ v6.0, their automatic runtime error detection tool for C/C++ development. The new Chaperone mode exposes errors such as memory corruption, memory leaks, pointer errors, and I/O errors in non-instrumented executable files without requiring any recompiling or relinking. Chaperon provides a check of all data memory references made by a process, whether in compiled code, language support routines, or shared or archived libraries. Additionally, it detects and reports reads of uninitialized memory, reads or writes that are not within the bounds of allocated blocks, and allocation errors.
Insure++ v6.0 costs $1,595 for a machine-locked single-user license. For more information, contact ParaSoft, 888.305.0041; fax 626.305.3036; [email protected]; www.parasoft.com.
Geodesic Systems Launches Geodesic REMIDI v5.0
Geodesic Systems has released REMIDI v5.0, a program that automatically finds and fixes destructive software errors. Using Geodesic’s Runtime Diagnosis and Remediation (RDR) technology, REMIDI automatically diagnoses and resolves memory leaks, premature and multiple frees, and memory overwrites. REMIDI accelerates memory allocation, reduces memory fragmentation and application footprint, improves paging performance, and increases symmetric multiple processing scalability. REMIDI makes it possible for applications to realize the performance benefits of SMP servers.
REMIDI is available in four configurations that increase performance or availability on single processor or SMP systems. Cost depends on the number of deployment seats or servers.
For pricing and additional information, contact Geodesic Systems, 800.360.8388 or 312.832.1221; fax 312.832.1230; [email protected]; www.geodesic.com.
DataFlux Debuts Blue Fusion SDK v4.0
DataFlux Corporation has released Blue Fusion SDK v4.0, a comprehensive suite of libraries for managing the quality, consistency, and usability of corporate data. Blue Fusion SDK v4.0 uses similarity searching and fuzzy logic to find and recognize similar data patterns in databases and data sets. Blue Fusion SDK v4.0 technology can be applied to many different types of data, such as name, address, geographical data, and generic text.
Blue Fusion SDK v4.0 is available for all platforms, for example, Windows, Linux, and Unix. Pricing ranges from $20,000 to $100,000, depending on the size and scope of the implementation and user configurations. An evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact DataFlux Corporation, 919.674.2153; fax 919.678.8330; [email protected]; www.dataflux.com.
Crystal Software Offers TextPipe Search Replace Pro 5.4
Crystal Software has released TextPipe Search Replace Pro 5.4, a word-processing utility that can apply more than 80 conversion, translation, and filtering operations to multiple text files. TextPipe Search Replace Pro 5.4 can perform data warehouse extraction, transformation, and loading tasks; electronic text processing; and extraction of e-mail addresses and URLs. It can be customized with user-defined filters. It can also be used to perform automated or manual line-feed conversion from DOS, Unix, and Mac input formats; convert fixed-length records to separate lines, with a user specified length; and display files with their associated application.
TextPipe Search Replace Pro 5.4 costs $109 for a single-user license. A free evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact Crystal Software, +61.398883104; fax +61.398003078; [email protected]; www.crystalsoftware.com.
Jungo Presents WinDriver and KernelDriver v5.0
Jungo has released v5.0 of the WinDriver and KernelDriver driver development tools. WinDriver provides UNIX developers with a GUI for hardware access, enabling hardware detection and debugging, as well as automatic driver code generation. WinDriver/KernelDriver v5.0 includes a multi-platform wizard that provides these features to Linux and Solaris developers also. Previously, these features were available to Windows users only. Version 5.0 offers Remote WinDriver, a new feature that enables developers to access hardware on any remote target machine, including embedded systems, from a host machine, via any network connection.
WinDriver 5.0 pricing starts at $1,499. Prices for KernelDriver 5.0 start at $9999. A free evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact Jungo, 877.514.0537; fax 877.514.0538; [email protected]; www.jungo.com.
Innomation Systems Unveils OmniBasic v2.1
Innomation Systems, Inc. has released OmniBasic v2.1, A C-output Basic compiler with features such as pointers, based variables, dynamic memory allocation, macros, conditional compile, inline assembler, and C. Version 2.1 combines the features of the original OmniBasic v1.44 with a RAD and a graphical development environment. Version 2.1 supports Windows 95/98/NT/2000, BSD, Linux, and allows console applications to continue to be developed.
OmniBasic V2.1 costs $395 for a single-user license. For more information, contact Innomation Systems, Inc., 573.486.2271; fax 573.486.2125; [email protected]; www.innomationsystems.com.
dtSearch Ships dtSearch Products Line 6.0
dtSearch has released version 6.0 of the dtSearch text search and retrieval product line. New in Desktop, Web, and Network v6.0 is FindPlus distributed searching that allows a single search request to span everything from local drives to remote servers. Operating through a single-user interface, FindPlus enables indexed searching of files and other data throughout an organization, without the need to collect the data in a monolithic repository.
Version 6.0 also includes a new spider. The spider provides a way to use other organizations’ websites as instantly searchable document resources. All dtSearch products include a complimentary copy of the web spider.
dtSearch Desktop costs $199 for a single-user license. Pricing for dtSearch Network starts at $800. DtSearch Web and dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine cost $999 per server. For more information, contact dtSearch Corporation, 800.483.4637, fax 301.263.0781; [email protected]; www.dtsearch.com.
Kinook Software Announces Visual Build v3.4c
Kinook Software has released Visual Build v3.4c, a build management application for Windows and web developers. Visual Build allows developers and build specialists to create an automated, repeatable process for building their software. Visual Build supports Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++, SourceSafe, and others.
Costs for Visual Build range from $149.95 for a single-user license to $2,495 for a site license. An evaluation copy is available from the company’s website.
For more information, contact Kinook Software, 719.599.0442; fax 530.658.9539; [email protected]; www.kinook.com.
AccuSoft Announces ImageGear 2001
AccuSoft has announced ImageGear 2001, their imaging toolkit. ImageGear 2001 offers over 600 functions, support for more than 100 formats, and 200 control parameters. New features in v2001 include 100 percent thread safety for ImageGear DLL and ActiveX, added support for a number of formats such as WBMP, Scitex CT, and read support for PTOCA. ImageGear 2001 also offers a new multimedia plug-in that supports any format readable by Windows Media Player. In addition, it includes LuraWave and LuraDocument compression plug-ins.
Pricing for ImageGear 2001 starts at $2,995. An evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact AccuSoft, 508.351.9092; fax 508.351.9086; [email protected]; www.accusoft.com.
Excel Software Offers QuickUML
Excel Software has introduced the QuickUML 1.0 design tool. QuickUML provides a core set of UML models. A project is accessible through a tabbed window with integration between use cases, class models, object models, dictionary, and code. A project is saved as an industry-standard XML file. Use cases describe a named interaction in terms of actor inputs and system responses. Class models describe the types of objects in the system and various kinds of static relationships that exist among them. Sequence diagrams illustrate how objects interact with emphasis on the order in which things occur.
QuickUML costs $495 for a single-user license and may be purchased online at the company’s website. Site licensing is also available. For more information, contact Excel Software, 505.771.3719; fax 505.771.3718; [email protected]; www.excelsoftware.com.
Fookes Software Debuts NoteTab Pro v4.85
Fookes Software has released NoteTab Pro v4.85, a Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000 text editor. NoteTab Pro allows a developer to open and edit as many documents simultaneously as the system will support. A tabbed interface provides access to all open documents. The fully configurable toolbar furnishes over 90 commands, and a ClipBar allows the user to create custom toolbar buttons to execute custom scripts and wizards. In addition, NoteTab Pro offers one-click conversion from text to HTML and the ability to strip HTML tags quickly and easily.
NoteTab Pro v4.85 costs $19.95 for a single-user license and may be purchased online at the company’s website. An evaluation copy is available on request. For more information, contact Fookes Software, phone and fax +41.22.789.5844; [email protected]; www.notetab.com.
Skyline Tools Launches ImageLib OMR Toolkit
SkyLine Tools has launched the ImageLib OMR Toolkit for VB, Delphi, and C++Builder. OMR Toolkit allows developers to create applications for forms processing, multiple choice test scoring, and the automatic electronic scoring of ballots. With this new technology, a developer can enable the end user to create a template for any form needed quickly. Once the form has been marked, the ImageLib OMR software will automatically read the form. The scoring of examinations, test, ballots, and questionnaires can take minutes instead of days of hand processing.
ImageLib OMR Toolkit costs $1,499 for a royalty-free, single-user license. An evaluation copy is available from the company’s website. For more information, contact Skyline Tools, 818.346.4230; [email protected]; www.imagelib.com.
ANT Limited Presents ANT Fresco
ANT Limited has released a new version of ANT Fresco, its off-the-shelf Fresco browser. ANT Fresco supports industry-standard features such as HTML 4.01, JavaScript 1.3, CSS1, IME, and Unicode. This enables ANT Fresco to access the majority of websites currently available on the Internet, while retaining the small memory footprint and efficient execution required in embedded applications.
ANT Fresco is based on a patent pending, three-layered architecture, consisting of the ANT Portability Environment (APE), which manages the interface to the hardware platform; the core standards-compliant browser code; and a GUI. The API layers permit customization to produce a branded user interface without affecting the browser core.
For pricing and additional information, contact ANT Limited; +44.0.1223.716400; fax +44.0.1223.716401; [email protected]; www.antlimited.com.
Codemesh Unveils JunC++ion 1.1
Codemesh has released JunC++ion for Windows v1.1, which includes the features of the Solaris release, such as easier Java class file import and more customization options. Once JunC++ion is part of a Windows or Solaris development environment, Java and C++ components can be mixed and matched to solve problems such as web-enabling C++ applications, integrating C++ clients into Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) environments, implementing an EJB environment in C++, and allowing both Java and C++ components to use a single set of APIs, such as Java Messaging Service.
For pricing and additional information, contact Codemesh Inc., 978.369.8583; fax 978.369.9088; [email protected]; www.codemesh.com.
