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Dr. Dobb's Software Tools Newsletter - July 2002


Dr. Dobb's Software Tools Newsletter - 7/09/02

Anysoft has released Digital Cortex, a software sequencing system that creates an open windows environment where applications become accessible and externally programmable to transcend standards and programming languages. It noninvasively exposes windows (console applications, terminal emulators, Java, client-server, desktop, and web based) as programmable objects at run time, in real time. The Digital Cortex system works with any programming language that supports COM/ActiveX to leverage existing development skills and tool sets to create programmatic access to applications without requiring source code, extend applications to new delivery platforms (web and wireless), and reuse functionality and data from existing applications to create new applications and web services.
Anysoft Inc.
85 Wells Avenue
Newton, MA 02459
617-831-1800
http://www.anysoft.com/

New from Our World Live is the Human Interface Package (HIP) tools for Personal Java (PJ), Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), and Enterprise Edition (J2EE). HIP 1.0 J2 is 100-percent pure Java and extends the capabilities of Sun's AWT and Swing, letting you create advanced and intuitive user interfaces consistent in functionality across multiple consumer devices.
Our World Live Inc.
5901 Warner Avenue, Suite 21
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
714-840-5520
http://www.ourworldlive.com/

Colasoft.com has announced the release of Colasoft Application Protocol Sniffer & Analyzer (Capsa) 2.1, a tool for monitoring and analyzing network activity. Capsa is a TCP/IP network monitor and analyzer program that lets you trace TCP connection states and monitor IP packets over the local network host. It supports and decodes protocols such as POP3, SMTP, HTTP, TELNET, FTP, and more. Capsa also gives you control over which packets you want to reject with customizable filtering options. It captures data in real-time from a live network connection, and lets you analyze data from a capture file. Packet viewing options lets you customize how the captured packets are viewed, filter any duplicates, as well as copy-captured data. Capsa is available for all Windows platforms.
Colasoft.com Software
[email protected]
http://www.colasoft.com/

COAST Software has released COAST WebMaster 6.0, a web quality testing solution that supports Microsoft .NET/XML web services testing. COAST WebMaster 6.0 supports the location and testing of XML web services on a web site. The tool lets you discover, view, and exercise web services automatically as part of the normal scanning process. 6.0 features supports cookies, JavaScript navigation, JavaServer Pages, session IDs, and Macromedia Flash; and is integrated with Rational ClearQuest for defect management.
COAST Software
150 Gloucester Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K2P 0A6
613-567-3201
http://www.coast.com/

Cenzic Hailstorm, from Cenzic, provides automated testing and test development for security quality assurance in the enterprise. Cenzic Hailstorm incorporates a methodology, based on software fault injection, for testing unknown and actual vulnerabilities within applications and the network. It works with Windows 2000/XP, is compatible with IE 5 or later, and can test any network, operating system, service, and application across OSI layers 2-7.
Cenzic Inc.
3425 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite 230
Campbell, CA 95008
408-626-9004
http://www.cenzic.com/

SmartImage has released SmartLink 1.1, an SDK that lets you link to any application by text capturing of the screen using optical-character recognition technology. The SDK covers a full range of linking features including recognition, getting window information, getting color information, and selecting a rectangle anywhere on the screen. It is available in a DLL format and can be linked to any Windows application. SmartLink 1.1 operates on Windows 98/NT/2000/XP.
SmartImage Ltd.
1481 47th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
718-438-5100
http://www.smart-image.com/

SHUNRA\Forecaster is a tool to integrate network emulation with load testing. For its WAN emulation component, Forecaster uses the technology from SHUNRA\Storm, which supports a wide variety of network connections ranging from slow modems to OC-12 speeds and from low-latency links to high-latency satellite links. The combined emulation of the network and user load lets Forecaster graph baseline performance information, forecast the impact of network upgrades on end-user response times, and evaluate needed SLAs.
SHUNRA Software Ltd.
555 8th Avenue, Suite 1102
New York, NY 10018
212-279-8895
http://www.shunra.com/

CodeCharge, developed by YesSoftware, is a RAD tool that uses a code-generation engine to automatically generate web applications in many server-side languages including C# (ASP.NET), VBScript (ASP), ColdFusion, Java (JSPor Servlets), PHP, and Perl that support databases such as Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, SQL Server, and Access. CodeCharge lets users assemble large-scale web applications rapidly and is specifically aimed at creating data-driven web applications. It includes a full-featured IDE with a visual HTML design interface and HTML code editors, drag-and-drop components, and a "Power Wizard" capable of quickly converting database tables into working web applications.
YesSoftware
2226 A. Westborough Boulevard #405
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650-754-9810
http://www.codecharge.com/

PentaWare has released PentaZip 5.1, a compression tool that supports the creation of archives larger than 4 GB. It is available in five languages including English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. PentaZip 5.1 has added increased script support for CAB, LHa, Tar, ZGB (ZipGigaByte), GZip, BH, and Zip formats. Its script feature supports inclusion of files by date. Version 5.1 has a general-purpose viewer that lets you see the contents of files (compressed or not), even if they don't own the program that created them. Other new features include: support for compressing/extracting files using a "relative path" enabling users to save or unzip a file to parts of paths they think are necessary; all Help files have been rewritten and are fully integrated with a full text search; and total antivirus integration.
PentaWare Inc.
40 Munsey Drive
Hampton, NH 03842
888-998-1492
http://www.pentazip.com/

Sakrament has released the Sakrament Text-to-Speech Engine 2.0. This speech synthesis module is developed on the special acoustic base with the use of sound-processing algorithms that allows the creation of near-natural sounding, high-quality synthesized speech. Version 2.0 is compliant with the Text-to-Speech Engines Industrial Standard Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) 5.1; is able to work in telephone lines using TAPI 3; can be used with any application supporting SAPI 5.1 protocol; includes multilingual and multivoice support; and supports a full set of SAPI Speech Tags and additional tags. The Sakrament Text-to-Speech Engine 2.0 can be used in speech portals, online information services, electronic devices, software and hardware products, telecommunications, and more.
Sakrament
220113 Minsk, Belarus
Vostochnaja St.131
375-17-284-0650
http://www.sakrament-speech.com/

Visual SlickEdit 7.0 for Windows and UNIX is a multiplatform, multilanguage editing environment. Features in 7.0 include: Java tools, native Java debugger, build tools, and an EJB wizard; advanced XML editing capabilities such as XML document validation, schemas, DTDs, and multiple encodings; Unicode editing features including Level 1 Unicode regular expression support, UTF and XML encodings, customizable color coding, and file differencing; integrated GNU C++ edit/compile/debug environment; and seamless support of Visual Studio .NET solutions and projects. Visual SlickEdit 7.0 is available on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX, and IRIX platforms.
SlickEdit Inc.
3000 Aerial Center Parkway, Suite 120
Morrisville, NC 27560
919-473-0070
http://www.slickedit.com/

Perforce Software has released Fast Software Configuration Management System 2002.1 which gives large development sites (500 to 1000 users) additional tools to improve system management and increase performance. Improvements include additional performance management control, customizable installation and deployment settings, support for internationalization and localization, and built-in support for Microsoft .NET.
Perforce Software Inc.
2320 Blanding Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
510-864-7400
http://www.perforce.com/

ND Technologies announced the release of the Integrated Architecture Platform (IAP) for Microsoft .NET, a component-based web services development and deployment platform built originally for Java and J2EE environments. The IAP provides a platform for developing, wrapping, and integrating legacy, best of breed, and new applications. IAP applications can run over web, iTV, PDA, desktop, and voice channels as well as being integrated to existing enterprise systems. The open-standards, service-based architecture allows the same components to be delivered into a variety of execution environments including J2EE enterprise infrastructure, various MOM platforms, application-specific and legacy environments, and as XML and zSOAP based web services.
ND Technologies
Elsinore House
77 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8JA
44-0-208-222-9400
http://www.ndtechnologies.com/

Elcomsoft's Advanced Registry Tracer (ART) 1.57 is a registry editor that lets you take control of your Windows Registry in a comprehensive manner, without having to sacrifice system performance. ART gives you control over the Windows Registry by taking snapshots of the whole Windows Registry. These snapshots can then be compared for differences in previous shots to find out what has been changed. ART also lets you search for keys, values, and data; view the current status of the keys, make changes to them using RegEdit; or export them to an external file for offline viewing. It is available for all Windows platforms.
ElcomSoft Co. Ltd.
[email protected]
http://www.elcomsoft.com/

AgentSheets has released AgentSheets 2.1 for Windows, an interactive simulation/agent tool that is available in both English and Japanese. This version has a plug-in architecture that lets you build simulation languages and integrate the simulations with an existing code base. Other features include support for Windows XP, simulation speed control, and enhanced interactivity.
AgentSheets Inc.
6560 Gunpark Drive, Suite D
Boulder, CO 80301
303-530-1773
http://www.agentsheets.com/

Intel has released Version 6.0 of its Intel C++ Compilers and the Intel Fortran Compilers, which have been upgraded with expanded operating system support and enhanced optimization features, including Profile-Guided Optimization and Interprocedural Optimization. Version 6.0 compilers are designed to interoperate with other tools to make them easier to use with other development environments such as Windows and Linux. The Intel C++ Compiler for Windows is source and object code compatible with Visual C++ 6.0, and substantially native-source and object code compatible with Visual C++ .NET. The C++ compiler for Linux has support for the latest C++ ABI, GNU inline assembly for Pentium 4 and Intel Xeon processors, as well as compatibility with GNU C. The Intel Fortran Compilers provide source-code compatibility with Compaq Visual Fortran and allow for mixed language (C and Fortran) development and debugging.
Intel Corp.
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95052-8119
408-765-8080
http://www.intel.com/

Improv Technologies has released Cirquet Solution Suite 1.0. The suite is comprised of the Cirquet Development Environment for developing Cirquet Applications, and the Cirquet Operations Center to deploy and manage those applications across the enterprise. It lets you create distributed applications or web services from any Java language component. It wraps each Java component as a discrete application and allows for their assembly at run time. Applications written using Cirquet technology are network and device neutral, increasing deployment flexibility and code reuse. The Cirquet Solution Suite utilizes Sun's JXTA technology as the distributed message transport to service n-Tier and P2P architectures.
Improv Technologies Inc.
535 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
212-725-4590
http://www.improv-tech.com/

Sun Microsystems has released Java Card 2.2. This release features technologies for easier programming of Java card applications and improved interoperability of applications on smart cards from different vendors. In addition, this release also includes improved support for wireless standards to provide access to more sophisticated wireless-based services. New features include: Java Card RMI, improvements for compatibility, improved memory management, and next-generation security enhancements.
Sun Microsystems
5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 422
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-565-6686
http://www.sun.com/

Code Co-op 3.3, from Reliable Software, is a version control system for web and software development. It supports onsite and distributed team development by enabling collaboration through e-mail, LAN, VPN, or a mix of these. Code Co-op eliminates the need for a central server. This release integrates with Borland Delphi and C++ Builder 5 and 6, and also integrates with VisualStudio.NET and other Microsoft SCC API compliant development applications. Code Co-op 3.3 runs on all Windows platforms.
Reliable Software
PMB 206
1011 Boren Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
206-361-6679
http://www.relisoft.com/

Baltimore Technologies has released SelectAccess 5.0, an access and authorization management tool that eases security administration with its "management free" techniques and leverages existing IT investment with concurrent, multiple directory support. Other features include robust reporting, alerting tools, and wireless authorization. SelectAccess 5.0 supports all major operating systems including Windows NT and 2000, HP-UX 11, Sun Solaris 2.8, and Redhat Linux 7.2.
Baltimore Technologies
77 A Street
Needham, MA 02494
781-455-3333
http://www.baltimore.com/

 


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