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Sax CommStudio by Sax.net

Get Connected. Sax CommStudio makes it easy to let your application communicate using the serial port and modems. Sax CommStudio is a comprehensive set of components and visual debugging tools that integrate remote systems and devices with Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Basic 6. Developing software that integrates with legacy systems and external devices presents significant challenges, including the need for real time communications and the lack of direct control over external systems. Sax CommStudio’s integrated debugging tools extend the power of Visual Studio beyond the desktop to external systems and devices. Now includes Sax.net Barcodes.

Communications Overview

Sax CommStudio provides a complete communications solution for both COM and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Sax.net has been a trusted leader in communications components for over 10 years. Sax CommStudio continues this tradition by combining all of the company’s experience and customer feedback into an integrated set of tools and components.

Unlimited Serial Ports:

Sax CommStudio support a large variety of serial port connections:

Standard built-in serial ports

Virtual serial ports on other systems via network software

Bluetooth and infrared serial ports

High performance serial ports using specialized hardware such as Digiboards

The number of serial supports supported on a single system is only limited by hardware. Some customers use Sax.net components with over one hundred ports on each communications server.

Plug and Play Modems Made Easy:

Let the Windows Telephony API (TAPI) do all the hard work for you and you never worry about modem configurations again. In addition to modem device independence, your users will also enjoy automatic handling of dialing rules based on the user's location and area code.

Reduce technical support and increase end user satisfaction by using the settings defined in the Windows Control Panel.

Note: The .NET components in the current release of Sax.net CommStudio don't include TAPI support. If you purchase today, your subscription will include a free update with this feature when it becomes available.

Fast and Reliable File Transfers:

Ten years of intense interactions with thousands of different systems have resulted in a core of very robust, highly interoperable transfer code.

Classic XModem and YModem protocols (also Kermit in the ActiveX components) will let you interface with a large variety of systems, from the smallest devices to the largest mainframe systems.

For ultimate performance and flexibility you can use Sax.net CommStudio's industry-standard ZModem implementation in the ActiveX version of the components. You'll enjoy advanced error recovery, automatic streaming, and block size adjustment to get a fast transfer under even the most difficult bandwidth circumstances.

Data Mining

Many legacy applications were designed for use by human operators using a text based interface. With Sax CommStudio it's easy to automate these transactions and create a modern user interface with the speed and ease of use that your users have come to expect. Sax CommStudio includes the powerful text scanning and triggering features you need to write automated login scripts and build data mining applications.

Common User Interface Elements

Sax CommStudio comes with pre-made dialogs and UI elements for common communications related tasks:

File transfer status dialogs, including progress bars and statistics

Settings dialogs for serial ports and modem settings

Other UI elements such a common toolbar and general status dialogs

Increase developer productivity and provide your users with a consistent interface.

Terminal Emulation

A surprising number of applications still rely on mainframe-style terminal emulation. Sax CommStudio helps you integrate these legacy applications with a modern systems architecture.

The ActiveX component supports ANSI, VT52, and VT100 terminal emulation in full color, with scroll-back history, mouse selection, and fast screen painting.

Building a robust terminal emulator requires more than just following a terminal specifications. Sax CommStudio has been proven to work flawlessly with the subtleties of thousands of systems, from bulletin board systems to credit report services.

Diagnostics and debugging

Sax CommStudio's robust communications components based on ten years of market leadership are only the beginning. The real gain in developer productivity comes from Sax CommStudio's advanced debugging and analyzing tools. Detailed logging and visual analyzing of problem areas let you zoom in on the point of failure in minutes rather than days. The integration of rock solid components with visual diagnostic tools provides a unique advantage, and results in considerable gains in developer productivity and application quality.

Designed for .NET

Sax CommStudio was designed from the ground up with a powerful, easy to use object model that is fully integrated with the Microsoft .NET Framework.

The result is a well-designed class library that combines increased developer productivity with a high degree of scalability and robustness.

ActiveX and VB6 Serial and Modem Communications

Sax.net developed the original MSComm control in Microsoft Visual Basic. They went on to develop Crescent PDQComm and Sax ActiveX Comm Objects.

The ActiveX components in Sax CommStudio are compatible with all previous generations, requiring no or minimal code changes to upgrade.

Replacing your existing control with Sax Comm Studio will speed up the development process, increase the quality of your application, and reduce technical support. That means less work for you and more satisfaction for your customers.

Visual Studio .NET Integration

As a Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Partner, Sax.net works closely with the Visual Studio and .NET Framework development teams to closely integrate Sax.net products with Microsoft's frameworks and development tools.

Early disclosure of Microsoft product plans, access to alpha releases, specialized support services, and participation in developer labs on Microsoft's Redmond campus ensure that Sax.net can offer developers the tools they need to maximize their productivity.

Barcode Overview

CommStudio makes it easy to generate perfectly drawn barcodes from your .NET applications. Barcodes generated by CommStudio are completely device independent and can work in any resolution.

Industry Standards with 100% Accuracy - CommStudio supports all popular linear barcode encodings, as well as two-dimensional barcode formats such as PDF417 and DataMatrix

Draw Barcodes Anywhere - Because CommStudio uses the Microsoft .NET Framework’s GDI+ interface, bar codes look identical on screen and on paper. Barcodes can be printed, viewed on a form or preview window, and even saved to a wide number of image file formats

.NET Framework Integration - The CommStudio class library was designed from the ground up to be fully integrated with the Microsoft .NET Framework. A simple but powerful object model allows for very deep integration with the .NET Framework. You can use CommStudio with ADO.NET and print bar codes in reports and on labels

Extensive Documentation and Samples - The product comes bundled with source code samples which illustrate a wide variety of programming techniques in both Visual Basic and C#

What's new in Spring 2007?

The Spring 2007 release contains the following enhancements:

Full Windows Vista Support - Both the ActiveX and the .NET components have been fully tested with both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista

Enhanced support for Visual Studio 2005 - The new release comes with native .NET Framework 2.0 assemblies and includes Visual Studio 2005 samples

New Linear and 2D Barcode Components - The Sax.net Barcodes product has been merged into CommStudio, and has been updated to support the latest versions of Windows and Visual Studio

Simplified .NET Deployment - All .NET components (connections, barcodes, and file transfers) are included in a single DLL which is less than 250K in size

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Resources: Read the Sax CommStudio .NET help file, Read the Sax CommStudio ActiveX help file, Read the Sax CommStudio End User License Agreement, Download the Sax CommStudio evaluation on to your computer - Expires after 10 days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows 98

Architecture of Product: 32Bit, 64Bit

Product Type: Component, Application

Component Type: .NET WinForms, .NET Class, 100% Managed Code, Managed/Unmanaged Code - without COM, ActiveX OCX, ActiveX DLL

Built Using: Visual C# .NET

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, Delphi 2005 (9.0), .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 1.1, .NET Framework 1.0

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