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Essential Diagram adds Image Export

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:32 GMT

A diagramming application created using Syncfusion Essential Diagram.

Export diagram area to multiple image formats (.jpeg, .bmp and .png).

Syncfusion Essential Diagram is an extensible, high-performance .NET diagramming component. It can be used for developing Microsoft Visio-like interactive graphics and diagramming applications. It supports both vector and raster graphics on the drawing surface.

Updates in 2012

HTML 5 Diagram Modes - SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) mode and Canvas mode
Export to Image - Export diagram area to multiple image formats (.jpeg, .bmp and .png)
Polyline Support - When in SVG mode, Essential Diagram can support polylines—multiple lines connected by intermediate points
Printing Support - Print diagram layouts when in SVG mode
Saving and Loading Diagram Edits - In SVG mode, the Diagram control can save and reload information regarding changes to nodes and line connectors to and from a database
Data Binding - Diagram data binding has been enhanced to support the ADO.NET Entity Model

About Syncfusion

Founded by industry experts in 2001, Syncfusion provides a broad range of enterprise-class software components and tools for the Microsoft .NET platform. Their award-winning .NET components and controls are designed to meet evolving development needs, whether working in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC or Silverlight. Syncfusion strive for excellence in order to offer the very best value to customers - from small ISVs to Fortune 100 companies.

Essential Studio BI adds Paging Support

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:59:44 GMT

Sample Business Intelligence applications.

View large amounts of data by breaking the data into pages.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Business Intelligence Edition includes BI Grid, BI Client, BI Chart, BI Gauge and BI PivotGrid controls to help manage OLAP data. You can also build reports interactively with the included Report Designer.

Updates in 2012

Essential BI Grid

Hide Summary Elements - Hide summary elements of an OLAP grid at different levels based on the level name or level number
Frozen Headers - Freeze the header of a grid so that headers are always visible when scrolling through a grid

Essential BI PivotGrid

Show or Hide Subtotals - Enables users to have an abstract view of data
Persist Expand/Collapse State - Maintain the expanded/collapsed state in a PivotGrid control when the pivot schema has changed
Disable Grouping by Specific Fields - Restrict users from dragging and dropping certain fields in the grouping area
Run-Time Custom Summary Type Setting - Set custom and built-in summaries at run time using the Pivot Computation Information dialog
Hide Field Support - Hide unnecessary fields from the pivot schema designer by using the ShowDisplayFields property

Essential BI Client

Paging Support - View large amounts of data by breaking the data into pages

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio Enterprise 2012 released

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:53 GMT

Sample applications written using Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition.

New controls include cross-platform mobile grid, HTML 5 gauge and client-side RDL reporting engine.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition lets you create rich applications that integrate business intelligence analysis and reporting with ease. It includes software components that enable developers to produce quality software for the most demanding of environments. It includes all the tools and libraries that are producted by Syncfusion in one package.

Updates in 2012

Essential BI Grid

Hide Summary Elements - Hide summary elements of an OLAP grid at different levels based on the level name or level number
Frozen Headers - Freeze the header of a grid so that headers are always visible when scrolling through a grid

Essential BI PivotGrid

Show or Hide Subtotals - Enables users to have an abstract view of data
Persist Expand/Collapse State - Maintain the expanded/collapsed state in a PivotGrid control when the pivot schema has changed
Disable Grouping by Specific Fields - Restrict users from dragging and dropping certain fields in the grouping area
Run-Time Custom Summary Type Setting - Set custom and built-in summaries at run time using the Pivot Computation Information dialog
Hide Field Support - Hide unnecessary fields from the pivot schema designer by using the ShowDisplayFields property

Essential BI Client

Paging Support - View large amounts of data by breaking the data into pages

Essential DocIO

Preserving Macro-Enabled Documents - Macros present in a macro-enabled document are preserved during conversion to other macro-enabled document formats

Essential PDF

Data Matrix Barcode Support - Render two-dimensional Data Matrix barcodes. The barcode can be generated from numeric or alphanumeric text. It supports different encoding structures such as ASCII (includes C40, Text, X12, and EDIFACT) and Base 256. Different sizes for the barcode symbol are available and can be chosen manually or according to the input. Data Matrix bar codes can be drawn directly in PDF or converted to an image.

Essential Diagram

HTML 5 Diagram Modes - SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) mode and Canvas mode
Export to Image - Export diagram area to multiple image formats (.jpeg, .bmp and .png)
Polyline Support - When in SVG mode, Essential Diagram can support polylines—multiple lines connected by intermediate points
Printing Support - Print diagram layouts when in SVG mode
Saving and Loading Diagram Edits - In SVG mode, the Diagram control can save and reload information regarding changes to nodes and line connectors to and from a database
Data Binding - Diagram data binding has been enhanced to support the ADO.NET Entity Model

Essential Grid

JSON Suppot (ASP.NET) - TJSON mode can be enabled to handle paging, sorting, grouping and filtering
Editing via Unbound Columns (ASP.NET MVC) - Make changes to multiple fields in a grid at the same time

Essential Tools

Calendar Navigation (ASP.NET) - New navigation pane that makes browsing by day, week, month, year or decade easier. This JavaScript implementation is fast and gives users a fluid experience
Rotator Control Improvements (ASP.NET) - An auto-play button can be added to the Rotator control to allow users to automatically scroll up or down, left or right with one click. While in this button mode, the rotator control retains all its other features
AutoComplete Enhancements (ASP.NET MVC) - Client-side data fetching has been added to increase performance
Captcha Control Refresh (ASP.NET MVC) - Refresh button allows regeneration of the code that has to be entered in the verification text box
Dragging and Dropping Tree Nodes (ASP.NET MVC) - With drag and drop support, tree nodes can be repositioned at different levels in the same tree or dropped into a different tree
Splitter Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Create separate panes in a work area that can be resized or collapsed by dragging or clicking
TimePicker Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Four primary fields can be set: hours, minutes, seconds and a.m. or p.m

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio Reporting adds 2D Barcode

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:03 GMT

Applications created using Syncfusion Essential Studio Reporting Edition.

Data Matrix barcodes can be generated from numeric or alphanumeric text and can be drawn directly in PDF files.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Reporting Edition is an reporting solution that allows you to integrate document-based reporting (PDF, Excel, Word) into Windows and Web applications. It includes Essential XlsIO, Essential DocIO, Essential PDF, Essential PDF Viewer, Essential Report Writer, Essential Report Viewer, Essential Grouping, Essential Calculate, Essential Spreadsheet and Essential ProjIO.

Updates in 2012

Essential DocIO

Preserving Macro-Enabled Documents - Macros present in a macro-enabled document are preserved during conversion to other macro-enabled document formats

Essential PDF

Data Matrix Barcode Support - Render two-dimensional Data Matrix barcodes. The bar code can be generated from numeric or alphanumeric text. It supports different encoding structures such as ASCII (includes C40, Text, X12, and EDIFACT) and Base 256. Different sizes for the bar code symbol are available and can be chosen manually or according to the input. Data Matrix bar codes can be drawn directly in PDF or converted to an image.

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio User Interface 2012 released

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:57:13 GMT

Sample applications built using Syncfusion Essential Studio User Interface Edition.

Diagram data binding has been enhanced to support the ADO.NET Entity Model.

Syncfusion Essential Studio User Interface Edition includes grids, docking and menu frameworks, data binding controls, scheduler, data visualization charts, gauges and diagrams. It includes Essential Grid, Essential Tools, Essential Chart, Essential Diagram, Essential Schedule, Essential Edit, Essential PDF Viewer (Windows Forms, WPF), Essential HTMLUI (Windows Forms), Essential Gauge, Essential Gantt (WPF, Silverlight), and Essential Maps (WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone).

Updates in 2012

Essential Diagram

HTML 5 Diagram Modes - SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) mode and Canvas mode
Export to Image - Export diagram area to multiple image formats (.jpeg, .bmp and .png)
Polyline Support - When in SVG mode, Essential Diagram can support polylines—multiple lines connected by intermediate points
Printing Support - Print diagram layouts when in SVG mode
Saving and Loading Diagram Edits - In SVG mode, the Diagram control can save and reload information regarding changes to nodes and line connectors to and from a database
Data Binding - Diagram data binding has been enhanced to support the ADO.NET Entity Model

Essential Grid

JSON Support (ASP.NET) - TJSON mode can be enabled to handle paging, sorting, grouping and filtering
Editing via Unbound Columns (ASP.NET MVC) - Make changes to multiple fields in a grid at the same time

Essential Tools

Calendar Navigation (ASP.NET) - New navigation pane that makes browsing by day, week, month, year or decade easier. This JavaScript implementation is fast and gives users a fluid experience
Rotator Control Improvements (ASP.NET) - An auto-play button can be added to the Rotator control to allow users to automatically scroll up or down, left or right with one click. While in this button mode, the rotator control retains all its other features
AutoComplete Enhancements (ASP.NET MVC) - Client-side data fetching has been added to increase performance
Captcha Control Refresh (ASP.NET MVC) - Refresh button allows regeneration of the code that has to be entered in the verification text box
Dragging and Dropping Tree Nodes (ASP.NET MVC) - With drag and drop support, tree nodes can be repositioned at different levels in the same tree or dropped into a different tree
Splitter Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Create separate panes in a work area that can be resized or collapsed by dragging or clicking
TimePicker Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Four primary fields can be set: hours, minutes, seconds and a.m. or p.m

About Syncfusion

Essential Tools improves Calendar Navigation

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:55:50 GMT

Example applications built using Syncfusion Essential Tools.

Browse by day, week, month, year or decade.

Syncfusion Essential Tools is an collection of nearly 80 user-interface components. Easily create robust and usable application interfaces emulating Visual Studio.NET and Microsoft Office. All editor controls have been architected to provide a simple and feature-rich means for capturing data input, validating and displaying appropriate formatting.

Updates in 2012

Calendar Navigation (ASP.NET) - New navigation pane that makes browsing by day, week, month, year or decade easier. This JavaScript implementation is fast and gives users a fluid experience
Rotator Control Improvements (ASP.NET) - An auto-play button can be added to the Rotator control to allow users to automatically scroll up or down, left or right with one click. While in this button mode, the rotator control retains all its other features
AutoComplete Enhancements (ASP.NET MVC) - Client-side data fetching has been added to increase performance
Captcha Control Refresh (ASP.NET MVC) - Refresh button allows regeneration of the code that has to be entered in the verification text box
Dragging and Dropping Tree Nodes (ASP.NET MVC) - With drag and drop support, tree nodes can be repositioned at different levels in the same tree or dropped into a different tree
Splitter Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Create separate panes in a work area that can be resized or collapsed by dragging or clicking
TimePicker Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Four primary fields can be set: hours, minutes, seconds and a.m. or p.m

About Syncfusion

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help adds Mobile Help

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:53:09 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

Create HTML 5-based output designed for display on mobile devices.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help lets you create and publish content for desktop, Web, mobile devices, SharePoint and print. Write (or import) content in Microsoft Word, HTML or the Doc-To-Help editor and then publish professional quality outputs. Choose from NetHelp (Web-based Help), Mobile Help, HTML Help, PDF, DOC, WinHelp, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, Help 2.0 and Microsoft Help Viewer 1.x.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012 v1

Mobile Help - Just select and build HTML 5-based output and your content will be formatted for mobile use. This output works on all major mobile browsers, smart phones and tablets
Right-to-Left Output - Automatically publish NetHelp in right-to-left (RTL) format
Eclipse Help - Produce Help in the Eclipse format by choosing Eclipse Help and clicking "Build"
Microsoft Office 365 Support - Use Office 365 versions of Word and SharePoint to create documentation
NetHelp Files Customization - The JavaScript that controls the behavior of NetHelp is contained in an easy-to-access file
Automatic Index Navigation for NetHelp 2.0 - The index tab is automatically displayed or hidden depending on whether or not you have an index
Section 508 Compliance for NetHelp 2.0 - NetHelp 2.0 is now Section 508 compliant. Keyboard shortcuts and screen reader compatibility have been added.
Topic XHTML Wizard - Specify boilerplate content or code to insert in every topic

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne provides a wide range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools and applications. This includes ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which represents a broad and complete set of tools and solutions for Microsoft Windows, Web and Mobile application developers. ComponentOne has received numerous industry and user accolades including awards from SDTimes, The Code Project, TechWeb, Software Development Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Society for Technical Communication and SQL Server Magazine. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

PowerShell Server V5.0 released

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:54:34 GMT

Update PowerShell settings.

Updates include GSSAPI authentication, SCP secure file transfer and SSH 2.0 support.

PowerShell Server lets you manage your Windows based systems remotely without using a GUI interface like Remote Desktop. It also lets you configure your Windows servers from non-windows devices like your PDA or Blackberry. PowerShell Server is a secure access Remoting enhancement for Microsoft Windows PowerShell. It gives systems administrators and IT professionals the ability to enable Windows machines with a secure (SSH) remote entry point to a Windows PowerShell host. PowerShell Server can act as a standalone server or can pass remote objects through the included SSHRunspace Cmdlet, enabling SSH secured remoting.

Updates in 5.0

GSSAPI authentication (NTLM and Kerberos)
SCP secure file transfer
Secure SSH tunnels
SSH 2.0 support

About /n software

/n software is a leading provider of cross-platform software components for communication, security, and e-business development. Software developers for nearly every Fortune 500 and Global 2000 company worldwide use /n software's products to build powerful connected applications. Their client list includes companies like Microsoft, Sony, Xerox, Cisco, MCI WorldCom, Dell, Motorola and Intel.

Create and alter tables in MySQL

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:55:18 GMT

Create database tables with SQLyog.

Define columns, create indexes and foreign keys from a single interface.

SQLyog is an easy to use, compact and fast graphical tool for managing your MySQL databases. It combines the features of MySQL Administrator, phpMyAdmin and other MySQL Front Ends and GUI tools.

Updates in 9.5.1

Define columns, create indexes and foreign keys from a single interface and produce a single CREATE/ALTER TABLE query to execute
While working on creating a table, you can visit another tab, and return back to creating the table
History and Info tabs now appear alongside the Query tab
Content of History and Info tabs is now searchable

About Webyog

Webyog creates innovative data management tools for thousands of customers across 100+ countries, ranging from enterprises and small businesses to home users. The company provides data management tools for managing popular open-source databases. It consistently receives top ratings and recommendations by respected third-party media and product reviewers. More than 2 million users worldwide have selected Webyog to help them smartly manage, monitor and optimize their databases.

BCGControlBar adds Diagram Control

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:23:00 GMT

BCGControlBar Library Professional Office demo.

Create flow, graph, network and database relationship diagrams from your MFC applications.

BCGControlBar Library Professional includes over 200 MFC extension classes for creating toolbars and menus with customization and visualization. It can be used to add Office and Visual Studio like User Interfaces to applications. The following editions are available:

Updates in V17.0

Diagram Control

Unlimited number of diagram shapes and connectors
Predefined diagram blocks, including circles, triangles, boxes, rounded boxes, parallelograms, trapezoids, stars and clouds
Table diagram blocks
Text labels inside diagram blocks
Straight and curved diagram connectors with 5 types of customizable arrows
Interactive diagram editing
Ability to save and load diagrams to/from XML
Copy diagram images to the Clipboard
Save diagram images to a file

Chart Control

Axis scale breaks - Scale breaks can be generated automatically or added manually
New Histogram chart
Two technical indicators for Stock charts - Bollinger Bands and MACD
Stock charts optimized to handle very large data sets
Support for tooltips
New method GetNearestScreenPoint calculates position for interactive markers

Property Grid Control

New property classes for brush, text format and line style compound properties
Display context menus with predefined and custom options
Display built-in toolbar with predefined commands
Display built-in search box
Property copy/paste operations
Dynamically modify the color palette

Ribbon Bar Control

Clean up unused images feature
Recent File Form for Backstage View

Tag Cloud Control

Unlimited number of tags
Alphabetical sorting
Sorting by value
Customizable text color
Customizable text format
Tooltip support

Gauges Control

New WYSIWYG design tool
Arrange gauges on a design surface and change their properties
Save your dashboard to XML and load it into a C++ application

About BCGSoft

BCGSoft specializes in the development of business components for Microsoft Windows. BCGSoft helps developers to incorporate into their applications the most advanced component technologies available.

AdminStudio V11 released

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:43:00 GMT

AdminStudio start page which offers application tasks and a tools gallery.

Reduce the complexity associated with new technologies such as virtualization, user-centric and cloud computing.

AdminStudio provides enterprise IT teams with software packaging tools to prepare reliable application packages for deployment. It includes a complete suite of automated MSI packaging, customization, testing and management reporting capabilities.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V11

Software Tagging Support
(Enterprise, Professional and Standard Editions)

AdminStudio 11 now includes ISO 19770-2 tagging as standard, which enables a more efficient software asset management and license optimization process. The ISO tag file contains accurate descriptive information on the application (publisher, name, version, etc.) and simplifies the asset management by enabling the collection and analysis of tags to provide an accurate picture of application inventory.

Facilitating Migration to Microsoft's Configuration Manager 2012
(Enterprise and Professional Edition only)

AdminStudio 11 provides import functionality to help speed your migration to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012. Bulk import eliminates the laborious task of importing applications manually one at a time.
AdminStudio 11 gathers application deployment metadata by mining package elements like dependencies. In addition to metadata, AdminStudio also identifies product level data such as product icon, manufacturer, scripts, etc.
AdminStudio offers the option to automatically identify the best candidates for migration to Configuration Manager 2012.
AdminStudio now has the ability to publish applications to Microsoft's Configuration Manager 2007 and 2012.

Microsoft Server App-V Application Suitability Testing
(Enterprise with Virtualization Pack and Professional with Virtualization Pack Editions only)

AdminStudio 11 performs automatic suitability testing of packages for Microsoft Server App-V. By identifying conversion issues in advance, AdminStudio 11 helps avoid compatibility problems.

InstallShield Suiting/Wrapping
(Enterprise Edition only)

Included with AdminStudio 11 Enterprise Edition, InstallShield 2012 Premier edition streamlines the bundling of applications into suites. It handles application dependencies, post-install updates and other issues to minimize the risk of rolling out incomplete packages or packages with out-of-date applications.

Platform (API)
(Enterprise Edition only)

AdminStudio 11 includes an API that enables users to sequence and orchestrate individual AdminStudio automated tasks to perform higher-level processes such as such as importing packages, checking for virtualization readiness, converting to virtualized packages, testing packages and distributing to Microsoft's Configuration Manager. You can use.NET, PowerShell, scripting languages such as VB Script to communicate with AdminStudio.

About Flexera Software

For over 20 years companies have turned to Flexera Software for products to help manage applications. Their comprehensive suite of Application Usage Management solutions including installation and licensing, entitlement management/delivery, application readiness and enterprise license optimization.Their solutions are on over 500 million computers worldwide.

InstallAware Virtualization V4 released

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:49:00 GMT

Scanning the registry with PackageAware for InstallAware Virtualization.

Produce applications that eliminate false positives in anti-virus scans.

InstallAware Virtualization eliminates the need to install applications before running them by creating single, self-sustaining, executable files that don't require installation to run. Use it to convert any setup into a portable, single-file EXE virtual application which never extracts any files to the host system. Deploy to an unlimited number of clients using the royalty free licensing model.

Updates in V4

Anti-Virus Compatibility - Eliminate false positives in an anti-virus scan. The new virtualization engine has been white-listed with all major anti-virus manufacturers.
Direct Import for Registry Hives/Folders - Import thousands of registry keys and files in just a single click.
Enhanced 64-bit Virtualization
Ready for Windows 8

About InstallAware

InstallAware was founded in 2003 by InstallShield alumni. The company produces software installation and compression technologies for the Windows Installer (MSI) platform on the Microsoft Windows Operating System. InstallAware is supported by thousands of users worldwide and is a Borland Technology Partner.

Muhimbi PDF Converter adds MSG file conversion

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:09:00 GMT

Set document settings using PDF Converter for SharePoint.

Convert Outlook MSG files to PDF from within SharePoint.

Muhimbi PDF Converter for SharePoint allows end-users to convert common document types such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and InfoPath to PDF from within SharePoint. It can convert an entire document library to PDF straight from SharePoint and fully supports RTL (including Hebrew and Arabic) and does not need Adobe Acrobat on the server.

Updates in 5.2

Convert Outlook MSG files to PDF including all attachments.
Split PDF files using SharePoint workflows.
PDF/A Post processing for all supported file formats.
Support for the 64-bit version of Office 2010.

About Muhimbi

Muhimbi is a provider of shrink wrapped solutions for the SharePoint market. Their products include PDF Converters, URL Shorteners and Audit Log Management Tools.

Xceed Ultimate Suite adds Blendables product

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Xceed's Upload for Silverlight and DataGrid for WPF components.

Create 2D and 3D User Interfaces with layouts and panels.

Xceed Ultimate Suite offers both UI tools for application front-ends and data handling libraries for application back-ends. It includes grids, charts, UI, Zip, FTP, encryption as well as networking libraries.

Updates in 2012 v1

New Xceed Blendables for WPF - Create compelling UIs quickly with nearly 30 WPF controls, layouts and panels.
Xceed DataGrid for WPF V4.3 - Improved performance during horizontal scrolling with a large number of columns, as well as improved responsiveness and efficiency auto-filtering when there are changes in the data source. Initial loading and vertical scrolling have been improved, as has scrolling performance while dragging a column over the edges of a datagrid.

About Xceed Software

For 17 years Xceed Software has been creating professional WPF, .NET, Silverlight, and COM software components. Their current product line has over 65 components, which are used by over 50,000 developers worldwide. Their current specialization is data grid controls and their flagship products are Xceed DataGrid for WPF and Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight.

oXygen XML Author adds DITA Map Metrics

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:11:13 GMT

Edit XML using oXygen XML Author.

View number of elements, attributes, words and characters used in the DITA Map structure.

oXygen XML Author is a visual XML editor. It features remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client support, file and directory comparison tools, XML Digital Signature support, XPath support, Microsoft Office, Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

DITA map metrics added - View number of elements, attributes, words and characters used in the DITA Map structure. Also information types like number of containing maps, bookmaps and topics.
Profiling/conditional text improvements - The "Edit Profiling Attributes" action is no longer restricted to profiling only elements. Now it also works on selections that can contain multiple elements.
Prefixed CSS extensions - Oxygen-specific CSS properties are now prefixed with the oxy marker. The old, unprefixed form is now deprecated.
Browse reference manual action - A new contextual action is available for DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML documents. It opens the documentation of the selected XML element in a Web browser.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with expertise in XML technologies including XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. Their main product oXygen XML Editor provides support for many XML technologies. It complies with the established standards released by W3C and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE.

oXygen XML Developer adds Remote Find and Replace

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:10:49 GMT

XML Editor in oXygen XML Developer.

Find and replace text in remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.

oXygen XML Developer is an XML/XSLT source editing application. It includes XML editing, XML conversion, XML Schema development, XSLT/ XQuery/ XPath execution and debugging, SOAP and WSDL testing, native XML and relational database support, generation of XSD and XSL documentation, validation and transformation of XML files and XML instance generation.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

Syntax highlight for mixed content types - The syntax coloring engine was redesigned for improved performance and more accurate detection. Different content types mixed in the same file are now highlighted according to color schemes defined for each content type.
Remote file find/replace - Find and replace text in remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Spell check remote files - Spell check remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Improved open/find resource filter - Look for resources using path fragments.
Improved BIDI rendering - A number of BIDI-text-related issues have been fixed, leading to improved rendering of bidirectional content documents.

About SyncRO Soft

oXygen XML Editor improves Syntax Highlighting

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:11:36 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Syntax now color coded by content type.

oXygen XML Editor provides the tools for XML authoring, XML conversion, XML Schema, DTD, Relax NG and Schematron development, XPath, XSLT, XQuery debugging, SOAP and WSDL testing. It includes integration with XML document repositories via WebDAV, Subversion and S/FTP protocols.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

Syntax highlighting for mixed content types - The syntax coloring engine was redesigned for improved performance and more accurate detection. Different content types mixed in the same file are now highlighted according to color schemes defined for each content type.
Remote file find/replace - Find and replace in remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Spell check remote files - Spell check remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Improved open/find resource filter - Look for resources using path fragments.
Improved BIDI rendering - A number of BIDI-text-related issues have been fixed, leading to improved rendering of bidirectional content documents.
DITA map metrics added - View number of elements, attributes, words and characters used in the DITA Map structure. Information types like number of containing maps, bookmaps and topics are now available.
Profiling/conditional text improved- The "Edit Profiling Attributes" action is no longer restricted to profiling only elements. Now it also works on selections, that can contain multiple elements.
Prefixed oxygen CSS properties extensions - Oxygen-specific CSS properties are now prefixed with the oxy marker. The old, unprefixed form is now deprecated.
Browse reference manual action - A new contextual action is available for DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML documents. It opens the documentation of the selected XML element in a Web browser.

About SyncRO Soft

Simplify Development of ReSharper Plug-ins

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Refactoring tools in ReSharper.

ReSharper SDK provides a full set of assemblies required to test plug-ins.

ReSharper is an intelligent productivity tool for Visual Studio. It comes with intelligent coding assistance, on-the-fly error highlighting and quick error correction. ReSharper also supports code refactoring, unit testing, navigation and search.

Updates in 6.1

Async - Now supports async and await keywords, both in C# and VB.NET, as well as providing a set of related code inspections and quick-fixes
ReSharper SDK - Simplify development and maintenance of ReSharper plug-ins. The SDK provides a full set of ReSharper assemblies required to test ReSharper plug-ins. Visual Studio templates for creating different kinds of plug-in projects are also available with the SDK.
Improved management of settings - The settings engine has been revamped with extra emphasis on sharing and managing settings. Many more settings have been made accessible and sharable and new granular settings have been introduced — for example, those defining IntelliSense behavior for different languages.
Optimizing assembly references - Inspect assembly references in any C#, VB.NET or XAML-enabled project and see if they are not used.

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a leading software development firm specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software technology. The company is widely known for their innovative, award-winning products, IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper and TeamCity. JetBrain's products are trusted and used everyday by developers in over 3,000 companies worldwide, many from the Fortune 100. JetBrains has headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic and R&D centers in Russia, Germany and the USA.

DevExpress VCL Subscription 2011 vol 2 released

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:05:00 GMT

Example scheduling application developed with Developer Express VCL Subscription.

Includes new controls plus support for Delphi and C++ Builder XE2.

Developer Express VCL Subscription includes VCL components for Data Entry, Charting, Data Analysis, Navigation, Layout, Grids, Scheduling, Styling, Reporting, Printing and Planning. The subscription includes full source code plus a 12 month window where all new product releases are delivered automatically. Developer Express VCL Subscription includes current and new products, product upgrades (major and minor), and access to all betas in active development. In addition, when you subscribe to Developer Express VCL Subscription, all your support inquiries will be given top priority. DevExpress VCL Subscription supports Delphi 7, 2007, 2009, 2010, XE and XE2, plus C++Builder 2007, 2009, 2010, XE and XE2.

Updates in v2011 vol 2

Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2 Support - Added support for Delphi XE2 (64-bit) and C++ Builder XE2.
Alert Window Manager - Build applications with Microsoft Outlook or Skype style alerts.
Breadcrumb Control - Present hierarchical data in a linear form.
Clock Control - The clock display can be made transparent and can overlay other parts of an application.
Bevel Control - A drop-in replacement for the standard VCL bevel control that adds support for DevExpress skins.
Scroll Box Control - A skinnable replacement for the standard VCL scroll box.
Gantt View Elements - Task group and milestone elements have been added to the view to visually indicate summary tasks and the completion of important events.
Card Stretch Options for Layout View - Make a card displayed in SingleRecord mode, stretch vertically or horizontally in the View, or occupy the entire View.
Demos now use Standard Datasets - Product demonstrations have been redesigned to use TClientDataSet or TdxMemData as data sources, rather than BDE data access components.

About DevExpress (Developer Express)

Developer Express is a software development company based in the United States. It produces coding assistance tools and components for Delphi, C++ Builder and Microsoft Visual Studio developers. The major part of its product line is VCL, .NET WinForms and ASP.NET components that replicate the UI of Microsoft Windows and Office applications. Developer Express has won numerous industry awards for its products.

Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2012 released

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:23:00 GMT

Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7 and iOS applications created with Resco MobileApp Studio

New release adds smooth scrolling, optimized drawing, aliased rounded corners and advanced customizations.

Resco MobileForms Toolkit can be used to develop applications for multiple mobile platforms including Windows Mobile, Tablet PC, Windows Phone 7, iPhone and iPad and Android. It consists of suites of WinForms and Silverlight controls that allow developers to quickly design and build mobile forms. The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012

A new set of controls with smooth touch scrolling, optimized drawing, aliased round corners and advanced customization
New options to define data source, background, text size, fonts, colors and touch scroll behavior
New elements that can be added to a panel: (UIAnimatedLabel, UIGridPanel, UIRollerPanel, UIButton, UICheckBox, UIRollerPicker, UIColorList, UIImage, UISpinButton,UIColorPicker, UILabel, UIStackPanel, UIColorRoller, UIOptionView, UITextBox, UIComboBox, UIPanel, UIUniformGrid, UIDateTimePicker, UIRadioButton, UIWrapPanel, UIDateTimeRoller and UIRoller)
Improvements to chart controls for Windows Phone, iOS and Android

About Resco

Founded in 1999, Resco is a global company that specializes in development of controls, libraries and developer tools for mobile application development. Resco products have been used by more than 3,000 corporate customers worldwide. Resco is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Microsoft VS Partner and Certified for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Editable UML class diagrams for PHP code

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:47:24 GMT

Running a script with PhpStorm.

PhpStorm V3.0 adds PHP UML to help you examine, understand and change your PHP code.

PhpStorm provides a rich and intelligent code editor for PHP with syntax highlighting, extended code formatting configuration, on-the-fly error checking, and smart code completion. PhpStorm is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for PHP developers, built on top of the IntelliJ IDEA platform. It inherits all the web-related functionality of IntelliJ IDEA for editing PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, working with VCS and SQL.

Updates in V3.0

PHP UML - Understand and change code by providing editable UML class diagrams for PHP code. Quickly examine your application structure, create and edit classes and their relationships. Many refactorings can be applied directly from the diagram, via the shortcut menu.
Profiler Integration - Profile your scripts from PHPStorm with either Xdebug or Zend Debugger. See aggregate reports and jump from execution statistics directly to functions in your PHP code.
New PHP Formatting Options - Full support for Zend, PEAR and other standards.
Platform Improvements - More streamlined UI across all modern Operating Systems and Mac OS X Lion compatibility.
Smart Duplicated Code Detector - Available for all major supported languages including CSS and HTML.
PHPUnit Testing Improvements - Switch between tests and source code.
XSLT - XSLT 2.0 support and XSLT Debugger added.

About JetBrains

SQL Compare 10 adds table mapping

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:00 GMT

Synchronizing SQL Server database with SQL Compare.

Prevent data loss when deploying tables or columns that have been renamed.

SQL Compare is a tool for comparing and synchronizing SQL Server database structures. It is used by over 150,000 database administrators, developers and testers. It automates the process of distributing database changes made on a local database, to testing, staging or live databases on remote servers. SQL Compare Pro contains a command-line interface and you can compare and synchronize SQL Server database schemas and automate tasks.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 10.0

Table mapping - Map together tables and columns with different names; this can be useful to prevent data loss when deploying tables or columns that have been renamed.
Creating a new database to compare - Useful if you want to create a copy of the source database.
Comparing revisions from SQL Source Control - Select specific versions of a source-controlled database to compare.
New command line switches - AbortOnWarnings, IgnoreSourceCaseSensitivity, LogLevel, ShowWarnings, Version1 and Version2.
New project options - Add object existence checks, use DROP and CREATE instead of ALTER, Ignore migration scripts for databases.
Connect to SQL Server 2012 (Denali) servers.
Transaction Isolation Level application option - Set the transaction isolation level used in deployment scripts. You can use this option to prevent deployment errors when using linked servers.

About Red Gate Software

Since 1999, Red Gate Software has been developing ingeniously simple tools that simplify the business of working with SQL Server, .NET and Exchange. Its tools, which include SQL Compare, SQL Backup and ANTS Performance Profiler, have become industry standards for developers and DBAs worldwide. It counts Microsoft, HP, Sage, Bank of America, AT&T, The US Treasury, and over 100,000 other leading organizations as customers with over 500,000 Microsoft technology professionals currently using Red Gate products.

SQL Monitor 2.3 now includes SMS Alert integration

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:58 GMT

SQL Monitor's user interface showing the status of monitored SQL Servers.

Latest version of SQL Monitor integrates with third-party phone and SMS alerting tool, PagerDuty.

SQL Monitor analyzes the health and activity of your SQL Servers, providing you with intelligent alerts and recommendations. It provides a web-based solution to monitor server performance in real time on desktop machines and mobile devices. SQL Monitor's user interface also includes intuitive overviews allowing you to check global, machine, cluster, server and database health and performance at a glance. In addition to this you can receive alerts via email and the UI when issues arise. Performance monitoring data is stored in a SQL Server database, so you can generate reports allowing you to identify the causes of a problem fast.

Updates in 2.3

A Top 10 expensive queries list for each SQL Server instance and database.
Integration with third-party phone and SMS alerting tool PagerDuty.
Separate purge options for high and low volume data.

About Red Gate Software

WebStorm adds JavaScript Unit Testing

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:04:11 GMT

Edit HTML code with WebStorm.

Jump from an exception stacktrace straight into your source code.

WebStorm helps you edit HTML, CSS and JavaScript during Web development. It notifies you about code problems on the fly and easily handles complicated language mixtures e.g. HTML markup or SQL inside a JavaScript. WebStorm tracks changes made to source files protecting you from accidental losses. You can inspect the history of a particular file or directory and rollback to any of its previous versions.

Updates in V3.0

Node.JS - Debug and validate server-side JavaScript (Node.JS apps)
JSLint - JavaScript code quality tool integrated in the IDE. Checks your code whilst editing
Smart Duplicated Code Detector - For JavaScript, CSS and HTML
CoffeeScript - A programming language that compiles to JavaScript and enhances its brevity and readability
JavaScript Unit Testing - Jump from an exception stacktrace straight into your source code
FTP/SFTP Sync Improved - Sync with Local/Sync with Deployed context menus added in Project view and Remote Host view
XSLT - XSLT 2.0 support enhanced with XSLT Debugger

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a Czech software development company best known for its Java IDE, IntelliJ IDEA and for its Visual Studio plugin ReSharper. JetBrains was founded in 2000 as a private company. JetBrains have a passion for making people more productive through smart software solutions that help them focus more on what they really want to accomplish, and less on mundane, repetitive tasks.

IntegralUI TreeListView adds new Rating Control

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:26:14 GMT

A themed listview window showing the date picker control.

Use custom images to show rating values.

IntegralUI TreeListView allows you to visualize your hierarchical data in multiple columns and custom layouts using text, images, hyperlinks, checkboxes and custom controls. It includes advanced drag-drop operations, filtering using multiple values and custom sort operations. It also has a highly customizable appearance and theme support.

Updates in V3.2

Extend the current theme with custom colors for all controls
New Rating Control which can use custom images to show rating values, includes star image as default
New NumberedList Control presents a numbered list of items acting like a navigation panel
New Panel and TransparentPanel containers with gradient background fill and custom border appearance
A DisplayMode property for items which enables an item to act as a separator in the list
A style for drawing subitems when they are focused
Selection from keyboard using CTRL or SHIFT keys
Serialization of images from ImageList to XML file is now supported
Place child node above or below its parent node
A new ShowRootLines property which shows root lines even if there are no child nodes
New IsChildOf method which determines whether a node is child of a specified node
New GetPreferredSize method which returns actual size of node space

About Lidor Systems

Lidor Systems is a software development company specializing in the design and development of high quality .NET components and controls. Its design philosophy is based on ease of use, flexibility and performance. The company's goal is to provide you with innovative components, tools and support you need to effectively compete in today's competitive development market.