ComponentSource Topic | Oracle Database

GdPicture.NET adds new Magnifier Tool

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:38:00 GMT

Annotations created with GdPicture.NET.

Improve the readability of PDFs and zoom in on images.

GdPicture.NET is a suite of document imaging toolkits delivered as .NET components enabling developers to compose, display, capture, edit and print image documents. Your programs will be able to display documents, acquire images from TWAIN scanners, perform image processing and optical character recognition (OCR). The product supports more than 90 vector and bitmap image formats including JPEG2000, JBIG, JBIG2, PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG and RAW.

Updates in 8.4

New magnifier tool has been added to the Viewer and can be used on PDFs and Images.
Improved Autodeskew engine.
Unicode support added when writing PDFs, with many font schemes supported such as Open type and Post Script.
Printing support added to the GdPicturePDF class.
Annotated documents created by the GdPicture/XMP Plugin can be saved into a stream.
New C# demo application for image processing with undo/redo features.
Improved toolkit stability, especially for the OCR and barcode recognition engines.

About GdPicture

GdPicture is a leading publisher of comprehensive document imaging toolkits for developers. Delivered as ActiveX and .NET components, GdPicture products can add several features to your application quickly and easily. Features include: OCR, image processing, PDF creation, image conversion, document displaying, document printing and image acquisition. GdPicture has thousands of customers all over the world including ECM market companies and software development firms. Every day they provide services and reliable support to programmers and architects to reduce time and cost of applications development. GdPicture is based in Toulouse, France.

ClearDB Documenter v3 released

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:32:47 GMT

Generating database documentation with ClearDB Documenter.

Create and compare database documentation for Oracle databases.

ClearDB Documenter easily and quickly documents a complete set of schema (tables, views, procedures, functions, packages, etc.) and non-schema (contexts, directories, profiles, users, roles, etc.) object types as well as source code modules (packaged and stand-alone subroutines) for Oracle versions up to 11gR2. Moreover, each source code module is analyzed for its structure and architecture. A set of quality control metrics about the code is generated to identify possible error prone procedures based on complexity, size and modularity.

Updates in v3

Compare differences - Compare two sets of documentation or compare the documentation and database.
Automate documentation generation - use the integrated job scheduler, save a job as a batch file and schedule it in a third party scheduler or execute it manually via the Windows Command Line.
Synchronize documentation - easily generates new versions of the documentation to ensure that its content is always up-to-date and synchronized with the database.
Extract database DDL from documentation - select object types to be extracted and specify a number of output settings. If you need to, you can recover a database by using the database DDL extracted from the documentation.
Faster documentation creation - generate new documentation based on the content and options of source documentation. This approach dramatically speeds up the documentation setup and definition process.
Convert formats - easily convert documentation from HTML to CHM, and vice versa.
Extract a subset from documentation offline - Includes the ability to remove database objects and to change documentation, Code Analyzer and generation options (no database connection needed).

About Conquest Software Solutions

Conquest Software Solutions is a group of professionals based on two continents committed to providing powerful, customer-focused, user-driven, professional tools designed for Oracle developers. Conquest Software Solutions focus on meeting the high expectations for performance and ease of use at economically advantageous prices, making software accessible not only to large corporations, but also to small companies, individual developers and consultants. Conquest Software Solutions is dedicated to delivering new ideas and products for the professional Oracle developer and DBA that are reliable and of high quality.

ClearSQL 6.0 adds track and compare functionality

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:36:00 GMT

Analyzing object with ClearSQL.

Edit, format and analyze your Oracle PL/SQL code, count metrics and enforce coding standards.

ClearSQL is a full-blown code analyzer and editor for legacy code maintenance. It lets you analyze declarations, exceptions and the control flow, remove anomalies, automatically fix and format your PL/SQL. With ClearSQL you can flowchart your legacy code to discover logic, and visualize the conditional branches, loops and jumps, in order to see the visual patterns of your code. You can also generate call tree diagrams and CRUD matrices to discover data flows between subroutines and datasets to identify performance problems.

Updates in 6.0

Oracle Forms and PL/SQL library support - Import Oracle forms and PL/SQL libraries into a ClearSQL project, analyze, format, fix and illustrate their PL/SQL code.
Analysis summaries - Available at ClearSQL project, folder and script levels, the summary page lets you view important analysis information shown graphically as pies, bars and grids.
Track and compare changes - Each analysis creates a new "snapshot", storing project content and script analysis values, these "snapshots" can then be compared.
Automated project and database analysis - Automate analysis of ClearSQL projects via its scheduled jobs, third party schedulers or the Windows Command Line.
Analyzer View - The new GUI splits the analysis information of the project, script diagrams and analysis history into different panes and tabs.
Active Workspace - Customize the position, size and visibility of ClearSQL GUI elements.

About Conquest Software Solutions

GdPicture.NET improves QR barcode support

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:01:44 GMT

Annotations created with GdPicture.NET.

Version 8.3.6 can detect multiple QR-Code barcodes from black & white, gray scale, palletized and color images.

Updates in 8.3.6

Detects QR-Code in more than 90 different image formats, including PDF.
Detects multiple QR-Code barcodes from black & white, gray scale, palletized and color images.
Returns the string value of each QR-Code barcode recognized.
Returns the bounding box of each QR-Code barcode. -> top-left, top-right, bottom-left & bottom-right points.
Returns the confidence of each QR-Code barcode.
Returns the version of each QR-Code barcode.
Detects QR-Code barcode on a full page or on a region of interest.
Support for ECC error correction algorithm to recognize partially destroyed symbols.
Fast, accurate & easy to use.
Royalty-free licensing: no distribution license required for server or desktop.
Strong named and digitally signed library.
Working on any Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 !
Available in 32 bit & 64 bit version.
Can work in multi-thread applications (thread-safe).

About GdPicture

GdPicture is a leading editor of comprehensives document imaging toolkits for developers. Delivered as ActiveX and .NET components, GdPicture products can add several features to your applications quickly and easily like OCR, image processing, PDF creation, image conversion, document displaying, document printing, image acquisition and all other features covering all areas of document imaging technologies. GdPicture has thousands of customers all over the world including ECM market companies and software development firms. Every day they provide services and reliable support to programmers & architects to reduce time and cost of applications development. GdPicture is based in Toulouse, France.

PL/SQL Developer V9.0.1 released

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:02:51 GMT

Find database objects view in PL/SQL Developer.

You can now be connected with more than one user at more than one database at a time.

PL/SQL Developer is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that is specifically targeted at the development of stored program units for Oracle Databases. Over time more and more business logic and application logic has moved into the Oracle Server, so that PL/SQL programming has become a significant part of the total development process. PL/SQL Developer focuses on ease of use, code quality and productivity, key advantages during Oracle application development.

Updates in V9.0.1

Multiple simultaneous connections
The major new feature in PL/SQL Developer 9.0 is that you can now be connected with more than one user at more than one database at a time. Each window has its own connection, and you can easily switch the connection of a window by using the connection selector.

Connection List
Allows you to quickly access connections from a dockable or floating tool. The connection list gives you a quick overview of all connections and their associated windows. Connections will automatically be added to the list when logging on, but they can also be explicitly added as a user-defined connection.

XLSX format support (Excel 2007 / 2010)
Added support for Excel 2007 / 2010 XLSX format for exporting SQL Window result sets and saving Report Window results. The XLSX format allows for an unlimited number of rows per sheet.

Table Definition Editor Enhancements
Now supports Oracle11g virtual columns. You can mark a column as virtual and enter the expression in the Default/Expression field.

Diagram Window Enhancements

Explicitly sort items with drag & drop
Automatically sort items by id or alphabetically
Additional zoom levels for smoother zooming
Show or hide item types at group or diagram level
Table and View level comments included

Command Window Enhancements

ZIP Archive [File | Directory] command added
Support for SIZE UNLIMITED added for the SET SERVEROUTPUT command
ZIP option added to the SPOOL command
SHOW CONNECTION command added to show information about all connections

Other Enhancements

Support for local partitioned indexes added
Support for logging/no-logging added
Support for rowdependencies added
Comments can now be edited in a text editor

SQL Window Enhancements

You can now lock one or more columns so that they remain visible when the grid is scrolled horizontally. You can also scroll lock rows to keep key rows visible or to easily compare 2 rows that are not adjacent
Virtual columns are read-only and will immediately update when you change the value of a source column
If a table has a before insert or update trigger that modifies column values, or if the table has default values for newly inserted records, the SQL Window grid will now immediately display these server-generated values after posting the new or modified record
You can now use a "Tab=<title>" comment to define result tab titles
A function key has been added to invoke the Large Data Editor from the result grid
The Output Buffer Size can be set to 0 for Unlimited

Test Manager Enhancements

Global variables added to pass variable values from one test script to another
A "New Session" property is added to isolate test scripts from session state changes
A Log pane is added on the Run tab page to show variable input and output values
The definition page now contains a splitter to resize the top and bottom half

Editor Enhancements

Syntax highlighting now works correctly for alternative quote delimiters
The Code Assistant is now invoked for database links after typing @
Code Assistant "Describe Context" queries can now be modified through CANames.sql
The editor now detects Unicode encoding from the file contents in addition to the file header ("BOM")
The macro recorder now supports edit functions like Find, Bookmark, and so on
Ctrl-Del is now assigned to "Editor / Delete next word"

Object Browser Enhancements

A "Suppress owner" property has been added for user-defined Object Browser Folders
The list of users for the User selector can now be limited by specifying a where clause in the Preferences

File Browser Enhancements

Popup menu item "Open with" added to open a file with an external program
Popup menu item "Properties" added to show the file properties
Popup menu item "Open in Explorer" added to show a file or directory in the Windows Explorer

Data Generator enhancements

SQL() expression now accepts bind variables for other field values. For example: SQL('Department ' || :deptno)
LIST(select) expression now accepts bind variables for other field values. For example: LIST(select empno from emp where deptno = :deptno)
SQL() expression now accepts a select statement with a single column/row result. For example: SQL(select count(*) from order_lines where order_id = :order_id)

Compare User Objects Enhancements
Now allows you to compare PL/SQL source objects with or without case, white space, and comments. Simply select the corresponding items on the options tab page: The difference viewer will also compare with or without case and white space. If you are using your own difference viewer, you can configure which command-line switches need to be used for each option.

About Allround Automations

Allround Automations, based in Enschede, The Netherlands, is a privately held company, founded in 1989. Allround Automations is a leading provider of Oracle development tools, with more than 290,000 users at more than 40,000 companies and organizations in 147 countries.

GdPicture.NET 8.2 improves OMR engine accuracy

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:10:00 GMT

Annotations created with GdPicture.NET.

1D Barcode reader engine accuracy is also increased and support for PDF Form Fields editing has been added.

GdPicture.NET is a suite of document imaging toolkits delivered as .NET components enabling developers to compose, display, capture, edit and print documents into .NET applications including ASP.NET web applications. With GdPicture.NET your programs will be able to display documents, acquire image from TWAIN scanners, make image processing, perform optical characters recognition and many other features covering all mainstream areas of document imaging. GdPicture.NET technology supports more than 90 vector and bitmap image formats from 1-bit to 128-bit including High Dynamic Range images, JPEG2000, JBIG, JBIG2, PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG and RAW camera. GdPicture.NET can be used on any 32-bit and 64-bit Windows development environment that supports .NET components such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and CodeGear RAD Studio. GdPicture PDF plugin, GdPicture XMP Annotation plugin, GdPicture JBIG2 Encoder plugin, GdPicture Forms Processing plugin, GdPicture OCR Tesseract Engine plugin, GdPicture 1D Barcode Reader plugin and GdPicture DataMatrix Recognition plugin are included free of charge in GdPicture.NET 8 Ultimate Edition. You can also buy GdPicture Plugins separately to extend the functionality of any other GdPicture.NET SDK.

Updates in 8.2

OMR engine accuracy increased
1D Barcode reader engine accuracy increased
Adobe PDF Annotation scheme support
PDF Form Fields editing support
New AnnotationManager class to handle GdPicture/XMP annotations by code
Improved Toolkit stability in extreme multithread context
Memory allocation and usage optimization of the Toolkit core
Improvement of the document imaging filters speed and accuracy (autodeskew, blank page detection...)
Support for Multiselect and Drag and Drop in the ThumbnailEx control
Bug fixes

About GdPicture

GdPicture is a leading editor of comprehensives document imaging toolkits for developers. Delivered as ActiveX and .NET components, GdPicture products can add several features to your applications quickly and easily like OCR, image processing, PDF creation, image conversion, document displaying, document printing, image acquisition and all other features covering all areas of document imaging technologies. GdPicture has thousands of customers all over the world including ECM market companies and software development firms. Every day we provide services and reliable support to programmers & architects to reduce time and cost of applications development. GdPicture is based in Toulouse, France.

dotConnect for Oracle 6.50 released

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:51:00 GMT

Connecting to Oracle using dotConnect for Oracle.

Adds support for enumerated types (enums) in LinqConnect and Entity Framework models.

dotConnect for Oracle offers all Oracle data types support, including Oracle XML type, and Oracle object types OBJECT, VARRAY, TABLE, REF, provides extended functionality, ability of monitoring query and stored procedures execution, advanced design-time editors. dotConnect for Oracle supports Unicode, PL/SQL tables, connection pooling and array binding features, enables TAF support and working with Oracle homes and offers a lot of useful features.

Updates in V6.50

The 'OraMts' connection string parameter for distributed transactions support through OraMTS is added

LinqConnect Updates (formerly known as LINQ to Oracle)

Fluent Mapping support is added

Entity Developer Updates

Fluent Mapping template for LinqConnect models is added
Support for enumerated types ("enums") in LinqConnect and Entity Framework June 2011 CTP models is implemented
Import for selected stored procedures into the context model for Entity Framework models is implemented
New skins to improve the application appearance are implemented
Selection driven highlighting is implemented
Capability for changing the shape color for entities, complex types and enums is implemented
Capability for selecting the diagram skin type is implemented

Entity Framework Updates

The generation of DATE/TIMESTAMP parameters in LINQ queries is improved
The possibility to turn off generation of fake updates for parent entities is implemented

About Devart

Devart is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. They offer well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. They provide advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database servers. Devart is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development processes.

dbForge Studio for Oracle released

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:42:00 GMT

dbForge Studio for Oracle welcome screen.

Development environment for working with Oracle databases.

dbForge Studio for Oracle (formerly known as OraDeveloper Studio) is an Oracle database development tool. With dbForge Studio for Oracle, you can browse and edit database objects, run SQL statements and SQL scripts, debug PL/SQL statements, edit and export table data, and synchronize databases. You can also build visual representation of your schemas, create data reports. dbForge Studio for Oracle is focused on enhancing productivity and simplifying your daily database development tasks.

Features

PL/SQL Editor - Type SQL code faster with dbForge Studio for Oracle. Together with the code completion, syntax highlighting, code folding features the Oracle development tool offers code snippets and code navigation that will let you write and check SQL code effectively.
Data Editor - Data in Data Editor is displayed in a grid, where you can group, sort, display it in card view, copy it to clipboard, apply filtering, search for the data you need, edit foreign keys with a built-in editor. Data Editor supplied with the Oracle database tool lets you view and edit data with comfort.
Database Explorer - Database Explorer available in the Oracle development tool will help you view detailed object properties and browse data using Object Viewer, perform multi-selection for batch operations on objects, manage all connections as easily.
Integrated PL/SQL Debugger - PL/SQL Debugger provides such features as Step In, Step Over, Step Out, Breakpoints, Call Stack with navigation, Watches, etc. With PL/SQL Debugger available in the tool for Oracle database management, you can debug any PL/SQL code and scripts easily and effectively.
Data Export/Import - dbForge Studio for Oracle database tool provides possibility to export data to and import it from the most popular formats (MS Access, Text, XML, MS Excel, etc.). Export and import can be tuned to meet all requirements. You can also automate data export and import using command line.
Database Diagrams - Visual representation of such database objects as tables, views, procedures, functions will be of great help when designing new databases or working with the existing ones. Just drag the objects - and you will be able to view and edit their properties, relations between them, etc.
Oracle Schema Compare Tool - Oracle schema compare tool provides highly customizable schema comparison and synchronization. Process automation using command line, generation of comparison reports and schema synchronization script, and many other features will be here for you if you choose to use the Oracle database development tool.
Oracle Data Compare Tool - Try the Oracle data compare tool available in dbForge Studio to compare and synchronize data in your tables. Set different options, map your tables the way you want them to be mapped, generate comparison reports in different formats and automate data comparison using command line interface.
Database Projects - Project management system facilitates database development as it allows creating database projects and integrating related database development files. When building a project, you can create a single ready-to-deploy script for deploying database to the server.
Query Builder - Draw your queries with Query Builder. The Oracle development tool allows creating queries without typing any code: drag'n'drop the tables/views you need, specify the columns you want to retrieve data from, joins, where, group by, etc clauses and execute your query.
Reporting and Analysis Tools - Design any data reports with parameters, customizable formatting, calculated summaries with the help of the dbForge Studio reporting tool. Streamline your work with multi-dimensional data, visualize data trends and dependencies with special charts, convert your data in pivot tables.
Schema Export/Import - Schema export/import wizards will let you prepare dumps of your schemas and import them. You can select any of five compression levels to compress files, use auto delete of old dumps to free disc space, and use rich options set for a schema to export.
Schema Object Editors - Schema object editors provide clear and comprehensive environment for managing existing schema objects and creating new ones. For each schema object, there is a separate object editor, where you can set or modify any properties available for this object.
Administration Tools - Every Oracle developer will take advantage of possessing tools for manipulating user accounts, managing server sessions, etc., that can be used via graphical UI. With such Oracle development tool as dbForge Studio you will spare a lot of effort when performing database administration tasks.
Query Profiler - View explain plan and session statistics in Query Profiler to monitor query performance. Possibility to compare profiling results is the key in Oracle queries optimizations, as you can see differences in profiling results for query executions before and after modifications highlighted in the grid.
Find Database Objects - The Find Database Object functionality available in the dbForge Studio for Oracle development tool can effectively search databases and find a required database object by any fragment of its CREATE statement, as well as find a data fragment in one or several tables.

About Devart (formerly Core Lab)

Devart (formerly Core Lab) is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. They offer well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. Provide advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database servers. Devart is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development process.

dbForge Compare Bundle for Oracle launched

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:07:44 GMT

Compare data using dbForge Compare Bundle for Oracle.

Easily compare and synchronize Oracle databases and schemas.

dbForge Compare Bundle for Oracle contains two separate tools, dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle and dbForge Data Compare for Oracle. dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle is a tool that makes the comparison and synchronization of schemas quick and easy. It can compare multiple database schemas at once, completes the comparison process in seconds, provides a clear grid to analyze differences and generates an update script for accurate synchronization. dbForge Data Compare for Oracle is a powerful, fast, and easy tool for comparing and synchronizing Oracle databases. It helps you quickly compare data in tables, find the differences at a glance, and generate a script to effortlessly synchronize data. Database professionals use dbForge Data Compare for Oracle to save time with automatic table data comparing and synchronization, analyze data differences and generate reports, quickly reconcile two databases that are out of sync, copy look-up data from development databases to production, generate SQL*Plus-compatible synchronization scripts and more.

Features

dbForge Data Compare for Oracle Key Features

Supports Oracle versions: 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i, 7.3, Oracle XE
Compares tables, views and materialized views
Compares data with different structures
Able to compare multiple schemas at once
Command line interface for scheduled operations
Synchronizes data in LOB and BFILE columns
Generates data comparison reports
WHERE filter for extra large tables or custom data comparison
Can work without an Oracle client
Generates SQL*Plus-compatible synchronization scripts
Can save data comparison settings for the next usage
Has a convenient UI

dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle Features
dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle supports the most-demanded object types of Oracle databases used during the database development process:

Tables
Views
Synonyms
Sequences
Procedures
Functions
Packages
DML Triggers
Array Types
Object Types
Table Types
XML Schemas
Materialized views
Materialized view logs
Database links

dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle works with databases where other tools freeze and fail. Numerous stress tests performed on different schemas of live databases used in actual businesses prove the ability of the tool to work with any Oracle schema. So if you work with complex databases, you can rely on dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle to perform all tasks related to schema comparison and synchronization.

Features list:

Supports Oracle versions: 11g, 10g, 9i, Oracle XE
Compares wide range of object types in Oracle databases
High performance of comparison
Ability to work with multiple schemas at once
Rich comparison options
Generates schema comparison reports
Can work without an Oracle client
Customizable synchronization via wizard
Generates SQL*Plus-compatible synchronization scripts
Can save schema comparison settings for the next usage

Standard Edition includes:

Major schema objects comparison and synchronization
Rich comparison options
Schema comparison reports in Excel and HTML formats
Schema snapshot generation and comparison

The Professional Edition includes everything in the Standard Edition plus:

Cluster objects support
Java source objects support
Wrapped PL/SQL objects: compare and sync
Permissions on schema objects: compare and sync
Integration with version control systems
Command line interface

About Devart (formerly Core Lab)

Devart is a leading company working in the database connectivity area. We offer well-known native VCL/CLX components and dbExpress drivers for direct access to Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL. Provide advanced data access solutions for the Microsoft .NET Framework - ADO.NET data providers for native connectivity to Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database servers. Core Lab is also a vendor of powerful database tools designed to automate and simplify database development process.

dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle V2.0 released

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:06:39 GMT

Comparing schemas using dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle.

Adds schema snapshots and version control integration, command line support and extended support of schema objects.

dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle is a tool that makes the comparison and synchronization of schemas quick and easy. It can compare multiple database schemas at once, completes the comparison process in seconds, provides a clear grid to analyze differences and generates an update script for accurate synchronization.

Updates in V2.0

Database comparison and synchronization via the command line
Create schema snapshots and compare them with each other or with a database
Version control system integration for database change tracking
Synchronization of object permissions
Support for cluster tables and Java Source objects
Comparison and synchronization of wrapped objects
New comparison options: Ignore Permissions, Compare Wrapped vs Unwrapped PL/SQL Objects
New synchronization options: Purge Recycle Bin
Support for Oracle 11 R2 Express Edition

About Devart (formerly Core Lab)

LightSpeed adds RIA Services support

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:24:09 GMT

Viewing the StoreModel sample in LightSpeed.

Version 4 also improves support for distributed entities via WCF and other distributed scenarios.

LightSpeed is a high performance .NET domain modeling and O/R mapping framework. LightSpeed has first class LINQ support, Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 designer integration and a high performance core framework which means you can create rich domain-driven models more quickly and easily than ever before. Buy Mindscape LightSpeed with Source Code to obtain the LightSpeed O/R mapper source too.

Updates in V4

Improved support for distributed entities via WCF, RIA Services and other distributed scenarios
Web application enhancements of ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC
RIA Services support
Metadata capabilities for inspecting LightSpeed type information at runtime
All new samples and documentation

About Mindscape

Mindscape is a software development tools company that produces leading edge components for .NET developers. Mindscape focuses on delivering tools that make developers more productive and aid in creating robust and beautiful applications for their customers.

ECO improves Visual Studio compatibility

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:38:00 GMT

Creating a component diagram with EcoModeler.

Version 6 now integrates with Visual Studio 2010.

ECO for Visual Studio is a tool for Domain Driven Development (DDD). ECO users build their systems directly from the Domain Model, increasing productivity, and ensuring that the system actually matches the user's needs. While the internals of ECO are complex, using it is very easy. The classes of the problem domain such as Customers and Invoices are defined in a Class Model. ECO will then generate the database schema, the code for the domain classes, and the information for mapping the classes to the database tables. And better yet, when you change your model, ECO will merge the changes into your code, and update your database schema while preserving your precious data. A feature referred to as Database Evolution.

Updates in 6.0

ECO 6 is now integrated with Visual Studio 2010

About CapableObjects

CapableObjects offers products and services for developing systems based on a Domain Model. While the ideas underlying its technology are in many ways similar to those of Domain Driven Design (DDD), it takes the concept one step further by making the domain model part of the running system. Its model driven approach offers a dramatically increased productivity, as well as improved quality. CapableObjects' product offering, the innovative development environment ECO, provides a multi-layered approach to development through a series of interacting frameworks, all driven by the domain model. In addition, it provides consulting services in the areas of Domain Modeling, and Model Driven Development. CapableObjects AB, located in Stockholm, Sweden, is a privately held company.

CodeFluent Entities released

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:37:06 GMT

Using CodeFluent Entities to create applications.

A software factory that helps you build and evolve your application.

CodeFluent Entities is a Visual Studio 2008/2010 integrated environment that helps you master present and future Microsoft .NET development technologies. It is a full model-first tool for continuous generation of all your application layers (user interface, services, business tier and database) that preserves your custom code. Your application deserves rock-solid foundations. Let CodeFluent Entities generate them, and leave yourself the fun part. CodeFluent Entities guarantees best practices on Microsoft architecture including: Winforms, WPF, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Office, SharePoint or mobile.

Features

Allows multi-architecture without additional cost
Rich client (client/server architecture)
Web ASP.NET application (n-tier architecture)
Web SharePoint application (n-tier architecture) - Requires additional licensing option "CodeFluent for Sharepoint"
Smart Client application (n-tier architecture)
SQL server persistence
Oracle persistence - Requires additional licensing option "CodeFluent for Oracle"

About SoftFluent

SoftFluent is a privately-owned company delivering software and services in software development. It is SoftFluent's contention that software development is as yet too much of a mere craft. SoftFluent's ambition - which it already has strongly implemented - vies to speed up its industrialization. SoftFluent, with its massive investment in Research and Development, capitalizes on CodeFluent Entities, software it designed to evolve according to the ever-changing prerequisites of your needs. In accordance with the pragmatic model-oriented approach of its product, SoftFluent extends the methods of software development to bring you the agility you need. SoftFluent only relies on high value people, who are expert partners deeply committed to your success.

dbiCalendarWPF 1.0 launched

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:45:36 GMT

Month, week and day views in dbiCalendarWPF.

Three full featured WPF scheduling controls wrapped into one.

dbiCalendarWPF provides appointment scheduling and calendar presentations for WPF application development. dbiCalendarWPF combines three direct edit controls; a Multi Column Day/Resource View, a Month Calendar View and a Week Calendar View, into one compact, feature rich, royalty free WPF control.

Features

Multi Column Day/Resource View
Month Calendar View
Week Calendar View

dbiCalendarWPF offers developers the right set of tools for managing appointments, contacts, locations, tasks and user/owner drawn columns with direct inline editing, built-in context menus, and full data integration including multi-level grouping and sorting.

Data Integration
dbiCalendarWPF has been designed for data flexibility giving developers the freedom to integrate and capture data as they need to. Connect to any data source from XML to Oracle to DB2 to whatever your data repository requirements are.

Many to Many relationships
dbiCalendarWPF expertly manages one-to-many and many-to-many relationships. It's not uncommon for one appointment, a conference call for instance, to appear in many locations, have many contacts and many tasks associated with that activity. dbiCalendarWPF is the right solution for managing and presenting multi - relational scheduling requirements. DBI component solutions have been used in the Healthcare field for fifteen years, and it's common for dental practice solutions for example to use DBI Scheduling components to help manage the multi - task aspects of appointment and resource scheduling.

Variable Time Intervals
Life doesn't happen in nice even 15, 30 or 60 minute intervals. Life happens around the clock in any combination and permutation of time. Onsite service personnel are scheduled when they're needed, Golf Course Tee Times are scheduled on 7 minute intervals and components of a dentist appointment may range from 2 minutes to 75 minutes. Being able to present WPF schedules in increments from 1 minute to 60 minutes and any combination in between is only natural.

Direct appointment creation and appointment editing
dbiCalendarWPF is designed to allow an appointment to be created directly upon selection of a time cell - just start typing. Also, an appointment can be modified directly upon selection. With the click of a Right mouse button modify the properties of an appointment directly through the built-in context menus, for: Date, Contact, Location, Task, View or a custom programmed menu option. dbiCalendarWPF does away with the need for an appointment dialogue with its built in Context Menus. An appointment dialogue is included should you need one. Enhance your User's Scheduling Experience with direct modification of appointment properties using the built-in context menus. Add / Edit appointments, Contacts, Locations and Tasks without ever seeing an edit dialogue.

About DBI Technologies

DBI Technologies Incorporated in 1996, DBI Technologies Inc. is a commercial software development company that is focused on empowering Windows application developers with the most flexible and respected commercial component products and services. DBI is recognized for its technical and pre-sales support for its customers working in any Microsoft development environment from Office to HTML. An industry leader in the implementation of component based application development, DBI provides creative solutions for its clients, incorporating leading edge web technologies built on commercial component based architectures. DBI's Component::Solutions are incorporated in many Fortune 1000 business support systems, as well as commercial ERP and CRM solutions.

GdPicture.NET V8 adds PDF annotation support

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:29:33 GMT

Annotations created with GdPicture.NET.

Edit existing PDFs, split & merge documents, swap pages, apply digital signatures, watermarks and barcodes.

Updates in Version 8

100% AnyCPU and thread-safe SDK
Full annotation support for PDF and images including sticky notes, free hand, rubber stamps, shapes and more...
Full managed PDF support (32 bit and 64 bit): Edit existing PDF, split & merge documents, swap pages, Edit pages, apply digital signature, encrypt, add watermarks and barcodes etc...
Improvement of the autodeskew, auto crop and automatic document orientation detection engines
Thread safe OCR engine that supports near 40 languages
Improvement of the Imaging core that also provides a subtract background filter

About GdPicture

GdPicture is a leading editor of comprehensive document imaging toolkits for developers. Delivered as ActiveX and .NET components, GdPicture products can quickly and easily add several features to your applications like OCR, image processing, PDF creation, image conversion, document displaying, document printing, image acquisition and all other features covering all areas of document imaging technologies. GdPicture has thousands of customers all over the world including ECM market companies and software development firms. Every day the company provides services and support to programmers and architects to reduce the time and cost of application development. GdPicture is based in Toulouse, France

Active Query Builder ActiveX Edition updated

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:22:38 GMT

Visually building a query for a SQL Server database.

Active Query Builder ActiveX Edition is a visual query builder component which gives your end-users the ability to create complex SQL queries containing unions and sub-queries via an intuitive visual interface. Active Query Builder has complete support of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase/Firebird, SQLite and ANSI-92 SQL dialects and can be integrated with your application by setting a few properties or adding a few lines of code.

Updates in 1.17

Behavior changes

The Select checkbox is checked automatically now on adding a new expression.
Grouping is set automatically now on specifying the aggregate for a column now.
The numbers entered into condition for string fields are treated as literals.
The "=TRUE" condition is set automatically on adding a logical expression now. Useful on adding the EXISTS expressions.
Automatic alias assignment is made when user adds two or more columns with same name to the query. The warning message is shown when multiple columns with same name appear in sub-queries in result of user actions as this may lead to inconsistence in the calling sub-query.
The new UserMessage event is added. It is fired when the Query Builder is about to show the warning message to the user. You may override this behavior by handling this event.

SQL Syntax changes

SQLite: The component can load foreign keys now.
SQLite: The list of aggregates and built-in functions is filled now.
MS SQL Server: Fetching metadata object descriptions from database is made.
MySQL Query Properties form is redesigned.
MySQL: The SELECT [DISTINCT|ALL] options are added to the query properties dialog.

ActiveX Edition specific changes:

Nexus DB 3: Metadata fetching is made.
Language files are converted to UTF8. The component allows to read language files in both ANSI and UTF8 encoding now.
OLE drag-and-drop of text items to design area and criteria grid is made.

About Active Database Software

Active Database Software, Ltd. is a privately owned software development company. Established in 2005, Active Database Software offers solutions for professional database developers especially designed to make software development easier, faster and more effective. We put a lot of effort in to provide technologies which save development time by combining powerful capabilities with unmatched ease-of-use.

Active Query Builder VCL Edition 1.17 updated

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:22:13 GMT

Building a SQL query with Active Query Builder VCL Edition.

Active Query Builder VCL Edition is a query builder component suite for Borland Delphi and C++Builder which gives your end-users the ability to create complex SQL queries containing unions and sub-queries via an intuitive visual interface. Active Query Builder has complete support of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, InterBase, Informix and more SQL dialects and can be integrated with your application by setting a few properties or adding a few lines of code.

Updates in 1.17

Behavior changes

The Select checkbox is checked automatically now on adding a new expression.
Grouping is set automatically now on specifying the aggregate for a column now.
The numbers entered into condition for string fields are treated as literals.
The "=TRUE" condition is set automatically on adding a logical expression now. Useful on adding the EXISTS expressions.
Automatic alias assignment is made when user adds two or more columns with same name to the query. The warning message is shown when multiple columns with same name appear in sub-queries in result of user actions as this may lead to inconsistence in the calling sub-query.
The new UserMessage event is added. It is fired when the Query Builder is about to show the warning message to the user. You may override this behavior by handling this event.

SQL Syntax changes

SQLite: The component can load foreign keys now.
SQLite: The list of aggregates and built-in functions is filled now.
MS SQL Server: Fetching metadata object descriptions from database is made.
MySQL Query Properties form is redesigned.
MySQL: The SELECT [DISTINCT|ALL] options are added to the query properties dialog.

VCL Edition specific changes:

Nexus DB 3: Metadata fetching is made.
Language files are converted to UTF8. The component allows you to read language files in both ANSI and UTF8 encoding now.
OLE drag-and-drop of text items to design area and criteria grid is made.

About Active Database Software

RapidSpell Web Java updates browser support

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:26:00 GMT

As-you-type spell checking.

Version 3.2 adds Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4 support

RapidSpell Web Java provides JSP developers and designers with a cross browser (and multi client platform) web Tag that requires no client installation, no special security settings and as much programmatic flexibility as you want. RapidSpell Web includes 2 interfaces, an inline highlighter and a fast (no post back) dialog interface. RapidSpell Web uses combined and separate customizable 140,000 word U.S.& U.K.dictionaries (and user dictionary) and an advanced suggestion engine. Australian and Canadian dictionaries are available freely on request. Non English dictionaries are also available.

Updates in V3.2

Internet Explorer 9 support added
Firefox 4 support added

About Keyoti

Keyoti has provided Java consultancy since the year 2000 for a broad range of sectors, enabling them to bring to market component products of tried and tested real world code. Keyoti has developed a range of data validation components, including RapidSpell (a spell checker component for .NET and Java) and CreditCardPack (providing a range of credit card related components in Java Beans and EJBs). Keyoti is privately owned with customers including ABN AMRO and Siemens.

Convert to PDF patched

Tue, 31 May 2011 12:11:37 GMT

Converting files usnig Convert to PDF.

Convert to PDF is an economical solution for creating high-quality PDF documents that are 100% Adobe compatible. Designed to work with any Windows program that can print, it gives you a virtually unlimited number of programs that can be used to create PDF documents. If you can print it, then Convert to PDF can create a PDF for you. The user-oriented interface makes customizing the PDF a breeze. Easily-accessed options for security, document information, watermarking, and others, give you total control over your PDF creation. You can even change options and re-create the PDF without having to print your document again. When you need consistency in the type of PDF you create, use Convert to PDF's One-Click capabilities to streamline the creation process, you'll be creating PDF files in seconds.

Updates in 2.0.002

Corrected a colour inversion issue with some fill styles
Resolved issue where some Visio files were failing to convert to PDF format causing application to terminate
Simulated bold and/or italic fonts now displayed bold and/or italic in generated PDF document
Resolved text reversal for rotated text in Microsoft Publisher documents when converted to PDF document

About PEERNET

PEERNET has been leading the way in graphic and digital imaging software for over 8 years. PEERNET products create solutions that range from simple display, printing, and conversion tools, to powerful high-end server-based products that leverage the web to streamline enterprise workflow. Their products allow you to convert any document from any application into a variety of graphic file formats such as Adobe PDF, and high quality digital image files like JPEG, TIFF, GIF and many others.

dotConnect adds Oracle TimesTen database support

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:37:16 GMT

Connecting to Oracle using dotConnect for Oracle.

Version 6.30 also includes support for Oracle Workflow Instance Stores and adds a DbTransactionBase class.

dotConnect for Oracle offers Oracle data type support, including Oracle XML types, and Oracle object types OBJECT, VARRAY, TABLE and REF. It provides the ability to monitor and query stored procedure execution and comes with advanced design-time editors. dotConnect for Oracle supports Unicode, PL/SQL tables, connection pooling, array binding features and TAF support.

Updates in V6.30

Oracle Workflow Instance Store implemented
Support for the Oracle TimesTen database implemented
DbTransactionBase class added
TransactionStateChanging and TransactionStateChanged events added to the DbConnectionBase class
Policy file for the Devart.Data.Oracle.Entity assembly added
The License Information Wizard improved: it now generates licenses for projects that have Entity Framework models or refer to Devart.Data.Oracle.Web, but have no direct references to Devart.Data.Oracle.dll
The "Use schema name" checkbox added to DataSet Wizard
Bug fix: Membership provider compatibility between .NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0
Bug fix: launching Devart documentation via Start menu
Bug fix: OracleTimeStamp.Parse() for time format with AM/PM

About Devart

InstallAnywhere 2011 expands platform support

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:39:04 GMT

Building an installer using InstallAnywhere.

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), SUSE Linux 11.3 and Ubuntu 9.10 now supported.

InstallAnywhere is designed to install any kind of software -- desktop, enterprise, or multi-tiered Web services - onto any platform, and to configure those applications for optimal performance. Whether you're creating applications written in Java, C++, PERL, or C#, or deploying EJBs or .NET Web services, all of the installation details are handled automatically. InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition simplifies complex installations and provides maximum developer customization, along with extensive user interaction, client/server features and localization for 31 languages (Enterprise Edition). InstallAnywhere is available in the following editions:

Updates in 2011

Enterprise and Standard Edition

Expanded Platform Support - InstallAnywhere 2011 supports the latest and most updated platforms including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), SUSE Linux 11.3, Ubuntu 9.10, Solaris 11, HP-UX 11i, AIX 7.1, IBM i5/OS, Z/OS, RHEL 6 and Fedora 14.
Enhanced Support for Third-Party Compression Algorithms - InstallAnywhere 2011 allows set up authors to expand 7-Zip (LZMA) and TAR compressed archives on their target system offering the ability to expand these archives in a fast and reliable manner.
Complex Rule Expressions with Multiple Operators - InstallAnywhere 2011 provides the ability to write complex rule expressions (and/or/not) with the application logic. These complex rule expressions help set up authors to better mirror their complex business logic.
Signed Installations - Installers now have the ability to have custom code archives or their dependencies as signed JARS. InstallAnywhere will extract files and make use of Java to verify the signature, ensuring the safety of these custom code JARS.
IDE Enhancements - InstallAnywhere 2011 provides a list of preset variables that can eliminate manual entry and a table that allows quick viewing of all variables in a project. In addition, there is now a variable search and replace function that can be utilized in any of the installation tasks / phases to enable rapid changes.

Enterprise Edition Only

Enhanced Merge Modules Features - InstallAnywhere 2011 Enterprise provides a single uninstaller that will work with your main project as well as any other merge modules. This new capability reduces potential uninstall errors and saves time for the set up author. A unified progress bar has been developed to show installation progress for all included components.
Extended External Resource Bundle Support - External Resource Bundle support enables the localization of installer strings. Merge modules can now leverage the external resource bundles from the parent as well.
Enhanced Installation Logging - Merge modules now have installation logs in addition to the parent log files. Developers also have the ability to consolidate the parent and merge module log files. All logging related settings have been consolidated into a single log settings task.
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Enhancements - InstallAnywhere 2011 Enterprise supports the latest versions of JVM for Sun, IBM, Apple and HP (ver 1.4x, 1.5x and 1.6x), with advanced search enhancements for the developer to put in their installer.
JVM Download at Runtime - InstallAnywhere 2011 Enterprise provides the option to download a JVM from the Internet in real time if the JVM is not found on the end user machine. This capability not only saves time, but provides a smaller footprint for the installer package.

About Flexera Software

Flexera Software is a leading provider of strategic solutions for Application Usage Management; solutions delivering continuous compliance, optimized usage and maximized value to application producers and their customers. Flexera Software is trusted by more than 80,000 customers that depend on their comprehensive solutions—from installation and licensing, entitlement and compliance management to application readiness and enterprise license optimization—to strategically manage application usage and achieve breakthrough results realized only through the systems-level approach they provide.

Convert-to-PDF can now run in a Windows Service

Wed, 04 May 2011 18:14:00 GMT

Converting files to PDF using Convert to PDF.

Version 2.0 makes it possible to use Convert-to-PDF to programmically automate PDF document creation.

Updates in 2.0

Convert to PDF 2.0 has been enhanced to support running a command after a PDF document is created, as well as, being enabled to run in a Windows Service or ASP.NET environment.. These two (2) major enhancements makes it truly possible to use Convert to PDF to programmically automate PDF document creation, as well as, allow for the integration of PDF doucument creation with existing or new business processes or workflows.

Enhanced support for:

Windows 7 (SP1)
Windows 2008 R2 (SP1)
Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft Office 2010

About PEERNET

PEERNET have lead the way in graphic and digital imaging software for over 8 years. PEERNET products create solutions that range from simple display, printing, and conversion tools, to powerful high-end server-based products that leverage the web to streamline enterprise workflow. The products allow you to convert any document from any application into a variety of graphic file formats such as Adobe PDF, and high quality digital image files like JPEG, TIFF, GIF and many others.

dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle released

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:38:00 GMT

Comparing schemas using dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle.

Easily compare and synchronize Oracle schemas.

Features

Supports Oracle versions: 11g, 10g, 9i, Oracle XE
Compares wide range of object types in Oracle databases
High performance of comparison
Ability to work with multiple schemas at once
Rich comparison options
Generates schema comparison reports
Can work without an Oracle client
Customizable synchronization via wizard
Generates SQL*Plus-compatible synchronization scripts
Can save schema comparison settings for the next usage

About Devart (formerly Core Lab)

Allround Automations joins ComponentSource

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:01:00 GMT

Find database objects view in PL/SQL Developer.

PL/SQL Developer is an IDE that specifically targets the development of stored program units for Oracle databases.

PL/SQL Developer is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developing, testing, debugging and optimizing Oracle PL/SQL stored program units like packages, triggers and so on. PL/SQL Developer features context sensitive help and database object descriptions, syntax highlighting, data querying and editing, a graphical browser, and other functions to make a developer's life easier.

Over time more and more business logic and application logic has moved into the Oracle Server, so that PL/SQL programming has become a significant part of the total development process. PL/SQL Developer focuses on ease of use, code quality and productivity, key advantages during Oracle application development.

Features

Powerful PL/SQL Editor
Integrated Debugger
PL/SQL Beautifier
SQL Window
Command Window
Reports
Diagrams
Projects
Regression Testing
To-Do-Items
Object Browser
File Browser
DBMS Scheduler
Performance Optimizing
HTML Manuals
Non-PL/SQL Objects
Template List
Query Builder
Compare User Objects
Export User Objects
Tools
Authorization
Plug-In extensions
Multi-threaded IDE

About Allround Automations

ClearDB Documenter now available

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:40:00 GMT

Generating database documentation with ClearDB Documenter.

ClearDB Documenter 2.5.1 automatically produces database documentation from an Oracle database instance.

Benefits

Generates complete and detailed database documentation for any Oracle database; supports Oracle 7 to Oracle 11g
Support for a complete set of 47 schema and non-schema object types for Oracle version up to 11gR2
Analyzes and documents PL/SQL objects, their statuses and dependencies
Automated code review reports parser observations (syntax errors, PL/SQL warnings, and more...)
PL/SQL Parser (Analyzer) supports up to 99% of SQL and PL/SQL keywords and reserved words
Includes PL/SQL code diagrams (Flowchart, Call Tree, CRUD1, CRDU2) into the database documentation
Includes Code Metrics information of PL/SQL code
Includes a "Code Audit" page for each stored object
Includes a database observation report with Parser and Database errors, alerts and warnings
Includes a complex report about Database errors or Database anomalies
Generates documentation in HTML (default format) and CHM formats
Sends one or a selection of documentation from History by Email, zipped
Provides with an easy-to-use graphical interface that is based on step-by-step wizard technology
Online Support Desk dramatically simplifies communication with Technical Support and keeps the application up-to-date
Logs on to a database by using TNS, LDAP and Direct connections

About Conquest Software Solutions

Conquest Software Solutions LLC is a group of professionals based on two continents committed to providing powerful, customer-focused, user-driven, professional tools designed for Oracle developers. Conquest Software Solutions focus on meeting the high expectations for performance and ease of use at economically advantageous prices, making software accessible not only to large corporations, but also to small companies, individual developers and consultants. Conquest Software Solutions, LLC is dedicated to delivering new ideas and new modules/products for the professional Oracle developer and DBA's on a very high level of quality and reliability.