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InstallBuilder V8.0 adds new debugger

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:46:49 GMT

Customize platform specific settings with InstallBuilder.

Easily identify and correct issues during the development process.

InstallBuilder turns application packaging and deployment into a fast, easy and cost-effective process for developers. The development tool allows you to quickly create easy to use, multi-platform installers that have a native look and feel across Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, IRIX and Solaris from a single build environment. Multiple installation modes allow installers to be run in servers, workstations, and desktops.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V8.0

Built-In Debugger - The new debugger allows you to view and interactively edit installer variables at runtime and provides step-by-step execution to test that specific parts of the installer are functioning properly.
Enhanced Component Functionality - Now provides support for downloadable components and component groups. It allows you to group individual components and build feature sets that will be displayed in a tree structure ("subcomponents".)
Dynamic Parameter Support - Enhanced parameter support makes it possible to create dynamic pages that will automatically reconfigure based on a user's input. This allows you to create a more customized and streamlined installation experience.
Expanded Documentation - Over 350 pages of documentation are now available for InstallBuilder.

About BitRock

BitRock was founded in 2003 in Seville, Spain by Daniel Lopez Ridruejo. Since then, BitRock has attracted a diverse, talented team of individuals whose experience spans Silicon Valley, Europe and Southeast Asia. Their client base includes businesses, governments and educational institutions throughout the world, from Fortune 100 companies to independent game developers. BitRock is privately held and has offices in Seville and San Francisco.

Antenna House Formatter supports page floats

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:07:24 GMT

Creating PDF files using AH Formatter.

Version 6.0 lets you float content to arbitrary places on a page across any number of columns.

AH Formatter supports page layouts specified using either CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or XSL-FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects) for formatting documents for PDF and print.

AH CSS Formatter builds on the strengths of the CSS3 specification and Antenna House XSL Formatter. AH CSS Formatter has the capability to enable web designers to use CSS to add print and PDF output to their systems.

AH XSL Formatter offers GUI, support for over 50 languages, PDF generation, W3C compliance, extensions, vector support for EMF and WMF, MathML native drawing and XSL Report Designer integration.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V6.0

It's now possible to arrange content in any arbitrary place on the page or column, arranging the floating content on top, bottom or a specified corner in multi-column layout with column spanning
A Ruby extension makes it possible to specify advanced settings
Extension properties for emphasis marks have been added. It's now available to specify types or fonts for emphasis marks
The following element is extended - ochange-bar-begin
The following properties are extended - oaxf:auto-letter-spacing, oaxf:letter-spacing-side and oaxf:indent-here
The following units are extended - olh, orlh and ogr
Fillable PDF forms by AcroForms can now be embedded
Support for .NET Framework 4.0 with .NET Interface

About Antenna House

Antenna House, Inc. (Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan) has been developing computer software since 1984 under the slogan of 'data usability.' In addition to providing proven software for formatting XML to PDF, print and screen (XSL Formatter) Antenna House also offers advanced document conversion and file viewing software. Antenna House XSL Formatter is the most compliant software available and is used in hundreds of installations worldwide. PDF output, multilingual support (including Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic Thai), SVG support and much more are all standard features of Antenna House XSL Formatter.

Webinator V6.0 improves XML output

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:31:00 GMT

Using Webinator in a Web browser.

Search results in XML are available, for complete customization via XSL stylesheets.

Webinator is a highly customizable package that allows a Website administrator to easily create and deploy a high quality search interface to collections of web documents. With support for multiple collections, a single installation can serve searches for many websites, or different areas within a website, and a customizable thesaurus or synonym file allows users to find documents even if the terminology they use is different from that on the site. Webinator creates a full-text search interface to collections of HTML, PDF, word processing, and other types of documents, which may be on a web site, intranet, or anywhere on the Internet. Features include: relevance ranking, customizable user interface, web-based administration, Index Flash and JavaScript links and content. Index multiple sites, update while in use, similarity searches ('more like this'), indexes secure (ssl/https) sites, ignores navigation bars and duplicate pages, detailed verification and logging.

Updates in V6.0

XML output and SOAP API: Search results in XML are available, for complete customization via XSL stylesheets. A SOAP API makes automated searches easy
Faster crawls: Support for HTTP/1.1 compression is standard, which can speed up crawling and decrease bandwidth
Faster searches: New Categories Type setting improves category searches in many environments
Unicode support: International searches are easier with the ability to ignore or respect accents, diacritical marks, etc.
Meta search: Version 6 supports meta-searching of multiple profiles, combining their results as if one
Customizable Thesaurus: Search terms unique to an industry or site can be added to aid users' searches, via customizable thesauri
Backup/restore settings: Version 6 can save and restore all or some profiles' settings, making disaster recovery or installation cloning easier

About Thunderstone

Thunderstone Software LLC is an independent R&D company that has been providing high-performance state-of-the-art solutions to intelligent information retrieval and management problems for over 21 years. Their flagship product, Texis™, is the most comprehensive text retrieval and publishing software available. In one package Texis provides every full-text, SQL, multimedia management, and dynamic publishing operation needed for an enterprise search application.

Antenna House Formatter products updated

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:46:00 GMT

Creating PDF files using AH Formatter.

AH Formatter supports page layouts specified using either CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or XSL-FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects) for formatting documents for PDF and print.

AH XSL Formatter offers GUI, support for over 50 languages, PDF generation, W3C compliance, extensions, vector support for EMF and WMF, MathML native drawing and XSL Report Designer integration.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.3 MR2

When outputting the standard output intent to PDF/X, you can specify whether the color profile is to be embedded or not.

About Antenna House

Pcl2pdf V6.9 updated

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:47:00 GMT

Converting a PCL print file to PDF using Pcl2pdf.

Pcl2pdf for Windows Server quickly converts HP PCL print files to concise, industry standard PDF. Documents can be viewed and printed using the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) product range and distributed by Web or e-mail. Pcl2pdf produces PDF documents that are fully text searchable and ready for indexing. Data encryption, passwords and access permissions can be applied. Pcl2pdf is available for Windows PC, Windows Server and UNIX systems with command line converters.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V6.9

Implemented new "-TEMP" switch for user specified temporary file directory
Implemented new "-PC" switch for print copies, "-PS" and "-PE" for print range start and end and "-PM" for print preferences
Implemented "IBM DOS" style line and box drawing character support
Implemented 24-bit RGB PCL color support, in conjunction with AXIAR Imaging, with opacity and transparency and within macros
Implemented new "-IFF" switch to suppress blank page generation on form feed when no data on page
Implemented Euro character in HP 9N and 13U symbol sets
Implemented right and center justified text printing using HP-GL/2 'LO' command
Implemented "white text" printing
Implemented PCL raster graphics "mode 5" adaptive compression
Implemented various "bug" fixes and PCL code enhancements
Improved PCL duplex paper handling support
Improved PCL "offset registration" support, including for 90 degree rotated portrait pages
Improved HP-GL/2 support
New Windows and AIX, HP-UX, Linux, OpenVMS, SCO, Solaris builds
Developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

About Visual Software

Visual Software was established in 1992 offering LaserJet PCL print file viewing, conversion and distribution solutions to OEMs and customers worldwide. Expertise is offered for windows, Unix, AS/400, OpenVMS and Xerox platforms. Pcl2pdf, in it's 5th generation, is a leading PCL to PDF document converter and has been licensed to thousands of end users, OEMs and solution providers.

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.

AH CSS Formatter patched

Tue, 17 May 2011 11:15:26 GMT

Using AH CSS Formatter to create documents.

AH CSS Formatter builds on the strengths of the CSS3 specification and Antenna House XSL Formatter. AH CSS Formatter has the capability to enable Web designers to use CSS to add print and PDF output to their systems. AH CSS Formatter is available in the following editions:

Updates in V5.3 R1

The following issues have been corrected:

Even if the same text and header, the output result was different.
An exception error occasionally occurred by specific CSS data.
When a page break occurred in a floating page, the content was not outputted to the next page.
The font that has only the SpecificID=5 entry in the name table became eligible.
When specifying PDF/A-1b:2005, PDF/A-1a:2005, PDF/X-3:2003, and PDF/X-3:2002 to FO without the fo:color-profile specification and outputting PDF, segmentation fault was generated in Unix system platform.
An exception error occurred with specific data.
CGM was not drawn nor outputted to PDF correctly.
When tagged PDF was generated, program lagged.
The PDF tag when generating PDF/A produced an error with Acrobat9 or later.
The image that could not be embedded in Linux version was made available by converting into the bit map as well as Windows version.
When data that used the non-CID OpenType font was outputted to PDF/A, an preflight error was generated.
A fatal error occurred when outputting PDF/X-1a:2001 from specific data.
In drawing SVG, the position of characters was not correct.
When embedding the same PDF file, multiple PDF files were occasionally embedded.
When outputting PDF/A and PDF/X by using data without fo:declarations in Mac and Linux version, the segmentation fault occurred.
A specific CGM was not drawn nor outputted.
When turning on (true) the image-color-profile output in the PDF Output Option, "(3346) Unsupported ICC Color Profile Version Error" was produced.
Some characters in the specific PDF were not displayed in the GUI.
The block-container with the reference-orientation="90" specification overflowed.

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AH Formatter V5.3 R1 adds barcode generation

Tue, 17 May 2011 11:15:00 GMT

Creating PDF files using AH Formatter.

Fonts can also be embedded in PostScript by using the Option Setting File.

AH Formatter supports page layouts specified using either CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or XSL-FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects) for formatting documents for PDF and print. With AH Formatter users can now select the stylesheet language and content strategy that best suits their business needs. XSL-FO has long been recognized as a standard for formatting XML for print and PDF and CSS as the standard for displaying HTML on the Web. The missing piece for web developers has always been how to go from Web/HTML to print and PDF with properly formatted pages and documents. AH Formatter is the answer. AH Formatter is available in the following editions:

Updates in V5.3 R1

The following feature has been added to all AH Formatter editions

Barcode Generator Option

The following features have been added to the PostScript Option:

Fonts can now be embedded in PostScript by a noembed-font using the Option Setting File.
External links specified by a relative address can now be converted to PDF link properties.

The following elements have been added:

axf:formatter-config
axf:hyphenation-info

The following properties have been added:

axf:line-number-orientation
axf:abbreviation-character-count
axf:suppress-folio-prefix
axf:suppress-folio-suffix
axf:hyphenate-hyphenated-word

The following issues have been corrected:

A font that has only SpecificID=5 entry in the name table became eligible.
When specifying PDF/A-1b:2005, PDF/A-1a:2005, PDF/X-3:2003, and PDF/X-3:2002 to FO without the fo:color-profile specification and outputting PDF, a segmentation fault was generated in Unix system platform.
An exception error occurred with specific data.
CGM was not drawn nor outputted to PDF correctly.
A PDF tag when generating PDF/A produced an error with Acrobat9 or later.
An image that could not be embedded in the Linux version was made available by converting into a bitmap.
When data that used the non-CID OpenType font was outputted to PDF/A, an preflight error was generated.
A fatal error occurred when outputting PDF/X-1a:2001 from specific data.
In drawing SVG, the position of characters was not correct.
When embedding the same PDF file, multiple PDF files were occasionally embedded.
When outputting PDF/A and PDF/X by using data without fo:declarations in Mac and Linux version, the segmentation fault occurred.
A specific CGM was not drawn nor outputted.
When turning on (true) the image-color-profile output in the PDF Output Option, "(3346) Unsupported ICC Color Profile Version Error" was produced.
Some characters in the specific PDF were not displayed in the GUI.
The block-container with the reference-orientation="90" specification overflowed.

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AH XSL Formatter updated

Tue, 17 May 2011 11:14:55 GMT

Selecting PDF options.

AH XSL Formatter offers a GUI, support for over 50 languages, PDF generation, W3C compliance, extensions, significantly enhanced performance, vector support for EMF and WMF, new output capabilities through the new INX Creator Option and CGM Option, MathML native drawing, XSL Report Designer integration and more. AH XSL Formatter is available in the following editions:

Updates in V5.3 R1

The following issues have been corrected:

Justify specified to inline-container was occasionally not correctly processed.
When there was a U+200F, the line break was not correctly processed.
The Japanese font was selected to a Roman character space at the top of the block when XML:lang="ja" was specified.
The page overflowed when the page break occurred in the middle of the table in block-container due to the change of the page master and page size.
When axf:overflow-replace was specified to the vertical-written block-container, it produced horizontal writing.
The 'CELL ARRAY' instruction was processed incorrectly and did not display when drawing CGM.
The column document was not processed when there was a footnote.
When overflow="repeat" was specified to the vertical-written block-container, a column break or a page break occurred.
The page overflowed when the page master was switched in order to break a page in the nested table and change the column.
When text-align="justify" was specified to the block in the two-column document, the block overflowed.
When axf:punctuation-trim="all" was specified, single-byte parentheses occasionally overlapped.
The specification of the hyphenation exception dictionary was not correctly processed.
When PDF file was made from the area tree, the annotation was not correctly outputted.
When two-pass formatting was done, the size of the PDF became larger than ordinal.
The exception handling of the Hungarian hyphenation was not correctly produced.
The specification of SVG:font-weight was not effective.
The position of the revision bar was incorrect.
The axf:text-align-string specification was not effective.
An error occurred with PDF output when the field value was specified to the invalid axf:form-field-option.
Table cells overflowed with specific data.
When background-color is specified to fo:table-header, the PDF tag was incorrect.
The table overflow was not detected.
When rounding the corner of the table with the footer by specifying axf:border-radius, it also affected the cell that was not the corner.
An error was not outputted even if the overflow occurred in the block with span="all" in the column document.
When there was U+200B at the end of fo:block and it was located at the end of line, it was sent to the next line and white space was generated.
When PDF/A was generated from the area tree, an error occurred because color-profile-name was not reflected on the area tree.
An empty page was outputted without generating an error when incorrect size was specified.
When PDF was outputted from specific data in Mac version, "20294 Floating point exception error" occasionally occurred.
Even if break-before="page" was specified with specific data, the page did not break.
The float in the list overlapped with contents below.
The page break was not correctly produced in the block-container in the column document when padding-after was specified.
The footnote number was not correct.
The footnote number in the table was correct.
The font that has only the SpecificID=5 entry in the name table became eligible.
When specifying PDF/A-1b:2005, PDF/A-1a:2005, PDF/X-3:2003, and PDF/X-3:2002 to FO without the fo:color-profile specification and outputting PDF, segmentation fault was generated in Unix system platform.
An exception error occurred with specific data.
CGM was not drawn nor outputted to PDF correctly.
When tagged PDF was generated, program lagged.
The PDF tag when generating PDF/A produced an error with Acrobat9 or later.
The image that could not be embedded in Linux version was made available by converting into the bit map as well as Windows version.
When data that used the non-CID OpenType font was outputted to PDF/A, an preflight error was generated.
A fatal error occurred when outputting PDF/X-1a:2001 from specific data.
In drawing SVG, the position of characters was not correct.
When embedding the same PDF file, multiple PDF files were occasionally embedded.
When outputting PDF/A and PDF/X by using data without fo:declarations in Mac and Linux version, the segmentation fault occurred.
A specific CGM was not drawn nor outputted.
When turning on (true) the image-color-profile output in the PDF Output Option, "(3346) Unsupported ICC Color Profile Version Error" was produced.
Some characters in the specific PDF were not displayed in the GUI.
The block-container with the reference-orientation="90" specification overflowed.

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InstallBuilder automates JRE bundling

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:57:00 GMT

Creating multiplatform installers using InstallBuilder.

InstallBuilder also includes built-in functionality for auto-detecting a Java runtime.

BitRock InstallBuilder for allows you to create small, easy to use, installers with no external dependencies. BitRock InstallBuilder includes advanced functionality like automatic update that enables you to deliver updates directly to your users, several GUI modes with native look-and-feel for installation in a variety of desktop environments, a text-based installation mode for console-based and remote installations, and a silent/unattended install mode which can be used for integration in shell scripts for automated deployment. BitRock InstallBuilder can also create Multiplatform CDs and DVDs.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 7

Java Specific Functionality
InstallBuilder 7 now automates the process of bundling a JRE and creating native launchers for Java applications. InstallBuilder also includes built-in functionality for auto-detecting a Java runtime.
Improved Usability
Adds a search function that allows you to search for rules and actions within the InstallBuilder GUI development environment, saving you from having to check the documentation. InstallBuilder 7 also adds the ability to view and edit project file XML snippets directly from the GUI
Expanded Documentation
InstallBuilder 7 has doubled the size of the InstallBuilder User Guide to provide a complete resource for all of the properties, actions, rules, variables and other features of InstallBuilder. Built in variable and action browsers make locating the right functionality easier than ever.

About BitRock

BitRock makes open source software easier to use by providing a complete automated solution for Open Source Application Deployment. As long time open source users and contributors, BitRock believe that open source solutions are often more stable, more secure and perform better than their commercial counterparts. BitRock has developed a system to provide a single, consistent and simplified application deployment process across multiple operating system platforms. As a result, open source applications are easier to install, manage and support. Leading independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators and IT departments use BitRock to automate application stack integration, packaging, installation and updates. BitRock was founded in 2003 in Seville, Spain by Daniel Lopez Ridruejo. Since then, BitRock has attracted a diverse, talented team of individuals whose experience spans Silicon Valley, Europe and Southeast Asia. BitRock's client base includes businesses, governments, and educational institutions throughout the world, from Fortune 100 companies to independent game developers. BitRock is privately held and has offices in Seville and San Francisco

InstallBuilder automates JRE bundling

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:11:00 GMT

Customizing platform specific settings with InstallBuilder.

InstallBuilder 7 adds new Java specific functionality, improved usability and expanded documentation.

BitRock InstallBuilder turns application packaging and deployment into a fast, easy and cost-effective process for developers. The development tool allows you to quickly create easy to use, multi-platform installers that have a native look and feel across Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, IRIX and Solaris from a single build environment. Multiple installation modes allow installers to be run in servers, workstations, and desktops. InstallBuilder also offers RPM integration along with other advanced functionality.

The following editions are available:

Updates in Version 7

Java Specific Functionality
InstallBuilder 7 now automates the process of bundling a JRE and creating native launchers for Java applications. InstallBuilder also includes built-in functionality for auto-detecting a Java runtime.
Improved Usability
Adds a search function that allows you to search for rules and actions within the InstallBuilder GUI development environment, saving you from having to check the documentation. InstallBuilder 7 also adds the ability to view and edit project file XML snippets directly from the GUI
Expanded Documentation
InstallBuilder 7 has doubled the size of the InstallBuilder User Guide to provide a complete resource for all of the properties, actions, rules, variables and other features of InstallBuilder. Built in variable and action browsers make locating the right functionality easier than ever

About BitRock

BitRock makes open source software easier to use by providing a complete automated solution for Open Source Application Deployment. As long time open source users and contributors, Bitrock believes that open source solutions are often more stable, more secure and perform better than their commercial counterparts. BitRock has developed a system to provide a single, consistent and simplified application deployment process across multiple operating system platforms. As a result, open source applications are easier to install, manage and support. Leading independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators and IT departments use BitRock to automate application stack integration, packaging, installation and updates. BitRock was founded in 2003 in Seville, Spain by Daniel Lopez Ridruejo. Since then, the company has attracted a diverse, talented team of individuals whose experience spans Silicon Valley, Europe and Southeast Asia. Its client base includes businesses, governments, and educational institutions throughout the world, from Fortune 100 companies to independent game developers. BitRock is privately held and has offices in Seville and San Francisco.

AH Formatter updated to V5.2 MR1

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:18:00 GMT

Converting an XSL-FO document to PDF with AH Formatter.

AH Formatter lets you format documents for print and PDF using CSS or XSL-FO. Antenna House Formatter supports page layouts specified using either CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or XSL-FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects) for formatting documents for PDF and print. With AH Formatter users can now select the stylesheet language and content strategy that best suits their business needs. XSL-FO has long been recognized as a standard for formatting XML for print and PDF and CSS as the standard for displaying HTML on the Web. The missing piece for web developers has always been how to go from Web/HTML to print and PDF with properly formatted pages and documents. AH Formatter V5.0 is the answer.

The following AH Formatter editions are available (CSS and XSL-FO):

The following AH CSS Formatter editions are available (CSS only):

The following AH XSL Formatter editions are available (XSL-FO only):

Updates in V5.2 MR1

Enhancements:

The following new MIF output features have been added:

Image files can now be selected whether embedded or external links.
Basic-link is made available to convert into FrameMaker hypertext.

The following option settings can now be canceled:

Child elements of <formatter-settings>
<list-style-type>
<script-chars>
<space-after-punctuation>
<space-before-punctuation>
<space-between-digit-and-punctuation>
<space-between-punctuation-and-digit>

Optional character strings can now be specified to axf:punctuation-trim.

When multiple applicable page masters are found, level 2 warning is now outputted.

XSL - The following issues have been corrected:

change-bar in fo:table generates an error.
An exception error occasionally occurs by specific data.
UNC path specified to external-destination was not correctly
converted when outputting to PDF.
The position of side-float and block in fo:table might not be correct.
The linefeed position was not correct when justify was specified.
The table border occasionally shifted.
When the Arabic document was outputted to distiller, the character position was not correct.
The table cell occasionally collapsed when <fo:table-row> was omitted.
The footnote disappeared when page master was specified to the last page and the footnote went to the subsequent page.
When the FO data was specified as the document, and XSL was specified as the stylesheet, the stylesheet was not applied.
The font selected by axf:text-justify-trim="Kana" occasionally changed.
When HyphenationOption is "false", even if the exception with upper case was registered in <exceptions>, it was not effective.
When HyphenationOption is "true", even if the exception was registered, it was not effective.
There was float in fo:list-item-label and writing-mode is "rl-tb", the indent of list-item-body might not be correct.
When a space was included in master-name, the (2803) error was outputted.
Even if axf:suppress-duplicate-footnote = "true was specified, it was not effective.
default-font-family specified in the Option Setting was not effective.
line-height.conditionality="discard" was not effective.
The last page occasionally overflowed with data where the last page was set.
The page break occurred on the way even if keep-together.within-page="always" was specified.
The color or background-color properties were not effective when there was U+200F.
Extension properties for European typography was not effective.
The position of the text block (space-before) occasionally changed depending on the height of float.
The overflow was occasionally generated by specific data.
The output position of the character was not correct without correctly processing the width of the character when trimming the space between characters.
An exception error occasionally occurred when formatting the specific data repeatedly.
The character overflowed the end of line because processing of adding the white space between Japanese characters to the adjoining area was not correctly done.
The link did not become effective by the character type of id.
axf:footnote-number-reset did not occasionally function correctly when axf:footnote-position was "column"
The position of block in the table cell with display-align="center" occasionally shifted.

Common - The following issues have been corrected:

A system error occurred due to the memory shortage when outputting PDF.
When rtl (Arabic language) document was outputted to distiller, the character position was occasionally not correct.
An exception error occurred when the mtable element of MathML was illegal.
A part of the character in CGM was placed upside down.
The pattern of the background was not correctly outputted in CGM.
The dotted line was not drawn in CGM.
Circular form was not correctly outputted in CGM.
An exception error occurred when formatting by GUI due to the memory shortage.
When <tspan style ="Font-family:Arial"> was specified it was not effective in the SVG drawing.
When outputting SVG to PDF, the background was not correctly outputted.
The layout of the text in the table was not correct with INX output.
The glyph of U+0027 (quotesingle) occasionally changed.
An error occurred when embedding a specific jpeg image with non-Windows platform.

Other:

When creating a PDF with the owner password specified by Option Setting File, an error occurred when opening PDF.
The file opening error occurred when formatting XML+XSL, and then outputting XSL-FO and PDF repeatedly with Solaris (sparc) version.
A specific EMF was not correctly outputted.

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Plastic SCM adds code review system

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:24:00 GMT

User statistics and changed item statistics in Plastic SCM Professional.

Version 3.0 also adds shell extension, updated merge and diff tools and external data storage support.

Plastic SCM Professional is a multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac) version control system that provides full integration with the most widely used IDEs as well and task tracking tools, and contains accurate importers for SourceSafe, CVS and Subversion; providing quick transition from these environments. Plastic SCM Professional can be configured to work with Firebird, MySQL or SQL Server database backends. Plastic SCM Professional Edition provides enterprise features such as configurable workspaces through selectors, integration with Active Directory or LDAP to enforce security policies on repositories, support for an unlimited number of users and distributed system. One Year of full support with access to all new releases within a year is included with the Professional Edition.

Updates in V3.0

Integrated distributed code review
Built-in code review system that tightly integrates with branches and changesets. A review can easily be created from these elements and then replicated, enabling a distributed review process.
Shell extension
Windows Explorer integration that allows developers to perform all the version control operations within Explorer. All the GUI views are accessible from the shell extension too.
New Subversion and Perforce importers
Improved Subversion importer (both performance and usability) and a brand new Perforce importer.
New "pending changes view" on the GUI
Now checked out items (i.e. items marked for edition from the GUI, command line or the plugins), changed items (modified outside Plastic control) and private items (potentially new files) can be checked in together from a single view.
Xmerge / Xdiff 2.0
The merge and diff tools get updated with "cross merging" technology capable of detecting moved (and modified) code in the same file. Xdiff is able to locate modified code and render it accordingly, and Xmerge is able to handle moved code (normally refactor) during the merge process.
External data storage
It is possible to "extract" data from file revisions in a repository and save them on secondary devices like DVDs, hard drives and so on) so they don't consume main database storage. It is possible to plug the media to the server for transparent access or to access the "extracted" data directly from the client machine (Plastic will prompt to introduce the right media when accessing a "extracted" revision). It is useful for projects using really big files.
Annotate support on GUI
Now annotate (cm annotate or cm blame) is also available on a graphical view, integrated with the GUI's view system. It's possible to explore the changeset or branch that altered any line in the annotated item.
SQLite backend support
Plastic servers can now use SQLite as backend. SQLite adds a new backend to the existing set of supported databases: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server and Firebird. SQLite is very fast on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X environments, but it is better suited for distributed development (a developer running a small footprint server on his laptop or workstation). SQLite is the default on Linux and Mac OS X evaluations.
Selector explorer
It is possible to explore branches, labels and changesets without having to download them to a workspace. Advanced users can edit the selector to try more complex configurations.
Performance improvements
As usual every new Plastic release is faster than the previous one. We thoroughly tested Plastic with big workspaces (>250k files and 40k directories) and big repositories in several scenarios: from heavy load (hundreds of concurrent users (computer simulated) against a single server) to single user operations (quickly adding a big workspace into a repository) where we can consistently beat all our major competitors.

About Codice Software

Codice Software is a software engineering company focused on the development of tools to improve the software quality, by means of enhanced Configuration Management. Codice Software's innovative approach to product development and quality has been validated by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), whose assessment team has awarded Codice a Level II Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) rating. The CMMI rating is the global standard reserved for those companies exhibiting world-class product development capabilities.

Embed 3D objects in PDF files

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:11:00 GMT

Converting an XSL-FO document to PDF with AH Formatter.

AH Formatter Standard V5.2 R1 improves performance and features automatic conversion from RGB to CMYK.

AH Formatter lets you format documents for print and PDF using CSS or XSL-FO. It supports page layouts specified using either CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or XSL-FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects) for formatting documents for PDF and print. With AH Formatter users can now select the stylesheet language and content strategy that best suits their business needs. XSL-FO has long been recognized as a standard for formatting XML for print and PDF and CSS as the standard for displaying HTML on the Web.

The following AH Formatter editions are available (CSS and XSL-FO):

The following AH CSS Formatter editions are available (CSS only):

The following AH XSL Formatter editions are available (XSL-FO only):

Updates in V5.2 R1

The following new PDF output features have been added:

Entire fonts can now be embedded in the PDF, not just a subset of the font.
RGB images can be automatically converted to CMYK when outputting to PDF/X and PDF/A. (not available with AH Formatter Lite)
3D objects can now be embedded in PDF. (not available with AH Formatter Lite)
PDF pages can be output in reverse order.
Encryption key length can now be specified using 128AES/256AES.
Tag names for Tagged PDF can now be customized with the pdftag extension property. (not available with AH Formatter Lite)

The following properties have been added or extended:

axf:overflow-align
axf:line-number-prefix (not available with AH Formatter Lite)

Values for the following properties have been extended:

Justify is added to display-align
Support for BIDI with the following scripts when rendering SVG data.
Arab : Arabic
Hebr : Hebrew
Thai : Thai
Deva : Devalagari

The following attributes have been added to the Font Configuration File:

Ability to specify the Unicode range to a font with Unicode-range.
The font size of a specific font can now be adjusted with font-size-adjust.
The base line of a specific font can now be adjusted with baseline-adjust.

The following features have been added to the CGM Option:

Support for the Character Orientation attribute.
Support for Compression Type of CGM 6 and 9.
Support for all the notation attributes that belong to the <menclose> property of General Layout with MathML rendering.

The following CSS elements and properties are newly implemented:

CSS2.1

:first-line pseudo-element
'display' property
'float' property
'content' property
'quotes' property
'empty-cells< /a>' property

CSS3

'background-size' property
box-decoration-break' property

Note: V5.2 contains a beta version of the MO:DCA Output Option.

CSS - The following issues have been corrected:

When converting HTML data to INX, the page layout was not correctly outputted.
When target-counter(attr(href, url), page) was used, the page number became zero.
When formatting specific HTML data that included float data, an exception error occurred.

XSL - The following issues have been corrected:

A list that came next to the float was not positioned correctly.
When "None axf:japanese-glyph =" was specified, the "Invalid property value" an error occurred.
When axf:leader-expansion was used, the length of leader was not correct.
When outputting specific data to PDF with solaris (sparc), core dumps occurred.
When outputting specific date to PDF with Windows, an exception error occurred.
When the column break was inserted within the revision bar, an error occurred.
The border of the table overflowed.
When there was a float in fo:list-item-label and writing-mode="rl-tb"
was specified, the indent in list-item-body was not processed correctly.
The block with keep-together.within-page="always" in the two column document overflowed.
The position of a character shifted incorrectly in the horizontal dimension with specific data.
The force page break or column break did not work in a multicolumn document and the page overflowed.
fo:leader overflowed.
When formatting FO that embedded specific PDF file, the Imported Page Contents Error occurred.
When axf:column-fill="auto" was specified, axf:overflow-condense specified in fo:block-container did not become effective.

Common - The following issues have been corrected:

Background images were not outputted to INX and MIF.
The text in the table cell and the border in the empty cell were missing when outputting to MIF.
The position of the image in the table shifted when outputting to MIF.
The size of SVG was not correct with SVG rendering.
Some characters were not outputted when *.afm was used.
When a specific font was specified, the "Create font error" occurred with Mac.
When outputting specific data with a table to MIF, an exception error occurred.
The "Because the depth of state nesting is over the limit" error occasionally occurred with specific SVG data.
When formatting specific SVG data, the text overlapped or the text was not put in a table correctly.
U+25CF caused the 'Missing glyph U+25CF in 'ZapfDingbats' error.
When outputting specific data to MIF and opened it with FrameMaker, only 1 blank page displayed.
When rendering SVG with polygon without points, an exception error occurred.

The following limitations have been removed:

The integer value applied to the keep attribute is now available between multi column and span block.
Font alias is now available to define for the font family which consists of multiple files.

About Antenna House

InstallBuilder reduces memory use

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:42:00 GMT

Customizing platform specific settings with InstallBuilder.

Version 6.3 adds support for localized license agreements and features CD-ROM installer improvements.

BitRock InstallBuilder turns application packaging and deployment into a fast, easy and cost-effective process for developers. The development tool allows you to quickly create easy to use, multiplatform installers that have a native look and feel across Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, IRIX and Solaris from a single build environment. Multiple installation modes allow installers to be run in servers, workstations, and desktops. InstallBuilder also offers RPM integration along with other advanced functionality.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 6.3

Ability to include localized license agreements
Ability to set the default installation language based on the previous installation.
Reduced the memory consumption when unpacking large single-file installers
Multiple improvements to CD-ROM installers
Allow HTML license files in Qt mode
New installer_builder_version and installer_builder_timestamp built-in variables
New <httpProxyInit> action to configure proxy to use with http actions
New <xmlFileGet> and <xmlFileSet> actions
New <addScheduledTask> and <deleteScheduledTask> Windows actions
New .password suffix to mask passwords in log messages
Support for osx-intel and osx-pcc in platform test
Add support for FreeBSD 8
Improve the RPM removal process

About BitRock

BitRock makes open source software easier to use by providing a complete automated solution for Open Source Application Deployment. As long time open source users and contributors, Bitrock believes that open source solutions are often more stable, more secure and perform better than their commercial counterparts. BitRock has developed a system to provide a single, consistent and simplified application deployment process across multiple operating system platforms. As a result, open source applications are easier to install, manage and support. Leading independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators and IT departments use BitRock to automate application stack integration, packaging, installation and updates. BitRock was founded in 2003 in Seville, Spain by Daniel Lopez Ridruejo. Since then, the company has attracted a diverse, talented team of individuals whose experience spans Silicon Valley, Europe and Southeast Asia. Its client base includes businesses, governments, and educational institutions throughout the world, from Fortune 100 companies to independent game developers. BitRock is privately held and has offices in Seville and San Francisco.

Team Coherence Version Manager patched

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:42:00 GMT

The Version Control window in Team Coherence Version Manager.

Team Coherence Version Manager is the core of the Team Coherence suite of tools. Team Coherence is easy to use and has a simple setup and integration with your development tools making Team Coherence Version Manager a compelling choice whether you are a solo developer or a member of a large team. Team Coherence provides an extensive feature set designed to save time and money through reliable source code control. It enables development teams to automatically protect and track their most valuable source code, documentation, binaries, and all other file types as they change throughout the software life cycle. Designed from the ground-up to be used across LAN/WAN or Internet, development teams need no longer be restricted by geographic location.

TC Tracker is an easy-to-use bug and issue tracking system that integrates directly with Team Coherence Version Manager, or can run stand-alone. TC Tracker captures, manages and communicates the many issues that software teams face every day. TC Tracker captures and tracks project issues, related data and resolution status for team members making it easy to stay on top of feature requests and defect reports.

Updates in 7.2.1.41

Minor update to fix an issue with the column editor in Tracker.

About Quality Software Components

Quality Software Components has been developing top quality solutions and tools for many thousands of clients since its inception in 1996. It is an independent software house and producer of configuration management tools. It is committed to the continued development of advanced and innovative tools with an emphasis on ease of use.

Plastic SCM Professional updated

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:42:00 GMT

User statistics and changed item statistics in Plastic SCM Professional.

Version 2.9 adds Visual Studio 2010 support, integration with IntelliJ IDEA 5.1 / 8 and shared workspaces.

Plastic SCM Professional is a multiplatform (Windows, Linux, Unix and MAC) version control system that provides full integration with the most widely used IDEs as well and task tracking tools, and contains accurate importers for SourceSafe, CVS and Subversion; providing quick transition from these environments. Plastic SCM Professional can be configured to work with Firebird, MySQL or SQL Server database backends. Plastic SCM Professional Edition provides enterprise features such as configurable workspaces through selectors, integration with Active Directory or LDAP to enforce security policies on repositories, support for an unlimited number of users and distributed system. One Year of full support with access to all new releases within a year is included with the Professional Edition.

Updates in V2.9

IntelliJ IDEA 5.1 / 8 integration
Pulse continuous integration server
Support for Visual Studio 2010
Shared Workspaces: Workspaces are no longer tied to the machine on which they were created and can now be shared among machines via network shares
Extended Branch Review: The review interface can now be used to walk through the changesets in a branch allowing a step-by-step review of a task branch implementation
Symlink Support: Symbolic links are fully versioned items inside Plastic
Oracle Database support added as a Plastic backend database option
Sparse Tree / Cloaked Items Support: A user can choose to specify folders that will not be downloaded by default by an update operation
CVS and VSS importer improvements
Performance and stability improvements in the Linux server which takes advantage of 64 bit support improving memory allocation and higher server load
Eclipse: Filter to select an object on the view
LDAP authentication Mode: Clients are no longer required to have an active connection with the LDAP server - only the Plastic server requires an active connection to the LDAP server.

About Codice Software

InstallAnywhere 2010 released

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:39:00 GMT

Entering project information with InstallAnywhere.

New version features maintenance mode, product instance management, and installation rollback support.

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 simplifies complex installations and provides maximum developer customization, along with extensive user interaction, client/server features and localization for 29 languages.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010

Maintenance Mode Support
In InstallAnywhere 2010, you can choose to implement Maintenance Mode in an installer, which enables end users to add or remove features to previously installed products as well as repair broken installations. With a Maintenance-Mode-enabled installer, end users can perform the following maintenance activities:
- Add Feature - Install additional features that were bundled with the product but which were not installed during the initial installation.
- Remove Feature - Remove a feature that had already been installed without uninstalling the entire application.
- Repair Installation - Reinstall a broken or corrupted feature.
- Uninstall Product - Uninstall the entire application.
Maintenance Mode gives your end users the flexibility of managing product features as needed. Maintenance Mode is also available for console mode installations.
Product Instance Management
The new Instance Management feature gives you better control over the number of product instances that are permitted to be installed on an end user's machine. You can restrict the number of permitted instances of your product on the target system to a single instance only or to a specfic number of instances.
Build Configuration Support
The new Build Configuration feature enables you to easily create and manage multiple configurations in the same InstallAnywhere project, with each Build Configuration representing how the installer will be built for particular set of platforms, files, build distributions, JVMs, locales, and other settings. Using Build Configurations enables you to use one project to create multiple installers for the same application, each with a slightly different configuration. You can use Tags to bundle different sets of actions, panels, features, and components with Build Configurations.
Installation Rollback Support
If an end user cancels an installation before it has completed, or if a fatal error occurs during the installation, the result can be an incomplete, corrupt application. To avoid this problem, you can now choose to enable installation rollback by selecting the Enable Rollback option on the Project > Advanced subtask. If you select the Enable Rollback option, and the end user cancels an installation or a fatal error occurs, the installer will automatically revert what has been altered or added to the system.
Uninstall Phase Exposure
InstallAnywhere automatically creates an Uninstaller for each project. The Uninstaller, much like the Installer, is a collection of panels, consoles, and actions. The standard Uninstaller uninstalls the application by executing each action?s uninstallation procedure. However, in some situations, you may want additional flexibility and have more control over how the uninstallation is performed. Therefore, you may want to use the Uninstall task in the Advanced Designer to customize the Uninstaller by adding, removing or changing some of the uninstall actions. For example, you may want to disable the uninstallation of an entire set of resources, rename files, copy and move files, display additional dialog messages, or execute some custom code at uninstall time.

For more information visit:
http://www.flexerasoftware.com/company/newscenter/pressreleases/press-releases_10830.htm

About Flexera Software

Flexera Software (formerly Acresso), the maker of InstallShield, is fully dedicated to powering the business of software for our customers. For over 25 years, the company's solutions have helped software and hardware producers and their customers maximize revenue, cut costs, and eliminate manual processes. It provides solutions that power the business of software. By simplifying the business relationship between software/hardware producers and their customers, Flexera's solutions have a 25-year history of maximizing the value of the software that the world develops and uses.

InstallAnywhere 2009 SP2 released

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:46:00 GMT

Defining project information in InstallAnywhere.

Service Pack adds support for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

InstallAnywhere enables developers to build highly customized deployment solutions. Its intuitive design brings intelligence to the process of deploying software onto any client or server platform. It automatically handles all of the installation details, creates smaller installers that run faster than many other solutions, minimizes time-to-deployment and increases productivity.

InstallAnywhere is available in the following editions:

Updates in SP2

Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Support for the latest versions of MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL
New customization options for tighter control of installer panels
Better tracking of features your end users select during installation
Over 100 customer-requested improvements

About Flexera Software

Flexera Software (previously known as Acresso Software or Macrovision), the makers of InstallShield, is fully dedicated to powering the business of software for our customers. For over 25 years, Flexera's solutions have helped software and hardware producers and their customers maximize revenue, cut costs, and eliminate manual processes. Flexera Software provides solutions that power the business of software. By simplifying the business relationship between software/hardware producers and their customers, Flexera solutions have a 25-year history of maximizing the value of the software that the world develops and uses.

Team Coherence Version Manager

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:44:00 GMT

The Version Control window of Team Coherence.

Quality Software Components' easy-to-use version control tool now available from ComponentSource.

Version Manager is the core of the Team Coherence suite of tools. Team Coherence is easy to use and has a simple setup and integration with your development tools making Team Coherence Version Manager a compelling choice whether you are a solo developer or a member of a large team. Team Coherence provides an extensive feature set designed to save time and money through reliable source code control. It enables development teams to automatically protect and track their most valuable source code, documentation, binaries, and all other file types as they change throughout the software life cycle. Designed from the ground-up to be used across LAN/WAN or Internet, development teams need no longer be restricted by geographic location.

Features

Team Coherence is designed to integrate directly with your existing development tools. With full support for the Microsoft Source Code Control (SCC) API, Team Coherence can be integrated with the many tools and editors that support this standard. Tool integration includes:

MS Visual Studio
MS Visual Studio .NET
Borland/Embarcadero Delphi (all versions)
Borland/Embarcadero C++ Builder (V3, 4, 5 upwards)
ModelMaker
MS Visual Basic
MS Visual C++
IBM Visual Age
Visual SlickEdit (Slick Edit Inc)
TOAD (Quest Software)
Altova UModel
Altova XMLSpy
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
+ many other tools supporting the SCC API

About Quality Software Components

BitRock updates InstallBuilder Pro

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

User interface options and platform specific settings.

New version boasts numerous updates including an improved builder tool for OS X x86.

BitRock InstallBuilder Professional allows you to quickly create easy to use, multiplatform installers that have a native look and feel across Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (x86/PPC/x64) from a single build environment.

Updates in V6.2.4

Improved builder tool on OS X x86
Added new windows_os_service_pack built-in variable
Allow <addTextToFile> action to also insert text at the beginning
Allow autoupdate to run and install installers in unattended mode
New <deleteLockedFilesOnReboot> action.
Fixed <kill> action not accepting paths as arguments on Windows 64bits
Fixed <autodetectJava> action not correctly detecting 64bit Java installations on Windows
Fix OS X installers Info.plist not correctly created when non-ASCII characters were used in the installer name
Open file button fails on OS X if initial directory does not exist.
addLibraryToPath action does not resolve variables in its path tag
addLibraryToPath not working correctly on Linux x64 and OS X
platformTest can now distinguish between hpux-ia64 and hpux-parisc
addDirectoryToPath not working correctly on OS X
launchBrowser action fails in some environments

About BitRock

BitRock makes open source software easier to use by providing a complete automated solution for Open Source Application Deployment. As long time open source users and contributors, Bitrock believes that open source solutions are often more stable, more secure and perform better than their commercial counterparts. BitRock has developed a system to provide a single, consistent and simplified application deployment process across multiple operating system platforms. As a result, open source applications are easier to install, manage and support. Leading independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators and IT departments use BitRock to automate application stack integration, packaging, installation and updates. BitRock was founded in 2003 in Seville, Spain by Daniel Lopez Ridruejo. Since then, the company has attracted a diverse, talented team of individuals whose experience spans Silicon Valley, Europe and Southeast Asia. Its client base includes businesses, governments, and educational institutions throughout the world, from Fortune 100 companies to independent game developers. BitRock is privately held and has offices in Seville and San Francisco.