ComponentSource Topic | Windows 2000

Understand and Document Complex Java applications

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:52:51 GMT

Sequence diagrams generated by MaintainJ.

MaintainJ is a reverse engineering tool which automatically generates UML and sequence diagrams.

MaintainJ helps users understand and analyze complex Java applications. The sequence diagrams generated by MaintainJ show runtime interaction between different Java classes in your application. You can trace applications running on a single JVM or on multiple JVM's and view the end-to-end call trace in a single sequence diagram.

Features

MaintainJ generates runtime sequence diagrams using the call trace captured while you run the application. The captured information includes data for each method call, any SQL calls to the database and the response time of each call.

Find out exactly what happens when you run a use case
Generate interactive sequence diagram from call trace
Reduce the bug fix and release cycle time of applications
Document applications in minutes

About MaintainJ

Since 1997 MaintainJ have been actively involved in the design, development and maintenance of large Java applications. MaintainJ provides a better way to understand complex Java applications and was built for and tested on large scale real-world applications.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help adds Mobile Help

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:53:09 GMT

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

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

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

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012 v1

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

About ComponentOne

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

MONyog updated

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:54:57 GMT

View connection history with MONyog.

MONyog helps MySQL DBAs manage and tune MySQL servers and fix problems with their database applications. It pro-actively monitors enterprise database environments and provides advice on how to tighten security, optimize performance and reduce downtime. It is designed to provide a single, consolidated view of health, security, performance and availability of MySQL servers.

Updates in 4.81

Fixed problem where Custom SQL Objects (CSO) with a large result set could fail to display content in Monitors/Advisors page
Specifying the "Key Column" field has now been made mandatory while adding a new CSO. If not specified the CSO will not save
Several small UI fixes

About Webyog

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

Create and alter tables in MySQL

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:55:18 GMT

Create database tables with SQLyog.

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

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

Updates in 9.5.1

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

About Webyog

AdminStudio V11 released

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:43:00 GMT

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

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

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

The following editions are available:

Updates in V11

Software Tagging Support
(Enterprise, Professional and Standard Editions)

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

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

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

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

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

InstallShield Suiting/Wrapping
(Enterprise Edition only)

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

Platform (API)
(Enterprise Edition only)

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

About Flexera Software

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

Grafile Icon Packs released

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:06:50 GMT

Example icons in the Core Bonus Pack.

Includes System, Flag, Sport, Industry, File and Folder Icons.

The icons allow developers and designers to build rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate interfaces, menus, ribbon bars and toolbars with a professional next-generation look and feel. Grafile icons come in a wide range of sizes and formats including ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG. The following editions are available:

Features

Adaptable to both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Work with a unified programming model and integrate the icons with design and graphic tools libraries.
Enhance any software technology that is supported by XAML Silverlight RIA and WPF.
The icon packs include different file formats allowing you to create rich user interfaces for Silverlight 4 and 5, and iPhone.
Different sizes of each icon are included.

About Horizon Software Solutions

Horizon Software Grafile is a division of Horizon Software Solutions and provides a wide range of high quality icons which make it easy to create user interfaces with a modern look and feel. Their icon packages are suitable for Web, Desktop and Mobile applications and are available in ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG formats. Horizon Software Solutions have offices in the USA, Germany and Turkey.

BB FlashBack French and Italian Editions released

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:07 GMT

Screen capture using BB FlashBack Pro French Edition.

Screen recorder software now available in localized versions.

BB FlashBack is an easy to use screen recording and movie authoring application for creating compact but high quality footage for tutorials, demos and presentations. Text effects, sound and commentary are fully supported by BB FlashBack and movies can be exported to Flash, QuickTime (H264), WMV, AVI, EXE and PowerPoint. The following editions are available:

Features

Create engaging movies by adding text, sound and images to your screen recording.
Upload to YouTube, Blip.tv, Viddler and Revver.
Export to AVI, Flash, QuickTime (H264), MPEG4 (compatible with iPod/Pad/Phone), WMV, EXE and PowerPoint.
Decide how your screen recording will be presented. Full control over sound and video quality and filesize.
Full playback controls in Flash and EXE exports.
Editing features (Pro Edition only).

About Blueberry Consultants

Blueberry Consultants is an innovative software publishing company based in the United Kingdom. Their goal is to design software that makes advanced technology easy to use and create tools that really improve the way you work.

oXygen XML Author adds DITA Map Metrics

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:11:13 GMT

Edit XML using oXygen XML Author.

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

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

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

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

About SyncRO Soft

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

oXygen XML Developer adds Remote Find and Replace

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:10:49 GMT

XML Editor in oXygen XML Developer.

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

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

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

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

About SyncRO Soft

oXygen XML Editor improves Syntax Highlighting

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:11:36 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Syntax now color coded by content type.

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

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

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

About SyncRO Soft

dotCover supports latest ReSharper versions

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:07:00 GMT

dotCover's Coverage Results Browser.

dotCover is a code coverage tool that reports statement-level coverage in .NET and Silverlight applications. It highlights covered and uncovered code in Visual Studio by generating XML-based code coverage reports. dotCover detects which tests cover a particular location in code and integrates with ReSharper's unit testing tools. It comes with a console utility to use with a continuous integration server. dotCover can aggregate data from multiple coverage sessions and merging snapshots.

Updates in V1.2

Added support for latest ReSharper versions, enabling easy unit test coverage analysis

About JetBrains

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

dotTrace Performance profiles unit tests

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

View CPU statistics by thread with dotTrace.

dotTrace Performance helps detect performance bottlenecks in a variety of .NET Framework applications. It is able to profile standalone desktop applications, Web applications running under IIS or Visual Studio development server, Windows services, smart device applications, remote applications and unit tests. dotTrace Performance is able to compare any two performance snapshots of the same application. It shows the differences between the number of calls consumed by each function.

Updates in 4.5.2

The latest minor update enables profiling of unit tests by integrating with a variety of recent versions of ReSharper, including 6.1, 6.0 and the 5.x family.

About JetBrains

Simplify Development of ReSharper Plug-ins

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Refactoring tools in ReSharper.

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

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

Updates in 6.1

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

About JetBrains

Business Icons for Web, Desktop and Mobile Apps

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:06:35 GMT

Example icons in the Business Bonus Pack.

Business Bonus Pack 2012 includes a wide variety of business-themed icons in multiple sizes and formats.

Business Bonus Pack includes all the Grafile Business Finance Icon collections. The icons allow developers and designers to build rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate interfaces, menus, ribbon bars and toolbars with a professional next-generation look and feel. Grafile icons come in a wide range of sizes and formats including ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG.

Features

Adaptable to both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Work with a unified programming model and integrate the icons with design and graphic tools libraries.
Enhance any software technology that is supported by XAML Silverlight RIA and WPF.
The icon packs include different file formats allowing you to create rich user interfaces for Silverlight 4 and 5, and iPhone 4.
Different sizes of each icon are included.

The Business Bonus Pack contains the following icon packs:

Business Icons - A variety of general business themed images.
Business Vista Icons - Familiar business themed icons used in the Windows Vista Operating System.
Business Status Icons - A collection of images that can be used to indicate the status of business working processes.

About Horizon Software Solutions

Horizon Software Grafile is a division of Horizon Software Solutions and provides a wide range of high quality icons which make it easy for you to create user interfaces with a modern look and feel. Their icon packages are suitable for Web, Desktop and Mobile applications and are available in ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG formats. Horizon Software Solutions have offices in the USA, Germany and Turkey.

Visually enhance Healthcare applications

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:07:28 GMT

Example icons included in the Medical Bonus Pack.

Medical Bonus Pack 2012 is a collection of icons for the Healthcare Industry.

Medical Bonus Pack includes all the Grafile Healthcare icon collections. The icons allow developers and designers to build rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate interfaces, menus, ribbon bars and toolbars with a professional next-generation look and feel. Grafile icons come in a wide range of sizes and formats including ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG.

Features

Adaptable to both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Work with a unified programming model and integrate the icons with design and graphic tools libraries.
Enhance any software technology that is supported by XAML Silverlight RIA and WPF.
The icon packs include different file formats allowing you to create rich user interfaces for Silverlight 4 and 5, and iPhone 4.
Different sizes of each icon are included.

The Medical Bonus Pack contains the following icon packs:

Medical 1 and Medical 2 Icons - A variety of medical themed images.
Vademecum Icons - A variety of images for use in drug guides.
Drug Company Icons - A collection of widely used drug company logos.

About Horizon Software Solutions

Next generation icons for Web, Desktop and Mobile

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:08:18 GMT

Examples of icons included with the Subscription Icons Pack.

Subscription Icons Pack 2012 includes icons for business, flags, health care, industry, maps and more.

Subscription Icons Pack includes all the Grafile Icon Collections. The icons allow developers and designers to build rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate interfaces, menus, ribbon bars and toolbars with a professional next-generation look and feel. Grafile icons come in a wide range of sizes and formats including ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG.

Features

Adaptable to both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Work with a unified programming model and integrate the icons with design and graphic tools libraries.
Enhance any software technology that is supported by XAML Silverlight RIA and WPF.
The icon packs include different file formats allowing you to create rich user interfaces for Silverlight 4 and 5, and iPhone 4.
Different sizes of each icon are included.

Subscription Icons Pack includes icons in the following categories:

Core Icons
Business Finance
Healthcare
Software
File Folder
Web Commerce
Database
Editors
Multimedia
System
Utilities
Maps
Date Time
Flags
Life
Industrial
Love
Emotions
Sports Logos

About Horizon Software Solutions

HelpSmith updated to V3.5.3

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:04:00 GMT

HelpSmith user interface.

HelpSmith is an innovative help authoring tool allowing you to create CHM HTML Help files, Web Help, Printed Manuals, and PDF documents from the same source help project. The stand-alone and easy-to-use environment includes a Unicode word-processor with dynamic styles and live spell checker, support for Templates and Variables, an advanced approach to working with graphical and video files, automatic correction system, and many other useful tools.

Updates in V3.5.3

Added support for the new video format MP4
Fixed an issue when using Asian languages (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) in the Table of Contents of an HTML Help system (CHM)

About Divcom Software

Divcom Software is a privately-held software development company specializing in help authoring solutions. Their products are licensed in more than 80 countries and are acknowledged worldwide for their simplicity of usage, power and efficiency. Renowned for their excellent customer service, the company is a member of the Intel(R) Software Partner program. Divcom Software's customer-base includes Microsoft, Intel, General Motors, Toshiba, Alcatel, Hitachi, Dell, Siemens, and other notable companies.

Add Multi-Lingual Spell Checking to your Web site

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:05:00 GMT

Spell checking using WebSpellChecker.net.

WebSpellChecker.net is a browser-based, spelling and grammar checking solution for HTML-based Web sites.

WebSpellChecker.net provides spell checking functionality for your Web site and contains dictionaries for 16 languages plus unlimited custom and user dictionary support. Additional languages and specialized industry dictionaries are also available. WebSpellChecker.net includes two products, SpellCheckAsYouType (SCAYT) and WebSpellChecker (WSC). SCAYT allows the user to see and correct misspellings while typing with misspelled words underlined. The user can right-click on a marked word and select a suggestion to replace the word with. WebSpellChecker operates in a separate browser window so your work is not obstructed, with the corrected text automatically returned to the form. WSC includes English language Grammar Checker and Thesaurus features. WebSpellChecker and SCAYT can be easily installed on any HTML-based web site by adding a few lines of HTML code, and inserting a small script.

Features

Customizable "look and feel" of the spell checker window
Unlimited custom dictionaries
Enhanced security
Multi-lingual support
Customizable error messages
Enhanced performance when run on a LAN

WebSpellChecker.net includes dictionaries for the following languages:

English (100,000 words)
British English (100,000 words)
Canadian English (100,000 words)
Canadian French (130,000 words)
French (137,000 words)
German (295,000 words)
Italian (283,000 words)
Greek (574,000 words)
Spanish (288,000 words)
Brazilian Portuguese (119,000 words)
Danish (102,000 words)
Dutch (178,000 words)
Norwegian Bokmal (95,000 words)
Portuguese (135,000 words)
Swedish (110,000 words)
Finnish (251,000 words)

Grammar Checker and Dictionary Features (English only)
This feature accesses a database of over 78,000 words and offers intelligent suggestions for misspelled words and grammatical errors.

Grammar Checker recognizes the following parts of speech:

Adjectives
Conjunctions
Singular and plural nouns
Adverbs
Prepositions
Pronouns in nominative, objective, and possessive case
Verbs in 1st, 2nd or 3rd Person, Singular and Plural, Auxiliary Verbs and Present, Past and Perfect Tenses

WebSpellChecker.net supports multiple Web browsers

Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 and 9
Firefox 3.6+
Chrome 5+
Safari 4+

About SpellChecker.net

SpellChecker.net was founded in 1999 and is a leader in spell checking technology and services providing licensed and hosted spell-checking products for Web applications. Their products address the need for quality spell checking Web solutions for a range of applications, such as Customer and Relationship Management (CRM), Content Management Systems (CMS), Email Marketing Tools, Help Desk Systems, Web mail and many others.

Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2012 released

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:23:00 GMT

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

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

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

Updates in 2012

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

About Resco

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

SQL Compare 10 adds table mapping

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:00 GMT

Synchronizing SQL Server database with SQL Compare.

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

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

The following editions are available:

Updates in 10.0

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

About Red Gate Software

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

SQL Monitor 2.3 now includes SMS Alert integration

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:58 GMT

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

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

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

Updates in 2.3

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

About Red Gate Software

SharpKit updated

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:25:27 GMT

Productivity features of SharpKit.

SharpKit is a Web toolkit that lets you write C# code and convert it to JavaScript during compilation. It is an ideal solution for Web development teams who have to maintain C# and JavaScript code. It is a command-line tool that acts like a compiler; it receives C# source code and assembly references and generates JavaScript files, based on custom attributes (metadata) in your code. It also integrates into MSBuild projects and performs the conversion automatically during the build process.

Updates in 4.23.5000

JsError now inherits from Exception and hides all base properties
Supports inheritance in prototype mode
Add JsTypeAttribute.OmitInheritance
Optimized namespace verification (remove doubles)
Support InlineFields=false in prototype mode
Fixed generic arrays resolving bug
Improved error notifications to Visual Studio

About SharpKit

SharpKit specializes in the analysis and conversion of programming languages, and provides productivity tools which allow Web developers to implement high-end Web applications quickly and easily.

Dr.Explain V4.5 adds Spell Checker

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:26:00 GMT

Design templates included in Dr.Explain.

Highlights misspellings, suggests replacements and includes a set of dictionaries for most popular languages.

Dr.Explain is a help authoring tool for creating CHM files, HTML help, online manuals, PDFs and printable documentation. It easily captures screens from live applications and documents them automatically. The Dr.Explain help file maker and documentation writing tool is available in 9 languages, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Dutch.

Updates in V4.5

Annotation Template and Callout Editor - Create callouts of any design, complexity and style.
New Spell Checker - Full Unicode support and extended dictionaries.
RTF\DOC Import - Enhanced handling of styles and formats during import.
HTML Import - Improved handling of complicated HTML markup.
Simplified Export Settings - Create CHM, PDF, RTF or HTML in two clicks without worrying about basic settings.
Improved Performance - On-line manuals load up to 4 times faster.

About Indigo Byte Systems

Indigo Byte Systems is a privately-held company formed by the merger of UTrackSys.com, LLC and Cognitive Force Group, two software development companies with many years of success in the software market. As a result of this strategic alliance, Indigo Byte Systems brings more IT solutions to market and more services to their customers.

Infragistics TestAdvantage updated

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:25:37 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

Infragistics TestAdvantage enables automated testing of user interfaces. It allows developers to regression test Windows Forms applications developed using Infragistics NetAdvantage. You can quickly record and replay script commands instead of using generic mouse coordinates.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2011 Volume 2

Conditional Formatting Dialog Support - Record actions on different UI controls and verify the data displayed.
Version Utility - Switch to any build version of the assemblies.
Asynchronous Exporting Support - A new CancelAsynchronousExport replay action added to support Asynchronous Exporting features.
WinGrid - Now supports repeat paste, asynchronous exporting and conditional formatting features.

About Infragistics

Infragistics has been a market leader in the presentation layer components industry for over 18 years. With a comprehensive portfolio of multi-platform Enterprise Software products and services, it has achieved global reach in nearly every Fortune 2000 company. Infragistics empowers developers to build and style great application user interfaces for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF and JSF, and additionally offers user interface test tools, support, training and consulting services.

IntelliJ IDEA V11 improves Debugging and Testing

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:26:00 GMT

A class diagram in IntelliJ IDEA.

Debug stylesheets using the new interactive XSLT debugger.

IntelliJ IDEA is an intelligent Java IDE that provides a combination of development tools. Its key features include intelligent coding assistance, smart navigation, numerous refactorings, code analysis, Web development, unit testing and code coverage. IntelliJ IDEA's functionality is continuously extended by users and third parties via plugins.

Updates in V11

In-place Refactorings - UI for refactorings has been improved for better usability.
Event Log view - A single place to see all IDE notifications and take action where needed.
VCS Support Improvements - New 'Digest' view means you spend less time on routine VCS tasks such as pre-commit reviews.
Git Log Graph - Highlight commits and provides actions like create tag/branch and checkout revision.
GitHub - Bundled integration now supports Gists creation for sharing your code instantly from the IDE.
Diff - Shows class and file comparison. Folder diff also allows merging folders.
Play Framework - IntelliJ IDEA now supports Web development using the Play Java Web framework. The IDE provides syntax highlighting, formatting, navigation and completion for built-in tags.
Spring - Improved performance for large models.
Android Development - IntelliJ IDEA supports development for Google Android with the latest Android 4 SDK (Ice Cream Sandwich). A 'Preview' pane displays the UI as you code. Various options such as screen size, target platform version and theme allow more control on what is displayed.
Testing and Debugging - An interactive XSLT debugger is included with IntelliJ IDEA 11 for debugging XSLT stylesheets. JSLint / JSHint integration allows you to check your JavaScript code quality as you write it by running external validators. The JavaScript Debugger lets you customize properties of an object that you see while debugging. This works for both Firefox and Chrome JS debuggers.
Web Servers - Out-of-the-box support for JBoss 7, WebSphere 8 and Jersey 1.10 Web servers.

About JetBrains

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