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从您的开发环境对包进行签名

5月 10, 2024
Advanced Installer V21.7 能够使用 Azure 可信签名集成直接在 Visual Studio 中对项目进行签名。

Advanced Installer by Caphyon is a powerful and versatile Windows installer authoring tool that enables developers and IT professionals to create professional-grade installation packages for their software applications. It offers a comprehensive set of features for building installers that are reliable, efficient, and compliant with industry standards.

The Advanced Installer V21.7 release adds Microsoft Azure Trusted Signing support in the Microsoft Visual Studio Extension. This integration simplifies your workflow by enabling you to sign your packages without leaving your development environment.

To see a full list of what's new in version 21.7, see our release notes

Advanced Installer is licensed per user and is available as an annual or perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. See our Advanced Installer licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Advanced Installer product pages:

用条形码增强数据跟踪和检索

5月 10, 2024
支持集成条形码的 .NET 报表控件可以提高供应链管理应用程序的效率和准确性。

Barcodes are embedded machine-readable symbols that encode data points directly within reports. This allows developers to streamline data tracking and integration with external systems by providing a scannable representation of key information alongside the human-readable report. Scanning barcodes enables quick and easy data capture instead of error prone manual data entry. Embedded barcodes allow for effortless item identification and tracking throughout processes like supply chain management or inventory control. Users can instantly access detailed information associated with the encoded data, streamlining information retrieval.

Several .NET Reporting controls include Barcodes including:

  • DevExpress Reports lets you design reports with built-in support for various barcode formats, allowing you to directly encode data within them.
  • ActiveReports.NET by MESCIUS enables you to integrate barcodes into reports with comprehensive functionality, simplifying data encoding for easy scanning.
  • Telerik Reporting allows you to add a wide range of barcode symbologies to your reports, enhancing data tracking and information retrieval.
  • List & Label Professional Reporting by combit can generate reports that include embedded barcodes for efficient data capture and management.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of .NET Reporting Controls.

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用线程调试提高应用程序可靠性

5月 10, 2024
IDE 中的线程代码调试有助于识别和解决问题，增强开发人员体验，并提高程序稳定性。

Code threading enables concurrent execution of multiple tasks within a single program, sharing resources. Each thread acts as an independent mini-program, often implemented through subroutine calls. This approach improves application responsiveness (for example syntax highlighting while compiling code) and CPU utilization but necessitates careful debugging due to complexities in thread scheduling. Debugging threaded code is crucial for ensuring software reliability and performance as it tackles issues arising from interactions and timing between these concurrent threads.

Several integrated development environments allow you to debug threaded code, including:

  • RAD Studio Enterprise by Embarcadero offers a visual debugger for threaded code, enabling step-by-step inspection and manipulation of threads during debugging sessions.
  • EiffelStudio by Eiffel Software provides mechanisms to trace and analyze threaded execution, facilitating error identification in concurrent programming environments.
  • RemObjects Elements by RemObjects Software aides developers in identifying and resolving concurrency issues by visualizing thread execution and inspecting thread states.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of IDEs.

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简化了您的文档交付工作流程

5月 10, 2024
MadCap Flare 2024 现在只需单击一下即可将您的 Flare 项目直接发布到 Xyleme Syndicate™，从而节省了时间和精力。

MadCap Flare is a technical authoring tool designed to streamline the creation and delivery of software documentation. It utilizes a single-source, topic-based approach, allowing developers to create reusable content that can be published in various formats, including online help systems, PDFs, and mobile apps. This facilitates efficient documentation management and ensures consistency across different outputs.

The MadCap Flare 2024 release adds seamless integration with Xyleme Syndicate™, a cloud-based content delivery platform. This allows you to directly upload your Flare projects, including technical documentation and eLearning materials, to Syndicate's cloud-based platform. Syndicate offers a robust suite of hosting benefits, such as a global content delivery network (CDN) for faster access, federated search for easy information retrieval, and granular control over content availability through scheduled activation and deactivation dates. This one-click publishing feature streamlines your workflow by enabling direct publication of Flare projects to Syndicate, offering a robust platform specifically designed to meet the varied content delivery needs of today's software development environment.

To see a full list of what's new in the 2024 release, see our release notes.

MadCap Flare is licensed per user as an annual subscription and includes Platinum Maintenance (upgrades and support). See our MadCap Flare licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our MadCap Flare product page.

高效管理和部署您的应用程序

5月 10, 2024
重新打包让您能够构建满足您特定安全和配置需求的自定义安装程序，从而确保部署的一致性。

In the realm of Windows software deployment, repackaging refers to the process of adapting an existing installation program, often a traditional installer such as an EXE, into a more manageable format for large-scale deployments. This can involve capturing file system and registry changes during installation, then utilizing a repackaging tool to create a streamlined package such as an MSI that offers silent deployment, improved consistency, and better control over the installation process.

Several installation tools offer repackaging functionality including:

  • Advanced Installer Architect by Caphyon streamlines software deployment by efficiently repackaging existing applications into MSI, AppX, App-V, and MSIX formats.
  • PACE Suite by Infopulse includes a robust application repackager for simplifying software deployment through MSI and virtual package creation.
  • AdminStudio Enterprise by Flexera offers a comprehensive repackaging toolkit for creating reliable MSI and virtualized application packages.
  • Master Packager provides a user-friendly repackaging module to convert legacy applications into manageable MSI or EXE installers.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our Installation Tools comparison.

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