WAGWARE Systems, Inc. and Brainyware LLC Providers of CASL, a world-class cross platform development tool, announced support for the Janam series of rugged barcode scanners. Support for the Janam XP Series is provided in the form of libraries that can easily be added to new or existing CASL applications. Also available on the CASL Janam page are sample applications that demonstrate the ease with which CASL applications can incorporate advanced bar-coding technologies. The source code for these CASL sample applications is provided to CASL customers and may be used at no additional charge.
"We are pleased to add support for the Janam XP family of devices within the CASL development environment. The ability to quickly and easily integrate Janam devices into CASL applications is a tremendous asset to developers. We are excited by the opportunity that the Janam hardware provides our customers and the value it adds to new or existing applications," said Paul Steinmeyer, co-owner and Technology Director of CASL.
"The CASL development environment is a valuable tool for software developers who want to quickly create barcode scanning applications for our powerful XP Series," said Harry B. Lerner, Co-CEO of Janam. "We are excited by the large number of Janam resellers and ISVs who have already indicated their intention to utilize CASL's robust platform for their application development."
About CASL
CASL (Compact Application Solution Language) is a development environment that allows developers to create applications for PalmOS®, PocketPC / Windows Mobile and Windows platforms. CASL is the ideal Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment for mobile application developers that want to create compact applications on multiple platforms quickly, using a singe code base. There are no run-time royalties to distribute CASL applications to end-users of CASL applications. This makes CASL particularly attractive to corporate and commercial developers. CASL strikes an optimum balance of core capabilities, extendibility and features on all three (3) supported platforms. The CASL + Janam Support page and associated information may be found at http://www.caslsoft.com/janam .
About WAGWARE Systems, Inc & Brainyware, LLC
WAGWARE Systems, Inc. and Brainyware, LLC are providers of world-class cross-platform development tools for creating mobile applications. We provide tools for creating applications for the PalmOS®, PocketPC/Windows Mobile and Windows using a single Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Our products are used by thousands of developers worldwide and in nearly every industry. CASL, our flagship product, was first released in 1996 making CASL one of the earliest supporters of the PalmOS®. For more information please visit www.caslsoft.com.
About Janam
Janam Technologies, LLC. is a provider of rugged, handheld computing devices for mobile workers. Janam combines deep industry knowledge with advanced technologies to deliver products and accessories that increase productivity, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction. Specializing in purpose-built mobile computers that scan barcodes and communicate wirelessly, Janam now offers the industry's first, fully-featured industrial Palm OS based product line, designed to run mission-critical applications in retail, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing and logistics. Janam is headquartered in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. For more information please visit www.janam.com.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Turn your device into an iPhone now
As we all know Palm and Windows Mobile have had touch screen devices for quite some time and if you don't want to wait until the middle of 2007 you can get an Apple iPhone-like experience by changing your Windows Mobile Today screen or Palm OS launcher. Both of these utilities look quite cool and I'll have to give them a try soon to see how they perform. With the 6 month time delay until the iPhone is supposed to be out, there may be time for ingenious developers to come up with the same type of functionality on existing Palm, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices since most everything the iPhone has on it is existing technology found on many devices.
source : www.geek.com/news
source : www.geek.com/news
Connaught House goes live with retail management system
Exclusive jewellery and gift retailer Connaught House has this week gone live with a complete Microsoft Retail Management System operating simultaneously across its shops.
The system provides intelligent and real time stock control and visibility of consumer buying trends and also features a promotions and loyalty module, which ensures mail order customers are informed when items become available.
Managing director Mike Allsopp says the technology will enable Connaught House to develop an intelligent database of purchasing information to enable it to tailor ordering of stock to customer needs.
‘Our old system was slow, out-of-date and did not offer us the flexibility that we need to ensure the personal service that we pride ourselves on,’ he said.
‘In the past, we have used the old fashioned ‘stamp on a card’ loyalty scheme but we were often faced with receipt and redemption fraud.
I am confident the new system will considerably simplify staff processes to ensure a much more streamlined business.’
Davidson-Richards installed the Microsoft Retail Management System and RMSynergy promotions, data management, customer loyalty and customer price matrix modules.
Plans are already being made for the installation of a warehouse management system in coming years to enable the integration of its expanding mail order processes.
The system provides intelligent and real time stock control and visibility of consumer buying trends and also features a promotions and loyalty module, which ensures mail order customers are informed when items become available.
Managing director Mike Allsopp says the technology will enable Connaught House to develop an intelligent database of purchasing information to enable it to tailor ordering of stock to customer needs.
‘Our old system was slow, out-of-date and did not offer us the flexibility that we need to ensure the personal service that we pride ourselves on,’ he said.
‘In the past, we have used the old fashioned ‘stamp on a card’ loyalty scheme but we were often faced with receipt and redemption fraud.
I am confident the new system will considerably simplify staff processes to ensure a much more streamlined business.’
Davidson-Richards installed the Microsoft Retail Management System and RMSynergy promotions, data management, customer loyalty and customer price matrix modules.
Plans are already being made for the installation of a warehouse management system in coming years to enable the integration of its expanding mail order processes.
Easy code archiving in SQL Server 2005
DBA Tim Chapman extols one of the virtues of SQL Server 2005 is the ability to return the entire code of an object from a system function. He notes that this function will make it much easier to archive your procedure code.
As a database administrator, I always try to give code that I promote to our production environments a thorough look before the move is made. However, as much as I hate to admit it, I can't catch everything that may disrupt our production system. When these situations occur, sometimes the remedy is to revert back to a previous version of the object code, which can be a stored procedure, view, function, etc. What you do not want to have to do, if possible, is have to restore the code from a database backup. It often takes too long to get to the backup if it is stored on tape, and if the database is large, it takes quite a while to restore. Not to mention that you have to find a server large enough for restoring the backup file. There's got to be a better way.
A solution I created a long time ago was to back up the database code to a separate table, so that in the event of an error in our production code I could rebuild the procedure or function from that table. This solution has absolutely saved me hours upon hours of time.
The way this can be accomplished in SQL Server 2000 is to make a copy of the syscomments table for a specific database nightly and place that copy in an archive table. I usually keep up to two weeks worth of procedure code. The only cumbersome thing about this technique is that if the code object is a large one, the code would have to be rebuilt because the code would be contained on separate rows in syscomments, which could sometimes be a pain.
One of the many great things new to SQL Server 2005 is the ability to return the entire code of an object from a system function. This function will make it much easier to archive your procedure code.
complete read this article visit at : http://articles.techrepublic.com.com
As a database administrator, I always try to give code that I promote to our production environments a thorough look before the move is made. However, as much as I hate to admit it, I can't catch everything that may disrupt our production system. When these situations occur, sometimes the remedy is to revert back to a previous version of the object code, which can be a stored procedure, view, function, etc. What you do not want to have to do, if possible, is have to restore the code from a database backup. It often takes too long to get to the backup if it is stored on tape, and if the database is large, it takes quite a while to restore. Not to mention that you have to find a server large enough for restoring the backup file. There's got to be a better way.
A solution I created a long time ago was to back up the database code to a separate table, so that in the event of an error in our production code I could rebuild the procedure or function from that table. This solution has absolutely saved me hours upon hours of time.
The way this can be accomplished in SQL Server 2000 is to make a copy of the syscomments table for a specific database nightly and place that copy in an archive table. I usually keep up to two weeks worth of procedure code. The only cumbersome thing about this technique is that if the code object is a large one, the code would have to be rebuilt because the code would be contained on separate rows in syscomments, which could sometimes be a pain.
One of the many great things new to SQL Server 2005 is the ability to return the entire code of an object from a system function. This function will make it much easier to archive your procedure code.
complete read this article visit at : http://articles.techrepublic.com.com
Oracle Upgrades Free SQL Developer Tool
Oracle recently issued the first upgrade to its free SQL Developer tool, a step it hopes will win further adherents to its easiest-to-use tool. Last March, Oracle supplemented its command line tools with the new offering to introduce a more graphical environment for developing Oracle applications.
SQL Developer can now import and export data from spreadsheets and other sources, saving tedious reentry of data.
It can browse the tables and data of non-Oracle databases, primarily SQL Server and the open source MySQL at this time. It can inspect a record in a database with "a pivot view" that shows all the elements of the record. Oracle will add an ability to browse its Times Ten in memory database next, says Michael Hichwa, VP of software development.
The visual environment of SQL Developer has been enhanced with an object browser to show the properties of objects that a developer may be working with. The ability to see the data sets, network connections, and procedural properties of objects helps developers quickly find and work with the ones they want. SQL Developer filtering has been refined to make it easier to discriminate among those objects which may closely resemble each other, Hichwa says.
The tool allows developers to produce either SQL or Oracle's PL/SQL procedures inside or outside the Oracle database system. Developers told Oracle they wanted to be able to produce stored procedures outside the database so they could make use of their version control systems, a way to track the progress of code through several iterations, he says. Previously, SQL Developer assumed developers would want to produce code inside the database system.
Oracle has also created the SQL Developer Exchange, a site where developers can request enhancements to the tool, rate planned feature additions, and share code with other members of the community. The site will also serve as a way to dispense news and blogs about the tool. It is available at http://sqldeveloper.oracle.com.
SQL Developer can now import and export data from spreadsheets and other sources, saving tedious reentry of data.
It can browse the tables and data of non-Oracle databases, primarily SQL Server and the open source MySQL at this time. It can inspect a record in a database with "a pivot view" that shows all the elements of the record. Oracle will add an ability to browse its Times Ten in memory database next, says Michael Hichwa, VP of software development.
The visual environment of SQL Developer has been enhanced with an object browser to show the properties of objects that a developer may be working with. The ability to see the data sets, network connections, and procedural properties of objects helps developers quickly find and work with the ones they want. SQL Developer filtering has been refined to make it easier to discriminate among those objects which may closely resemble each other, Hichwa says.
The tool allows developers to produce either SQL or Oracle's PL/SQL procedures inside or outside the Oracle database system. Developers told Oracle they wanted to be able to produce stored procedures outside the database so they could make use of their version control systems, a way to track the progress of code through several iterations, he says. Previously, SQL Developer assumed developers would want to produce code inside the database system.
Oracle has also created the SQL Developer Exchange, a site where developers can request enhancements to the tool, rate planned feature additions, and share code with other members of the community. The site will also serve as a way to dispense news and blogs about the tool. It is available at http://sqldeveloper.oracle.com.
Wonderlic Announces Release of Revised Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT-R)
Wonderlic, Inc., will introduce the latest version of its renowned intelligence test, the Wonderlic Personnel Test - Revised (WPT-R), on January 16, 2007.
Development of the new version, the WPT-R, required years of research, and thousands of field tests administered by clients to their job applicants. The 12-minute test of cognitive ability, or general intelligence, has been taken by more than 125 million people since 1937 - leaving the revision with some oversized shoes to fill.
"Many organizations have been using the WPT for decades," explains Charles F. Wonderlic, President and CEO. "It is as much a part of their corporate culture as it is our own. If we were going to replace that test, it had to be substantially better without losing the essential characteristics valued by those clients."
To ensure that clients were involved in every step of the process, the WPT-R went through five separate rounds of field testing involving 427 companies and 36,543 test takers. The resulting new forms of the WPT-R incorporate the latest advances in test development and scoring, which makes it an even more accurate predictor of success on the job.
The items on the test are designed for working adults and range from general math and English to syllogisms and spatial relations items. In field testing, test takers were very comfortable with the new format and item content of the WPT-R.
"The biggest change is in the accuracy of administration and scoring," says Executive Vice President Winnie Clonts. The WPT-R is administered online or using a bubble form answer sheet and is scored by Wonderlic itself. "This eliminates the human error associated with hand scoring. We also provide an online database of scores and other job applicant information to facilitate better hiring decisions."
About Wonderlic
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a 12-minute test of cognitive ability, or general intelligence, which has been taken by more than 125 million people since 1937. Wonderlic serves thousands of clients, including the NFL Combine, which has used the Wonderlic Personnel Test for more than 30 years as part of its draft selection process. Wonderlic tests are referenced in hundreds of books on psychology and have been featured on Dateline, CNBC, Lifetime, CNNfn, and 20/20. More than 130 million people have taken Wonderlic assessments.
For more information Call Leah Anchor, Marketing Project Coordinator, at (800) 323-3742.
This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.
Development of the new version, the WPT-R, required years of research, and thousands of field tests administered by clients to their job applicants. The 12-minute test of cognitive ability, or general intelligence, has been taken by more than 125 million people since 1937 - leaving the revision with some oversized shoes to fill.
"Many organizations have been using the WPT for decades," explains Charles F. Wonderlic, President and CEO. "It is as much a part of their corporate culture as it is our own. If we were going to replace that test, it had to be substantially better without losing the essential characteristics valued by those clients."
To ensure that clients were involved in every step of the process, the WPT-R went through five separate rounds of field testing involving 427 companies and 36,543 test takers. The resulting new forms of the WPT-R incorporate the latest advances in test development and scoring, which makes it an even more accurate predictor of success on the job.
The items on the test are designed for working adults and range from general math and English to syllogisms and spatial relations items. In field testing, test takers were very comfortable with the new format and item content of the WPT-R.
"The biggest change is in the accuracy of administration and scoring," says Executive Vice President Winnie Clonts. The WPT-R is administered online or using a bubble form answer sheet and is scored by Wonderlic itself. "This eliminates the human error associated with hand scoring. We also provide an online database of scores and other job applicant information to facilitate better hiring decisions."
About Wonderlic
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a 12-minute test of cognitive ability, or general intelligence, which has been taken by more than 125 million people since 1937. Wonderlic serves thousands of clients, including the NFL Combine, which has used the Wonderlic Personnel Test for more than 30 years as part of its draft selection process. Wonderlic tests are referenced in hundreds of books on psychology and have been featured on Dateline, CNBC, Lifetime, CNNfn, and 20/20. More than 130 million people have taken Wonderlic assessments.
For more information Call Leah Anchor, Marketing Project Coordinator, at (800) 323-3742.
This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.
Software builds social networks and online communities.
Based on enterprise-class technology, Connect v1.8 Community Builder integrates with company's existing web infrastructure to promote user-generated content. Interactive functions allow users to upload video and audio files, syndicate content using RSS, make real-time edits using AJAX tools, and search through keyword linking and tagging. Software offers site administration functions enabling companies to combine user content with their own content without affecting site performance.
Windows database management solution for Firebird administration and development
Is a powerful Windows database management solution for Firebird administration and development.
Firebird Maestro is a powerful solution for the Firebird server administration and development. It allows you to create, edit, copy, extract and drop all the database objects such as tables, views, procedures, domains, generators, etc., build queries visually, execute queries and SQL scripts, view and edit data including BLOBs, represent data as diagrams, export and import data to/from most popular file formats, manage Firebird users and their privileges, and use a lot of other tools designed for the easiest and most efficient work with Firebird Server.
complete read this article visit at : www.jumbo.com
Firebird Maestro is a powerful solution for the Firebird server administration and development. It allows you to create, edit, copy, extract and drop all the database objects such as tables, views, procedures, domains, generators, etc., build queries visually, execute queries and SQL scripts, view and edit data including BLOBs, represent data as diagrams, export and import data to/from most popular file formats, manage Firebird users and their privileges, and use a lot of other tools designed for the easiest and most efficient work with Firebird Server.
complete read this article visit at : www.jumbo.com
XChange International announce the release of CopyFlow Gold
for QuarkXPress for Mac/Universal Binary and Windows.
XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of CopyFlow Gold for QuarkXPress v7 with support for Universal Binary. CopyFlow Gold adds powerful page-assembly capabilities to QuarkXPress and provides menu selections which enable end users to automatically import and export multiple linked text stories to and from Quark documents, even those in different text chains. CopyFlow Gold is particularly useful where volume is high, production involves multiple revisions, and deadlines are tight.
Features include batch processing of text, automate pagination and re-purposing of text content. CopyFlow Gold provides tools for naming Quark text frames individually and for identifying folders from which text may be batch imported and exported. An included Namer tool allows for the automatic naming of frames, a very useful feature when many frames are involved. Using the Batch Import tool, users can rapidly import content into text boxes of an Quark document. In addition, file types are filtered using the same logic that applies to Quark’s text filters. Text files can then be batch exported from Quark into RTF or tagged text files for further editing or re-purposing.
Usage examples:
* Book Production — Use CopyFlow Gold to import all the text and elements for book chapters as a batch process, even across a network from multiple locations and in multiple file formats. Proof page layouts with all elements in position, then export text files which require revisions back to the originator or editor. Multiple revision passes are more manageable with CopyFlow Gold controlling import and export. Once revisions are completed, quickly reassemble finished chapters automatically for output.
* Translations — Automatically name all text frames in an existing Quark document, export all of the text into a single composite tagged file, submit this file to the translation application of choice, and reimport the translated text into the same Quark document.
* Database Publishing — Use the report generator in a database application to automatically tag fields with layout frame names and create an input text file. Then prepare Quark layouts with corresponding frame names for page elements. Finally, batch import the file or files using CopyFlow Gold and quickly build catalogues or directories.
Features at a glance:
• Advanced Auto-Naming and grouping of text and picture boxes
• Import and Export using any standard QuarkXPress filter
• Export all the text in a Quark document into a single file of XPress Tags which can be batch re-imported into the Quark document or a copy of the Quark document after language translation or other processing.
• Batch Import and Export Quark XPress tags in ASCII or Unicode UTF-16
• AppleScript support for CopyFlow Gold
- Naming boxes
- Batch Import
- Batch Export
- Batch Flush
• Picture Import and Export — Export low resolution previews or high resolution images
System Requirements:
Macintosh OS X 10.4
Windows XP
QuarkXPress 7 for PPC/Intel Macs (Universal Binary XT) or Windows XP
CopyFlow Gold for QuarkXPress is available now through XChange International. To order, or for more information, users can visit www.xchangeuk.com, or call on +44(0)20 7490 4455 during UK business hours. Email address is info@xchangeuk.com.
XChange International are a leading supplier of desktop graphic and publishing applications, QuarkXTension® technology; Adobe InDesign®, Acrobat® and Photoshop® Plug-ins® and other design and publishing utilities. XChange source extended technology products from across the world specific to the graphic design, print and publishing industries and make them available to an extensive user base via their printed catalogue or online at their web site. The company are headquartered in Central London and also offer specialist training on many of the solutions they sell.
source : DMN Newswire
XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of CopyFlow Gold for QuarkXPress v7 with support for Universal Binary. CopyFlow Gold adds powerful page-assembly capabilities to QuarkXPress and provides menu selections which enable end users to automatically import and export multiple linked text stories to and from Quark documents, even those in different text chains. CopyFlow Gold is particularly useful where volume is high, production involves multiple revisions, and deadlines are tight.
Features include batch processing of text, automate pagination and re-purposing of text content. CopyFlow Gold provides tools for naming Quark text frames individually and for identifying folders from which text may be batch imported and exported. An included Namer tool allows for the automatic naming of frames, a very useful feature when many frames are involved. Using the Batch Import tool, users can rapidly import content into text boxes of an Quark document. In addition, file types are filtered using the same logic that applies to Quark’s text filters. Text files can then be batch exported from Quark into RTF or tagged text files for further editing or re-purposing.
Usage examples:
* Book Production — Use CopyFlow Gold to import all the text and elements for book chapters as a batch process, even across a network from multiple locations and in multiple file formats. Proof page layouts with all elements in position, then export text files which require revisions back to the originator or editor. Multiple revision passes are more manageable with CopyFlow Gold controlling import and export. Once revisions are completed, quickly reassemble finished chapters automatically for output.
* Translations — Automatically name all text frames in an existing Quark document, export all of the text into a single composite tagged file, submit this file to the translation application of choice, and reimport the translated text into the same Quark document.
* Database Publishing — Use the report generator in a database application to automatically tag fields with layout frame names and create an input text file. Then prepare Quark layouts with corresponding frame names for page elements. Finally, batch import the file or files using CopyFlow Gold and quickly build catalogues or directories.
Features at a glance:
• Advanced Auto-Naming and grouping of text and picture boxes
• Import and Export using any standard QuarkXPress filter
• Export all the text in a Quark document into a single file of XPress Tags which can be batch re-imported into the Quark document or a copy of the Quark document after language translation or other processing.
• Batch Import and Export Quark XPress tags in ASCII or Unicode UTF-16
• AppleScript support for CopyFlow Gold
- Naming boxes
- Batch Import
- Batch Export
- Batch Flush
• Picture Import and Export — Export low resolution previews or high resolution images
System Requirements:
Macintosh OS X 10.4
Windows XP
QuarkXPress 7 for PPC/Intel Macs (Universal Binary XT) or Windows XP
CopyFlow Gold for QuarkXPress is available now through XChange International. To order, or for more information, users can visit www.xchangeuk.com, or call on +44(0)20 7490 4455 during UK business hours. Email address is info@xchangeuk.com.
XChange International are a leading supplier of desktop graphic and publishing applications, QuarkXTension® technology; Adobe InDesign®, Acrobat® and Photoshop® Plug-ins® and other design and publishing utilities. XChange source extended technology products from across the world specific to the graphic design, print and publishing industries and make them available to an extensive user base via their printed catalogue or online at their web site. The company are headquartered in Central London and also offer specialist training on many of the solutions they sell.
source : DMN Newswire
Oracle to issue pre-release patch info
Microsoft-style warnings allow firms to prepare for upcoming patches.
Oracle has started to issue pre-release announcements ahead of its quarterly patch updates.
The warnings provide IT staff with information about the applications that the enterprise software vendor plans to patch.
It also lists the number of security fixes that will be distributed, and the Common Vulnerability Scoring System code for the most severe fix in each major product category.
Pre-release information for Oracle's 16 January patch is currently posted on the vendor's website. The database and enterprise software vendor plans to issue 52 security updates.
Microsoft pioneered the practice of sending out pre-release warnings to allow IT support staff to prepare for upcoming patch releases.
Oracle's decision comes nearly two months after security researchers at NGS Software compared the security record for the firm's database to that of Microsoft's SQL Server and found that Oracle was trailing far behind Microsoft.
Researcher David Litchfield warned at the time that Oracle's security practices have failed to keep up with the evolution in security threats.
The NGS report was not the first to poke holes in Oracle's security record. The firm has made several changes to it security practices in recent years, and has adopted a regular patch release cycle to help IT staff plan and prepare for new updates.
source : www.pcw.co.uk
Oracle has started to issue pre-release announcements ahead of its quarterly patch updates.
The warnings provide IT staff with information about the applications that the enterprise software vendor plans to patch.
It also lists the number of security fixes that will be distributed, and the Common Vulnerability Scoring System code for the most severe fix in each major product category.
Pre-release information for Oracle's 16 January patch is currently posted on the vendor's website. The database and enterprise software vendor plans to issue 52 security updates.
Microsoft pioneered the practice of sending out pre-release warnings to allow IT support staff to prepare for upcoming patch releases.
Oracle's decision comes nearly two months after security researchers at NGS Software compared the security record for the firm's database to that of Microsoft's SQL Server and found that Oracle was trailing far behind Microsoft.
Researcher David Litchfield warned at the time that Oracle's security practices have failed to keep up with the evolution in security threats.
The NGS report was not the first to poke holes in Oracle's security record. The firm has made several changes to it security practices in recent years, and has adopted a regular patch release cycle to help IT staff plan and prepare for new updates.
source : www.pcw.co.uk
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
