CapeSoft Newsletter #45
- April 2005 -
Hi All,
More exciting product updates from CapeSoft, and we're on an aeroplane
again! <g>
Read on for more info...
Secwin Online Server Version
1.03 Beta Released
Secwin Online Server provides immediate access to temporary or permanent
product activation codes for any product which has the Secwin Online client
feature enabled. Activation codes can be blocked for certain clients, products
or datasets, allowing the supplier full control over product sales and
distribution, but giving prospective or new clients immediate access to
the product.
Version 1.03 Beta now supports:
- Online customer registrations through your application or a product registration web page.
- Product activation codes can be automatically emailed to your customers.
With these new features SOS allows you to:
- Ship your application with a default expiry period after which the client must register his application via SOS.
- Ship your application forcing a customer to register through SOS and receive an updated activation code after installation. This code can have a default expiry time as configured in the products form of SOS.
- Capture complete customer information, after which the customer can register
online or receive an activation code via email. This helps you to obtain the
correct customer details for follow up purposes.
For more information:
http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/sossp.htm
Where to buy Secwin Online Server
Available at: https://www.clarionshop.com/secure/checkout.cfm?pid=764&q=1
Cost: $199
HotUpDates
You can use HotDates to view dates in a calendar - drill down to month, or
day. Create a scheduler or weekly planner. Print your calendar straight to
a printer or create a customizable date picker. Basically if you have date
related information, you need HotDates to enhance your program.
We've been quite busy improving HotDates over the last couple of months. Over
the last month or two we've managed to include some neat features.
Some of these include:
- Date-Range selection (in the Year Calendar and Planner templates).
- DatePicker Hotkey.
- Sorting of child data (Planner template).
- Customizable zooming.
- And a whole host of other minor tweaks and fixes.
For more information:
http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/hotdatessp.htm
Where to buy CapeSoft
HotDates
Available at: https://www.clarionshop.com/secure/checkout.cfm?pid=744&q=1
Cost: $239
Replicate Jumps Forward
Replicate provides an automatic, driver independent, file-version independent,
mechanism for replicating the data in two or more databases.
Basically, Replicate logs your changes, adds and deletes and then using a
transport manager of your choice, exports the changes to the other sites, where
the changes, adds and deletes are imported to that data set. This all done
completely automatically without your users having to do anything!
Replicate underwent some major restructuring over Christmas time and the early
new year, in order to enable us to move forward. This meant that there were
initially some teething problems with the releases over the first quarter of
this year, but after spending much time soak testing, we've got to a place
where we're moving ahead again. If you've been keeping up-to-date with the
releases, but you're not on version 1.86, or if you're still on one of last
year's versions (v1.62 or earlier) it would be a good idea to upgrade
now.
Some of the latest features include:
- LogManager ControlCenter.
- Optional Replicate activation made easy.
- Status of relating LogManagers.
- We've also been working at plugging holes where the abnormal occurs, also in making error recovery as automatic as possible.
For more information:
http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/REPLICATESP.HTM
Where to buy CapeSoft
Replicate
Available at: https://www.clarionshop.com/secure/checkout.cfm?pid=512&q=1
Cost: $399
And Great News: South American DevCon... here we come!
The 6th South American DevCon is taking place in May, and CapeSoft is proud to
announce that Bruce Johnson will be attending. He will give his usually entertaining
presentations on ABC and the 3 recently released drivers from SoftVelocity. I
highly recommend both these topics, as Bruce has extensive experience with both
these technologies. As usual, there will be some great CapeSoft product specials on offer for all attendees.
As always, the event has been organized by Clarion
users, and for the first time will be including Clarion developers
from Argentina and Brazil. Previous editions of this event had 100-130 developers,
and we expect this number to grow significantly for this edition due to the
presence of many Argentinean developers.
Organised by:
http://www.gescla.com.br/noticias.asp
Sponsored by (info here):
http://www.unisoft.com.ar
Contact:
Matías Flores at mflores@softmasters.com.ar
Location:
The VI CONDEV will be located in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, from May 26th thru
May 29th.
A Useful Tip To End Off
With
In our last newsletter we mentioned an excellent site for free utilities.
(http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm in case you
missed it.)
This month the tip is again about free stuff - but this time I'd like to
point out some free book sites.
The first is called
http://www.freetechbooks.com/.
This site is well laid out, looks good, and (not least) has links to some
150+ books spread across a whole range of computer related topics. It also
has a good front page describing why free online books exist and so on.
(I'll suppress the urge to reproduce that here...)
Another one is the O'Reilly Open Books Project
http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/.
Again a collection of books (some overlap) with the addition of some
out-of-print books, as well as computer books in German, French & Polish.
(Not many, but some...)
If you can suppress the initial gag reflex, then it's quite a good list.
I could go on, but google provides a pretty good list:
http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=free+computer+books&btnG=Search.
Well worth having a look during your next lunch-break, or when you feeling
bored, and some light reading seems appropriate...
From the CapeSoft HeadQuarters this month, we wish you well.
Feedback
If you have any queries, comments, or suggestions, please don't hesitate
to contact us at support@capesoft.com.
All the best and happy coding,
Lesley Dean
CapeSoft Software (Pty) Ltd.
www.capesoft.com