Visual CE® 11.0 Beta Program

The release of Visual CE 11.0 is right around the corner and here's your chance to get a sneak peek at it. Those of you who are already Personal, Professional or Mobile 360 licensees can purchase an upgrade to Visual CE 11.0 beta in advance of the production release. You will be sent the production release at no additional charge, as soon as it is available. Those who do not yet have a Visual CE license of any type can buy the 11.0 beta now to get started and will also receive the production release at no additional charge, as soon as it is available.

New features in version 11...

• Incoming SMS message can launch a form
• XML export and import
• Play sound commands can play .WAV files
• "Publish" synchronization operator (discard handheld contents and replace it with server contents)
• Install from a storage card
• Macro step to open / read / write / close / delete text files
• Skip if not found: RECORD | SEARCH and OPTION | FILTER | PREDEFINED

Features you've asked for...

• Hide the START flag when form is running
• Macro step to dial a phone
• Form event when screen has been rotated
• Form event when record is displayed
• Autonumber does not reset if all records in table are deleted
• New functions:
  • @landscape (return 0 for No, 1 for yes, 2 for square)
  • @endoffile (return 0 for No, 1 for yes)
  • @listview (return 0 for No, 1 for yes)
  • @battery (0 to 100 percent)
  • @backupbattery (0 to 100 percent)
• Grid control: suppress jumping on double click

And even more...

• File selection on click (edit controls) can designate OPEN or SAVE files
• Edit controls can mask passwords (******)
• Textual description of the form, controls, macros, and variable usage
• Double clicking expression box brings up larger window (in calculated controls, alarms, macro editor, and command buttons)
• Stoplight control can be used on "always connected" form to show status
• Stoplight control can be used to only show status (but not allow user open connection, synchronize, close status)
• Import / Export all table columns
• COM9: and COM10: support
• mEnable Get File establishes an mEnable connection if need be (possibly quiet)
• mEnable Put File establishes an mEnable connection if need be (possibly quiet)

For current licensees, the Beta includes not only the features above, but also a free upgrade to the production Visual CE 11.0 when it is released. People who purchase a new Visual CE license can also get the beta and the free upgrade to Visual CE 11.0 when it is released.

Being a beta release, it is not unexpected that there may be some problems. SYWARE wants to know about these problems and get them fixed. If you encounter any difficulties with the new features, contact SYWARE, identify yourself as a beta-tester, and we'll do what it takes to fix the error.

Pricing:

• Visual CE Personal Edition Licensees: US$45 including a free upgrade to Visual CE Personal Edition 11.0 when it is released.
• Visual CE Pro Edition Licensees: US$135 including a free upgrade to Visual CE Pro Edition 11.0 when it is released.
• Mobile 360 Licensees: Please contact SYWARE.

Ordering: Ready to upgrade? Contact SYWARE. Please include:

• The licensee's name
• Company name, if applicable
• Date of purchase of original edition
• Edition (Personal, Pro, mobile360)
• Where purchased

There is no need to send credit card information. We will send you a reply email explaining how you can purchase your beta release of Visual CE 11.0.