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Release
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SYWARE
Adds GPS Support and Picture Control to Visual CE®
7, Database Development Software for Windows CE & Pocket PC
Devices
What's
New in Visual CE® 7
The
first reviews are in - Visual CE 7 is a tremendous hit!
Hollywood,
CA (October 21, 2002) - SYWARE, Inc., a leading developer of intuitive
database tools for business and personal productivity, today announced
at the Pocket PC Summit Version
7 of Visual CE, the award-winning database and forms development
toolset designed specifically for building customized databases
on Windows CE and Pocket PC handheld computers. The new release
expands the range of functions built into the software and enhances
the ease-of-use features that enable both business professionals
and developers to easily create database applications without programming.
Visual CE Version 7
features a more flexible array of development tools, including full
support for GPS devices, complete picture control, multi-device
synchronization, and support for a wide range of numeric, string,
and date functions.
"As
the handheld market grows and wireless computing becomes an integral
part of standard business communications, it is clear that the markets
are only being selectively served," said Sy Danberg, President
of SYWARE. "The largest software developers focus exclusively
on Fortune 500 deployments, leaving the bulk of the business market-the
small and medium enterprises (SMEs)-to fend for themselves. Visual
CE continues to fill this void and, as a result, dominate the handheld
development tools market, providing SMEs with easy-to-use software
that cost-effectively increases productivity, whether for one device
or one thousand."
GPS
Support
New functionality in Visual
CE 7 provides complete support for Global Positioning Satellite
(GPS) devices. More than just a data entry function, Visual CE can
open the serial port on the handheld device; read the NMEA (National
Marine Electronics Association) standard statements containing positioning
data; extract the latitude, longitude, and altitude coordinates;
and close the serial port. This allows Visual CE to read and store
positioning information for a variety of field applications that
have traditionally relied on slow, paper-based communication. Forestry
rangers and agricultural firms, for instance, are now using GPS-enabled
handhelds to mark plant and animal locations-from nests of rare
bald eagles to crops in need of rotation. Visual
CE now allows park rangers and seed companies to integrate these
coordinates into a comprehensive database of environmental information.
Municipalities and manufacturers of remote instrumentation can also
use Visual CE to more easily transmit and track information regarding
the maintenance status of equipment in the field.
Powerful
and Easy-to-Use
With Visual CE Version
7, complete control of images is only a click away now that
pictures can be integrated into any Visual CE database. This means
business professionals can carry portable electronic showrooms into
the field. Antique dealers or real estate professionals, for instance,
can quickly create portable databases that integrate various views
of a property with details regarding its condition and value. Visual
CE also helps business teams stay closely aligned by allowing multiple
handhelds to be synchronized to the same desktop table; this makes
it easy to keep the latest product catalog or maintenance data in
the hands of the field force.
With
Visual CE 7, strings
can be written to or read from the serial port. This provides quick
and easy access to a broad range of external devices, including
scanners, test equipment, and medical devices. In addition, button
colors can be set to prompt users visually and grids can be ordered
by specific values. For those with SYMBOL® devices, a scan can
now automatically launch a macro program.
New
Development Functions
Visual CE 7 provides
an expanded set of development features. Global variables allow
for more flexible handling of data and new command buttons support
easier integration of wireless interfaces using SYWARE's mEnable®
software.
The
new release of Visual CE also expands the range of numeric, string,
and date functions. Calculated controls can now handle scalar functions
in addition to the previously supported basics of addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division. Twenty four (24) new numeric functions
include sine, cosine, tangent, degrees, exponents, square root,
and truncation. Fifteen (15) new string functions allow for more
flexible handling of page real estate and include such capabilities
as removal of leading blank spaces, search and replace, conversion
of upper case to lower case, and repeat of character strings. Nine
(9) new date and time functions include name of day, name of month,
day of week, hour, minute, month, quarter, week, and year.
Macros,
Wireless Connectivity, Report Writing, Royalty-free Distribution
Visual CE 7 continues
to offer an advanced feature set to the Windows CE and Pocket PC
community. Macro programming allows for the easy creation of multi-step
sequences. Integration with mEnable,
SYWARE's breakthrough wireless architecture, extends handheld applications
with real-time, interactive access to server data allowing mobile
devices to be easily integrated with enterprise business processes.
Visual CE also works in conjunction with Report
CE®, the world's only report writing tool for
Windows CE and Pocket PC handhelds. In addition, royalty-free distribution
of Visual CE applications means developers can quickly deploy their
programs throughout the company at a fraction of the cost of any
other database program on the market.
Pricing
& Delivery
Visual CE 7 applications
can be created on any Windows CE or Pocket PC handheld, as well
as on any Windows-based desktop system. Visual
CE Lite Edition is priced at $19.99, quantity one. Visual
CE Personal Edition, with full forms design, relational database,
and synchronization capabilities, is priced at $129, quantity one.
Visual CE Professional
Edition includes all the features of Personal Edition and royalty-free
distribution rights; it is available for $399. Visual
CE Enterprise Edition includes all the features of the Professional
Edition plus SYWARE's Report CE software; it is priced at $599.
About
SYWARE
SYWARE, Inc. is a leading developer of mobile database tools for
business and personal productivity. Founded in 1990, the company
offers innovative data management and connectivity software for
use in a wide range of applications, including patient monitoring,
inventory management, and field surveys. The cornerstone of SYWARE's
product line is Visual
CE®, the popular database development tool for Windows CE
and Pocket PC handhelds used by such companies as IBM, Coca-Cola,
ChevronTexaco Corp., and US Geological Survey. SYWARE is also the creator of
mEnable®,
a new software architecture for real-time wireless access to enterprise
data located on corporate servers. For more information, please
visit http://www.syware.com.
EDITORS:
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For
further information, contact:
Frank
Yacano, Director of Business Development
SYWARE,
Inc.
PO
Box 425091, Kendall
Cambridge,
MA 02142 USA
+1
617.497.1300
Fax:
+1 617.497.8729
Web:
http://www.syware.com
PR
Office:
Joe
Romano, Partner
HighGround,
Inc.
+1 781.279.1320 x208
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