In accordance with the New Product-Maintenance-Policy we would like to invite our customers to reap benefits from it, accessing and downloading
the first series of Hotfix-Rollups for Xbase++ 1.90. More details about each Hotfix-Rollup including
download information can be found here .
In case your PDR is not tackled by this first series, stay tuned, as the next rollup-day is scheduled for second half of January.
In the aftermath of the Xbase++1.9 release, and in order to serve better our
customer base and respond more adequately to individual customer demands,
we would like to present Alaska Software’s newly elaborated
Product-Maintenance-Policy stipulations.
We are convinced that delivering a great product can always be only one side of the coin; the other side ought to be the services and support completing the product. Hence, to cut down time-to-market for critical fixes and to provide all Xbase++developers a continuous stream of hotfixes and/or new features, it was indispensable to have a New Product-Maintenance-Policy worded out and put into practice.
Therefore, we encourage every Xbase++customer to carefully read through the Product-Maintenance-Policy documentation, which explains in great detail the definitions of Hotfixes, Hotfix-Rollups, Service Levels, and how they will be handled going forward.
Should you have questions, or you would like to voice your opinion and/or give us constructive feedback related to these new stipulations; in any case, we look forward to receiving your emails .
You have not yet familiarized yourself with Xbase++1.9? Take a few minutes and click here to learn more about the ever enhanced Clipper compatibility, the various fixes that have been accomplished and an extraordinary extensive catalog of innovative features. But, stay wired as the first set of hotfix-rollups is already in the pipeline.
Sense the new feel of Clipper compatibility, touch base with
the ActiveX technology and its cool components, utilize
multithreading with just one line of code. Explore a new
world of programming with virtually no limits - check out
Xbase++1.90!
The Xbase++1.90 Trial Version is as of now availble to be downloaded and evaluated. You will have the choice to check out the trial version in English and in German, whichever you prefer. Of course, about 4.000 pages of online documentation are there, awaiting to be consulted. Additionally, you should not miss to review more than 300 samples introducing the different features of Xbase++1.90.
And the best of all is that there are no restrictions in terms of the programming capabilities in this trial version. The only restriction you will encounter is the time limit of 30 consecutive days for the evaluation.
Anybody still programming with Clipper is invited to take a closer look at Xbase++1.9, given the fact that the meter is running for all your 16-bit applications. Get rid of your old 16-bit stuff and make the world of 32-bit / 64-bit operating systems yours using the power of Xbase++.
Download the Xbase++1.9 trial version by clicking here . Since you get the download information via email, please make sure that you provide your complete and correct email address. Details about Xbase++1.9 and its new features, all the closed PDRs and all the changes made to the documentation, can be found here .
Since the release of Xbase++1.9 in May 2006, the shipment of more
than 4.000 packages to more than 120 different countries on this globe has
been completed!
Hence doubtlessly depicting its strength as the leading application development tool for xbase-dialect-based programming as well as for migration of Clipper-based business applications. These Xbase++applications are deployed at global corporations as well as at small one-man shops around the corner. Geographically speaking, Xbase++applications are deployed all over the world: ranging from Anchorage to Auckland, and from Upsala to Ushuaia.
Hereby, we like to remind all our subscription customers, that by now you should have received your Volume 6 CD and booklet. If you have bought Alaska Software products after November 1st 2004, you should also have received your free replacement delivery. We strongly encourage you to get in touch with us in the event you haven't received your Xbase++1.9 yet.
If questions pop up, then get in touch with us .
Refreshed, recreated and inspired from a positive US-DevCon,
a successful release of Xbase++1.9 and the extremely high
temperatures which were persistent all over Europe.
Having resumed their normal schedule, the development team is in the midst of
re-grouping, focusing and setting up new priorities.
Meanwhile, if you are still working with Xbase++1.82 or even an older version of Xbase++, you really should take a minute or two to glean over the features included in Xbase++1.9, ensuring you are up-to-date on the latest possibilites with Xbase++.
So, what has been proclaimed by our customers about this release yet?
The 3rdUS-DevCon has been a great success! Do you
want to know what you missed out? Check here. All participants
have taken home a wealth of information, new impressions, great ideas,
and memories of interesting conversations and new friendships.
Major topics covered by Alaska Software during the US-DevCon were:
| Alaska Software has collected all the DevCon information together. All presentations
and sample source code from Alaska Software speakers, plus product demos, PowerPoint
presentations and lots of sample code from the Technology Partners who held their
sessions at the 3rd. US-DevCon. For a complete listing of the sessions held, please
click here, and choose: Session Schedule . If you are interested in obtaining the DevCon presentations and other goods, we like to invite you to get yourself this incredible 1 GB USB-Memory-Stick! For that, just check out our Online-Shop |  |
The time has finally come to inform you that the final version of Xbase++V1.90 has been released to the public.
Customers with a valid Subscription product and customers which already
bought Xbase++V1.90, can get ahold of the new version via
electronic download.
To obtain the access codes for your respective product, please send an e-mail to our ESD system (Electronic Software Delivery) with the word HELP in the
subject line. You will be immediately provided with an automatic reply
containing the required next steps.
The subscription products, as well as the free-of-charge replacement CD shipments will be shipped to your street address in due course, after we will have received them from the production plant.
In the meantime, we hope all of you will enjoy exploring all the great new features while programming with Xbase++!!
Looking forward to meeting you at the Xbase++US DevCon 2006 next week.
Actually, we closed more than 200 PDRs and an array of these changes will prove to be of the benefit to all of you. The value added by Alaska Software to the new release, is estimated to amount to about 6 man-years of hard development work.
Having said this, the bad news is that we are again behind our latest projection in terms of availability. The good news is that the master- build 1.90.331 is already being tested and validated. The Basic User Guides which comprises of about 350 pages has been released for production.
The contents of the Subscriptions is ready, so that the packaging process can be triggered. All this is a tedious and time-consuming labor; however, we should be able to have it completed by the end of this week.
Since the packaging process is the last step before CD-ROM production starts, the software packages will be readily available for download, ie. for the ESD (electronic-software-delivery), in the week before the US DevCon 2006 starts.
Looking forward to meeting you at the forthcoming Xbase++US DevCon 2006 and/or at the European Advantage Conference in Frankfurt.
Secure your US-Dev-Con-Tickets!! Make sure you will be sitting in the first row during number
 | of the US-Xbase++Developer Conference, which will take place in Manchester, N.H./USA, starting on Sunday, May 21st, concluding on Wednesday, May 24th, 2006. More information is available here. To get all the details about Speakers present, Topics spoken about, Add-On-Vendors being on site and much more. Check out the DevCons webpage at USDevCon-Homepage . |
This is really hard to beat!! - See you there.
On April 4th, Alaska Software has made available
Xbase++1.90.330 final to its Technology Partners
and a selected group of 15 companies. The goal
of build 1.90.330 is to field test changes
made to the new ActiveX/.NET interoperability
features.
Please also take a note that our offices are closed on the following days:
Good Friday, April 14th, 2006, and
Easter Monday, April 17th, 2006.
Since the first release of Xbase++1.90 RC-2 (release
candidate #2) in December/January, Alaska Software has released
several refreshes of RC-2 to dedicated beta testers. These intermediate
revisions addressed issues found in the initial RC-2 build. Currently, the
development team at Alaska Software is working on the Xbase++ 1.9 final
build, which should be available in the next 30 days.
Alaska Software also wants to draw your attention to the fact that by the end of this month, Xbase++1.90.322 (release candidate #1) will stop working due to an internal timebomb mechanism. In the event that you already have distributed RC-1 to your customers, it is therefore important to update these RC-1 installation as soon as possible. Registered customers can request a timebomb-free version of RC-1 from Alaska Software by simply sending an email to beta@alaska-software.com. Please be sure to include your customer number.
Finally, we would like to point out to you, again, the Xbase++Developers Conference being held in May. If you are interested in the new features of Xbase++1.9, or just need a jump-start into the new worlds of ActiveX, backoffice integration and .NET component usage, then this DevCon is a must to attend! Even if you are planning a new application or an upgrade of an existing one, the DevCon will be especially worthwhile for you to attend. Because a special focus is put on Microsoft's forthcoming technologies such as Windows Vista and .NET, attending the DevCon will provide you with valuable hands-on and background knowledge for competing in the IT market.
More information can be found here, and at the conference website.
Alaska Software and Professional Teledata are proud to be able to announce
the 3rd Xbase++U.S. Developers Conference 2006. This DevCon will be held
at the Highlander Inn Hotel in Manchester, NH (USA), and will take place between
Sunday, May 21st and Wednesday, May 24th, 2006.
Not only will there be covered an array of themes related to Xbase++1.9, but it will also address the latest trends and technologies, such as .NET and Windows Vista. Among other things, attendees will learn how developers can utilize .NET components with Xbase++1.9.
Add-On vendors, like Donnay Software, Clayton Jones Software, Boris Borzic, iAnywhere and DS-Datasoft will also be present to give presentations or just to talk shop.
More information can be found here, and at the conference website.
Maintenance work has been completed and the new server system has
been doing its job for more than a week now. Customers who have not yet
re-configured their news-reader should do so right away.
The refined list of newsgroups, plus a short description of them, can be found here . By default, anonymous users will only have read-only access! To post a message, you will have to configure your news-reader to log on to the news server using the username "guest" and the password "guest". Once you have enabled authentication, you will be authorized to post messages to the newsgroups. Authenticating users is by far the most effective way to avoid spam.
We apologize for any inconvenience that arose from the news server transition.
Enjoy the spam-free newsgroups!
Due to the constantly growing traffic on our news server (news.alaska-software.com),
a larger dedicated server system will be set up over this weekend, i.e. Jan. 14- 15, 2006.
The new server system will add new features, such as automated spam filtering and a
new web-frontend, to name just the most important changes.
In order to make the transition, all newsgroups will become read-only beginning on Saturday, Jan. 14th, 2006, until the new server system is up and running for good.
We apologize for this inconvenience.