Aether Systems Announces ScoutBuilder 2.0.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Application Development Solution Provides New Design Capabilities, Enhanced Scripting Features And Streamlined Development Process Aether Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AETH), a leading provider of wireless data products and services, today announced general availability of ScoutBuilder(TM) 2.0, an application development solution which enables developers to quickly and easily create mobile and wireless applications for the Palm OS platform. Applications built with ScoutBuilder, a component of Aether Fusion(TM), Aether's new modular technology foundation, provides handheld device users with access to a wide range of enterprise data including customer databases, inventory, stock market tracking, and project scheduling. Using a graphical interface See GUI. , the ScoutBuilder Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) allows the developer to design the application - paint forms, define tables, and script objects together for execution over the Palm device. Design components are deployed using controls such as check boxes, edit fields and list boxes. The controls are executed using a full-featured BASIC-like language for scripting the events - tap, open, close, scan, and others. For additional functionality, the scripting language A high-level programming, or command, language that is interpreted (translated on the fly) rather than compiled ahead of time. A scripting, or script, language may be a general-purpose programming language or it may be limited to specific functions used to augment the running of an can also go outside the application to access external modules. Development Made Easy Enhancements to the ScoutBuilder 2.0 IDE make the development process even easier. Developers can now launch the Palm OS emulator, the Palm Install tool and a script syntax checker Noun 1. syntax checker - a program to check natural language syntax computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" from ScoutBuilder 2.0, streamlining the development process and reducing errors. Also, support for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows Me (Windows Millennium Edition) An upgrade to Windows 98 introduced in 2000. Windows ME added more support for digital cameras, multi-player Internet games and home networking. extends availability to a wider range of developers. Other features of ScoutBuilder 2.0: New Design Features A variety of design capabilities include ability to create modal forms, a form that appears superimposed su·per·im·pose tr.v. su·per·im·posed, su·per·im·pos·ing, su·per·im·pos·es 1. To lay or place (something) on or over something else. 2. on top of a current form; add shortcut (1) In Windows, a shortcut is an icon that points to a program or data file. Shortcuts can be placed on the desktop or stored in other folders, and double clicking a shortcut is the same as double clicking the original file. commands to access menu items; insert separators between menu items; add titles to message boxes; and hide controls. Enhanced Scripting Features Offers color support for the Palm IIIc The Palm IIIc was the first color PDA made by Palm, Inc. It ran Palm OS 3.5, the first Palm OS version to have native color support and supported paletted 8-bit color modes. The machine has a TFT LCD that is bright indoors, but almost unusable outdoors. including the ability to set background, foreground and text color for the application; enhanced TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. socket support to enable a ScoutBuilder application to act as a host responding to connection requests from remote clients as well as sending and receiving a wider variety of types of data; and fast conduit synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. for keyed tables. Additional Control of Tables and Data Allows data filtering for tables to ensure the application displays the exact date requested by user; multi-level sorting for tables; and improved data/graphical user interface (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) linking. Pricing & Availability ScoutBuilder 2.0 is available and pricing starts at $500 per developer license. Developers interested in learning more about Aether's ScoutBuilder 2.0 can download a trial version from http://www.aethersoftware.com/scoutbuilder or contact Aether's software products division at 877/719-3169. About Aether Systems Aether Systems helps enterprise customers improve efficiency and profitability by providing the services, software and support necessary to extend existing and future business applications from the desktop to any wireless device. Through Aether Fusion(TM), Aether's wireless enabling technology foundation, Aether develops, deploys and manages wireless solutions built on industry standard technology and backed by Aether's expertise in wireless hosting, software and services. Aether provides the business world with a single-source for reliable, scalable and cost effective wireless solutions. For more information please visit www.aetherystems.com |
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