Attachmate's EXTRA! Objects Accelerate Mission-Critical Intranet Development.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1997-- COM-based interfaces allow developers to create custom, object-oriented applications that integrate host data Attachmate today announced availability of EXTRA!(r) Objects 1.1, allowing developers to rapidly integrate mainframe applications and data with 32-bit Windows(r) applications. Also available is the EXTRA! Objects SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). , a software development kit enabling the EXTRA! Objects programmable interfaces. With the EXTRA! Objects and the SDK, developers can build high-performance, intranet applications that improve user productivity while reducing software life cycle costs. Adheres to Microsoft's COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. standard. EXTRA! Objects is a set of discrete host access components based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM). COM is the framework Microsoft developed for software objects or components to communicate with each other. EXTRA! Objects fit into Microsoft's recently announced Distributed interNet Applications Architecture (DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. ) by providing developers COM-based host integration tools for Web and client/server application development. Flexibility for "thick and thin" designs. EXTRA! Objects expose a rich set of interfaces with fine-grained control of host access services. The product provides developers with object-oriented flexibility to deliver either simple host access functionality or robust, distributed applications An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications . "Attachmate has really put some thought into their object-oriented APIs," said Gerry Miller, President of The Clarity Group, a Boston-based consultancy specializing in applying Internet technologies to business problems. "They could easily have wrapped ActiveX technology around existing DLLs but would have missed the whole point in object-oriented development. They built EXTRA! Objects as a set of small, discrete COM components and exposed those components programmatically Using programming to accomplish a task. . This means my team only develops once and can decide whether to deploy as a thin distributed solution or as a thick client solution." Multiple protocol, gateway, and language support. EXTRA! Objects 1.1 offers developers maximum flexibility for integrating mainframe access in their custom applications. In addition to support for TN3270E over TCP/IP-based intranets, EXTRA! Objects provides connectivity to the Attachmate(r) SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. Gateway, IRMALAN(tm) Gateway, Microsoft(r) SNA Server, and Novell(r) NetWare(r) for SAA (Systems Application Architecture) A set of interfaces designed to cross all IBM platforms from PC to mainframe. Introduced by IBM in 1987, SAA includes the Common User Access (CUA), the Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C) and Common Communications (r) Server. EXTRA! Objects now also includes International Code Page Support for German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. EXTRA! Objects supports the ActiveX(tm) scripting standard and ships with the VBScript language, providing both self-contained macro capabilities and base-level support for any ActiveX-compliant 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 . Also included is support for WinHLLAPI, allowing developers to add the benefits of component technology to legacy applications reliant upon these programming interfaces. Pricing and availability. EXTRA! Objects 1.1 ships with EXTRA! Personal Client 6.3 Service Pack. The EXTRA! Objects SDK 1.1 is $495 (U.S.). Both will be available this month through the Attachmate direct sales organization. Attachmate Corporation Attachmate is the leading supplier of enterprise-strength software and services that allow users to access host information. The company's product offerings and services are sold worldwide to major corporations, large organizations and government agencies. Attachmate's desktop-to-host connectivity solutions, object-oriented and server software, authoring tools, management software, and hardware adapters, safely extend mission-critical applications and data to end users. With Attachmate's award-winning solutions, desktop, browser and mobile users can transparently access, manage and use business information residing within as well as outside their organizations. Attachmate has been developing and marketing products since 1982, providing industry leadership, innovation and outstanding support and service to a broad customer base of over ten million users. The company leverages its many years of connectivity expertise in enterprise software technologies in three market-specific business groups: Enterprise Host Group, Open Systems Group and Unisys(r) Computing Group. For more information about Attachmate's products, contact Attachmate's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. at 425/644-4010, 425/747-9924 (fax) or toll free at 800/426-6283. Attachmate's World Wide Web address is http://www.attachmate.com . -0- (c)1997 Attachmate Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Attachmate and EXTRA! are registered trademarks and IRMALAN is a trademark of Attachmate Corporation. SAA is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft, ActiveX, and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, in the U.S. and/or other countries. Novell and NetWare are trademarks of Novell, Inc. Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation (company) Unisys Corporation - The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. . Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Attachmate Corporation Tiffany Tiffany, Tiffanie (UK) a semi-longhaired version of the Burmese cat. It has a fine, silky coat in many colors. 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