Borland Enables Delphi for Internet and Intranet Application Development; Strengthens Delphi Client/Server Suite; Developers Can Visually Integrate Internet Functionality with New Delphi ActiveX Components; Client/Server Version Adds Support for CASE and Testing Tools, Faster Performance for Reports and Database Access.SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1996--Borland International Inc. today announced updates to Delphi Developer 2.0 and the Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 that provide Internet and Intranet-enabling and substantially strengthen Delphi Client/Server Suite's performance and openness. Delphi is the industry's fastest- growing high-performance, visual component-based rapid application development (RAD) tool. "This update to the award-winning Delphi family responds directly to our customers' growing need to Internet-enable their Delphi applications, especially for internal corporate Intranet systems," said Zack Urlocker, Borland's director of Delphi product management. "It shows Delphi's unmatched openness -- giving developers the ability to easily extend their applications by adding new functionality, such as Internet-enablement or advanced client/server capabilities. Borland's new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. Solutions Pack is a prime example: using standard Delphi RAD techniques, developers can simply drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. Web components into any application." "With Delphi's new Internet-enablement, we will be able to leverage our current investment in Delphi for our future Web application development needs," said Chris Moreau, Client/Server Development manager for Sara Lee
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) is a global consumer-goods company based in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. Knit Products. "We are currently in the process of planning our Web development, and it's very important that we are able to take advantage of Delphi's high-performance and object-oriented benefits as we move onto the Internet." The Delphi Developer 2.0 Update With the new Internet application development tools in the Delphi Developer update, customers can apply their existing knowledge to build complete Internet and Intranet-enabled applications. Taking advantage of Delphi's open component-based architecture, developers can now create and integrate Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
-- New Borland Internet Solutions Pack -- This Delphi-integrated set of eight ActiveX controls enables component-based development of Internet and Intranet capabilities such as building browsers or dynamic Web pages, accessing newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. , transferring files, and managing electronic mail. Developers use standard Delphi visual component RAD techniques to Internet-enable applications immediately -- by just dropping in Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder can start skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and pumping gradually for more speed. one of the Internet Solutions Pack components and modifying its properties and events. Borland has licensed these controls from NetManage, Inc. -- DeltaPoint QuickSite -- At no extra charge, Borland is including a copy of DeltaPoint's award-winning Web server management tool in this update. QuickSite's pre-designed, visual Web site development components let users easily create, publish, and manage Web servers without programming in HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. . QuickSite Wizards help the developer organize multiple pages on their Web server. Together, the Internet Solutions Pack and DeltaPoint QuickSite give Delphi developers a full package of corporate-level Internet/Intranet client and server capabilities. -- New ISAPI (Internet Server API) A programming interface on Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's Web server. Using ISAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs that are written as DLLs on the server, typically to access data in a database. support -- By adding ISAPI support as part of this update, Delphi 2.0 now enables links between databases and Microsoft's Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive . Combined with the Internet Solutions Pack and QuickSite, this new ISAPI support capability gives Delphi developers an easy way to build and display graphical HTML Web page responses to an end user's query request. "It's exciting that Borland is moving forward quickly and getting to market with RAD tools to support Web development," said John Brush, analyst for the California State Roseville Futures Lab. "The combination of Delphi and Borland's Internet Solutions Pack provides all the tools you need to easily build high-performance Web applications." The Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 Update The update to the Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 includes all of the Internet and Intranet enhancements in the Delphi Developer update: the eight ActiveX controls and other Web-enabling capabilities of the Borland Internet Solutions Pack, as well as DeltaPoint QuickSite for creating Web sites, and Delphi support for ISAPI. In addition, the Client/Server update includes a number of high-value capabilities that are critical to developers of client/server applications. These include new integration with third-party CASE tools, native DB2 connectivity, substantially faster reporting, an open API Open API (often referred to as OpenAPI) is a word used to describe sets of technologies that enable websites to interact with each other by using SOAP, Javascript any other web technology. for high-level application testing application testing - system testing tools, enhancements to the Delphi SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. Explorer, and more than 20 database driver updates for improved performance with Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. , Informix, and Borland InterBase. -- New CASE Expert -- This new visual tool provides an open interface for integrating Delphi's scalable data dictionary with leading third-party CASE tools, such as LogicWorks ERWin, Popkin System Architect, Sybase S-Designor, CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. SilverRun RDM RDM Ring Deutscher Makler (German Realty Association) RDM Red Mage (Final Fantasy, gaming) RDM Remote Device Management (protocol used in theatre lighting equipment) , Embarcadero ER/1, and RoboCase. -- New DB2 database connectivity -- This update includes a new high-performance, native 16-bit SQL Link driver for DB2 databases. With this new Borland database driver, Delphi client/server developers can connect to DB2 on MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. , AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , OS/400, NT, OS/2, and VM operating systems. -- Faster reports -- In the Client/Server Suite update, Borland ReportSmith provides substantially improved query and crosstab reporting performance for large data sets, as well as enhanced usability and new data dictionary capabilities. -- Support for testing tools -- Borland has extended Delphi's Open Tools API to enable third-party application testing tool vendors such as SQA SQA Scottish Qualifications Authority SQA Software Quality Assurance SQA Supplier Quality Assurance SQA Society of Quality Assurance SQA Singapore Airlines SQA Sperm Quality Analyzer SQA System Quality Assurance SQA Statistical Quality Analysis , Mercury Interactive, Segue Software, and Platinum Technologies to fully support Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 in testing every aspect of client/server applications, including data retrieval, menus, and event-driven code. "Effective development of enterprise-wide applications requires the support of sophisticated testing tools for regression, scripting, and load tests," said William Dunn, president of Dunn Systems, Inc., a leading client/server systems integrator headquartered in Chicago. "By adding this support for testing tools, Delphi is now even more suited for large-scale development projects." -- SQL Explorer enhancements -- Like the other client/server tools included in the suite, the SQL Explorer now brings detailed server information to the desktop, enabling developers to make faster, better-informed decisions. Delphi's SQL Explorer now provides information on referential integrity, primary keys, foreign keys, triggers, and more. -- Database driver updates -- The Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 update includes new updated SQL Link database drivers to Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, and Borland InterBase for substantially improved client/server performance and greater transaction flexibility. Availability and Ordering Information The updates to Delphi Developer 2.0 and Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 are scheduled to be available later this month from Borland. Registered owners of Delphi Developer 2.0 can order the Internet update for a $10.00 (US) shipping and handling fee. For more information or to place orders, customers can call Borland at 800/453-3375, extension 1385. Delphi Client/Server maintenance contract customers will receive the Client/Server update without charge. For other owners of the Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 who are interested in the update, Borland is introducing a special 12-month maintenance and support package called the Delphi Client/Server Suite Investment Pack. For more information, customers can call 800/440-5091. These offers apply only in the United States and Canada. About Delphi The Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0 is Borland's 32-bit, Windows 95 and Windows NT version of the new industry standard for high-performance, client/server application development tools. Introduced in March, Delphi 2.0 is winning awards and customer praise due to its suite of powerful client and server development tools that enable large corporations and government organizations to build robust, scalable applications in shorter amounts of time. Borland: Making Development Easier Borland International Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BORL) is a leading provider of products and services for software developers. Borland is distinguished for its high-quality software development tools, which include Delphi, Delphi Client/Server Suite, Borland C++, Visual dBASE, Paradox, ReportSmith and InterBase. Borland's award-winning products are supported through comprehensive programs for small- and large-sized software developers, corporate developers, value added resellers and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city located in eastern Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about ten miles (16 km) south of San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the beach in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 11,385. . -0- Note to Editors: Copies of previous Borland press releases and additional corporate and product information are also available on Borland s Internet World Wide Web (WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. ) site, at http://www.borland.com. To receive an evaluation copy of the Delphi update, members of the press can call Borland Media Relations at 408/431-4609. CONTACT: Borland International Inc. Steve Curry, 408/431-4863 scurry@wpo.borland.com Vallee Hubbard, 408/431-4705 vhubbard@wpo.borland.com |
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