EXE articles from August 1999

EXE archives from August 1999

A Java wave.(IBM's San Francisco 1.4 application development software)(Product Development)
August 2, 1999... It might not be the final Java tsunami, but IBM has announced the next wave of its application development tools for helping make e-business a reality. As well as beta versions of VisualAge for Java v3.0 and WebSphere Studio v3.0, there is a...

Digest.
August 2, 1999... Two systems from Segue Software for testing and monitoring Corba components. SilkPilot 1.2 provides unit testing of distributed objects and SilkObserver 2.0 provides monitoring capabilities: communication and parameter values between objects...

All quiet on the tools front.(Microsoft Visual C++ E-Commerce Solutions Kit educational/training software, Visual Studio 7.0 application development software)(Product Development)(Brief Article)
August 2, 1999... In contrast to the talkative Windows 2000 team, the Developer Tools people at TechEd [superscript one]99 had little to say about new products. Visual Studio 7.0 is still some way off, far enough at least that no-one is prepared to say much...

Getting a handle on your code.(TakeFive's Sniff+J 3.1, Java application development software)(Product Announcement)
August 2, 1999... TakeFive has released Sniff+J 3.1, a Java version of Sniff+. This is a tool that doesn[superscript one]t fit easily into traditional categories (TakeFive calls it a Source Code Engineering tool). It resembles a multi-pane browser but it offers...

Digest.(Brief Article)
August 2, 1999... The Unify eWave Engine is a Java application server built specifically for e-commerce apps and web portal sites. It[superscript one]s the first product of the Unify eWave family to be introduced.www.unify.com VisualWorks Non-Commercial 3.1...

JClass 4.0 optimised for Java 2.(KL Group's programming utility)(Product Announcement)
August 2, 1999... JClass 4.0 is the latest release of KL Group[superscript one]s 100% Pure Java GUI components, a collection of tools for building interfaces for Java-based applications. This version has seen a rewrite of the code base to optimise support for...

Java in 3 Editions.(Sun Microsystems' Java platform architecture)(Company Business and Marketing)
August 2, 1999... Sun is redefining the architecture for the Java platform with the aim of making it simpler for developers (and service providers) to target specific markets. There are to be three forms: Standard Edition (J2SE), Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and...

Bluetooth.(Bluetooth Development Tools application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 2, 1999... With the first Bluetooth products expected by Xmas, it was high time for a test platform to be available for software developers. Digianswer has such an offering with its Bluetooth Development Tools. These include a Type II PC Card and an RS232...

IR3.(Letter to the Editor)
August 2, 1999... Dear Sir,I would like to take this opportunity to publicise both to yourselves and your readership the existence of a pressure group formed to represent the interest of independent contractors(www.ir35update.co.uk/join). Andrew James...

Digest.(Rational Suite 1.1/JRun 2.3.2).(Rational Software's CASE software)(Product Announcement)
August 2, 1999... Rational Suite 1.1 features load testing and business process modelling enhancements for team development. It can generate automated performance tests directly from application models. Rational Rose 98i also sees new functionality for business...

Digest.(TechEd 99, software developments)(Industry Trend or Event)
August 2, 1999... Windows CE was another hot topic at TechEd 99, with several sessions dedicated to helping Win32 developers move smoothly to the CE platform. Much emphasis was placed on the UI and API differences between CE and desktop Windows. Larry Roof of CE...

Registration.(Editorial)
August 2, 1999... Dear Sir,I find the policy of registering to access a website objectionable. This is not how the Web was intended to be. I object to giving any personal details on any occasion that I do not deem it appropriate. While my seven days of 'free...

The Tardis of love.(Letter to the Editor)
August 2, 1999... Dear Sir,In your June [superscript one]99 number, Jules May writes: 'Gone are the days when you could pull every bird at a party by saying, "I'm a computer programmer" (or even, "I'm a knowledge engineer").'I have recently been fortunate...

JBuilder 3 - Java under analysis; Borland's JBuilder 3 sees support for a range of the latest Java features from JDK 1.2 to EJBs. Alan Griffiths puts it to the test.(application development software)(Column)
August 2, 1999... During the early '90s I upgraded my home computer on a regular basis (around 18 to 24 months) in order to keep pace with the increasing demands placed on it by the development tools I was using. Something strange happened in the latter half of...

Class war; With the use of interfaces becoming prevalent, Mark Smith demonstrates what classes have to offer the Delphi programmer.(Technology Information)(Column)
August 2, 1999... This month, I want to look at classes - what they are, and what they give us. Before proceeding, a bit of history is in order. Broadly speaking, a common trend in the evolution of programming has been the process of abstraction, of both data...

Hedging your bets.(software platform development trends)(Industry Trend or Event)
August 2, 1999... Two obvious marketing strategies are to go after a large share of a small niche market or a small share of a much larger market. Considering the time it takes to define a product from both a technical and a marketing point of view, and then...

Swinging the lead; Contractors have had an easy life for too long. Now it's getting a bit tough, they're complaining.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 2, 1999... Contractors have an image problem. Compared to permanent employees, they get paid twice as much, they don't seem to pay any tax, and they get six months holiday per year. Real employees with whom they have to work, and even the managers who...

System integration not re-creation; The world of programming is changing; increasingly work involves the integration and combination of existing resources. Peter Collinson looks at the important role languages such as Tcl can play.(Technology Information)(Column)
August 2, 1999... As I write, I've just returned from the 25th Usenix Conference. Usenix, an organisation for Unix users and developers, has been going for some 20 years and manages to keep re-inventing itself. The conference was held in Monterey, California,...

Developing server-side SQL code.(SQL-Programmer IX DBMS tool)(Product Information)
August 2, 1999... SQL-Programmer IX is a development environment for database application developers working on server-side SQL code, such as stored procedures, functions, and triggers. It includes a SQL debugger for Microsoft SQL Server, and its drag-and-drop...

Turn up, log on, pig out at TechEd '99.(Industry Trend or Event)
August 2, 1999... This year's TechEd - held for the first time in Amsterdam after a prolonged stint in Nice - was a more relaxed affair than last year's rather hectic event. This probably had something to do with the venue, the gigantic RAI Centre, which makes...

Forms revisited; Jon Perkins re-examines Forms and how they are handled by the Visual Basic engine, discusses the DLL Base Address setting in the compile dialog, and reviews the VSView 6.0 printing control.(Column)
August 2, 1999... The first action that every new Visual Basic programmer performs is to paint a button control onto the default Form1, add a MsgBox statement to the Command1_Click event, and then run it. From this humble beginning the newbie developer then...

Practical user groups; We welcome short letters on any subject relevant to software development. Please write to: The Editor, EXE Magazine, St. Giles House, 50 Poland Street, London W1V 4AX, or email editorial@exe.co.uk.(Letter to the Editor)
August 2, 1999... Dear Sir,With regard to David Johnson's letter in July's EXE (Joining user groups), he should try going to such a user group meeting before he gives an opinion about them. He seems to be under the impression that user group meetings are where...

MuTek BugTrapper v2.0 - reversing expectations; For debugging, just how much information can you extract from non-debug versions of executable files? Dave Jewell believes it is more than you may think.(Column)
August 2, 1999... I probably shouldn't be showing my age by mentioning this, but I can still remember what a thrill it was when I first got my hands on a copy of SYMDEB. This, in case you're wondering, is a somewhat enhanced version of Microsoft's first...

Raising the standard; Francis Glassborow continues his look at reporting problems with the C++ Standard, and examines cross-casting.(Technology Information)(Column)
August 2, 1999... Having decided that you have found a defect in the C++ Standard, what should you do with it?The first thing is to check that it has not already been reported. The easiest way to do this is to visit either http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ or...

Watch the skies.(Editorial)
August 2, 1999... Sit up and pay attention, crazy white-haired Emmett Brown-wannabes everywhere! CtrlBrk has, exclusively (well, almost), obtained photographs of an actual flying saucer. And we don't mean the ceramic kind. This picture was not taken inside Area...

JaCC '99 - conference preview.(Java, C and C++)(Industry Trend or Event)
August 2, 1999... High quality technical content delivered in a friendly format - that's the promise of this Autumn's conference. Organised by ACCU - the Association of C and C++ Users - together with EXE, JaCC (Java, C and C++) will bring together some of the...

Windows 2000 gets tougher.(Microsoft OS)(Product Information)
August 2, 1999... Microsoft's new mantra for Windows 2000 is stability and reliability, it seems. The company will be taking a hard line on backwards compatibility with NT 4.0, declaring that while every effort will be made to ensure that NT 4.0 apps run on...

Putting Windows in their place.(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
August 2, 1999... Dear Sir,I read the article Putting Windows in their place (EXE, July 1999) with a rising desire to shout 'Aaaagh!' at the Microsoft developers. Most of the installation conflicts in Windows are due to two practices:1) 'All DLLs go in...

Distributed objects; Roy Tynan works through a Java RMI server and client applet.(Technology Information)
August 2, 1999... The three mainstream technologies that provide support for distributed object architectures are RMI, Corba, and DCOM. There is no simple answer to the question of which architecture is technologically superior or which to incorporate in a...

By other means; Little has been made in the mainstream press of the fact that the recent virus ExploreZip, a Delphi program, specifically attacked C++ and assembler sources. Stob wonders if we are on the verge of an internecine techie war.(Technology Information)
August 2, 1999... Day 51. First reprisal by a C++ faction for the ExploreZip assault: the so-called Big Girl's Blouse Worm. As well as spreading itself, the worm attacks systems by seeking out all DLLs and EXEs written in Delphi. Rather than deleting or...