April 15, 1997
New Release: Empress Hypermedia 2.1
National Language Support, Multiple Layouts for the Query Tag, and more ...
Empress Software Inc. is pleased to announce the release of
Empress Hypermedia verion 2.1. This release provides Empress
HTML Toolkit (EHTML) version 2.1 and the graphical user front end interface
- JumpStart.
Empress HTML Toolkit Version 2.1
The EHTML 2.1 contains the following enhancements over version 2.0:
- New Syntax to the URL Specification
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This provides flexibility in switching tools without adding the
ScriptAlias directory and file paths in the calls.
- In-line CGIs Option
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Users can use in-line CGIs rather than ScriptAlias directories.
These CGI programs can be called/executed anywhere in the system.
- Simulated Connection to the ODBC Server
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This allows transaction processing across HTML pages.
- Use of Passwords in the ODBC Password File
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It allows the Application Administrator to specify passwords in the
ODBC Server password file.
- National Language Support
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It provides Nation Language Support at both the program and HTML file
page level. It takes minimal effort to switch applications from one
language to the other.
- Switch Mechanism in the EHTML Writer
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Toolkit 2.1 provides basic switch mechanism in the eh_writer. This
mechanism allows some control of formatting depending on the number of
records returned from a query.
- Additional Feature in EmpHTML Select
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Toolkit 2.1 provides additional feature in ehsql_select to facilitate
joins accross tables by allowing the comparison of two attributes.
- File Upload Facilities
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The Tookit can now upload data from a file on the Browser machine into
the database.
- Other Enhancement
- It fixes some of design limitations:
- Escape of Empress Toolkit markers.
- Use of whitespace in tables, attributes and URLs.
- Optional form fields in eh_writer.
JumpStart
JumpStart is a graphical front end interface. It contains:
- A gateway to the Empress Database Management System.
- A utility for administering Client/Server connection.
- Demo applications showing various capabilities including, National
Language Support, use of JavaScript ... etc.
- Documention.
For a FREE 30-day evaluation copy, please contact
sales@empress.com
