CapeSoft Newsletter #29         
            
            
               
            
        
- 8 April 2003 -
CapeSoft Email 
Server (v1.51) 
CapeSoft is proud to announce CapeSoft Email Server. This 
new software product is a compact SMTP & POP3 Server for small or medium 
businesses and home environments. It's easy to use and provides you with full 
control over email domains, mailboxes and aliases. 
For $30 it's a steal. 
As usual - upgrades are free. The number of mailboxes are unlimited so you don't 
have to pay again as your company grows or your needs increase. 
CapeSoft Email Server, which has been built using our 
popular NetTalk accessory, presents you with the following 
functionality:
Price: $30
Download a 60-day trial or read all 
about CapeSoft Email Server at:
  www.capesoft.com/utilities/EmailServer/CapeSoftEmailServerIntroduction.htm
  Software programmers please note we will 
  be selling the source code and a personal version of this mail server shortly. 
   More 
  details  .
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NetTalk 
(v2.73)
Quite simply, NetTalk is the 
Networking accessory for Clarion. Using low-level Winsock functionality you get 
unmatched flexibility, performance and compatibility. Whether you're writing 
Clarion programs that need to talk to each other, or interacting via TCP/IP with 
other software, NetTalk is the solution for you.
NetTalk features : SMTP / POP3 (Email), NNTP (News), 
HTTP (Web) and FTP. 
Dial-Up-Networking. NetTalk 
Protocol, for ultra-robust, ultra-easy Clarion-to-Clarion communications. 
150+ pages of documentation, 10 Jump-Starts and 20 Examples.
Read all 
about NetTalk at
  http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/netsp.htm 
  
Price: $299 
More important 
recent changes in version 2.73 include:
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File Explorer   
(v2.5d)
File Explorer is currently back in beta whilst 
preparing for a version 3.0 release. We have rewritten the WebBrowser object and 
underlying engine from the ground up, making the product even faster and more 
stable, and opening up new functional possibilities which we're currently 
implementing. These include moving the Html Editing control away from the 
Clarion OLE dependencies, to a point where it now uses only pure (stable) COM, 
implementing the Plugware engine.  Lots of new methods, new examples and 
new possibilities.
   
             
            
            
             
          
           
              
           
 Price: 
$99
  For a complete list of what's been improved, please visit the File Explorer 
  webpage at http://www.capesoft.com/docs/fileexplorer/FileExplorer.htm 
  
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Office Inside (v1.0 beta 4c)  
Office Inside is one of our new 
products. It wraps the MS Office COM objects, offering a truly stable approach 
to integrating and automating MS Office functionality from within your 
applications. We have just released the beta 4 release of Office Inside, 
which now has a fairly extensive library wrapping MS Word, and has the 
beginnings of Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook taking shape. We are starting 
off by building easy ways to add Mail Merge, Spell Checking and Reporting to 
your application, with many more ideas for the future.  Watch this 
space!
       
             
          
           
             
          
              
          Price: $199
  For more information please visit http://www.capesoft.com/docs/office/OfficeInside.htm 
  
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Replicate (v1.0 beta 14)
  Replicate provides an automatic, driver 
  independent, file-version independent, mechanism for replicating the data in 
  two or more databases.
  Basically, Replicate logs your changes, adds and deletes and then using a transport 
  manager of your choice, exports the changes to the other sites, where the changes, 
  adds and deletes are imported to that data set. This all done completely automatically 
  without your users having to do anything!! Replicate 
  supports both offline and online environments.
  
  Currently still in beta, Replicate is moving towards Gold status. 
  The product still has a way to go in terms of features, but has reached a healthy 
  stability point. For those on the beta program, we recommend implementing the 
  updates, and if you have not updated up to beta 14, please do so. If you are 
  not receiving notification of upgrades, please email  
  replicate@capesoft.com  with 
  the subject: 'Notify me of upgrades'.
  
  Price: $349
  For more information please visit http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/replicatesp.htm 
  
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  CapeSoft Mailer (v1.9m)
  CS Mailer is our bulk email distribution tool (used 
  to send you this newsletter <g>).  We have been improving and tweaking 
  this product over the past months. For more information and screenshots, visit 
  
http://www.capesoft.com/utilities/Mailer/Mailer.htm 
   
  
  Price: $99
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  File Manager 3 (v3.0 beta 16)
  File Manager 3 continues moving through the 
  beta stages steadily. Currently supporting the Microsoft SQL, Oracle, and ODBC 
  drivers (ODBC limited to Microsoft SQL, Oracle and MySQL backends), it has in 
  the last couple of months grown in features and solidity. File Manager 3 has 
  also grown in management and design characteristics as we have gained more knowledge 
  in best practices and design using Clarion and SQL.
   
  A big thank you to Shawn Mason for his input and expertise at the Clarion/MSSQL 
  training course held in Cape Town, South Africa last month. His contribution 
  to our understanding of this complex topic has been extremely helpful.
   
  In line with the general CapeSoft policy of maintaining support for 3 versions 
  of Clarion, we have dropped the support for Clarion 4 and 16-bit applications. 
  A build for Clarion 6 EA testers is available for download at our website.
   
  File Manager 3 manages and upgrades the file structures of many of Clarion's 
  supported drivers including SQL drivers. Watch while it effortlessly converts 
  your TPS applications to SQL, including the creation of new files, and the copying 
  of existing data.
  
  Price: $149
  For more information:  http://www.capesoft.com/accessories/fm3sp.htm
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  Clarion / MsSQL training by Shawn Mason  
  Having experienced this intensive 3 day course right here in sunny 
  Cape Town, we can say unreservedly say that it's highly recommended, especially 
  for folk with little, or no, previous experience with SQL.  If it comes 
  anywhere in range of you, and you're interested in SQL, then don't miss it... 
  Many of the CapeSoft programmers attended, and it certainly has increased our 
  understanding of the issues involved immeasurably.
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  Recent Updates
  Ezhelp - 2.53 released 
  25 March 2003
  Winevent - 2.91 released 
  24 March 2003
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