| Technology |
Description |
Status |
ASTA 3 for Windows
|
Indexes on AstaDataSets
Aggregate Support
AstaDatabasePlugin modeled from AstaIO to allow for client side SQL support to be placed in non visual units on
servers
SOAP support
NestedDataSet support
Params for SQL generation
Update SQL Component
Multiple Provider/ServerMethod Result (Expressway Providers/ServerMethods)
AstaParamLists to XML and XML to ParamLists
Enhanced XML to DataSet and DataSet to XML with the ability to read ADO and DataSet XML packets
Stateless HTTP UserList
Possible Features:
Server Side ASTA Database Components
InterServer Messaging with AstaSwitchBoard
SQL support to AstaClientDataSet
Add Ons
Server Side Scripting support
|
November 2001 target release
|
| Asta Java Server |
Database/messaging support that will support ASTA SkyWire Clients. |
Beta |
SOAP Support
|
Will allow for Asta and AstaIO server methods to be surfaced as SOAP methods and called from AstaSOAP.dll (isapi
dll) or Apache Plugin. Clients will be cross platform and extend to Palm and WinCE clients with cross platoform
XML parsers. |
October 2001 and part of ASTA 3
|
| XML |
Extended XML support for ASTA In memory DataSets and ParamLists on all platforms. Native XML parsers that will
have interfaces to use MS (windows) or IBM (linux) XML parsers where available. |
In Development |
SkySync
|
Syncronization technology that will allow for cross platform syncronization. The successor to ASTA PosBus (available
now for $249) that allows for ASTA Server<>server Syncronization. Abstracts the Palm Hot Sync Concept but
for all platforms. Will use server side scripting abilities to resolve sync conflicts. |
In development. White paper available.
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Scripting Support on ASTA Servers
|
Server side scripting supporting VBScript to allow for scripts, that can access server side Database components
from the scripts, to be executed at runtime without the server being recompiled. Developed for the ASTA SkyWire
line for extending ASTA servers without knowledge of Delphi.
|
Alpha
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| AstaInterop for Linux and Windows |
Indexes on Datasets
NestedDataSet support
Http tunneling
Aggregate Support
BroadCasts (not only Provider broadcasts like ASTA 2 but client side SQL Options)
Client SQL Security features for custom security for different clients
Linux Daemon examples
SOAP Support on client and server |
October 2001 |
Jasta- EJB Support
|
ASTA Java Proxy that uses JNDI to communicate with EJB servers. The goal is to harnas the power of Delphi clients
with the power of Java on the server. Once Delphi is done, the palm/wince support will be done also. |
Java only prototype in testing
|
| Palm Tree Control |
Tree Control for the Palm shared library |
Documentation and testing. |
| ASTA ODBC Driver |
Thin Client ASTA 2 ODBC driver with http tunneling options. |
Beta Testers wanted |