Compliant Data Source and Dat Software for Windows

Visual Open DB
$19.95 - VisualSoft

The Visual Open DB is a generic data analysing application that allows you to query any valid data source. It can be used by end users to perform data analysis and developers to interrogate database tables and views.

The program can work with files of the following formats:

Microsoft Access Database (*.mdb)
Paradox Table (*.db)
Visual FoxPro Database (*.dbc)
Microsoft Excel (*.xls)
DBase files (*.dbf)
Microsoft Data Link file (*.udl)
Text files (*.txt)
Log files (*.log)
CSV files (*.csv)
Microsoft XML Rowset (*.xml)

The Visual Open DB connects to a valid data source via the Windows Data Link file (*.udl), using MDAC 2.5 or later. This enables you to access any ODBC or OLEDB compliant datasource. Visual Open DB has been developed predominately for the non technical user, it is not a front end for SQL. No knowledge of SQL is required, all actions are data driven point and click.

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ODBC View
$0 - SLIK Software Ltd

ODBCView is a free SQL query tool that allows you to view and export data from any OBDC compliant database. Connect to an ODBC data source and enter a SQL statement to execute. Any resulting data is displayed on a read-only grid or it can be exported to an external CSV or HTML report file. Any valid SQL statement can be executed including UPDATE, DELETE and calls to database procedures. You can also run it from the command line to open a data source, execute a sql query from a sql script file and export the results to an external CSV or HTML file. The program is completely standalone with no other dependent DLL's other than standard Window system DLL's.

This program is provided free of charge by SLIK Software Ltd as a gesture of goodwill and to encourge users to visit our web site (www.slik.co.nz) for other database related products including DBExplorer (compare and synchronise databases) and Standard Legacy Interface Kit a middleware / automation application that supports column mappings, e-mail, FTP, EDI, XML and 20 other data interfacing operations.

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Altova MapForce Standard Edition
$249 - Altova Inc.

Altova MapForce 2008 Standard Edition is the premier visual XML data mapping tool for converting XML data from one format to any another XML format. MapForce converts data instantly or auto-generates industry standard XSLT 1.0 or XSLT 2.0 data transformation code to use for recurrent conversions. This graphical data integration tool is so powerful and so easy to use that you will soon wonder how you ever managed without it. You simply open your source and target XML Schemas, drop in data processing functions from the customizable libraries, and drag connecting lines between the elements you wish to associate. MapForce automatically connects matching child elements. Popular functions come standard with MapForce (e.g., filter, concatenate, sum, average, replace, etc.), and you can create and save your own complex data processing functions. You can even add existing XSLT functions into custom libraries to utilize in mapping projects. Once a mapping is defined, you can instantly view and save the output. MapForce Standard Edition outputs an XML instance document compliant with the target schema in your data mapping design. It also auto-generates an XSLT 1.0 or 2.0 stylesheet to use, royalty-free, for regular or repeated transformations. MapForce supports advanced XML-to-XML transformations involving multiple input and output schemas, or advanced multi-pass data transformations (from schema, to schema, to schema, etc.), for which you just insert additional XML Schemas into MapForce and draw further mappings. Its unique graphical user interface and interactive output preview let you work in an intuitive, visual manner. MapForce Standard Edition is the easiest and most straightforward way to perform XML-to-XML data mappings, making data integration difficulties history. Give your data direction! Download a free trial of Altova MapForce 2008 Standard Edition now.

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VistaDB 3
$289 - VistaDB Software, Inc.

VistaDB 3.2 database engine was developed in C# specifically for Microsoft .NET Framework, Compact Framework and Mono. VistaDB is the perfect embedded alternative to SQL Server. Use our embedded engine for developing small to midsize managed ASP.NET and WinForms applications that run on desktops, mobile devices and web servers. VistaDB 3.2 delivers high-performance data management in a small single-file footprint. Lightweight deployment means no registry access or service installation required. VistaDB is a true transactional TSQL compliant RDBMS that delivers robust data management. As an embedded database, it requires zero administration and ZeroClick deployment lets you embedded VistaDB directly into your EXE and DLLs using ILMerge. Licensed per developer.

VistaDB is deeply integrated into Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 so building applications is easy and intuitive. VistaDB features a built-in ADO.NET Provider that supports SQL and Direct Data Access objects that provide object-based high-speed scrollable and updateable cursors. VistaDB's SQL query processor supports T-SQL syntax and VistaDB's data types are highly compatible with SQL Server. A high degree of compatibility with SQL Server 2005 means existing T-SQL statements can be re-used with virtually no changes and source code that uses SQL Server can be re-used with minor changes to namespaces and class references.

Other features include a Data Migration Wizard tool that migrates data from MS-Access, SQL Server, SQL CE to VistaDB (C# source code included) and a Data Builder tool for visually creating and managing databases (C# source code included). The robust single-file data store stores ANSI and Unicode data, tables, views, CLR Procs, CLR Triggers, indexes, Full Text Search (FTS), constraints, primary and foreign keys and data can be encrypted at the database, table or column level using Blowfish. Full transaction processing with Snapshot isolation level ensure that VistaDB is ACID compliant.

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Alvas.Audio
$295 - Alvas.Net

Alvas.Audio is a collection of 100% native CLR-compliant controls written in C#. The collection allows C# and VB.Net developers to create applications that play (including mixed audio data), record and convert sound. Easy to use.

Key Features:
1. Record audio data:
- record uncompressed audio data (PCM);
- record compressed audio data: IMA ADPCM, Microsoft ADPCM, CCITT A-Law, CCITT u-Law, GSM 6.10, Windows Media Audio V2, MPEG Layer-3 (mp3) and others;
- record data to the stream (file stream, memory stream);
- pause and resume recording;
- get the current sound position;
- record data to any recorder installed in the system.
2. Play audio data:
- play uncompressed audio data (PCM);
- play compressed audio data: IMA ADPCM, Microsoft ADPCM, CCITT A-Law, CCITT u-Law, GSM 6.10, Windows Media Audio V2, MPEG Layer-3 (mp3) and others;
- play data from the stream (file stream, memory stream);
- play mixed audio data;
- pause and resume playing;
- get the current sound position;
- play data from any player installed in the system.
3. Set up mixer controls:
- select source line for recording;
- change source line volume for recording;
- additional controls adjustment. For example, "Mic Boost";
- change master volume for playback;
- playback muting.
4. Convert the audio data from one audio format to another.
5. Change Wave stream to MP3 stream if Wave stream contains MPEG Layer 3 data.
6. Few audio files concatenation.
7. Return the audio stream duration in milliseconds.
8. View the level of the input sound signal.
9. Play, record and convert RAW headerless format (SLINEAR etc).
10. Encode and decode Dialogic .vox (adpcm) format data.
11. Does not require dependent files.

Requirements: .Net Framework v1.1 or later (also .Net v2.0)
Recommended: .Net Framework with Visual Studio .Net 2003 or later (also VS.NET 2005)

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HS NMEA GPS C Source Library
$0 - Hillstone Software

HS GPS is a software library (with full C source code) which provides access to a NMEA-183 compliant GPS receiver via a serial communications port, decoding NMEA sentences: $GPGGA, $GPGSA, $GPGSV, $GPGLL, $GPRMC and $GPVTG. Decoded parameters include: time, date, position, altitude, speed, course and heading, according to standard - NMEA-183 (National Marine Electronics Association, Interface Standard 0183.

* HOW IT WORKS: HS GPS library continuously reads asynchronous data stream from a serial port and analyses the information to recognize and decode NMEA-183 Protocol sentences. After each message is received it is checked for integrity by comparing the received and the calculated checksum. The NMEA sentence fields are then converted from ASCII values into C structure variables and passed up to user application code.

* Applications
- Navigation
- Security
- Telematics
- Fleet Tracking
- Asset Tracking
- Any customer applications requiring access to a NMEA-183 compliant GPS receiver

* Features
- Interfaces a GPS receiver over COM ports COM1 - COM8
- Decodes most commonly used NMEA sentences from a GPS receiver:
- GGA - Global Positioning System Fix Data
- GLL - Geographic Position
- GSA - DOP and Active Satellites
- GSV - Satellites in View
- RMC - Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data
- VTG - Course over Ground and Ground Speed

HOW TO BUY HS GPS LIBRARY:
You can purchase the library online using credit card payment at:



The library costs EUR 79.00 for unlimited user license. Once the purchase is made you will receive download link by email to download full product deliverables, which include:
- HS GPS library binaries. (Win32 static library)
- HS GPS library full source code in C with MS Visual C project workspace
- HS GPS Demo Application binaries, full source code and MS Visual C project workspace.
- HS GPS library user manual, which documents in detail complete library API

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