TeamDev and jProductivity Announce Strategic Partnership

TeamDev, Ltd., a premier provider of professional Java development libraries and jProductivity, LLC, a developer of the leading multi-platform protection and licensing software solutions today announced a strategic partnership. The services and product partnership brings to market tightly integrated solutions that will provide software developers and publishers with best-in-class experience.

This partnership is a natural extension of both companies'€™ focus to expand their current product lines, providing increased value to software publishers and software developers. This initiative will allow TeamDev and jProductivity customers to enhance their development process with a significant number of benefits provided by professional development tools from both companies.

Protection! Licensing Toolkit from jProductivity is a powerful multi-platform licensing solution that provides the ability to add licensing into custom applications, only allowing the permitted use according to the supplied license. Ideal for the needs of any size software providers, Protection! offers a number of advanced application protection capabilities, support for a wealth of licensing models, full automation of licensing processes, and integration with various back-office systems.

Java platform integration libraries from TeamDev like JNIWrapper, ComfyJ, JxBrowser and JExplorer, empower software developers to communicate with the native code directly from Java and add platform-specific functionality or features into their Java applications.

Collaboration between TeamDev and jProductivity will benefit software developers through a combination and integration of our technologies, says Alexander Yevsyukov, President and CTO of TeamDev, Ltd. €Delivering a polished experience of professional Java development libraries is one of our top priorities and this relationship helps us to achieve this goal.

€œWe are excited about this strategic partnership as it helps us to provide our customers with the best-in-class solutions by combining our respective companies€™ strengths. Integration between Protection! and smart products and services from TeamDev will add significantly to our growing portfolio of licensing and intellectual property protection solutions€, says Gregory Ledenev, CTO, jProductivity, LLC.

About jProductivity, LLC:

jProductivity, LLC is a New York-based software company founded by experienced system analysts and developers. Since 2004, the company have been making tools and specialized solutions for software developers and software publishers. jProductivity is a developer of the leading multi-platform protection and licensing software solutions.

Email: press@jproductivity.com

Internet: http://www.jproductivity.com

"Shoot" at Leopard with JxCapture 1.2

Today we pleased to announce a new release of JxCapture, our cross-platform library that provides a comprehensive Java screen capture API for Java applications.

As we promised last time, JxCapture 1.2 introduces support of Mac OS X Leopard 10.5. Also in this release you can find the updated Demo application with new improvements. For the full list of new features and improvements, check out the What's New page.

Try online our Web Start Demo that is available for both Windows and Mac.

Download the latest version and evaluate it during 30 days.

For any help or feedback related to the use of JxCapture 1.2, please use the support forum or e-mail us directly.

JExcel 1.3 is Out

TeamDev is pleased to announce a new release of JExcel, library that allows Java developers to integrate their Java software with Microsoft Office Excel.

JExcel 1.3 introduces new API features related to operations with ranges, worksheets and workbooks. Also, with this release, we bundle JExcel with the latest versions of underlying technologies such as JNIWrapper and ComfyJ. The new version of ComfyJ allows to improve considerably JExcel performance on bulk operations. For the full list of changes, check out the What's New page.

Try online JExcel Demo. Download JExcel to evaluate it.

For any help or feedback related to the use of JExcel 1.3, please use the support forum or e-mail us directly.

JxBrowser 1.2 Released

JxBrowser, our cross-platform browser embedding library, has been updated to version 1.2.

JxBrowser 1.2 introduces Java Web Start support on all platforms, improvements in the printing API and in handling of problematic SSL certificates, update of the Gecko engine to version 1.9.1. To help you start working with JxBrowser we created Programmer's Guide that is available online and in PDF format.

This new version also resolves several important issues, including issues related to JavaScript support. For the full list of resolved issues and improvements, please read the What's New page.

You can see JxBrowser in action in our new WebStart Demo. The distribution package of JxBrowser 1.2 is available on the Download page.

For any help or feedback related to the use of JxBrowser 1.2, please use the support forum or e-mail us directly. Stay tuned for new versions with more new and exciting features.

JExplorer 1.9.1 Released

While we all are waiting for major release of JExplorer, TeamDev does not forget about existing customers and today is announcing the release of version 1.9.1. This maintenance release introduces features and improvements requested by JExplorer customers as well as resolves several issues reported to our support center. In particular, the new version features:

• Added a new listener for windows resize related events.
• Added ability to get all input parameters for popup windows.
• Improved ContextMenuProvider class to allow receiving the original HTML element on right click action.
• Improved the Cookie class to be serializable.
• Updated the Programmer's Guide documentation and added new samples.

For the full list of resolved issues and improvements, please read the What's New page.

The new version of JExplorer is available on the Download page. For any help or feedback related to the use of JExplorer 1.9.1, please use the support forum or e-mail us us directly.

ComfyJ 2.5 Released

A long time has gone since the last version of ComfyJ had been released. Today TeamDev is pleased to announce a new version that is more reliable, more powerful and faster than any previous version.

ComfyJ 2.5 introduces new wrappers, debug mode, performance optimization and a significant number of fixes. For a full list of changes, please see What's New page.

Do you want to try ComfyJ now? Download the evaluation version and try the included demo application. Your feedback and ideas about improvement of product are very much appreciated.

JNIWrapper 3.7 Unleashed

JNIWrapper 3.7 expands the list of hardware platforms supported by JNIWrapper technology. This time we've added the support for Mac OS X 64-bit on Intel platform.

This new version also resolves issues reported to our support center. Please see the list of changes on the What's New page.

As always, you can download fully-functional version of JNIWrapper for Mac OS X and try it before buying. Your feedback and ideas about improvement of product are very much appreciated.

JxBrowser 1.1 is Out

We are pleased to announce the first maintenance release of JxBrowser, the cross-platform library for integrating the real web browser into your Java applications.

Release 1.1 focuses on fixing problems identified since the original 1.0 release. It has also been spiced up with a couple of new features such as printing support and profile management API.

The distribution package can be downloaded here. Don't forget to read the release notes.

Please feel free to ask for help or just leave feedback at http://links.teamdev.com/jxbrowser-forum and stay tuned for new versions with more new and exciting features.

QuipuKit 1.5 Released

TeamDev has released QuipuKit version 1.5, a commercial library of advanced JSF components. The major features of QuipuKit 1.5 release include:

• A new GraphicText component that allows displaying rotated text.
• Interactive column resizing feature for DataTable and TreeTable components.
• Support for multiple headers and footers with column grouping in DataTable and TreeTable components.
• Various sorting enhancements for DataTable and TreeTable components.

The release also includes a number of fixes for issues reported by QuipuKit users. Please see the What's New page for a full list of enhancements and fixes in this release.

The new distribution package of QuipuKit 1.5 is available here.

For any questions or feedback related to QuipuKit, visit the forum or e-mail us directly.

QuipuKit 1.5 with New GraphicText Component, DataTable and TreeTable Improvements

TeamDev has released QuipuKit version 1.5, a commercial library of advanced JSF components. This version has been tested and is now compatible with the latest browser releases: Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and Opera 9.5.

The major features of QuipuKit 1.5 release include:

• A new GraphicText component that allows displaying rotated text.
• Interactive column resizing feature for DataTable and TreeTable components.
• Support for multiple headers and footers with column grouping in DataTable and TreeTable components.
• Various sorting enhancements for DataTable and TreeTable components.

The release also includes a number of fixes for issues reported by QuipuKit users. Please see the What's New page for a full list of enhancements and fixes in this release.

The new distribution package of QuipuKit 1.5 is available here.

For any questions or feedback related to QuipuKit, visit the forum or e-mail us directly at openfaces-support@teamdev.com

JExcel 1.2 - new features and important improvements

JExcel is quite popular product with rather big customer base, many of whom sometimes contact us for an additional functionality they would like to see in JExcel. We do our best trying to help our customers do what they need to by extending JExcel functionality with new API features or improving the existing.

This 1.2 update for JExcel introduces some new API for working with Ranges, fixes some issues and improves the compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007.

For the full list of changes, check out the What's New in 1.2 page.

Try online JExcel demo and download JExcel to evaluate it.

JNIWrapper for Solaris UltraSPARC

We know JNIWrapper has reached the skies already. But we are aiming for the stars and not stopping.

We continue expanding the list of hardware platforms supported by JNIWrapper technology.

Now we are announcing support for one more platform Sun Solaris UltraSPARC (32-bit). Support for 64-bit is on its way.

As always you can download fully-functional version of JNIWrapper for Solaris UltraSPARC and try it before buying. Your feedback and ideas about improvement of product are very much appreciated.

Listen to the file system events with JxFileWatcher

A new product called JxFileWatcher is coming soon.

JxFileWatcher is a cross-platform library providing API to listen to file system events and monitor changes inside specified folders.

Using JxFileWatcher you will be able to track all kinds of changes made to specified folders:

• Creation, renaming or removal of files and subfolders
• File size or contents change
• Attributes modifications

Initial release will support Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and will be available early in May.

JxFileWatcher will support two modes with and without administrative privileges. For users without administrative privileges the operating system sets limitation on the number of descriptors opened on *nix platforms (Linux, Mac OS X). Administrative mode removes such limitations.

If you wish to contribute, influence the process or share ideas with us, just let us know.

QuipuKit 1.4.3 Released

TeamDev has announced release of QuipuKit 1.4.3, a commercial component library for JSF. In this maintenance release we have resolved the known issue of using JBoss Seam's link and button components inside of QuipuKit DataTable component. This release also contains bug fixes and resolutions for requests we received from our customers. The full list of fixes is available at What's New page.

The new version of QuipuKit is available on the Download page.

For any questions or feedback related to QuipuKit, visit forum or e-mail us directly.

JxBrowser 1.0 Commercially Available

TeamDev is happy to announce the commercial release of JxBrowser 1.0. During more than a year of EAP period we did our best to produce a real value to our users.

JxBrowser is the cross-platform library that enables integration of Mozilla Firefox browser into Java AWT/Swing applications. It works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms. The library uses the latest Gecko 1.9 layout engine for rendering HTML documents.

But 1.0 release is not the finish line, it is just the beginning. We have huge plans and loads of new features in mind. We are already working on new features, for example, new rendering engines support such as WebKit. Stay tuned for more updates.

NOTE: JxBrowser for Mac OS X still has several outstanding issues and is released in Beta status.

You can download JxBrowser and as usual evaluate it during 30 days.

See what we've changed since EAP3 release and let us know what you think about JxBrowser.

QuipuKit 1.4.2 Released

We are pleased to announce release of QuipuKit 1.4.2, a commercial component library for JSF. This maintenance release mainly includes resolutions for requests we received from our customers. The full list of fixes is available at What's New page.

The new version of QuipuKit is available on the Download page.

For any questions or feedback related to QuipuKit, visit forum or e-mail us directly.

JNIWrapper reaches IBM AIX

We continue expanding the list of hardware platforms supported by JNIWrapper technology. The list of hardware platforms not yet supported is getting shorter.

This time we are announcing support for a serious platform IBM AIX.

As usual you can download fully-functional version of JNIWrapper for AIX and try it before buying. Your feedback and ideas about improvement of product are very much appreciated.

We are working on Solaris for SPARC platform now. And it will be available soon. If there is a platform you want JNIWrapper to support, just let us know.

QuipuKit 1.4.1 is Out

TeamDev has released QuipuKit 1.4.1, a commercial component library for JSF. This maintenance release includes fixes for keyboard support in Opera and Safari, and other fixes for the DataTable and TreeTable components. For a complete list of fixes, please visit the What's New page.

The new version of QuipuKit is available on the Download page.

For any questions or feedback related to QuipuKit, visit forum or e-mail us directly.

QuipuKit 1.4 Released

TeamDev has released QuipuKit version 1.4. The major features of QuipuKit 1.4 release include:

• An ability to merge cells in the DataTable and TreeTable components
• Extended customization for individual rows/cells in the DataTable and TreeTable components
• Support for dynamic columns in the DataTable and TreeTable components
• Added an ability to handle session expiration during Ajax request
• Improved Ajax errors handling
• Removed dependency on a modified version of JFreeChart. QuipuKit can now be used with the latest version of JFreeChart
• Added a new LoadBundle component that can be used with Ajax-enabled components

This release also includes a number of fixes to different QuipuKit components. For the whole list of improvements and fixes, please see the What's New page.

The new distribution package of QuipuKit 1.4 is available here.

For any questions or feedback related to QuipuKit, visit the forum or e-mail us directly.

JxBrowser 1.0 EAP3 is Ready

JxBrowser EAP3 is the next milestone of cross-platform web browser integration with Java. It allows integration of Mozilla Firefox browser into Java AWT/Swing applications on Windows and Linux. Main focus of this release was on stabilization and API improvement.

This EAP update does not include Mac support. JxBrowser versions with Mac support will be released later on the separate schedule.

New Features:

• Updated Mozilla to Gecko 1.9/Firefox 3 code base.
• Console service allows to receive notifications about script failures and other page problems.
• Added API to provide user-defined behavior for different content types.
• File download support.
• New API for tracking asynchronous operations.

Fixed Issues:

• Improved stability.
• Corrected text input on Linux.
• Demo application improved to show more features of JxBrowser library.
• Various minor issues addressed.

Want to try JxBrowser now? Download the EAP build and try the included demo application.

QuipuKit 1.4 EAP1 is Out

We are happy to release a preview of QuipuKit version 1.4 to let its users try the new features before the official release is announced.

The major features of this release include:

• An ability to merge cells in the DataTable and TreeTable components
• Extended customization for individual rows/cells in the DataTable and TreeTable components
• Support for dynamic columns in the DataTable and TreeTable components
• Added an ability to handle session expiration during Ajax request
• Improved Ajax errors handling
• Removed dependency on a modified version of JFreeChart. QuipuKit can now be used with the latest version of JFreeChart
• Added a new LoadBundle component that can be used with Ajax-enabled components

This release also includes a number of fixes in different QuipuKit components. For the whole list of improvements and fixes, please see the EAP page.

The new distribution package of QuipuKit 1.4 EAP1 is available here.

This build is bundled with a built-in evaluation license which expires February, 15, 2007. Our plans is to release 1.4 in the end of January, 2008.

Please note that because this is a pre-release version, QuipuKit functionality and stability may appear below the quality standards you would normally expect of beta versions

We encourage you to share your ideas, problems and experience with us. Visit our forum or e-mail us directly.