Georgia SoftWorks Announces GUI Style Forms and Controls for RF Devices That Run Telnet/SSH2 Clients Are Now Available to Visual Basic Developers
DAWSONVILLE, Ga., May 23, 2006 -- Georgia SoftWorks has developed RF FormMaker, an ActiveX Object that allows Visual Basic developers to easily create forms and controls for RF Devices with all programming performed on the server. GUI style controls such as Combo Boxes, Radio Buttons, and Edit Boxes are now available for any RF Device that can run a Telnet/SSH2 Client. User Interface development (often termed Console Mode Development) for RF Devices running Telnet/SSH2 connections was previously not available to Visual Basic programmers.
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RF FormMaker opens Console Mode application development up to the largest population of programmers. Console Mode Development for RF Device applications in a Client/Server environment was almost the exclusive domain of seasoned C/C++ programmers. Now Visual Basic programmers can create these applications and in a fraction of the time.
RF FormMaker uses low-level Windows Console APIs to create high-level APIs similar to ones available for Windows GUI programs. "Specifically, we offer controls and dialogs with full functionality to set and get data from controls. This includes all user interaction with the controls," Luke Batko, Chief Engineer for GSW said. "The developer simply declares the controls instead of having to design them. What you can do in a half-dozen lines with RF FormMaker takes over ten thousand lines of low-level C code."
Visual Basic developers have long had excellent tools for developing database applications. RF FormMaker seamlessly integrates with these tools to provide the programmer total control of the application from the User Interface on the device to the database.
"This is important news for companies that do not want to allocate the time or funds required for experienced C/C++ developers. A moderately skilled VB programmer can have RF FormMaker displaying forms and controls on a device in minutes, not hours or days," David Sexton, President of GSW said. "RF FormMaker also opens new opportunities and potential revenue streams for resellers, both VAR and OEMs."
Established in 1991, Georgia SoftWorks is a privately held software development company recognized for creating high performance data communications, system, and telecommunications applications. Georgia SoftWorks has obtained worldwide presence with its industrial Telnet/SSH2 Server for Windows NT/XP/2000+.
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