Altova Product Overview

Version 2008 Release 2

Altova® launches Version 2008 Release 2 (v2008r2) of its XML, data management, UML, and Web services software tools on April 29, 2008.

Altova® v2008 software delivers several significant upgrades and enhancements to the existing line of software development and data management applications.

Micromail can supply all products from the Altova range:

1. Altova MissionKit 2008
2. Altova XMLSpy 2008
3. Altova MapForce 2008
4. Altova StyleVision 2008
5. Altova UModel 2008
6. Altova DatabaseSpy 2008
7. Altova DiffDog 2008
8. Altova SchemaAgent 2008
9. Altova SemanticWorks 2008
10. Altova Authentic 2008

Altova® MissionKit 2008 - Altova bring you intelligent tools for XML developers and software architects with the Altova MissionKit!

Altova MissionKit 2008 for Professional XML Developers with 1 Year Sub
Altova MissionKit 2008 for Professional Software Architects with 1 Year Sub
Altova MissionKit 2008 for Enterprise XML Developers with 1 Year Sub
Altova MissionKit 2008 for Enterprise Software Architects with 1 Year Sub

Altova XMLSpy® 2008 is the industry standard XML development environment. It offers the top XML editor, a schema designer, code generator, file converters, debuggers, profilers, support for XSLT, XQuery, WSDL, SOAP, .NET, Eclipse, and more.

New features in R2 include:

• Very large file support
• Detailed find & replace in XML Schema editor
• Enhanced XSLT details in Info Window
• New XSL Outline entry helper window
• Support for Java, C#, JavaScript, and VBScript in XSLT 1.0/2.0 engines
• Support for SOAP 1.2
• Project generation for Visual Studio 2008
• Visual Studio integration extended to include Visual Studio 2008

New in XML Spy 2008

New features in XMLSpy 2008 include:

• Support for working with Open XML data in Microsoft® Word, Excel, and now PowerPoint 2007 files (E)
• Support for editing database data in the Database Query window (P, E)
• Support for evaluating XPath expressions across multiple files (P, E)
• XInclude and XPointer support (P, E)
• Two-step XSL:FO transformation (P, E)
• One click comment out / in (P, E)
• Annotation data in entry helpers (P, E)
• Speed and memory optimizations for working with large XML files (P, E)

Altova XMLSpy 2008 Professional Edition with 1 Year SMP
Altova XMLSpy 2008 Enterprise Edition with 1 Year SMP

Altova MapForce® 2008 is the premier data integration and Web services implementation tool. It converts between in any combination of XML, database, flat file, and/or EDI data, and builds Web services by mapping data sources to WSDL operations.

New in MapForce 2008

New features in R2 include:

• Mapping Excel® 2007 (OOXML) data
• Support for data streams for code generation
• Sample XML Schema generation based on an XML instance
• Support for SOAP 1.2
• Support for SQL SELECT statements
• Inline Primary Key / Foreign Key creation
• Project generation for Visual Studio 2008

New features in MapForce 2008 include:

• Support for aggregate data processing functions (SUM, AVG, MIN, etc.) (S, P, E)
• New ValueMap function for transforming field values (e.g., “01” to “January,” etc.) (S, P, E)
• Enhanced options for output when mapping to XML target(s) (S, P, E)

Altova StyleVision® 2008 is the ultimate visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML and database content into HTML, PDF, and Word/RTF output and creating electronic forms. StyleVision supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, and all major databases.

New in StyleVision 2008

New features in R2 include:

• Support for Word 2007 (OOXML)
• Grouping support based on the XSLT 2.0 standard
• Creating Global Templates based on Complex and Simple types
• Support for creating Database Views
• Inline Primary Key / Foreign Key creation
• Support for SQL SELECT statements
• Support for embedded images and setting image sizes in RTF and Word 2007 (OOXML)
• Native support for XSL:FO styles for page processing
• Project management support

New features in StyleVision 2008 include:

• Modular StyleVision designs (S, P, E)
• Database connection wizards (P, E)
• New Database Query tab (P, E)
• Refactoring support to accommodate XML Schema updates (S, P, E)

Altova UModel® 2008 is the starting point for successful software development. Visually design application models and generate Java or C# code, or reverse engineer existing programmes into UML 2.1 diagrams. It is the simple, cost-effective way to draw on UML.

New in UModel 2008

New features in R2 include:

• Support for OMG Business Process Modeling Notation
• Diagram layers
• Enhanced autocompletion capabilities
• Merging multiple projects
• Support for Java 6.0, C# 3.0, and Visual Basic 9.0
• Support for MS Visual Studio .NET 2008
• Importing multiple XML Schemas from a directory
• Convenient new diagramming refinements

New features in UModel 2008 include:

• New UModel Enterprise edition featuring tight integration with Visual Studio and Eclipse (E)
• Visual Basic .NET code engineering (P, E)
• Sequence diagram enhancements (P, E)
• Enhanced find and replace, save all diagrams, and much more (P, E)

Altova DatabaseSpy 2008 is the unique multi-database query and design tool from the creators of XMLSpy. It connects to all major databases and eases SQL editing and database design for a fraction of the cost of single-database solutions.

New in DatabaseSpy 2008

New features in R2 include:

• SQL Refactoring Menu
• SQL Formatting Dialog
• Graphical Design Editor Enhancements
• More User-Selectable Options

New features in DatabaseSpy 2008 include:

• Creation and editing of database views
• Support for stored procedures
• Database content editing
• Design editor enhancements
• Data Inspector window
• New interface and functionality in the SQL Editor auto-completion window

Altova DiffDog® 2008 is the developer's dedicated differencing utility. This unique synchronization tool with optional XML-awareness quickly compares source code or text-based files and any directories then highlights differences and merges content via an intuitive visual interface.

New in DiffDog 2008

New features in R2 include:

• Enhanced support for Office 2007 (OOXML) files and Zip archives
• Enhanced directory comparison Filters

New features in DiffDog 2008 include:

• Enhanced directory merge functionality
• Binary file comparison

Altova SchemaAgent 2008 is the new paradigm for modeling and managing advanced schemas and their components in enterprise workgroups. Visualize XML Schema relationships and construct complex schemas from distributed schema elements via its graphical design view.

New in SchemaAgent 2008

New features in SchemaAgent 2008 include:

• Viewing and managing XSLT file relationships
• Viewing and managing WSDL file relationships

Altova SemanticWorks 2008 is the ground-breaking visual RDF/OWL editor. Visually design Semantic Web instance docs, vocabularies, and ontologies then output the format of your choice. It is the sensible way to put the Semantic Web to work for you.

New in SemanticWorks 2008

The following is new in SemanticWorks 2008:

• New functionality for editing instances of classes

Altova Authentic® 2008 is a FREE XML and database content editor that allows business users to view and edit data without being exposed to the underlying technology. It is ideal for use as the front end of custom XML and database-centric applications.

New in Authentic 2008

Authentic 2008 includes support for the new stylesheet functionality in StyleVision 2008.

Additionally, in v2008 Authentic adds support for CTRL-click to permit users to follow hyperlinks in Authentic documents. CTRL-click adds an intuitive and familiar keyboard shortcut to follow hyperlinks while still allowing the editing of hyperlink text where permitted by the stylesheet.

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