ANN: Preview of formsPlayer 2.0 and the Sidewinder Web Applications Viewer Available

Hello everyone,

If you interested in the future of rich client software and web
applications, then you may find the following useful.

A preview is available of formsPlayer 2.0 and the Sidewinder Web
Applications Viewer 1.0:

  <http://www.formsPlayer.com/download/swviewer-install.html>

fP:2.0 should not affect formsPlayer 1.x installations in any way (they
should exist side-by-side), but if there are problems please let us know.


SAMPLES
Sample applications are:

 * a digital clock;
 * a calculator with 'aqua' buttons and a 'brushed
   metal' background;
 * three analogue clocks showing different time zones.

All source is XHTML, so you can examine the code and start to alter it, if
you are interested.


FEATURES
The Viewer supports:

 * validation of loaded documents against a schema
   that includes XHTML 1.0, XForms 1.0/1.1, SVG 1.0
   and MathML 2.0;
 * mixed namespace documents without the need for
   object tags;
 * docking to an edge;
 * auto-hiding on losing focus, and re-activation
   on mouse-over;
 * transparent background so that applications can
   sit over the top of others;
 * opacity, so that other applications can 'show
   through'. 

Plug-ins are required if a document contains one or more of:

 * SVG
 * XForms
 * MathML

Plug-ins supported at the moment are:

 * Adobe's SVG Viewer, for SVG 1.0;
 * formsPlayer 1.3, for XForms 1.0;
 * formsPlayer 2.0, for XForms 1.1;
 * Design Science's MathPlayer for MathML 2.0.

formsPlayer 2.0 supports:

 * an implementation of XForms 1.1;
 * an almost complete implementation of XBL 1.0;
 * new submission methods, including access to any
   ADO database;
 * side-bars and toolbars in the browser;
 * system tray messages.


BUGS
There are some bugs in fP:2.0, so we would not suggest at this stage using
it for more than the preview. However, we should very quickly be moving to a
beta stage.

Regards,

Mark


Mark Birbeck
CEO
x-port.net Ltd.

e: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net
t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232
w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/
b: http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/

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Received on Saturday, 19 March 2005 14:59:47 UTC