January 25th, 2012 j.riggie
Happy New Year from the team at APPX Software!
We had a good 2011 thanks to all of you. Our Keys to the Kingdom class and 20th Birthday Conference held last October were a big success. Thanks to all that attended. As for 2012, there are a number of projects underway:
- The first is the continuing development on APPX Release 5.1. We know that a number of features of 5.1 are awaited by customers. We have heard you and will stay focused on its development until it is ready to go.
- The second is the development of AXAEM, the Open Source Archives application. We plan to finish the first release of the application this Spring for delivery this year.
- Another initiative is the Consulting and Services effort. APPX Software has a number of offerings that can make your operations or applications better than today. We can help you tune your system, plan and perform upgrades, develop applications to your specification, modernize screens and outputs, produce customized reports, and a myriad of other services. Please check the Services tab on our website for more information. We would love to work with you to better meet your customer’s needs.
- Lastly, a new APPX Software website is about to go live this month. We hope you take a look, and let us know what you think!
We look forward to hearing from you. Let us know what you are thinking and keep in touch. Thanks.
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July 15th, 2010 Steve Frizzell
Yesterday, we released APPX 5.0.2. While patch releases are not usually noteworthy, this one is because it includes the new APPXODBC service and the new APPX Source Code Control System (SCCS) is much improved.
Our ODBC interface has been completely re-engineered and now incorporates an ODBC server that runs as a service on a Windows system. Individual desktop users who want to use third-party desktop products such as Excel, Crystal Reports, etc. now connect to the ODBC server which in turn connects to the APPX server. One advantage of this is that asql is now run by a system administrator and all file definitions are only imported one time into the shared database which is managed by the ODBC server.
The new APPX Source Code Control System will add a new dimension to your application design efforts. We recently started using it on an internal project at APPX Software and have already begun to see the many benefits that it offers. After you upgrade to 5.0.2, give it a try. I think you will like it but, if you don’t like it, you can always turn it off.
Steve
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January 15th, 2010 Steve Frizzell
It has been one month since we released APPX 5.0.0 on December 14th. We have since released the first patch release, 5.0.1. There are still two limitations on which we are working diligently.
The APPX/ODBC interface which allows programs such as Crystal Reports® and Excel® to access your APPX data is not yet released. So, if your system depends on this interface, you should not yet deploy APPX 5.0.1 in your production environment.
We are also having a problem with our Oracle interface in APPX for HPUX on the PA Risc platform. So, if you use Oracle with APPX on this platform, you should not yet deploy APPX 5.0.1.
We are actively working on both of these limitations and expect to have them resolved by the end of January.
Steve
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April 3rd, 2008 Steve Frizzell
I am sure that many of you have been wondering what happened to APPX release 4.3. APPX 4.3 has taken us way longer to complete than we ever imagined that it would. Read the rest of this entry »
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