Surround Technologies Modernizes IBM i further with release of
Accelerator™ for .NET Version 3.2
Bloomfield, NJ – January 27, 2012 – Surround Technologies announces the release of its Accelerator™ for .NET
version 3.2 available immediately, with features that provide even greater productivity to IBM i developers and users
and functionality for business needs. The Accelerator™ Development Solutions includes support for IBM i, either
natively or in combination with .NET, and contains an agile framework that generates SOA compliant applications
without proprietary lock-ins. “We understand the urgency of businesses to develop new applications to support their
business, and, in some cases, to modernize the legacy applications that aren’t keeping up with today’s demands. We
continue to offer more features and functionality for the business, while staying true to our methodology that allows
for fast development and better architecture,” said Lee Paul, CEO of Surround Technologies.
The addition of the features highlighted in this
release began with existing clients. Derek Maciak, the firm’s CTO
remarked, “The most exciting part of our engagements comes when we work
closely with our clients to understand how they will use the
applications they’re developing. While many choose to use the standard
out-of-the-box features, our ability to create new custom features to
meet their specific needs is an added benefit.”
Some of the newest features being released in this version include:
Mobile Signature Capture
The Mobile Signature Capture application is a device-independent web application built for use with touch based
interfaces, such as iPad, iPhone, Android and more, allowing the capture and storage of customer signatures or other
written input. This application can be controlled remotely from the desktop application, so that the desktop user can
see what a particular tablet is doing and take over control when needed. The capture application is able to show
content to users, and includes a control which lets the user sign their name or other text and send it to the desktop
application, where it is converted to a PDF document and stored.
Attachment Manager
The Attachment Manager allows users to upload and attach files to specific records in their systems, to an application
or application module, or to the system. The files are uploaded to a storage server where they are accessible from
other devices and computers running the application. The plug-in can be added to any Accelerator-based application
and used without any coding. Future releases of the Attachment Manager will allow managing and attaching
websites, email addresses, and even other records together.
Accelerator
PowerGrid Improvements
The new Accelerator PowerGrid enables flexible
and powerful data grid capabilities, incorporating the ability to work
with multiple items at the same time with an Excel-like familiarity in
both user experience and interface. Some
advanced features of Accelerator PowerGrid include:
- Grid support for databinding
and Services Oriented Architecture
- Enhanced edit
capabilities and cell at a time updates to the database
- Copy
and paste to and from an Excel spreadsheet and the Accelerator
PowerGrid
- Copy and paste between rows or columns within the
grid
- Mass auto creation of new grid row entries based on
copied features of other rows
- Automatic user feedback of
validation rules
- Dynamic column freezing
- Cell
and row highlighting
- Many grid display and organization
capabilities
- Loading options for desired scrolling and data
manipulation
Filter Functionality
The Accelerator Filter provides another way for a user to further narrow their search for necessary information with
the added benefit of not losing or changing their current search result set.. By finding the information quicker, they
perform their task quicker. The Filter box is nested at the top right of all content windows and automatically filters
the results as the user types, showing the user only what is relevant to their criteria. The current data set is filtered
in memory and data that matches appears with the filter text highlighted; any records not matching the filter text are
hidden from view. The Accelerator Filter includes the ability to use wild cards and can narrow their matches by single
terms or phrases by grouping words with quotation marks. The window will reflect total number of records in the
original data set and the number of records that match the filter criteria. Filtered results can be easily exported for
reporting and other uses.
Multi-Level TreeGrid
The Accelerator Multi Level TreeGrid is the combination of standard Tree and Grid controls, expanding the features of
both to allow the user to view hierarchical data in a grid-like structure. The grid data can be expanded or collapsed
like a standard tree control and data can be sorted by column headers as would be expected in standard grid
data. Rows which are logical children will be collapsed and expanded in tandem with their parent row(s). Multiple
data columns can be defined and are horizontally aligned by default.
For more information and other features contact Surround.
The Surround Accelerator™ Development
Solutions provide developers with a more productive development
environment that produces high-quality, open applications, while
accelerating the adoption of new technologies for both the
developers and the organization.