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 May 17, 2008

We are happy to announce the new release of the DBISAM ADO.Net Data Provider for .Net 2.0 and 1.1. (ver. 2.3.1).
Features added in this release:

• #571. Added support for run- and design-time features of Visual Studio 2008.

 May 16, 2008

We are finishing debugging and testing of the new upcoming Context Database Designer v.3. Everyone interested in beta testing the product (before the public beta is out) are welcome to contact us to receive access to the current alpha version.

 March 21, 2008

As part of improvements made to Database Extensions we are developing customizable filtering infrastructure, which will allow to greate completely custom, database agnostic, filters, based on information, contained in the Database Schema.
These filtering is aimed at improving end-user experience, provide on the fly data mining and more. It also includes Query Builder and can easily be used in reporting.
Please, see the following screencast as an example of how it will look in the end-user application:
http://www.furshoppro.net/misc/furshop5demo.htm.
 

 February 16, 2008

We are continuing working on developing of the new Database Designer and Extensions v.3. We have completely redesigned the UI of the Database Designer to make it dockable and reduce the number of modal dialogs and screens. The preview release is expected around the end of March, 2008.

 December 19, 2007

We wish you all merry Christmas and happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
For a short time only get 30% OFF on all our products
Follow this link and see for yourself:
http://www.contextsoft.com/christmas.jsp
Hurry up, sale ends January 8th!
Also, all Context Software customers can now get 10% to 20% OFF on the products of our partners:

• Knowledge Base software from OzmoSys Australia;
• FIBPlus components (connect to IB\FB\Yaffil) from DevRace;
• DBi-Desktop database manager from Sendero Software.

To receive these great offers, please, contact our sale department.

 June 26, 2007

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.15.
This version introduces several improvements and bug fixes:
Improvements

• #562 Added storing the order in which the relation items are created. This fixes the problem when the relationships rearranged manually in the diagram editor were resorted again after the diagram is reloaded.
• #563 Added check for maximum length allowed for the identifiers (schema consistency testing).
• #564 Added AllowHTMLFormatting option to the diagram text box. This allows to create a text box, which is not HTML formatted.

Issues Addressed

• #565 Fixed problem with backup and auto-saving functionality. If error occurs during save operation, 2.14 and earlier versions could corrupt both the backup and auto-save files.
• #566 Fixed problem with copy/pasting of diagram text blocks.
• #567 Fixed problem with paper format and orientation are not saved properly for paper formats other then Letter (default).
• #568 Fixed problem in opening of diagrams, saved by previous versions of the Database Designer. DataType property was not correctly restored.

Both products are immediately available for download.

 May 17, 2007

We are happy to announce final release of Remote Assistant 2.0.
This is your last chance to get Remote Assistant v.2 for the price of v.1., which means discounts of 30% to 50%!
Hurry, this offer ends May 22!

Here's the list of improvements and bug fixes in this release compared to the previous release candidate 2.0 RC2.
Improvements in this release

• #544 Tested for Vista compatiblity. All windows now behave and minimize correctly under Vista.
• #545 Captions are corrected to be consistent across all Remote Admin windows.
• #546 Added semi-transparent status window on the Remote Host side to nitofy user about all operations perfrmed by admin.
• #547 Screen scanning is improved to conusme as little CPU resources as possible. CPU usage is reduced to 3-5% on average low end computer.
• #548 Added options dialog for RemoteAdmin, allowing to specify default settings for Remote Desktop, Chat, TCP\IP filtering and more.
• #549 Remote desktop options reworked to be more self-explanatory.
• #550 Remote Admin shows all connections in the tray-icon popup menu, allowing for simple access to their desktop, file explorer and chat.
• #551 All opened Windows of Remote Admin made top level windows, so they are shown correctly on taskbar when minimized.
• #552 Added Screen sizing and scaling on Remote Admin. Optional anti-aliasing makes scaled screen look readable.
• #556 Added sound to Remote Admin to alert administrator when a connection is requested.
• #557 Added IP filtering (white and black list) to Remote Admin.
• #558 Added ability to resume/recommence aborted file transfer.
• #559 Improved behaviour in full screen mode. Toolbar is now automatically hiding and showing when the mouse pointer reaches top of the screen. The remote desktop is scaled automatically if necessary in full screen mode in order to fit all screen contents.
• #560 Added automatic connection pinging to keep connection during long periods of inactivity.
• #561 Added option to determine Remote Admin's WAN IP address, using external services, such as www.whatismyip.org. This can be configured in Remote Admin options.

• #553 Fixed bug with threading. The remote desktop thread was being resumed twice, which caused errors under Win98.
• #554 Fixed bug with Alpha blending, which is not supported under Win98.
• #555 Fixed bug with colors not being mapped correctly under Win98 when the desktop is set to true color and the target color depth is 256 colors.

This product is immediately available for download.

 April 27, 2007

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.14.
This version introduces several improvements and bug fixes:
Improvements

• #531 In schema consistency test added warning if object names matches certain masks, reserved for a particular database engine (e.g. RDB$, C_PK$, etc.).
• #532 Added line scaling on diagram printing.
• #533 Improved auto-layout of diagram tables.
• #534 Adjusted Elevate DB profile to match changes introduced in 1.02 release (changed GENERATED to COMPUTED).
• #535 Added log for all skipped statements and error during SQL import.

Issues Addressed

• #536 Fixed minor problems in SQL Console window.
• #537 Fixed problem with page settings not being restored correctly.
• #538 Fixed minor problems in SQL import\reverse engineering.
• #539 Fixed bug converting from previous versions of schema.
• #540 Fixed several problems in Firebird 1 & 2 profiles (BLOB type, index creation).
• #541 Fixed several minor printing problems.
• #543 Fixed problem with domains not being imported during reverse engineering.

Both products are immediately available for download.

 February 21, 2007

We are happy to announce the release of Remote Assistant 2.0 RC2.

Improvements in this release

• #524 Chat's content is retained during whole session even if chat window is closed.
• #525 Added complete localization of RemoteHost. All messages and captions can be specified in RemoteHost.cfg file.
• #526 Added Mesage Beep alert when opening Chat session.
• #527 Added support for dual monitor mode. In RemoteAdmin user can select which monitor to control on client side.
• #529 Added forward compatibility features to RemoteHost.\

Issues addressed by this release

• #523 Fixed bug in Remote Admin. File Explorer showed incorrect name or remote computer.
• #528 Fixed problems with Tab and some other keys not working properly.

This product is immediately available for download.

 February 20, 2007

We are happy to announce that the support for ElevateDB database by Elevate Software is now available both in Context Database Designer & Database Extensions (v.2.13).

Context Database Designer Adapter library can be download at:
http://www.contextsoft.com/products/dbdesign/downloads.jsp
(Look for "Elevate DB Database Adapter" item).

Context Database Extensions components (provided in full source code) can be downloaded at:
http://www.contextsoft.com/products/ctxdbext/downloads.jsp
(Look for "Elevate DB Database Extensions" item).

 February 14, 2007

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.13.
This version introduces several improvements and bug fixes:
Improvements

• #500 Added support for Firebird 2 database.
• #501 Added support for Absolute Database by ComponentAce (http://www.componentace.com).
• #502 Improved Schema Comparison Tool (see Comparing Schemes & Versions). Added command allowing to copy\update object definition into the current schema.
• #503 Add log to reverse engineering of SQL scripts (see Reverse Engineering Database).
• #504 SQL Console is no longer modal, allowing several consoles to be opened at the same time.
• #505 SQL Console now allows script (batch) execution even if the database does not directly support it.
• #506 Added query execution time to SQL Console.
• #507 Added automated problem resolution for 'invalid or empty index name' problem (see Messages Window).

Issues Addressed

• #508 Fixed problem in View & Stored Procedures Properties dialogs: unable to close the dialog when definition is wrong or is not terminated by the default term.
• #509 Fixed several minor issues in diagram printing.
• #510 Fixed bug: 'size' property is not enabled if field's type is in lowercase (field type was being treated as case sensitive).
• #511 Fixed several minor issues in Database Connection Properties dialog.
• #512 Fixed several problems in MS Access database profile (msaccess.dbp file).
• #513 Fixed several problems in Firebird database profile (firebird.dbp file).
• #514 Fixed several problems in Nexus2 database adapter.
• #515 Fixed bug: incorrect drawing of 0..1:1 relationship endpoints.
• #516 Fixed bug: export schema dialog doesn't confirm file overwriting.
• #517 Fixed minor problems in SQL parser.
• #518 Fixed problem affecting all database profiles: added views and stored procedures were not always correctly generated into SQL script.
• #519 Fixed bug in ADO adapter: when reverse engineering views delimited names were not escaped with square brackets.
• #520 Fixed bug in Connection Properties dialog. Connection parameters were not reset correctly when the adapter type is changed.
• #521 Fixed bug: invalid unit name generated for Delphi Declarations when schema name contains spaces and other invalid characters.
• #522 Fixed problem with index being recreated when only field name is changed, but not actually pointing to a different field. It is assumed that renaming field should also rename it (cascade) in indexes.

Both products are immediately available for download.

 December 21, 2006

We are happy to announce long awaited new major release of Remote Assistant 2.0. (download)
Remote Assistant 2.0 is a new version of our Remote Assistant software, which we began developing in 2003. This release is a complete rewrite of Remote Assistant. It eliminates practically all glitches and bugs of the previous version and contains major improvements in many areas, such as protocol, compression, encryption, user interface, session history, speed and reliability.
This version can be preordered now, while we still have 30% OFF Christmas sale.
All customers who have purchased Remote Assistant v.1 since September 21 are upgraded automatically to version 2.0.

 December 18, 2006

We wish you all merry Christmas and happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
For a short time only get 30% OFF on all our products
Follow this link and see for yourself:
http://www.contextsoft.com/christmas.jsp
Hurry up, sale ends January 1st!
Also, all Context Software customers can now get 10% to 20% OFF on the products of our partners:

• Knowledge Base software from OzmoSys Australia;
• FIBPlus components (connect to IB\FB\Yaffil) from DevRace;
• DBi-Desktop database manager from Sendero Software.

To receive these great offers, please, contact our sale department.

 December 18, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.12.
This version introduces several improvements and bug fixes:

• Fixed bug in reverse engineering of MS Access database. Memo fields were converted to VARCHAR instead of LONGTEXT;
• Fixed bug with in MS Access database profile: GO was not generated after ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY statement;
• Fixed bug: size property should be visible only for field types that support it (database engine specific);
• Added warning when string field has zero size when testing database schema consistency;
• Added generation of default values for fields in MS Access SQL generation;
• Added support for autoincrement field type in MS Access SQL generation;
• Added FBPlus adapter for Firebird, Interbase and Yaffil, based on FIB Plus components by DevRace;
• Added diagram page arranging by dragging and dropping page tabs;
• Added reverse engineering from Information Schema for Mimer 9 database engine.

Both products are immediately available for download.

 December 15, 2006

As Christmas approaching rapidly, we are thinking of ways to reward our loyal and new customers with generous offers. Today we bring you fantastic buy one get one FREE sale, featuring Context Database Extensions as well as other our products.
Purchase ONE copy of Context Database Extensions and receive any of the following products free of charge: Context Scripting valued at $29! OR Remote Assistant valued at $59! OR DBISAM ADO.Net Provider valued at $99! Hurry up, this OFFER ENDS Monday December 18th.

 October 9, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.11.
We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds many great features.
Improvements

• Added diagram export to BMP, PNG and HTML formats (see File | Export as Picture or Web page... command). HTML export generates image map for all tables and links.
• Added access to schema properties from Schema Import dialog.
• Added case sensitivity handling in schema consistency test.
• Added comprehensive support for Firebird 1.5 database. This includes: FB\IB Database Adapter, SQL generation, SQL import and Reverse Engineering.
• Added incremental import of SQL script into current database schema.
• Added option to automatically resolve some of consistency issues (see "Resolve this problem" context menu item in messages window).
• Added schema level option to enclose identifiers in double quotes or square brackets when generating SQL (i.e. enforce delimited identifiers).
• Added shortcuts for Create Version Checkpoint, SQL Console and Create or Update Database Structure.
• Added support for custom schema objects, which could be use to contain objects, like IB\FB Exceptions, file groups, etc.
• Improved Domain Properties dialog. The program now only require confirmation if any of the assigned domains have changed.

Issues Addressed

• Fixed Access Violation on testing database schema, when database profile is not assigned.
• Fixed bug in Relationship Properties dialog. When automatically creating fields the property SQLFieldType was not assigned.
• Fixed bug in search/replace dialog. When searching for views it was also returning stored procedures.
• Fixed bug in trigger definition parsing. Parser hanged indefinitely if it is unable to locate token 'ON'.
• Fixed bug with not saving Size property of a field definition object if it is equal to 0.
• Fixed problem with assigning duplicate names to unnamed indexes and constraints when importing from SQL script.
• Fixed problem with keeping file lock on previously edited schema (problem occurred after creating new schema).
• Fixed problem with parsing/skipping single word statements, like COMMIT.
• Fixed problem with printing multiple copies when collation is supported by printer driver.
• Fixed problems with help not being linked to some of the dialogs.
• Fixed problem with unnamed constraints not being assigned default names when importing from SQL script.

Both products are immediately available for download.

 October 6, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of the DBISAM ADO.Net Data Provider for .Net 2.0 and 1.1. (ver. 2.2.0).
Issues addressed in this release:

• #454. Setup of source code version was not registering adapter for use with VS 2005.
• #455. Memory was not being released on server when executing large SQL scripts (not closing prepared queries).
• #456. All improvements and bug fixes from 2.2 are retrofited into 1.8.0 version.
• #457. Unable to connect to server from real Win.CE device, which does not have DNS configured. (1.8.0 CF edition).

DBISAM ADO.Net Provider for .Net 1.1 has also been upgraded to version 1.8.0, adding support for Borland Delphi 2006. Both products are immediately available for download.

 August 24, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.10. Both products are immediately available for download. We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds features, including:

• Added Incremental Version Control option to Reverse Engineer dialog. This allows automatic creation of initial schema checkpoint for future synchronization of database schema;
• Added option to sort tables, views, procedures and other top level schema objects alphabetically. See Schema Tree View Window topic.
• Added ability to instantly compare schema with a physical database in Compare Schema dialog. Before now, a database must have been reverse engineered into a separate schema prior to comparison.
• Improved reverse engineering for Nexus 1. CtxNX1 adapter has been updated.
• Fixed Access Violation in Schema Comparison dialog;
• Fixed bug in SQL generation for Nexus 1.
• Fixed bug in Page Properties dialog. Custom page format settings were wrongfully reset every time when the dialog is invoked.

 August 17, 2006

Welcome to our brand new support forum! From now on, it is open for everyone: customers, trial users, friends. We will do our best to answer all your questions, comments and suggestions. We hope you enjoy our diverse friendly community.
Here's the direct link:
http://www.contextsoft.com/forum.htm

 August 15, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.09. Both products are immediately available for download. We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds features, including:

• Fixed Access Violation when pasting deleted or renamed table onto a diagram;
• Added Add Related Tables operation (see diagram right-mouse menu). This allows quickly adding all tables related to the selected table to the diagram;
• Added Copy Table Definition operation (see Schema main menu, diagram right-mouse menu and Edit Table Definition dialog). This allow copying fields & indexes from other tables;
• Fixed SQL generation & import for MS SQL Server 2000/2005 computed fields;
• Fixed bug in SQL generation of primary keys for MS SQL Server 2000/2005.

 July 24, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.08. Both products are immediately available for download. We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds features, including:

• Added support for MS Access, including reverse engineering via ADO;
• Improved handling of data times in MS SQL;
• Fixed error in Connection dialog when no adapters installed;
• Fixed A/V when deleting diagram pages;
• Added help to Text Box Properties dialog;
• Fixed problem with disabling "Revert to Saved" command for new schemes.

 July 22, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of the DBISAM ADO.Net Data Provider for .Net 2.0 (ver. 2.1.0). This version adds extensive support for MS VS.Net 2005 integration and contains some major improvements to design-time functionality. DBISAM ADO.Net Provider for .Net 1.1 has also been upgraded to version 1.7.0, adding support for Borland Delphi 2006. This release is recommended to all users of ADO.Net Provider.

 June 26, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.07.
Both products are immediately available for download.
We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds features, including:

• Fixed Stream Read Error occurred when reverse engineering databases on dual processor systems;
• Fixed bug in reverse engineering in MS SQL 2000;
• Fixed bug in reverse engineering in MS SQL 2005;
• Improved data type conversion between different engines;
• Added relationship wizard to Toolbar and Tools menu;
• SQL Console and Update Database Structure commands added to Toolbar.

 June 21, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.06.
Both products are immediately available for download.
We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds many great features, including:

• Added extensive Search & Replace functionality;
• Added extensive support for MySQL 4 database;
• Fixed bug exporting schema to PAS format;
• Added support for custom, database specific data types;
• Added automatic data type convertion when changing TargetDB - now supports extensible data type model;
• Added key properties highlighting in object inspector.

 May 31, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.05.
Both products are immediately available for download.
We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds many great features, including:

• Improved reverse engineering for MS SQL 2000/2005;
• Added select statements support to SQL Console;
• Added command history to SQL Console;
• Added Relations Builder to import operations. This allows automatically detect and create relationships for the databases that do not support referential integrity;
• Added Auto Layout Diagram feature. This allows automatically lay out database tables and relationships on diagram page.
• Fixed A/V in schema consistency test, when validating a partially qualified relationship.

 May 9, 2006

We are happy to announce the new release of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.04.
Both products are immediately available for download.
We strongly advise all users to upgrade to this release as it addresses some problems and adds many great features, including:

• Improved handling of triggers, views and stored procedures;
• Imrpoved reverse engineering for Nexus 2;
• Imrpoved reverse engineering for DBISAM 4;
• Added code completion to all SQL editors;
• Added search to Script Editor;
• Added Create New Schema Wizard;
• Added Auto Save functionality;
• Improved Options dialog, added more options and default settings;
• Improved connectivity with schema component in IDE;
• Fixed minor bugs;
• Updated help file to reflect all latest changes;

 April 12, 2006

45 years ago, today, the first man flew into space! We are celebrating this greatest achievement of humankind by releasing the first final version of Context Database Designer & Database Extensions v.2.03. :)
These products are immediately available for download.
Main improvements introduced by 2.03 release include:

• Improved support for MS SQL 2000/2005/Express;
• Added support for Nexus 2 including run-time adapter for Database designer;
• Added support for Oracle 8 SQL;
• Added several new diagramming styles, including IDEF1X and UML.
• Improved export, SQL generation and SQL import
• Fixed lots of minor issues

and more - refer to corresponding release notes for more details.

 January 11, 2006

We're happy to announce, that the new version of the DBISAM ADO.Net Data Provider (ver. 2.0.0) has been released and is immediately available for download.
DBISAM ADO.Net Provider v.2 is a separate product, designed with and for Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 and ADO.Net 2.0. This product WILL NOT work under .Net 1.1 and require Visual Studio 2005 (full or express edition). The previous version (1.6.0) will still be available for download by the owners of DBISAM ADO.Net Provider v.2 for use with Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1, Borland's IDEs and Compact Framework.

 December 22, 2005

It's this time of year when we celebrate another 12 months of hard work, our great loyal customers and everyone, who takes interest in our products and helps making them better.

We know, many of you have been evaluating our new products and as a token of appreciation, we bring you our biggest 2005 Christmas sale! For a short time only, December 22 through December 25, get over 20% off! on all our products and the products of our partners! Enjoy!

 December 21, 2005

As Christmas time rapidly approaching, we feel the urge to provide our customers with more ways to spend save money ;). To achive that, we partner together with OzmoSys Australia, the producers of great Knowledge Base software, to give our customers 20% off each other products. In order to receive this offer, please login into your account and navigate to Promotions section, or follow this direct link.

 December 20, 2005

We're happy to announce the second fully functional beta version of Context Database Designer 2.02 and Context Database Extensions Suite 2.02. Both products contain important bug fixes and great enhancements and are recommended for all users of version 2.01. They are - both trial and regustered versions - available for immediate download.
Context Database Designer 2.02
Context Database Extenions 2.02

 October 31, 2005

First fully functional beta version of Context Database Designer v.2 has been realeased and is available for download. See great screenshots here.
Context Database Designer is a great tool for designing and managing database schemas. It provides the full cycle of database schema design and maintenance, including: creating of tables, relations views and stored procedures; drawing of sophisticated and professional looking diagrams; maintaining the history of changes made to the database schema; allows to compare any two versions of any two schemas, view the difference and instantly build upgrade SQL script for any given database engine.

 October 31, 2005

First fully functional beta version of Context Database Extension v.2 has been realeased and is available for download. With addition of Context Database Designer, this release takes Database Extensions Suite to the next level of sophistication!

 October 24, 2005

We've updated the look of our web site and are looking forward towards several major releases. The long awaited Context Database Extensions v.2 as well as Context Database Designer v.2 - both in stable beta status - will come out by the end of this month. Also, soon to be expected Remote Assistant v.2 and Context Scripting v.1.5.

 August 31, 2005

New update for Context Database Extension v.1.70 has been realeased and is available for download. This update fixes some minor bugs in components and restores compatibility with the DBISAM 4.21. The update is free for all registered customers.

 April 20, 2005

New update for the DBISAM ADO.Net Data Provider (ver. 1.6.0) has been released and is immediately available for download (free for all registered users). This version adds support for Compact Framework, SQL script execution and extended field's meta-info.

 March 28, 2005

Context Software website has been moved to a new hosting. We're testing the web site now, so please, be patient if you experience any interruption of service. If something is not working, please come again later.

 March 21, 2005

New update for the DBISAM ADO.Net Data Provider (ver. 1.5.0) has been released and is immediately available for download (free for all registered users).

 March 21, 2005

New update for Context Database Extension v.1.60 has been realeased and is available for download.
This update fixes some minor bugs in diagram editor and DBEnumeration component, restores compatibility with the latest release of DBISAM (4.18) and adds Delphi 2005 support. The update is free for all registered customers.

 March 15, 2005

We're happy to announce a new release of Remote Asistant(v.1.2). It is immediately available for download.
This release adds new features to Remote Host application, allowing you to tune its look&feel, provide custom/localized messages, specify your application icon and company logo and provide Port aliases. This version is free for all registered customers. See readme.txt file included with Remote Assistant software for more details on how to customize look&fell of RemoteHost and how to invoke it from your application.

 March 9, 2005

We're happy to announce a new release of Context Scripting Suite (v.1.20). It is immediately available for download.
This release adds an array of new features to Context Scripting Suite:

• Full support for ole automation calls from script (see OleAuto demo).

• Array properties and default array properties, including TStrings and TCollections.

• Extended set of introspectors, including TDataSet introspector and TCtxUnitIntrospectors for easy TDataSet automation (see DataSetAuto demo).

• TCtxUnit component created to simplify development of array of user defained scripts (see MemoAuto demo).

• DemoIDE now fully supports watches, breakpoints, call stack, and other debugging features.

• Added support for 'const' parameters.

• Extended set of explanatory demos and documentation.

 February 14, 2005

We're happy to announce the release of a new product - Context Scripting Suite. It is designed to allow easy scripting integration into applications. It ships with default Pascal-like language and is being extended with more compilers. Build around class introspectors, Context Scripting supports custom name spaces and extensible object models and can be twisted and integrated into pretty much any environment. It also allows script debugging and tracing including evaluations of "watch" expressions and more. A trial version is available for imediate download.

 November 22, 2004

We're proud to announce a long awaited release of Context Database Extensions Suite (v.1.50) - a replacement product for DBISAM Extensions Suite. Database Extensions are no longer bound to DBISAM database and now begin supporting NexusDB database engine. Support for more database is planned for the nearest future. With version 1.50 more components and features are added to the suite. Context Database Extensions is available for immediate download. Owners of DBISAM Extensions Suite has been automatically upgraded to this product free of charge.

 October 20, 2004

Our web site has been thoroughly redesigned and My Account section has been added, where registered customers can gain access to the most recent downloads, ordering history, product updates and promotional offers.

 September 29, 2004

Retail Decision, Inc. has become Context Software! The web site has been redesigned accordingly and we're getting ready to announce new products.

 July 30, 2004

New version (#1.32) of DBISAM Database Extensions is now available for download. This update fixes compatility issue with DBISAM 4.09 and is recommended for all users.

 June 28, 2004

New version (#1.31) of DBISAM Database Extensions is now available for download. This update contains several bug fixes in Schema Editor and is recommended for all users.

 June 14, 2004

We're happy to announce the new update for Fur Shop Pro (build # 4.3.1). This update contains several major bug fixes and is recommended for all users of 4.x version. It is immediately available for download. This update is free for all registered customers of Fur Shop Pro v.4.x.

 June 11, 2004

DBISAM Extensions package v.1.30 is release and available for download. This update fixes compatility issue with DBISAM 4.08, related to change in TDBISAMDatabase class interface (StartTransacion method). This update is free for all registered customers of v.1.x.

 May 26, 2004

We're proud to announce the new release of DBISAM ADO.Net Provider 1.3.0. This update contains several major improvements and bug fixes. It is now available for download. This update is free for all registered customers of v.1.x.

 April 26, 2004

We're proud to announce the new release of DBISAM ADO.Net Provider 1.2.0. This update contains several major improvements, like connection pooling in ASP.Net, protocol compression, extended support for Blob, Memo and BCD types and more. It is now available for download. This update is free for all registered customers of v.1.x.

 April 20, 2004

We're happy to announce the new release of Fur Shop Pro version 4.2.10. This update fixes some bugs in Point of Sale module and contains improvements to WAN performance. It is immediately available for download for all licensed customers of v.4.x.

 March 26, 2004

We're happy to announce the new release of DBISAM ADO.Net Provider 1.1.0. This update contains many major improvements, like support for DBISAM v4, including protocol encription, extended set of demos, including ones for Delphi 8 and VCL Forms and lots of new design-time features. It is now available for download. This update is free for all registered customers of v.1.x.

 March 17, 2004

We're happy to announce the new release of DBISAM Extensions Suite 1.22. This update contains some bug fixes and improvements to Schema Editor as well as new components and demos. The new version is available for download. This update is free for all registered customers of v.1.x.

 March 8, 2004

We're proud to announce the release of our new fully managed ADO.Net Provider for DBISAM Database Engine by Elevate Software. It is now available for download (trial version, full version and sources) at the download section.

 February 24, 2004

We've begun beta-testing of our new fully managed .Net Provider for DBISAM Database Engine by Elevate Software. It is completely programmed in C# for .Net and does not require any unmanagable dlls. ADO.Net Provider uses TCP/IP protocol to comminicate with DBISAM Server. Click here for more information.

 February 23, 2004

We're happy to announce the new release of DBISAM Extensions Suite 1.21. This update contains some bug fixes and improvements to Schema Editor as well as new components and demos. The new version is available for download. This update is free for all registered customers of v.1.x.

 January 25, 2004

We're happy to announce the release of new update of DBISAM Extensions Suite v 1.20. This update contains some bug fixes and improvements to Schema Editor and fully supports DBISAM v3.x & v.4.x. The new version is available for download. This update is free for customers, who has registered version 1.x.

 December 13, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.1 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.1.15. This update fixes a minor problem introduced in v.4.1.14. We advise all customers, using version 4.1.14 upgrade to 4.1.15. This update are now available for download. It is a free update and is recommended to all customers, who has version 4.0.

 December 11, 2003

We're happy to announce the release of new version if DBISAM Extensions Suite v 1.19. It supports DBISAM v3.x & v.4.x. The new version is available for download. This update is free for customers, who has registered version 1.x.

 December 10, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.1 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.1.14 These updates are now available for downloads. This update is free and recommended to every customer, who has version 4.0.

 August 25, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.1 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.1.4 These updates are now available for downloads. This update is free and recommended to every customer, who has version 4.0. Note: you will need to request a new license for version 4.1. It is free of charge for everybody who have 4.x license.

 July 14, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.0 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.0.58. These updates are now available for downloads.

 April 29, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.0 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.0.54. These updates are now available for downloads.

 April 7, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.0 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.0.51. These updates are now available for downloads.

 April 2, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.0 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.0.46. These updates are now available for downloads.

 March 7, 2003

Fur Shop Pro 4.0 Express edition has been released. Free trial version is now available for downloads.

 March 5, 2003

Fur Shop Pro 4.0 has been released. Free trial version is available in the downloads section.

 February 24, 2003

The new update for Fur Shop Pro 4.1 and Fur Shop Pro Express has been released. The new version number is 4.2.3. This update fixes some minor problems as well as introduces several improvements to filtering functionality and Point of Sale. We advise all customers, using version 4.1.15 or earlier to upgrade to 4.2.3. This update are now available for download. It is a free update and is recommended to all customers, who has version 4.0.

 October 31, 2002

Fur Shop Pro Version 3.4.4 has been released. It could be found in the downloads section.