Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:56:18 +0100
From: Omnis Software 
Organization: Omnis Software Limited
Subject: Omnis Studio 2.4 makes learning 4GL and OO easier

Company Press Release

           Omnis Studio 2.4 makes learning 4GL and OO easier

  A unique new Application Builder can build complete programs in just
  minutes and includes tools for making the learning of 4GL and OO much
                                 easier.

Omnis Software has announced the release of Omnis Studio 2.4, the latest
version of their powerful and popular 4GL rapid application development
program. This most recent release incorporates a number of new features
specifically designed to aid the learning of 4GLs and object oriented
programming.

Omnis Studio includes an Application Builder which can build complete
libraries from pre-installed and modifiable data sets in just a few
minutes. These applications can either take advantage of the internal
database or connect to external databases such as Oracle, DB2 or MySQL.
In addition, the Application Builder allows you to take advantage of the
unique Web Client™ technology and incorporate web functionality into the
program in moments. Once completed, the application has two real
benefits for students. Firstly, it generates an html report detailing
the various classes and methods used in building the application.
Secondly, the resultant library is open source, so all of the components
can be opened, studied and modified to find out how they are
constructed.

For experienced developers, the Application Builder can serve as a short
cut to putting together the basics of a much more sophisticated business
solution. Again, because it is open source, the developer can open the
library and modify it to exactly reflect their needs.

Gwyneth Gibbs, UK based President stated, ``This enhancement of Omnis
Studio makes it easier for new customers to evaluate and use the
product. The Application Builder offers an intuitive learning
environment which, coupled with tutorials and demonstration files
available on our web site, provides a greatly improved initial
experience and introduction to Omnis Studio. This improved initial
interface, coupled with Partner Programmes and training, will facilitate
our push into both the Linux enterprise development community and the
more established business development community just as these markets
are beginning to take off.''

About Omnis Studio
Omnis Technology's flagship product, Omnis Studio is a high-performance
visual RAD tool that provides a component-based environment for building
GUI interfaces within e-commerce, database and client/server
applications. When used with the company's WebClient plug-in technology,
Omnis Studio allows the development of client/server relationships over
the Internet using popular web-browsers, giving fast, secure, scalable
solutions in a minimum of development time. Development and deployment
of Omnis Studio applications can occur simultaneously in Linux, Windows,
and Mac OS environments without changing the application code. This
portability is achieved because Omnis utilises a highly optimised
interpreter engine to execute the object-oriented application at
runtime. Omnis Studio applications support native data access to Oracle,
Sybase, DB2/UDB, Informix and ODBC-compliant data sources including
MySQL. The Omnis Web Client allows the developer to create client
interfaces that either utilise forms or a highly secure plug-in. Using
Omnis Studio cuts application development time by as much as 75%
compared to 3GL environments (C++, Java), while allowing the developer
to use objects developed in 3GL environments as components in Omnis
applications.

A demonstration copy can be downloaded from www.omnis.net

Ends

For further information contact:
Mark Aspinall: +44 (0)1728 603011. Email: marketing@omnis.net

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