Das vollständige Interview.

Inhalte:
Auf dem Portal sind neben Erläuterungen zu ALM und den damit verbundenen  Vorteilen sämtliche Angebote rund um VSTS zusammengefasst:

• Veranstaltungen
• Referenzberichte
• Whitepaper

Ebenso wird ein kurzer ALM-Test angeboten, mit dem der Kunde prüfen kann wie fit seine Anwendungsentwicklung ist. Wer den ALM-Test absolviert hat zusätzlich die Möglichkeit, sich für einen kostenloses 1-tägiges ALM-Assessment zu bewerben, bei dem er mit den ALM/VSTS-Spezialisten von ausgewählten Microsoft Partnern seine Anwendungsentwicklung unter die Lupe nehmen kann.

Viele der neuen Funktionen stehen auch für die kostenfreie Alternative 'Visual Studio 2008 Express' bereit.

Alle Downloads übersichtlich zusammengefasst finden Sie im MSDN Download-Center. Mehr über die neuen Service Packs erfahren Sie  hier.

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Eine Version (mit mehr Inhalten) findet man auf dem ALM-Portal:

http://www.microsoft.com/germany/alm/casestudies.aspx

Damit können frühzeitig zentrale Fragen und offene Punkte geklärt werden, was die Fehlerursachen und Nacharbeiten erheblich reduziert. Das Tool integriert sich nahtlos mit Telelogic DOORS ® zur Rückverfolgung der Anforderungen und Storyboards. Das Tool erzielt bedeutende Einsparungen durch die Generierung von Bildschirm-Flow-Diagramme, HTML Storyboards, anwenderfreundliche UI-Spezifikationen und Test-Scripte.

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Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2008 Volume 2 contains these brand new controls:

• Resco ImageBox for .NET CF ? control for displaying and manipulating images (supports png, tiff, jpg)
• Resco ImageButton for .NET CF - modifiable, adjustable and skinable button
• Resco Audio for .NET CF - library for playing and recording audio (supports wav, ogg, raf, spx)

Developers can display images using Resco ImageBox for .NET CF and manipulate them by resizing, zooming, rotating, adjusting brightness, gamma correction, contrast and more.

ImageButton for .NET CF not only allows visualizing the focus of the button, but also gives it a professional look such as that of Windows Vista.

Resco Audio for .NET CF allows developers to play or record audio files and it is even able to convert from one audio format to another.

"Built-in multimedia hardware like microphone, speakers and camera bring new potential to mobile devices", said Vladimr Gregor, Sales and Marketing Manager of Resco Enterprise Solutions. "Thanks to Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2008 Volume 2, the developers can now easily display and manipulate images and play or record sounds with just a few lines of code."

One of the most powerful new features of Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2008 Volume 2 is the Touch Scroll support. The users no longer need to use the stylus to scroll the contents of the control, but they can use their thumb instead. Moreover, the only thing the developers need to do to take advantage of Touch Scroll, is turn on one property in Microsoft Visual Studio designer.

"Windows Mobile-based devices are becoming a commonplace in the current world," said Jim Roxe, Group Product Manager for Visual Studio at Microsoft Corp. "With new controls from Resco, the development of mobile applications is becoming easier, which improves their usage in various consumer and business activities."

Availability and Pricing
Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2008 Volume 2 is now available. The Standard Edition is priced at $499.95, the Professional Edition at $999.95, and the Enterprise Edition at $1,999.95. Resco offers this product with 1 year of free support and upgrades.

For more information about Resco MobileForms Toolkit, visit http://www.resco.net/developer/mobileformstoolkit/default.aspx.

About Resco
Resco is a developer of wide range of mobile software products for the Windows Mobile platform. Besides end-user mobile applications, Resco offers also powerful developer controls and tools as well as business mobile solutions.
For more information, visit http://www.resco.net/developer/default.aspx.

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"Controlling an application with a thumb has already become a common feature for most touch screen mobile devices", says Vladimr Gregor, sales and marketing manager of Resco. "Now we provide software companies with a platform to further develop this functionality in their custom applications."

Currently the developers can test this functionality in the most popular MobileForms Toolkit controls:

• AdvancedList for .NET ? vertical scrolling
• AdvancedTree for .NET ? vertical scrolling
• SmartGrid for .NET ? vertical and horizontal scrolling

The full support of Touch Scroll functionality will be available in Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2008 Volume 2 which will be released on June 10^th, 2008.

"Since Windows Mobile does not have a native support of touch scrolling in its API, we had to cope with several problems, when implementing our own", says Peter Sartoris, senior developer at Resco. "Now, the only thing the developers need to do to take advantage of Touch Scroll, is turn on one property in Visual Studio designer."

Because of the variety of Windows Mobile device displays and to ensure user comfort while touch scrolling, the scrolling sensitivity is adjustable.

Availability

Existing customers with valid subscription can already take advantage of the Touch Scroll feature simply by downloading the latest version from the customer web portal.

Anyone can download and try the demo application for Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices. It shows a filtered list of customers which can be comfortably scrolled with your thumb.

About Resco MobileForms Toolkit

The Resco MobileForms Toolkit is a suite of Visual Studio controls designed specifically for mobile devices.

The suite contains:

• Resco AdvancedList for .NET - professional list control suitable for small displays of mobile devices
• Resco AdvancedTree for .NET - featured tree control excellent for displaying tree-organized data
• Resco DetailView for .NET - elegant and quick way of creating user input forms
• Resco SmartGrid for .NET - powerful grid control with built-in auto edit capabilities
• Resco OutlookShortcutBar for .NET - popular shortcut control, common to all modern applications
• Resco OutlookWeekCalendar for .NET - Day/Week appointment scheduling control
• Resco OutlookMonthCalendar for .NET - Month/Year scheduling control
• Resco OutlookDateTimePicker for .NET - modern version of common control providing advanced styles
• Resco InkBox for .NET - ink control suitable for quick notes or signatures
• Resco CompactChart for .NET - charting control supporting 5 chart types
• Resco Zip for .NET - industry standard compression library

Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2008 Volume 2 will contain these brand new controls:

• Resco Audio for .NET - powerful library for playing and recording audio
• Resco Imaging for .NET - image processing control supporting numerous image formats
• Resco ImageButton for .NET - adjustable button with graphical capabilities

For more information about Resco MobileForms Toolkit, visit http://www.resco.net/developer/mobileformstoolkit/overview.aspxhttp://www.resco.net/developer/mobileformstoolkit/.

About Resco

Resco is a developer of wide range of mobile software products for Windows Mobile. Besides the best selling end-user mobile applications, Resco offers also powerful developer controls and tools as well as business mobile solutions.
For more information, visit http://resco.aservo.com.

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* The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.