Thanks to Visual SQL 4.0, Microsoft Visual C++ can now take on the big boys of client/server development. Visual SQL turns Visual C++ into a Delphi rival by giving developers who want compiled code an alternative to Pascal.

Visual SQL 4.0 adds visual designers, wizards and object-oriented data access to Visual C++. Its tools for creating queries include a Query Builder, SQL Wizard and SQL Editor. Visual SQL 4.0 stores queries, statements, pick lists and ODBC data sources in a central Component Repository. The program's AppBrowser provides a graphical view of all database objects and resources included in an application.

The program includes Sybase SQL Anywhere, a 32-bit relational database.

$1,899; introductory price until mid-August, $999
Blue Sky Software
800-459-2356, 619-459-6365

Find and correct errors in applications that use Microsoft's ActiveX technology with BoundsChecker 4.0. BoundsChecker's Smart Debugging feature runs its error detection in the background. The debugging tool integrated into Microsoft's Visual C++ Developer Studio debugger can detect hidden mistakes as you step through code in the VC++ debugger. The program's EventView technology shows a step-by-step, layer-by-layer history of events leading to an error.

BoundsChecker will also evaluate Internet APIs, including the Winsock API, and OLE Interface leaks, as well as invalid parameters and return codes for over 70 OLE interfaces. BoundsChecker also supports Delphi 2.0.

$995; introductory, $499
NuMega Technologies
800-4NUMEGA, 603-889-2386

NET-Install lets you create applications that can be downloaded and installed in a one-step process.

Users with Netscape Navigator can download and install Windows 95, 3.1x and NT applications by clicking on a button on their Web page. NET-Install can detect the type of computer requesting the software and will transfer and install only the files appropriate for (or selected by) the user. The utility can also help you generate an uninstall routine.

$299
20/20 Software
800-735-2020, 503-520-0504

Make the most of Windows 95 and NT's Speech API with TruVoice 5.0 SDK. TruVoice can convert any text into spoken English and employs an intelligent preprocessor to read e-mail messages and fax headers. A set of context-sensitive rules improves poorly written text and makes interactive voice response systems easier to implement.

$295
Centigram Communications Corp.
408-944-0250, fax 408-428-3732

Combine fax, voice and data in your Windows application with FAX C++ 4.1. New features include text and form overlay to create faxes, JPEG, Lab Color Space and support for Brooktrout fax boards, Pure Data and GammaLink boards. Other new features are Caller ID, fax polling, remote fax retrieval (with password protection), and send and receive queues. A built-in fax protocol analyzer speeds debugging. The program is compatible with Microsoft Visual C++ and Visual Basic, Borland C++ and SQL Windows.

16-bit version, $1,000; 32-bit version, $1,500
Black Ice Software
603-673-1019, fax 603-672-4112

Turn your Delphi 2.0 VCLs into 32-bit OLE controls with OCX Expert. You give Expert the name of your project and it examines the VCL for components, which you select to expose in your OCX. You assign an OLE name and description, version number and trademark information, and Expert converts and compiles the VCL into an OLE control. Delphi generates portable OCXes that can be used in any supporting OLE container, such as Borland C++, Borland Delphi 2.0 and Visual Basic 4.0.

$249
Apiary
501-221-3600, fax 501-221-7412

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