Revolution 2.5 Released

Revolution Studio and Enterprise 2.5 Released

Major upgrade to the multi-platform professional developer tool

Apple Expo, Paris – Tuesday 31st August 2004 – Runtime Revolution announced a major update to its professional developer tools packages, Revolution Studio and Revolution Enterprise. Version 2.5 brings new data security features, support for XML-RPC, Linux native theme (GTK) support, an improved user interface, overhauled documentation, and over 700 other enhancements.

“This must have upgrade is a big step forward for our award winning Revolution product. It is our fourth major upgrade since Revolution was released in 2001, and brings many new features, together with hundreds of refinements and an overall stability improvement” said Kevin Miller, CEO of Runtime Revolution.

Key new features in Revolution 2.5 include:

Full support for SSL for secure data transmission over networks and the Internet
Linux native theme support (GTK) for a more professional appearance on Linux
Industrial strength encryption support for data security
Improved Unicode support
New XML-RPC library
Overhauled development user interface
New learning centre with Video, PDF and Sample Projects library
Better reference documentation
New Externals SDK for running code written in other languages
Over 700 other enhancements and stability improvements

Revolution’s point and click user interface builder, together with its very high level programming language, can reduce development time and costs by up to 90%, when compared with traditional languages. Revolution 2.5 reduces the barrier to adopting a developer tool by reducing training time with its extensive range of built-in, online and community based learning options. The range of support packages provides developers with direct access to the Revolution development team.

Information on pricing, versions, and local distributors, as well as a free 30-day trial edition of Revolution for all supported platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Classic Mac OS, Linux and Unix, is available at the companies web site: http://www.runrev.com/