MIAMI, USA: Data Access Worldwide has announced the global availability of Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1, the company's latest release of its flagship rapid application development framework for building business software solutions for Windows and Web platforms.

Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1 delivers several productivity-enhancing features designed to make developers' work easier than ever. The integration of database management and modeling capabilities and the ability to view database table definitions and modify tables are now included in the Studio. Data Dictionaries, the center of Visual DataFlex applications, can now be visually modeled in the Studio. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Vista x64 platforms are now supported.

"The release of Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1 furthers the software's reputation among software developers as the fast and easy way to build Windows and Web database applications, Rich Internet Applications, Web services and other business solutions," said Chip Casanave, Data Access' president and CEO.

"This (release) enhances the productivity of software development dramatically," said Siegfried Weissleder of the Germany-based software firm Turbo-Soft. "In previous versions, learning about properties, events and inheritance was time consuming. With the new Properties Panel, this information is made readily available and blended in, thanks to the automatic code generation."

With Visual DataFlex Studio and its application framework, class library and rich set of pre-programmed, data-aware controls and components, the design and implementation of Windows and Web applications is a structured, well managed process resulting in fast, easy visual development.

With the Visual DataFlex Web Application Server it is easy to Web-enable existing Windows solutions as well as to create new Web applications. Visual DataFlex Windows and Web applications share a common technical and operating foundation so developers can reuse large portions of Windows applications to create new, browser-based solutions in minimum time. The secure, high-performance Web Application Server seamlessly integrates with the Windows application environment. It's also easy to build Rich Internet Applications (RIA) with the AJAX Library for Visual DataFlex.

Visual DataFlex also makes it easy for developers to deliver great-looking menus, tool bars and skins in Windows applications with the included Codejock Xtreme CommandBars ActiveX controls and Xtreme Skin Framework.