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Mertech Campfire - Designing and developing cross-browser Web applications

Mertech’s next informal, live and interactive Campfire session, will cover the topic of cross-browser web application development and is scheduled for May 23rd at 17:00 GMT (12:00 EST). Developing web applications for use across different...

Visual Report Writer 3.0 Alpha 1 available

Visual Report Writer Alpha 3.0 is now available for you to download and try. There’s no need to register, as Alpha I will work until June 1st, 2013. For further testing of pre-releases of version 3.0, you will need to download the next pre-release. Visual...

Get ready for Visual DataFlex 2012/17.1

The final touches are being made to VDF 2012/17.1, which is currently in Beta testing phase in May 2013, but in the meantime you can still download the Beta release and find out about the new features. Take advantage of the FREE learning resources...

Do you make informed business decisions... Or just go with your gut?

There’s nothing wrong with going with your gut - we all do it from time to time. But wouldn’t you rather be consistently making your business decisions on an informed basis and give your gut a well earned rest? You can have the answers...

Pervasive PSQL v11 SP3 available

January 2013 Pervasive released PSQL v11 SP3, here are the release highlights: Windows 8 Support Certified for Windows Server 2012 New Licence Admin Feature - Repair (fixes Failed Validation) New SDK - Java Persistence API (JPA)....

Mertech's next Campfire - JavaScript Frameworks

Mertech’s next informal, live and interactive Campfire session, will cover the topic of JavaScript frameworks and is scheduled for March 21st at 17:00 GMT (12:00 EST). There are many different JavaScript frameworks on the market, however, they...

Merry Christmas 2012 - Try our free app with VDF

This year has seen Unicorn becoming more established in the app development market, with a strong emphasis on iOS apps for iPhones and iPads. The Scanduc 2012 conference has been a great way to end the year, impressing us all with innovative and...

Scanduc 2012 - Don't miss Mike's iPhone app presentation

Scanduc 2012 is nearly here, and we’re pleased to report that Mike Peat’s presentation about developing native iPhone apps with VDF web services is included in the Schedule of Presentations. Mike’s been developing apps for a while...

Pervasive support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

With Windows Server 2012 being released in September and Windows 8 released at the end of October, Pervasive has announced they will be providing Pervasive PSQL v11 SP3 to support this latest operating system. When will PSQL v11 SP3 be available?...

Mertech Flex2SQL v12 is released

Mertech announced the release of Flex2SQL v12 in October 2012. Mertech’s Flex2SQL v12 has many new features and improvements, including a new simpler installer with no dependency on VDF already being installed and unified product version numbering...

Try xTables Quest our new Times Tables app for iOS devices

We’ve recently developed an app for kids to practise their times tables on iOS (ipad, iphone and ipod) devices. It’s certainly been fun and we’ve enjoyed doing it, so we’d like to share what we’ve done with you. Why a...