Omnis Technology Corporation (NASDAQ SmallCap:OMNS), today confirmed some of the functionality soon available in the forthcoming release of the company's highly successful Rapid Application Development tool, Omnis Studio. Among the highlights is the incorporation of a powerful drag and drop WML (Wireless Markup Language) editor to simplify direct connectivity between server-based data and remotely located WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) phones. WML is a markup language based on the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and was developed for specifying content and user interface for devices such as phones and pagers.
The combination of Omnis Studio's Web Client(TM) technology for Internet-based applications and the new GUI (Graphical User Interface) WAP service generator strengthens Omnis' position as a leader in out-of-the-office solutions. It allows designers to build Omnis applications that can be deployed via the Internet, on mobile phones and on conventional thick client systems.
Already highly popular, WAP phones are driving a market that must supply and modify relevant information quickly and clearly. With the WAP generator and one of the many available WAP phone emulators, a user can quickly build up and test cards and decks and interface them with existing data sources, wherever they are located.
Building on existing Omnis Studio Web Client(TM) technology, the WAP service generator takes an Object Oriented approach to creating WML within a multi-platform editor (it can be used on Windows, Linux or Mac), making it easy to generate the necessary lines of code. With a drag and drop front end, an image editor and WBMP (Wireless Bit Map) support, the tool makes it simple to seamlessly integrate phone access to existing data sources that are already being used via the Internet or by client/server workstations. The WML generator will also offer local database support and SQL access to other data sources.
Peter Kelly, the senior software engineer on the project, said, "I'm delighted with the results of our efforts. The market needs to be able to provide these wireless services quickly and easily. And to be able to integrate them with Omnis Studio is perfect; it gives our developers a real edge when producing systems that require access from a wide variety of devices."
In addition to the WAP generator, Omnis Studio 3.0 will incorporate a number of other significant improvements, many designed to improve the integration of client/server and browser-based data access, as well as to allow as much flexibility as possible in choosing where and how data is stored, viewed and modified anywhere in the world.
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