OmniPilot Releases Lasso Professional Server 8.5

CGIDir
Wednesday, June 14, 2006; 03:15 AM

OmniPilot Software announced the release of Lasso Professional Server 8.5 (LP 8.5) - the latest version of the company's Web scripting programming language. LP 8.5 is a more powerful and advanced programming language packed with innovative features and enhanced functionality.

"Some of the more exciting features that we have added are Lasso (Asynchrounous JavaScript and XML) AJAX tags or LJAX as we like to call them, they enable interactive page updates," said Brett Circe, president of OmniPilot Software. "For the first time, Lasso will natively support five databases including Oracle, MySQL, Filemaker, PostgreSQL, Openbase, SQLite, ODBC, and Microsoft SQL Server."

New features of LP 8.5:

• Universal Binary for Intel Mac: Native support for the best speed and compatibility.
  
• LJAX: Supports Web 2.0 techniques for modern dynamic web design. Includes Lasso AJAX tags and JavsScript functions working together to enable interactive page updates.
  
• Support for many Native Data Sources including: Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, SQLite, ODBC, Filemaker and OpenBase.
  
• Built in LDAP Integration: Integrate Lasso with office data and login systems.
  
• Specify data sources within inlines. Prepared statements allow faster DB operations. Create multiple result sets from a single inline.
  
• Shell Support: Allows access to native processes within the OS.
  
• Enhanced Site Admin: View, prioritize and abort threads from the Admin.
  
• Email Enhancements: Direct sending to remote SMTP servers, SSL support, improved encoding speed, better support for attachments.