Announce: XML Spy 4.2 Released! Adds Support for developing SOAP applications!

["Larry E. Kim" <la...@altova.com>]

Altova is pleased to announce the final release of the new XML Spy 4.2
Suite! Download a FREE evaluation copy today! www.xmlspy.com/download.
The upgrade from XML Spy 4.x to XML Spy 4.2 is free of charge for the
same license!  The XML Spy 4.2 Suite is a complete out-of-the-box
solution for all phases of Advanced XML Application Development,
supporting the entire corporate XML workflow, beginning with visual
data-modeling, through to XML authoring and editing, storing XML content
to a database, and content delivery through XML transformation!  XML Spy
4.2 Suite consists of three products: XML Spy 4.2 Document Editor, XML
Spy 4.2 XSLT Designer, and XML Spy 4.2 Integrated Development
Environment.

The XML Spy 4.2 Suite adds new advanced functionality, specifically:

- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Support - XML Spy 4.2 Suite can
help test and develop your Web Services! XML Spy Suite can inspect a Web
Service Description Language (WSDL) file and automatically generate a
SOAP client interface to send and receive SOAP messages. For real-world
Web Services examples to try out this new feature, please visit:

http://www.xmlspy.com/soap

- Oracle XML Schema Extensions - The XML Spy 4.2 Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) adds authoring support for Oracle XML Schema
Extensions used in Oracle Project XDB, the native XML support in a
future Oracle 9i database release. For more information on Project XDB,
which was first mentioned at Oracle Open World in San Francisco last
Tuesday, please visit:

http://www.oracle.com/features/oow/index.html?oow01_rozwat.html

- MSXML4 Support - XML Spy 4.2 IDE supports Microsoft's XML parser
version 4.0 (MSXML4) for XSLT Transformations (Alternatively, other XSLT
processors are supported including MSXML3, Xerces, Saxon, etc.)

- XSLT Designer Editing Enhancements - XML Spy 4.2 XSLT Designer adds
numerous enhanced editing capabilities including ability to apply style
changes to multiple selected elements, extended toolbars, and improved
support for configuring page settings; all resulting in greater
usability.

- Extended Document Editor API's - XML Spy 4.2 Document Editor & Browser
Plug-in, have new API's for programmatic modification of XML content.

- Updated Help - XML Spy 4.2 Suite has updated help files across all
products.

- Many more usability & performance enhancements!

The XML Spy 4.2 Suite is the most comprehensive tool Suite for Advanced
XML Application Development (AXAD)!  In a recent article on XML Schema
Development, Peter Thiruselvam, editor for DevNewz, the leading Internet
portal and newsletter for Web Development Professionals, said that XML
Spy Suite is "The best software for creating XML documents, XML schemas,
XSLT documents and DTD's". For complete review, please visit:
http://www.devnewz.com/2001/1203.html

For a Live Demonstration of XML Spy 4.2 Suite, Please visit our booth at
one of our upcoming industry events:

- XML Conf. & Expo, #404, Orlando, FL, Dec. 11-13,
http://www.xmlconference.org
- Java on Wall St, #304, New York, NY, Feb. 4-5,
http://www.javaonwallstreet.com

Download a FREE evaluation copy TODAY! www.xmlspy.com/download!