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Active Studio contains 3 major compontents as shown below.
Active Devoper
Active Developer is the main tool used on a PC to create the xDocs (XML applications).
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Active Pipe
Active Pipe is the communications tool which allows the mobile device to connect to any database, read and write to spreadsheet or text files and much more.
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Application Engine
Application engine is the smart client that is loaded on the mobile device and runs the xDocs.
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Application development is done on the PC, the result is an xDoc(XML application) and this is downloaded to the PDA, via Active Pipe.
Application Engine is then used to execute the xDoc which controls the client and contains the application.
Active Pipe acts as the middleware to allow the sending and receiving of data.
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Please see below for the major features of Active Studio...
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Ease of use.
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A WYSIWYG developer with skins for different devices and real world emulation.
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Multi Platform.
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To ensure future proofing and give you freedom of hardware choice, the xDocs ensures that applications are easily portable from device to device.
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Scriptable.
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The XML scripting language ensures that any application is possible.
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Seamless Communication.
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Communications between device and server is effortless, whether its a batch, WiFi or GPRS application.
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Database Support.
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Active Studio contains an embedded SQL database engine which is both very fast and fully SQL92 compliant.
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Wizards.
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The wizards speed up development and allow applications to be created quickly.
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