Dear Xbase++ community,

On April 4th, Alaska Software has made available Xbase++
1.90.330 final to its Technology Partners and a selected group
of 15 companies. The goal of build 1.90.330 is to field test
changes made to the new ActiveX/.NET interoperability features.

With RC2, we learned that many of the existing ActiveX
components available on the Windows 32-Bit market do not
integrate well with multi-threaded host applications, such as those
created with Xbase++. Thread interoperability is not a big issue
with other Windows development tools - they simply do not
provide that feature right out of the box. However, with Xbase++
development of multi-threaded applications is a snap, and it is
being done by almost everybody. Using such ActiveX components
within a multi-threaded application sometimes led to a completely
non-deterministic behaviour. This is simply unacceptable. As a
consequence, the development team decided to add additional
thread synchronisation to the ActiveX/.NET interoperability layer.

The product team is currently working on the packaging of the
various product CDs. According to our current schedule,
mastering of Xbase++ 1.90 starts on April 18th and will last
approximately 5-10 days, followed by general product availability
via ESD download.

Shipment of free 1.82 replacement products and Subscription
Volumes to existing customers may take another 2+ weeks due
to production timeframe.

Please also take a note that our offices are closed on the following
days:

Good Friday, April 14th, 2006, and
Easter Monday, April 17th, 2006.

Regular office hours for both locations will resume on
Tuesday, April 18h, 2006.

With kind regards,
Alaska Software