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Start-up NobleNet, Inc. next month will ship a remote procedure call (RPC) tool kit that promises to make building Windows-based client/server applications a lot easier.
The firm, based here, will ship a Windows version of its EZ-RPC compiler that will generate RPCs in the form of Dynamic Linked Libraries (DLL), which can be accessed by Windows programs developed in any programming language. The EZ-RPC compiler will allow application developers to distribute component parts of a Windows-program across DOS, Windows or Unix platforms on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol nets.
"Anyone generating Windows applications today using Powersoft Corp.'s! PowerBuilder, Microsoft Corp.'s! Visual Basic or any other tool can now 'client/servertize' those applications with our tool," said Dennis Ford, president and chief executive officer of NobleNet.
The EZ-RPC compiler is a high-level tool designed for application developers with little or no communications programming experience. Many RPC tools today require that developers understand...