WEBGECKO PRESS RELEASE

WebGecko ships APGen™ 2.0 and ASPCache™ 1.0

SEATTLE - February 16, 2001 - WebGecko Software, a Seattle-based Web development tools Company, announced today that Active Page Generator™ 2.0 and ASPCache 1.0™ are available for purchase and download from http://www.webgecko.com/.

APGen 2.0 - New Features

The WebGecko development team has focused on refining APGen 2.0 to be the best solution for the widest variety of content generation solutions.

• Improved for use with Active Server Pages:
  • Debugging - APGen debugging is completely integrated with ASP debugging, including: the ability to step between ASP code and APG code; APGen JIT debugging when running within ASP.
  • ObjectContext - The ObjectContext object allows an APG script to access the ASP objects (Application, Request, ...) of its parent ASP.
  • Logon - The new Logon object allows impersonation of a user when creating files.  Now developers can write ASPs that give anonymous Web users the ability to generate and modify Web pages.
  • Conversion - The ASPToAPG script automates conversion of ASP files to APG files, so the pages can be executed by APGen.  While this script cannot handle all ASP constructs, it significantly eases the conversion process, and can be customized.
• Improved for use with caching, replication, and content distribution products:
  • WriteIffChanged - The WriteIffChanged property makes it easy to avoid overwriting a Web page unless its contents have changed.  Since caching, replication, and content distribution products rely on Web page Last-Modified dates, they can work faster, more efficiently and further reduce bandwidth usage.
• Improved for use with MTS/COM+:
  • Context - MTS/COM+ context is propagated, so objects created in an APG script inherit the context the APG script was created in.
  • MTS/COM+ Configuration - Detailed information is included on how best to use APGen with MTS and COM+.
  • Queued Components - Information is included on how to use APGen with Queued Components.
• Improved support for XML and XSLT:
  • Util.XMLEncode - XMLEncode makes it easy to encode strings for inclusion in generated XML documents.
  • Output.BufferContents - Gives access to the output buffer, which can be used to apply XSLT transforms to the generated output.
  • XML Examples are included.
• Use with other products:
  • Task Scheduler - Sample code for generating Web pages at specified times.
  • SQL Server Triggers - Sample code for generating Web pages when SQL Server Triggers hit.
  • MSMQ - Documentation on how to use APGen with MSMQ to generate content in an asynchronous manner.
  • Replication - Documentation on different replication products, tradeoffs between each, and how to use them with APGen.
• More examples:
  • MSMQ - distributed asynchronous content generation
  • Improved example showing how to automate Web authoring tasks
  • Discussion board
  • SQL Trigger example

ASPCache 1.0

ASPCache is a high-performance component designed to make it easy to cache data and page fragments in Active Server Pages.

ASPCache's fragment caching feature is designed for use with APGen, where APGen is used to generate page fragments, and ASPCache is used to cache the page fragments and write them to the ASP HTTP stream.  ASPCache can be used independently of APGen, but using both yields the best features and performance.

ASPCache features include:

• Thread-safe COM collection component
• Ultra high-performance data caching
• Page fragment caching
• Set item expiration
• Auto flushes underused items
• Auto updates when cached files change
• Provides best output caching when used with APGen

ASPCache 1.0 is included with APGen 2.0, and is also sold separately for $99 USD.

To read more about ASPCache, see:
     http://www.webgecko.com/products/aspcache/

APGen 2.0 - Availability and Pricing

APGen 2.0 is licensed per computer for $999 USD.  ASPCache 1.0 is licensed per computer for $129 USD.  A free 30-day trial including APGen 2.0 and ASPCache 1.0 is available at http://www.webgecko.com/trial/.  All products are available for purchase and download directly from WebGecko Software at http://www.webgecko.com/.

About WebGecko Software

WebGecko Software is a leading Web application performance company, based in Seattle, Washington.  WebGecko develops powerful tools and provides specialized consulting services to help customers streamline Web development and improve Web site performance and efficiency.  WebGecko's products APGen™ and ASPCache™ are sold at http://www.webgecko.com.

CONTACT:
Jim Vanderslice
WebGecko Software
Phone 206.285.8391
Email jimv@webgecko.com