Microsoft Certified Partner

Covalentia Version 2.0.1 has been tested and passed the criteria for the Microsoft Platform Test for ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Solutions program done by VeriTest. This enables Covalent Technology to obtain the Microsoft Certified Partner status for ISV competency (pending payment of USD 1,605).

The next step will be, well, to pay Microsoft, of course ;)

And a new version will be released soon as well. So stay tuned.

Covalentia Community Portal Goes Offline

The Covalentia community portal at www.covalentia.net cannot be accessed at the moment due to an unknown network problem. The hosting provider has been contacted and we hope to resolve this as soon as possible. In the mean time, you can download the Covalentia.vsi Project Templates file at www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=Covalentia. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thanks for your support.

Covalentia Version 2.0.1.29713

Despite my tight schedule trying to complete a proposal asking for a fund to support Covalentia, I still managed to upload a new release of Covalentia on its community portal at www.covalentia.net. This release includes all – the Visual Studio 2005 Solution File, Project Templates (Visual Studio Community Content Installer File – .vsi file) and Help files. I’ll upload the Covalentia.2.0.1.vsi file to CodePlex since it’s only about ~5 MB. The problem with CodePlex is that it times out whenever I try to upload more than 10 MB file, and the Covalentia file is about ~23 MB. So, feel free to visit and register at www.covalentia.net to download the whole thing.

This new update includes the following:

• Uses ClientScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock to register all client scripts
• Registers a new Copyright in the Html source – Covalentia BSD License
• Fixes spelling and grammatical errors
• Replaces ‘Technology Review’ caption with ‘Powered by Covalentia’
• New web.config file to include Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition connection string
• AtlasControlToolkit Version 1.0.60731.0
• Microsoft.Web.Atlas Version 2.0.50727.0
• Microsoft.AtlasControlExtender Version 1.0.60726.0
• Covalentia.Core Version 2.0.1.28546 – fixes duplicate entry error for primary key
• Updated Help files
• Updated Documented Class Library

It was announced earlier in the Forum that there was a version error. Please take note that this version is newer than the previous one. We are yet to determine what is causing the revision number to err (to become larger all of a sudden). I suspect that my notebook was in a state of agony due to numerous compilations and it started to generate random numbers ;)

Or it could be that one of my biggest clients, DAPAT (http://mibp.dapat.com), is delaying payments and this notebook feels my pain. In any event, if you happen to encounter or plan to offer any service to this company, I say DON’T. They are heartless, and they make you wait for months before you can actually buy some food to feed yourself. And so I’m looking for a new job. Anybody?

Covalentia Version 2 Unleashed

I finally managed to launch Covalentia new portal and product, Covalentia Rapid Web Application Development Tool Version 2.0.1, in early September 2006.

COVALENTIA Version 2, unlike its predecessor, is absolutely FREE of charge. It is licensed under a standard BSD license, which allows developers to do whatever they wish, both commercially and non-commercially, with one simple restriction of acknowledging Covalent Technology as the original author.