News

December 2011
SWBus version 4.9 is released. See ReleaseNotes for R4.9 for details.

March 2010
SWBus version 4.8 is released. See ReleaseNotes for R4.8 for details.

December, 2008
SWBus version 4.7 is released. See ReleaseNotes for R4.7 for details.

June, 2007
SWBus version 4.6 is released. See ReleaseNotes for R4.6 for details.

December, 2006
SWBus version 4.5 is released. See ReleaseNotes for R4.5 for details.

January, 2006
SWBus version 4.4 is released. See ReleaseNotes for R4.4 for details.

January, 2005
SWBus version 4.3 is released. The major improvements are related to robustness. See ReleaseNotes for R4.3 for details.

June, 2004
SWBus version 4.2 is released. Configuration parameters to specify how long one should wait for connect-requests to complete are now available. See ReleaseNotes for R4.2 for details.

January, 2004
SWBus version 4.1 is released. Support for multihomed computers (computers with multiple IP addresses) is now implemented. See ReleaseNotes for R4.1 for details.

June, 2003
SWBus version 4.0 is released. Improved resilience and improved error-handling and error-reporting are the most notable differences compared to previous versions. See ReleaseNotes for R4.0 for details.

March, 2002
SWBus version 3.3 is released. New features include a historic log module to store/load historic values of SWBus objects to/from disk and a new class to receive input from the keyboard. Optimisations and other improvements have also been introduced. See ReleaseNotes for R3.3 for details.

June, 2001
SWBus version 3.2 is released. See ReleaseNotes for R3.2 for details.

December, 2000
SWBus version 3.1 is officially released. Substantial improvements to the SWBus Application Framework is the main new feature in version 3.1. See ReleaseNotes for R3.1 for details.

December, 1999
SWBus version 3.0 is officially released. Major new features include a parser for reading class and object definitions from configuration files at run-time, implementation of a SWBus Application Framework, and significant optimisations both regarding performance and memory consumption. See ReleaseNotes for R3.0 for details. SWBus is now also available on the Linux platform for Intel-based PCs.

Winter, 1998/99
SWBus is used extensively in the development of the HAMMLAB 2000 Integration Platform. A framework for developing SWBus applications is designed and implemented. New features are added and performance is significantly improved. The SWBus is ported to Linux.

Summer, 1998
Implementation of a parser for SWBus configuration files has started. This way SWBus classes and variables can be created based on user-defined configuration files. File syntax and semantics will be very similar to the Picasso .pdat files.

June, 1998
SWBus Release 2.1 released. The release included only one new function and some minor corrections. See ReleaseNotes for R2.1 for details.

June, 1997
SWBus Release 2.0 released. New features included automatic and transparent cross-platform marshalling, support for non-blocking communication, run-time version control among connected applications, unlimited message lengths, and several other additions and corrections. See ReleaseNotes for R2.0 for details. R2.0 was the first SWBus version available for Windows NT.

June, 1996
SWBus Release 1.0 released. The release included binaries, User's Guide, Reference Manual and example code.

May, 1996
SWBus presented at the 1996 Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting at Loen, Norway.

March, 1996
Picasso-3 Release 2.0 released using a SWBus beta version.