Windows developers can now link up to Tandem Computer Inc’s NonStop high availability servers without learning Tandem code, following the launch of its OLE/TP. The software is designed to connect desktop applications to high performance transaction processing monitors using Microsoft Corp’s Object Linking and Embedding Technology. Developers will be able to build and deploy client-server applications using either BEA Systems Inc’s Tuxedo or Tandem Pathway transaction processing software running on Tandem Himalaya parallel processors. Transparently to the user, OLE/TP invokes transaction processing services from OLE-enabled client programs as OLE Automation objects. OLE/TP consists of a developer toolkit and a run-time gateway. Programmers can generate client code using C, C++ and fourth generation language tools supporting OLE automation. The announcement follows Tandem’s launch last week of its Internet transaction processing products (CI No 3,033). The company says OLE/TP provides access to Tandem’s transaction processing and NonStop systems for OLE developers, which it described as the predominant skillset. OLE/TP is available now for use with Tandem’s NonStop Tuxedo running on its Himalaya servers, and for Tuxedo implementations on other hardware.. Licences for the developer kit range between $200 and $250 per user, depending on number of users. Runtime licenses range between $50 and $100. OLE/TP for Tandem’s Pathway transaction monitor will have to wait until mid-1997.
