Primary Features

Native Data Sources

Support for many native data sources including: Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, SQLite, JDBC, ODBC, FileMaker, OpenBase, as well as Spotlight disk indexing on Mac OS X.

AJAX

Supports Web 2.0 techniques for modern dynamic web design. Includes Lasso AJAX tags and JavaScript functions working together to enable interactive page updates.

Built-In LDAP Integration

Integrate Lasso with office data and login systems.

Inline Enhancements

Specify data sources within inlines for faster site setup. Return data from multiple result sets within a single inline. Allows updates and deletes on groups of records with new flexibile key field specifications.

Prepared statements

Allow faster DB operations.

Shell Support

Lasso can interact with native processes, execute shell scripts, batch files, and more.

Enhanced Site Administration

Makes more efficient use of screen real estate. View, prioritize and abort Lasso threads from within the Admin.

Email Enhancements

Direct sending to remote SMTP servers, SSL support, improved encoding speed, better support for attachments. Email merge allows a single message to be customized for many recipients.

URL Rewrite

Lasso provides direct support for rewriting URLs by creating rules within Lasso Site Administration. This allows modern, portable URLs to be supported by Lasso directly.

Encoding Support

The file and network data types have been enhanced with automatic support for character set conversions. This makes it easier than ever to read and write files in just about any character set.

Calendar Type

The iCalendar data type allows calendard to be created entirely within Lasso. Or, calendars can be downloaded and parsed for display on any Web site.

Lasso 8.6 enhanced features

• DNS lookup tags including reverse lookups and MX records.

• Private member tags and variables within custom data types.

• Short-hand syntax for inline search operations.

• Better display preferences within the adminstration applications.

• Documentation is now formatted on letter size paper for easier printing.

• The multi-site feature allows each site on a server to be isolated in it's own process and configured with unique data sources, security settings, global variables, and more. This leads to enhanced site stability, which is great for ISPs and servers that host sites for multiple clients.

• On-demand tag loading makes it easy to add or update tags while Lasso is running. LassoApps and tag libraries can now be served directly from the Lasso Professional application folder.

• POP support allows emails to be downloaded directly from email servers into Lasso. Improved SMTP support better handles the sending of large volumes of mail, and automatically supports multi-part HTML messages.

• Includes enterprise features such as a built-in SOAP client makes, which makes calling remote procedures as easy as calling local custom tags, Java Beans support, and a J2EE servlet Web server connector.

Numerous other features make Lasso easier to use including:

• Tag namespaces

• Compound data types like stacks, queues, sets, and lists

• Improved file upload tags

• Encryption tags

• Parameter tag syntax

• Deprecated tag logging

And much, much more!

Even More Features

• Support for a wide range of databases and Web servers such as MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, OpenBase, JDBC, ODBC, PostgreSQL, FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server Advanced, and Spotlight disk indexing on Mac OS X. Third party connectors are available for additional data sources. And it's easy to add support for other databases using a simple, easy-to-use C Language API. Supported Web servers include Apache, Microsoft IIS and WebSTAR.

• Simple tag-based markup language, LassoScript, can be embedded in Web pages and scripts. This makes it easy for non-programmers to build and serve dynamic applications, while providing advanced Web developers with the functionality they need to build and serve more sophisticated, dynamic applications.

• Single point of access allows setup and management across multiple databases, saving time and money.

• Broad support for industry standards, including database and Web support, as well as XML, SOAP, WSDL, J2EE and Java Beans, extends the range of applications for which Lasso is suitable for deployment.

• Lasso security enables site admins to create users and groups, assign and check permission groups, and implement hierarchical authentication either by the application or the entire server. Applications automatically interface with Lasso Security without the need for custom authentication routines.

• File and image manipulation means more functionality when dealing with images and PDFs, while object-oriented file tags provide more control over file operations.

• Unicode support is built into Lasso at the kernel level, rather than as an add-on, making international characters available everywhere transparently and automatically.