Active Studio is designed specially for mobile development.
EditByBSEditor: Designed specially for mobile development, Active Studio provides interactive design on the PC using a simulator that mimics the chosen device with a true look and feel. Applications can be created in minutes or hours, not days or months, saving you time and money. If you are frustrated with not getting the most out of your investment, Active Studio at last gives you a unique tool to address this problem.
Active Studio contains 3 major compontents as shown below.
Active Devoper
Active Developer is the main tool used on a PC to Create the xDocs (XML applications).
Active Pipe
Active Pipe is the communications tool which allows the mobile device to Connect to any database, read and write to Spreadsheet or text files and much more.
Application Engine
Application engine is the SMART client that is loaded on the mobile device and runs the xDocs. you can free download Active Studio 2008 now.