VistaDB.Net

Licensing

• Please view the Pricelist pages for more information about the cost of VistaDB licenses
• Each machine license allows the Licensee to install and use VistaDB on one computers owned and used by the Licensee for development purposes.  Each developer is allowed two machines (laptop / desktop scenario).  Both machines must be used by the same developer.  A single developer license may not be installed and used by two different developers.
• The VistaDB database engine may be freely distributed with applications that were developed using a licensed copy of VistaDB (no runtime royalties).
• You may not expose the database API to end users without purchasing a commercial license of VistaDB.  This if for ORM and other tools vendors who expose VistaDB as a part of their commercial product.  An alternative is to simply require the users who wish this functionality to purchase their own VistaDB license, this is how most ORMs work with us today.
• Corporate and Enterprise Editions are available for companies that need site and build licenses, or require the source code for auditing purposes.

Dot Net Platforms

• .NET 2.0 (SP1 required)
• .NET 3.0
• .NET 3.5
• .NET 4 (Full and Client Profile)
• 32 and 64 Bit Dot Net Framework
• Mono 2.6+ - with some restrictions (non Intel platforms not supported)

Technologies

• 100% managed .Net code - No DLL Imports or Unsafe code blocks
• Fully compliant ADO.NET Provider Model
• Embedded Entity Framework Provider for VS 2008 / VS 2010
• Allow Partially Trusted Caller (APTC) attribute
• ASP.NET Membership Providers (option for some licenses)
• Winforms data binding - Windows Forms Support
• Console Applications
• Windows Service Applications (running as NETWORK SERVICE is fully supported)
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Applications with Data Bound support
• Thread safe from single app, or across process boundaries
• Web Service applications ( WCF / SOAP / ADO.NET Data Services aka Astoria )
• Click Once Deployment (zero config)
• ASP.NET websites, including shared hosting support (medium trust with limits)
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• Multi user access across shared network drives
• No CPU or RAM usage limitations
• 64 Bit Native mode on Windows x64 platforms

Languages

• All managed .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, Managed C++, Delphi.NET, J#, etc.)

Development Tools

• Supported with IDE Integration
  • Visual Studio 2008 Standard or higher
  • Visual Studio 2010 Standard or higher (supported in Build 14+)
• May be used without IDE Integration (No Server Explorer, or strongly typed data binding)
  • Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 Express (no Visual Studio plugins)
  • Visual C# Express 2005/2008/2010
  • Visual Basic Express 2005/2008/2010
  • Mono 2.6 or higher (runtime only, no compile time support under Mono)