Real Software has released the latest version of its flagship product, Real Studio. The new Real Studio 2011 Release 4 — updating both the Web and Desktop Editions — contains more than 200 improvements and 26 new features, including improved support for Cocoa on Mac OS X.  

There are more than 60 Cocoa-specific bug fixes in this release. Additionally, this release offers upgraded Linux support for printing and graphics.

Graphics now have support for opacity allowing colors to be drawn that are anywhere from totally opaque to completely transparent. Prepared Statements are now supported for ODBC which improves security. What’s more, the Real Studio IDE has now been fully localized into Portuguese.  

Real Studio 2011 Release 4 is now available to all current and new Real Software customers. To download 2011 Release 4, visit http://www.realsoftware.com/download.  All editions of Real Studio are available in a free 30-day trial edition.

Real Studio is a full-featured cross-platform software development tool suited to creating a range of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class applications. Real Studio Personal Edition for Mac OS X, Windows or Linux is priced at US$99 and is geared for hobbyists and students.

Real Studio Professional Edition, required for cross-platform (Mac OS X, Windows and Linux) compilation, is $299. Real Studio Enterprise Edition, made for full-time developers, is priced at $995, and offers the ability to develop and deploy on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and the web. Real Studio Web Edition, for creating and deploying web applications, costs $599.