Earlier this year, Appforge announced plans to support Socket Communications's bar code scanners under Crossfire.

Crossfire applications are created using specialized mobile controls, libraries, and modules that plug directly into the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET or Visual Basic IDE, according to AppForge. Crossfire is said to ship with more than 30 standard controls, as well as modules and libraries for database synchronization, bar code scanning, communications, and telephony. With version 5.5, Crossfire now supports C# in addition to Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Studio .NET.

AppForge Crossfire 5.5 is expected to be available on beginning November 1 on AppForge's website at a suggested retail price of US $1,000. A 30-day free trial version is available here.

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