• Why Use NeXtMidas?

  Cross platform (Linux, Windows, etc)

  Web-enabled

  A single NeXtMidas macro can be deployed as a stand-alone application or via Java WebStart

  Direct support for network-protocols (like HTTP)

  Embedded Java VNC client (VNC option)

  Ease of GUI development

  Supports the use of GUI builders (such as NetBeans) and easy-to-use Java profilers (such as the NetBeans Profiler).

  Easily integrated with other Java software and Midas systems

  Can run X-Midas FORTRAN/C++ primitives and use URL syntax (XBC option tree)

  X-Midas can run NeXtMidas primitives (NeXtOPT)

  Imagery Mapping (NeXtEarth)

  Ability to serve images in Google-like manner to a remote client (PLOT)

• Enhancements to Standard Midas Features:

  Pipes	"Hot-connect" and "warm-start"
  Controls Sections	Non-blocking
  Real-time Widgets	No wrapper code!
  Messages	Distributed queue and simple message passing
  Error Trapping	Built into the macro (no TRAP command needed)
  Web Access	All file-based primitives can access remote web services
  Tables	Result collections
  Threads	Primitives run in separate threads not processes