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High C/C++ Version 3.2 includes two C++ compiler features, EasyDLL and EasyThread. With EasyDLL, developers can flip a switch to export or import functions in a given block of code. EasyThread converts existing routines and programs to take advantage of Windows NT's multithreading capability. A developer can use stackable toggles in High C/C++ to turn on and off sections of code that use thread-local storage. Other features of High C/C++ include: "wrappable" header files outside the source code, class initialization control at a processwide level, and support for the three-level Microsoft scheme and other priority schemes.

Included in High C/C++ is the Win32s Enablement Package, which lets 32-bit applications built with MetaWare's High C/C++ compiler for Windows NT run under Windows 3.1 and provides support for Intel's Pentium Processor and for Intel-based 32-bit Microsoft Operating Systems. High C/C++ Version 3.2 for Windows NT is priced at $595. Current users of High C/C++ can license High C/C++ version 3.2 for $495. For more information contact MetaWare Incorporated, 2161 Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, (408) 429-6382; FAX: (408) 429-9273.

In addition to Rogue Wave Tools.h++, XVT-Power 3.0 includes Portable Imager, Portable Native Font Access, and a Portable Hypertext Help System. Features of Portable Images include: graphic design of tool bars, palettes, and other bitmap images; full palette control and manipulation; and support for 24-bit color. Using a cross-platform font mapping mechanism, Portable Native Font Access eliminates the need for platform-specific coding of font control. Users are given access to font selection through the native system resource. Features of The Portable Hypertext Help Systems include: native help views, portable XVT help views, hypertext links, embedded graphics, font control, and context-sensitivity.

The C++ data structures library, Rogue Wave Tools.h++, supports 100 classes for data, string, and character manipulation. Classes are provided for single- or double-linked lists, stacks, queues, vectors, sets, bags, sorted collections, ordered collections, dictionaries, and regular expressions for search and replace. The library also supports DDE on Windows 3.1.

Licenses for XVT's Development Solution for C++ 3.0 are $1,950 for PCs and $6,300 for workstations. There are no additional user fees or royalties. Current XVT DSC++ customers on active maintenance will be upgraded at no cost. For more information contact XVT Software Inc., 4900 Pearl East Circle, Boulder, CO 80301, (303) 443-4223;FAX: (303) 443-0969.

Persistence includes two products, the Persistence Relation Interface Generator (RIG), which automatically generates the interface between C++ classes and relational databases, and the Persistence Relational Object Manager (ROM), which manages databases transactions and locking. Users of STP/OMT can build links to relational data into their object model and automatically generate C++ classes to interface with relational database, including Oracle, Sybase, Ingres, and Informix. Because Persistence automatically generates SQL commands for creating and accessing relational databases, it can also be combined with STP/OMT object models to generate relational database models. Using StP/OMT, developers can design object models as well as database models for an application.

STP/OMT is a tool that facilitates team development and supports the object-oriented development process, including requirement analysis, design, implementation, documentation, deployment, maintenance, and continuous development. StP/OMT is based on IDE's advanced code technology and supports multiple users in an open environment through a shared repository; version control and locking; consistency checking; inter-model navigation; and automatic generation of code, test cases, and documents.

STP/OMT, bundled with Persistence, is priced at $12,000 per user license. Persistence is available from Persistence Software starting at $15,000 for the RIG and $3,000 for the ROM. For more information contact Interactive Development Environments, Inc., 595 Market St., 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 543-0900; FAX: (415)543-0145.

Features of XRT/graph 2.4 include: a C++ API in addition to the standard C API; built-in zooming, rotating and scaling capabilities; and axis control support which gives developers control of axis characteristics such as origin placement, numbering methods, labeling, and direction. Other features of XRT/graph include: support for missing values (holes) in XRT/graph datasets; inshading of 3D bar and pie charts; and support for UIL. Included with XRT/graph Version 2.4 is a graphical prototyping and code development tool called "Builder." This tool lets users interactively define and view graphs. Builder also outputs C code and resource files that may be used in an application.

In another notice, TGS announced an implementation of Silicon Graphics Inc.'s Open Inventor 2.0 for UNIX platforms. Open Inventor is a direct manipulation paradigm which intuitively extends GUI concepts to 3D objects. TGS's Open Inventor lets programmers use Open Inventor on non-SGI platforms.

Included in Open Inventor are a set of preprogrammed building blocks that define an extensible class library for developing interactive, high-end-rendering 3D graphics applications. Open Inventor provides classes for shapes, properties, actions, manipulators, engines, and sensors. Open Inventor's Motif-based components include editors for color, light, and material; and viewers for examining fly-through and walk-through modes. Open Inventor also includes an interchange file format for exchanging object and scenes between applications and platforms.

For more information contact Template Graphics Software, Inc., 9920 Pacific Heights Blvd., Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92121, (619) 457-5359;FAX:(619) 452-2547.

Prominare Designer lets you design graphical applications, complete with menus, accelerators, strings, dialogues, custom resources, and a help table. Once the visual design is complete, Prominare Designer creates the required Resource Script and source language files. According to Prominare's release, an application consisting of a few menus and dialogues can be designed, native-code generated, and compiled within ten minutes without the developer writing a single line of C/C++ source code. Source code added by the developer is not overwritten — as necessary, missing components are added. Other features of Prominare Designer include: testing of individual windows or dialogues, including the links between each; support for OS/2 Presentation Manager resources, including MMPM/2 and Pen for OS/2 controls; and importing of existing OS/2 and Windows 3.1 .RES files with automatic conversion of bitmaps, icons, and cursors to OS/2 PM equivalents where required.

The second tool, Prominare Builder, lets developers access the tools used to compile, edit, and debug application programs on a point-and-shoot basis. Prominare Builder is a rule-based tool that lets the developer set compiling characteristics for the application without regard to the actual source languages that make up the application. Prominare Builder also lets the developer by-pass the need to construct batch files or intricate MAKE files with compiler switches. Prominare Builder supports the following: Borland C++ for OS/2; Microsoft C, FORTRAN, and Pascal; WATCOM C, C 386, C/C++32; Zortech C++; and other languages.

The third tool, Prominare Editor, is a source code editor that creates and edits source language files. Prominare Editor works with Prominare Builder when Prominare Builder detects an error during a build session. Features of Prominare Editor include: error display and correction, multiple search and replace, Grep, and source analysis for uneven braces, parentheses, and quotes.

winPak Professional Edition contains 20 controls. The controls are divided into four categories: enhanced Windows controls, data entry controls, instrumentation controls, and spreadsheet controls. Included in the enhanced Windows controls are bitmapped radio buttons, bitmapped check boxes, bitmapped list boxes, and hierarchical list boxes. The data entry control category includes string input, template-based input, integer input, and floating-point input. The instrumentation controls include faders, gauges, knobs, LED readouts, and odemeters. There are two spreadsheet controls; one keeps its data in memory and the other stores its data in an ODBC-compliant database. The spreadsheet supports in-place editing, allowing transparent database updates and deletes.

winPAK controls are designed to be added to user applications using Borland's Resource Workshop. winPAK comes with C++ sample code and documentation. The user manual gives details on how to use each winPAK control, and how winPAK works with Resource Workshop. Each control is described separately.

winPAK Professional Edition version 1.0 is priced at $249, or $499 with source code. A free demo diskette is also available. For more information contact Faison Computing, 4199 Campus Dr. #550, Irvine, CA 92715, (800) 500-6535 or (714)854-6535; FAX:(714) 854-6459.

Insight++ also includes the following utilities: Invision, InUse, and TCA. Invision is an algorithm validation tool that produces visual images of memory and data patterns. InUse is a graphical "Malloc Monitor." TCA (Total Coverage Analysis) gives the user information about which pieces of code have been tested, how much code was tested, and how many times different code blocks were executed.

Insight++ 2.0 for C++ supports HP 9000, RS/6000, Sun/SPARC, DEC, and SGI platforms, and also supports most C++ compilers. Pricing for Insight++ 2.0 for C++ begins at $1,495 for a three-user license. For more information contact ParaSoft Corporation, 2500 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107, (818) 792-9941; FAX: (818) 792-0819.

Prior to version 2.1, developers had to choose between the C, FORTRAN, or X version of Exponent Graphics. With version 2.1, one Exponent Graphics license lets the developer choose to use either C, FORTRAN, or X by selecting the specific API during installation. Exponent Graphics for Windows NT will include Windows-based online documentation, with 250 pre-coded examples that can be copied and pasted into the developer's source code. Also, Windows NT applications are portable to UNIX platforms supported by Exponent Graphics. Exponent Graphics for Windows NT supports Microsoft's Visual C/C++ compilers and 32-bit FORTRAN PowerStation.

A floating UNIX license of IMSL Exponent Graphics version 2.1 is priced at $3,550. An Exponent Graphics for Window NT license is priced at $895. For more information contact Visual Numerics, Inc., 9990 Richmond Ave., Suite 400, Houston, TX 77042, (713) 784-3131; FAX: (713) 781-9260.

DiaViews++ works with Siemens Nixdorf's Generic++ foundation library. Generic++ is part of the company's library concept for object-oriented programming, which includes OSQLIF (Object-Oriented SQL Interface) for SQL programming using C++. The Siemens Nixdorf libraries let users implement C++ application in client-server environments. In a heterogeneous system, PC libraries such as Microsoffs MFC can also be used.

The DiaViews++ class library supports the following UNIX platforms: SINIX, IRIX, and SUN/Solaris. DiaViews++ is also available in source code for porting to other UNIX versions. For more information contact Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc., Executive Offices, 200 Wheeler Rd., Burlington, MA 01803, (617) 273-0480; FAX: (617) 221-0220.

PM Designer is available in two editions, the Base Edition and the Professional Edition. The Base Edition includes the PM Designer environment, the PMDGEN code generator, the Menu Editor, text editors, PMDAPI library, online reference, icon and bitmap libraries, and a User's Guide. The Professional Edition adds a Dialog Designer, VPPCL class library, VPPGEN Code generator, custom control development kit, and a generator development kit. PM Designer Base Edition is priced at $99. PM Designer Professional Edition is priced at $199. No runtime fees are required. For more information contact VacNat Software, 1370 White Oak St., Harrisonville, MO 64701, (816) 380-2928; CompuServe: 70572,1247.

Smash Hits for Programmers is priced at $29.95. The Programmer's shop will credit $29.95 to a customer's first purchase from the CD-ROM. For more information contact The Programmer's shop, 90 Industrial Park Rd., Hingham, MA 02043, (800) 446-1185.

CSi-Locate is a utility that takes a DOS or Windows executable file and converts it into a file that can be loaded into a target board via Soft-Scope or burned into ROM. CSi-Locate supports off-the-shelf C/C++ compilers from Microsoft, Borland, and Watcom.

Object Manager can also be customized by ICE's consulting services. For more information contact Integrated Computing Environments, Inc., 590 Avocet Dr. #7215, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, (415) 931-9400; FAX: (415) 931-9500.

Features of SoftProbe 386EX/SIM for Windows include backward compatibility with existing SoftProbe command files, source-level and symbolic debugging for C/C++, system-level and peripheral views, built-in simulation of the 386EX CPU and on-chip peripherals, and simulation of additional peripherals for PC-compatible system designs. Other features include facilities for user-defined peripheral models; triggers and unlimited trace, including information about instruction execution, register changes and bus-level activity; and on-line help.

SoftProbe for Windows supports Microsoft Windows and Windows NT. For more information contact Systems & Software, Inc., 18012 Cowan, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92714, (714) 833-1700; FAX: (714) 833-1900.

The ToolKit requires Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Visual C/C++, Microsoft Visual Basic, or Borland's C/C++ compiler. The MIDI Programmer's ToolKit for Windows is priced at $99.95. For more information contact Music Quest, 1700 Alma Dr., Suite 330, Plano, TX 75075, (214) 881-7408; FAX: (214) 442-7094.

SftPrint 1.1 is a Windows printing and formatting tool. SftPrint integrates with File Manager and supports matrix, inkjet, or laser printers. A single developer's license is priced at $149 for SftTabs 1.0 and $49 for SftPrint 1.1. For more information contact Softel vdm, 11 Michigan Ave., Wharton, NJ 07885, (201) 366-9618; FAX: (201) 366-3984.