ProtoView Announces Three Products
ProtoView Development Corporation has announced three products, ProtoGen+ for NT, DataTable Version 2.5, and ProtoView Interface Components Set (PICS), version 1.0. The first product, ProtoGen+ for NT, is a Visual Development System for creating 32-bit C/C++ applications for Windows and Windows NT. ProtoGen+NT version 4.20 can create applications for Intel, DEC Alpha, and MIPS processors. Tools included in ProtoGen+ are: Visual Coders, a Visual Development Workbench, and ten code generators for both 16- and 32-bit targets, the ProtoGen+ Library, and the WinControl Library. Features of ProtoGen+ include object-oriented programming, an interactive test mode, range validation, choice checking, MDI support, tool bar support, dynamic status line function, and custom color, fonts, and 3-D effects.ProtoView also announced The DataTable Version 2.5, a Windows based spreadsheet/grid control for Visual C++ and Visual Basic. The DataTable interfaces with databases through generalized message handling. The DataTable supports several memory management schemes, including multiple 64K segment memory and virtual memory management. The DataTable also supports 32 data types including Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Server. The programmer controls The DataTable using a C++ class and notification codes. Features of The DataTable include: setting fonts and color for row and column labels, support for database null values, clipboard support, multi-line data entry in a cell, and automatic insertion of empty rows.
The third product among the recent announcements was the ProtoView Interface Component Set (PICS), version 1.0, which is a set of VBX and DLL custom controls. The package includes Borland ObjectWindows Classes and methods to interact with the components in the PICS. Features of PICS include: a hierarchical list box with multiple sort levels, bitmap graphics for each hierarchical level and many styles for color and font; date/calendar control; time control; numeric edit control; percent bar control; and volume dial control.
ProtoGen+ is priced at $495. The introductory price of The DataTable Version 2.5 is $149.95. The source code is priced at $495. The introductory price of PICS version 1.0 is $149 without source code. There are no royalty fees. For more information contact ProtoView Development Corporation, 353 Georges Rd., Dayton, NJ 08810, (908) 329-8588; FAX: (908) 329-8624.
Watcom Ships Watcom C/C++ 10.0
Watcom International has begun shipping Watcom C/C++ version 10.0, a C/C++ compiler and development tools package for the development of multi-platform, 16-bit and 32-bit applications. Included in Watcom C/C++ 10.0 is a GUI Integrated Development Environment which includes a suite of multi-platform graphical development tools. Watcom C/C++ 10.0 also includes a C++ class browser, GUI debugger, text editor, and profiler. Version 10.0 also includes Windows resource editing tools for icons, bitmaps, dialogs, and menus, and a number of Windows debugging utilities such as Spy, Heapwalker, and Dr. Watcom.Other features of Watcom C/C++ 10.0 include pre-compiled headers, tail recursion elimination, and floating point scheduling. The C++ implementation closely follows the ANSI draft standard which supports the current AT&T version 3.0 language and features templates and exception handling. Watcom C/C++ 10.0 multi-platform support includes 16-bit DOS, Windows 3.x, OS/2 1.x, 32-bit DOS (with DOS extenders), OS/2 2.x, Windows NT, Win32's 32-bit Windows 3.x with Watcom's 32-bit Windows extender), and NetWare NLMs.
Watcom C/C++ 10.0 also includes platform specific tools, SDKs, and libraries. With version 10.0, Watcom C/C++ includes 16-bit and 32-bit tools in one package. Version 10.0's multiple target support lets the IDE handle executables, DLLs, and other objects. The IDE is hosted on Windows 3.1, OS/2, and Windows NT with a consistent user interface across the platforms.
Watcom C/C++ 10.0 supports Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) libraries and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) specifications, and IBM's System Object Model (SOM) and Distributed System Object Model (DSOM) technology. Watcom C/C++ 10.0 is available at an introductory price of $199 for the CD-ROM edition; with on-line documentation though October 31, 1994. Upgrades from Watcom C/C++32 version 9.5 and Watcom C/C++ 16 version 9.5 are priced at $149. For more information contact WATCOM International, Waterloo, Ontario Canada, (519) 883-6308.
ILOG Announces ILOG BROKER And ILOG SERVER
ILOG has announced ILOG BROKER and ILOG SERVER. ILOG BROKER is a tool that lets C++ transparently support Distributed Object Computing (DOC) environments by minimally changing the header files. ILOG BROKER supports a set of 15 keywords used in an application's header files that let ILOG BROKER's preprocessor generate standard C++ code. These keywords indicate whether a class is distributed, whether a function is called synchronously or asynchronously, and whether a specific class is passed as an argument to a function. Once the header files have been annotated, the preprocessor generates the source code.Other features of ILOG BROKER include the following: support for standard C++ semantics, syntax, and compilation models; network breakdown security; debugging capabilities; passing of complex arguments to functions; and transparent generation of the communication protocol between objects based on RPC.ILOG BROKER is portable, with a single API across heterogeneous platforms such as Sun/Sun OS, Sun/Solaris, HP, DEC Alpha, PC/Windows, and NT.
ILOG also announced ILOG SERVER, a tool for building dynamic servers of C++ Objects. Based on the concept of view coherence, ILOG SERVER supports a C++ preprocessor and a set of libraries with two types of service — Object Model classes and Object Server classes. Like ILOG BROKER, ILOG SERVER's C++ preprocessor automatically generates C++ once the header files have been annotated by a developer using the predefined keywords. Once an object model has been designed, ILOG SERVER provides a way to dynamically search the C++ object in the model to create an object server.
Both ILOG BROKER and ILOG SERVER support UNIX based workstations. ILOG BROKER and ILOG SERVER are priced at $5,000. For more information contact ILOG, Inc., 2105 Landings Dr., Mountain View, CA 94043; (415) 390-9000; FAX: (415) 390-0946.
Liant Upgrades C++/Views
Liant Software Corporation has upgraded C++/Views, its visual programming tool with features for OSF/Motif (AIX, HPUX, Solaris 2, and SUN OS operating systems), as well as for OS/2 and Windows. C++ Views is an object-oriented application framework for developing multiple-platform, native GUI applications using C++. The upgraded version of C++/Views includes a library of 100 C++ classes that support GUI software development requirements, including interface design, data management, and event processing. Also included are higher level interface classes such as table, toolbar, and multiple document interface classes.According to Liant, a developer using C++/Views needs to create only one resource file, regardless of the number of platforms targetted by their application. A C++/Views portable resource file can be called, without modification, from an applications running under Windows, Windows NT, DOS character mode, OSF/Motif, OS/2 Presentation Manager, or Macintosh. C++/Views also lets developers port bitmap images.
C++/View also supports a geometry manager that automatically manages the size and position of interface components within dialogs, letting the developer design applications that look correct on all platforms. The MDI feature lets users open several files within an application, cutting and pasting portions of documents into other documents. Also C++/Views has an object-oriented C++ architecture, adhering to C++ standards.
Prices for C++/Views start at $749, depending on platform. For more information contact Liant Software Corporation, 959 Concord St., Framingham, MA 01701, (508) 872-8700; FAX: (508) 626-2221.
Microway Releases Pentium Compilers
Microway has released a family of Pentium Compilers including NDP C/C++, FORTRAN, and Pascal. These product integrate technology for driving RISC, CISC, and Vector devices. The result is numerics code that executes on the Pentium, without faulting. Unlike Pentium integer code, which benefits from superscalar scheduling, floating-point Pentium code requires compilers to implement scheduling correctly, and to include advanced numeric optimizations, such as loop unrolling, numeric register caching, and numeric register coloring. The NDP compilers add Pentium scheduling, the use of FXCH instructions to streamline x87 stack accesses, and a peepholer, which results in smaller code. Another feature of the NDP compilers is dynamic linking.Stephen Fried, President of Microway, stressed that the Pentium performance is extremely sensitive to the code used to drive it. According to Microway, the use of full NDP optimizations sped up a simple double-precision matrix multiply by a factor of 23 to 1, while another benchmark used to measure floating-point scalar speed only improved 30% using the same optimizations.
The NDP compilers run under DOS and OS/2. The Pentium version of the NDP compilers is priced at $995 under DOS and at $795 under OS/2. The company plans for a UNIX version in the fourth quarter of 1994. For more information contact Microway, P.O. Box 79, Kingston, MA 02364, (508) 746-7341; FAX: (508) 746-4678; e-mail: [email protected].
Superbica Releases C++ Coder
Superbica has released C++ Coder, a Microsoft Windows program which automatically generates C++ applications to run under Windows or 0S/2. C++ Coder can generate database programs, calculator programs, or C++ class libraries for use with multiple programs. C++ Coder can generate the code needed for searching, sorting, and querying databases; the code for making customized reports; and user interface code, including dialog boxes. According to Superbica, C++ Coder can generate up to 50,000 lines of code at a time.The code generator in C++ Coder lets the user create applications with multiple linked lists and arbitrary-length memo files. C++ Coder produces commented C++ including the code needed for maintaining relations between objects and referential integrity. C++ Coder can also generate dual-purpose programs that serve as both database managers and calculators, and includes an automatic documentation system which creates user manuals. Also included in C++ Coder is an automatic screen designer and a test file generator. The programs produced by C++ Coder are customizable since the user gets the source code that makes up the application.
C++ Coder is priced at $500. For more information contact Superbica, 38-11 Ditmars Blvd., Suite 166, Astoria, NY 11105; (800) 328-5115 or (718) 728-5115; FAX: (718) 628-5148.
ARACOR Releases C++ Libraries
Advance Research and Applications Corporation (ARACOR) has released two C++ libraries for developing X/Motif applications on UNIX workstations. The first product is the ARACOR Class Library, or ACL, which includes 140 C++ classes. ACL provides a high-level C++ interface to Motif widgets and can be used with interface builders which generate UIL code. ACL provides an application framework from which user interface objects may be extended and customized. Constructors are used to create the interface objects which get static information from the .uid resource file created by the UIL compiler. ACL also includes standard classes for command string and error functions, utilities, and cursor location. Additional features of ACL include support of event handlers for X extension events and bX palette definitions as well as classes for manipulating X-images, XmStrings, XmFontLists, Pixmaps, GC's, Colormaps, and Visuals.The second product is the ARACOR Drawing Class Library, or ADC. The ADC Package is a toolkit of C++ classes for creating MacDraw- and Canvas-like interactive drawings under X/Motif while maintaining access to the X-Intrinsics. The drawings may be selected, dragged, resized, or reshaped, and can be drawn in the same planes as other graphics or objects. Four standard drawing types are included as well as documentation for creating additional types for the base classes.
Both ADC and ACL support SunSparc 4.1.x, SGI IRIX 4.0.5, HP 9000/700, and HP UX 8.07. Source code and documentation are available. For more information contact Advanced Research and Applications Corporation, 425 Lakeside Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408) 733-7780; FAX: (408) 732-1996.
Alsys Announces TeleUSE/Win And TeleUSE Release 3
Alsys has announced TeleUSE/Win and TeleUSE Release 3. TeleUSE/Win is a user interface management system component that lets users migrate OSF/Motif GUIs from UNIX to Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows NT 3.1. TeleUSE/Win, which supports C++, is a module in the TeleUSE family of GUI building tools that support cross-platform development. TeleUSE/Win automatically maps a GUI's Motif widgets and their resources to objects. Because TeleUSE/Win generates native Microsoft Foundation Class C++ code, GUIs developed on a UNIX platform can be read by Visual C++.Quoting Larry Vernec, Director of GUI Product Marketing, Alsys, "TeleUSE/Win gives users the flexibility to develop on their native UNIX platform and port to Windows or NT, while maintaining a consistent user interface. The applications developed are supported throughout their lifecycle using TeleUSE, And TeleUSE/Win offers ease of use as a standard feature."
In a related announcement, Alsys has introduced TeleUSE Release 3. TeleUSE Release 3 supports C/C++, and UIL languages and includes features such as COSE/CDE compliant OSF/Motif 1.2.3 and X11R5 support. The TeleUSE family of products provides client/server tools for the development of OSF/Motif GUIs across multiple platforms and databases. GUIs developed with TeleUSE are built with an object-oriented methodology.
Both TeleUSE/Win and TeleUSE Release 3 support UNIX platforms. TeleUSE/Win is priced at $1,890 for a single-user license. TeleUSE Release 3 is priced at $7,500 for a single-user license. For more information contact Alsys, 10251 Vista Sorrento Pkwy, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92121, (619) 457-2700; FAX: (619) 452-2117.
Periscope Ships WinScope Version 1.2
The Periscope Company has begun shipping Version 1.2 of WinScope, its debugging tool for Windows 3.x. Features of WinScope Version 1.2 include: Enhanced Event Captured, Enhanced Trace Display, Trace File Crash Recovery, and Multiple Project Directories.The Enhanced Event Capture lets users monitor and debug software that uses the Telephony API (TAPI and ATSP), Open Data Base connectivity (ODBC), MultiMedia (MMSYSTEM), Mail API (MAPI), and Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 (OLE2) DLLs. The Enhanced Trace Display decodes "magic" numbers, shows full parameter names, enumerated fields, and messages. The Trace File Crash Recovery lets user see the events leading up to a system crash and Multiple Project Directories lets users set up separate directories for various projects and to run WinScope from a read-only network directory.
WinScope version 1.2 is priced at $149. Registered users who purchased WinScope after April 22 can upgrade by sending $5 for shipping and handling. All other registered users can upgrade for $25. For more information contact The Periscope Company, Inc., 1475 Peachtree St., Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30309, (800) 722-7006 or (404) 888-5335; FAX: (404) 888-5520.
Visual Numerics Announces IMSL C Libraries For Windows NT
Visual Numerics, Inc. has announced a Windows NT version of its IMSL C Numerical Libraries and IMSL Exponent Graphics. These 32-bit Libraries support Intel-based PCs running Microsoft's Visual C++ compiler under Windows NT.The IMSL C Numerical Libraries are a collection of user-callable mathematical and statistical subroutines including 900 subroutines for linear systems, interpolation and approximation, differential equations, transforms, nonlinear equations, optimization, random number generation, time series, probability, and regression. IMSL Exponent Graphics for Windows NT provides 30 presentation-quality 2D and 3D technical graphs through high-level function calls. Exponent Graphics for Windows NT includes the following features: a built-in interactive GUI for plot development and prototyping, 300 customizable graph attributes, and high-performance output drivers. The Windows NT Libraries include Windows-based online documentation and 600 code and graphics examples that can be copied and pasted into the source code.
IMSL C Numerical Libraries for Windows NT is priced at $695 and IMSL Exponent Graphics for Windows NT is priced at $895. A bundled package of both the numerical and graphical libraries is priced at $1,195. For more information contact Visual Numerics, Inc., 9990 Richmond Ave., Suite 400, Houston, TX 77042, (713) 784-3131; FAX: (713) 781-9260.
IST Offers Motif GUI Builder
Imperial Software Technology and KL Group have announced that KL Group's XRT widgets can be integrated into IST's X-Designer. X-Designer, a tool for creating, prototyping, and testing Motif-based GUI's, is internationalized and free of runtime fees or proprietary language. X-Designer uses a point-and-click interactive user interface for generating code in standard C, C++, UIL, or X resource files. KL Group's XRT products, which are used for Motif application development, include: XRT/graph for Motif, a 2D graph widget; XRT/3d for Motif, a 3D surface bar and contour graph widget; and XRT/table, which let users display and manipulate tabular data in an OSF/Motif application.X-Designer, which supports the integration of XRT widgets, is priced at $3,500 for the first license. Prices for single licenses are $1,995 for XRT/graph, $2,495 for XRT/3d, and $1,495 for XRT/table. There are no runtime or distribution fees for XRT products or X-Designer. For more information contact V.I. Corporation, Northampton, MA (413) 586-4144; or KL Group, 260 King Street East, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M54 1K3, (416) 594-1026 FAX: (416) 594-1919; e-mail: [email protected].
Westmount Technology B.V Announces Westmount I-CASE OMT
Westmount Technology B.V. has announced Westmount I-CASE OMT, an object-oriented OSF/Motif CASE tool for Rumbaugh's OMT methodology. Westmount I-CASE OMT supports multiple users working in an open environment with a shared repository embedded in Informix, Ingres, or Sybase. Westmount I-CASE OMT is based on the same architecture as the other Westmount I-CASE environments (Yourdon, Ward/Melior, and SSADM), which means it supports multiple users and projects, automatic documentation and report generation, and version and configuration management.Westmount I-CASE OMT includes three facilities: flexible code generation, reverse engineering, and an open repository. Westmount I-CASE OMT generates C++ code and a run-time system to store and retrieve objects from an Informix or Ingres database. The Westmount I-CASE OMT C++ Reverse Engineering facility integrates a number of commercially available class libraries or frameworks with software tools like interface builders into development environments.
For more information contact Westmount Technology B.V., Olof Palmestraat 24, P.O. Box 5063, 2600 GB DELFT, The Netherlands +31 15 141212; FAX: +31 15 120267 or Westmount USA Inc., 1555 Wilson Blvd, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209; (703) 875-8799; FAX: (703) 527-5709.
Western Wares Releases CC-Rider Professional Edition v5.0
Western Wares has released version 5.0 of its CC-RIDER Professional Source Code Analysis Browsing and Documentation Software for C/C++. Features of Version 5.0 include a Visual Mode interface which provides tools for C/C++ applications in a Windows environment, support for Text Mode browsing, a Visual Mode browser which integrates with Windows based editors, and C/C++ analyzers which provides background analysis and database caching to extended memory.Other features of CC-RIDER Professional Edition v5.0 include: printed graphical class hierarchy charts, function call tree diagrams, class nesting, #include file structures, a programming API library, ASCII symbol listing, automatic documentation from source code comments, a flat-file database export utility, Windows Help, and QuickHelp database output.
For more information contact Western Wares, P.O. Box C, Norwood, CO 81423, (303) 327-4898.
StratosWare Releases MemCheck V3.0 For Windows
StratosWare Corporation has released MemCheck V3.0 for Windows, the automatic error detection tool for C/C++ programmers under Microsoft Windows. MemCheck integrates with existing C/C++ code and works at run time to identify errors by source file and line number in the source code. Error messages may be directed to the screen, written to log files, or sent in network or e-mail message. Developers can use MemCheck in combination with other debuggers like CodeView or Turbo Debugger.MemCheck V3.0 for Windows will detect memory overwrites and underwrites, memory leaks, invalid handle/pointer usage, out-of-memory errors in GlobalAlloc(), LocalAlloc(), malloc(), free(), and allocation/relocation functions. MemCheck intercepts data transfer functions such as strcpy(), stracat(),_fmemset(), and others, to check for overwrite to heap.
MemCheck V3.0 supports Microsoft C/C 7.0, Visual C++, and Borland C++ 2.04.x. MemCheck V3.0 for Windows is priced at $139. For more information contact StratosWare Corporation, 1756 Plymouth Rd., Suite 1500, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, (800) 933-3284 or (313) 996-2944; FAX: (313) 747-8519.
Code Farms Ports C/C++ Data Object Library
Code Farms Inc. has ported their C/C++ Data Object Library to the WATCOM Version 10.0 C/C++ compiler. The library is shipped in two versions (one for C and one for C++) and includes persistent data which does not require custom coded I/O functions for every new class. The C/C++ Data Object Library Version 4.0 includes a port to Borland C++ Version 4.0, Sun C++ Version 3.0, and Watcom C/C++ Version 10.0. Features of the Library include memory saving algorithms for memory blasting and for saving large numbers of objects under MSWindows, and automatic reference counting which is available as one of the data organizations.Prices for a single C/C++ Data Object Library license range from $299 to $599 depending on platform. The Library is shipped in full source, no royalties apply. For more information contact Code Farms Inc., 7412 Jock Trail, Richmond, Ontario, Canada, K0A 2Z0, (613) 838-4829; FAX: (613) 838-3316.
Greenleaf Software Ships Greenleaf CommLib
Greenleaf Software has begun shipping Greenleaf CommLib version 5.0. Features of CommLib 5.0 include a 350 function library, which will support the Win-32 API and 32-bit DOS extenders, and two language independent DLLs for Windows NT and MS-Windows. CommLib 5.0 extends asynchronous communication programming for C into the 32-bit arena by using Greenleaf's Level 2 device-independent functions for the MS Win32 driver, TNT DOS Extender by PharLap Software, and DOS/4G by Rational Systems. Level 2 is one of Greenleaf's communications APIs, an interface supporting multiple targets using a series of virtual functions.Windows features in CommLib 5.0 include two language independent DLLs (Windows 3.1 and NT) and message notification for communication events. Other features include: CompuServe B+ file transfer protocol; support for intelligent and nonintelligent multiport boards and the 16550 UART FIFO modes; and XON/XOFF, RTS/CTS, and DSR/DRT flow control.
CommLib 5.0 supports standard C compilers including Visual C++, Microsoft C/C++, Borland C/C++, Symantec C++, Turbo C/C++, and Watcom C/C++. Prices for CommLib 5.0 start at $359. Full source code is included. For more information contact Greenleaf Software Inc., 16479 Dallas Pkwy, Bent Tree Tower Two, Suite 570, Dallas, TX 75248, (800) 532-9830 or (214) 248-2561; FAX: (214) 248-7830.
Quadralay Announces UDT For C/C/++ v1.3
Quadralay Corporation has announced UDT for C/C++ v1.3, its object-oriented development environment for UNIX. UDT for C/C++ consists of five components: a drag and drop tool manager, a C++ class browser with prototyping capability, an integrated object-oriented editor, a C source code browser, and a hypermedia based source code librarian and authoring system. Features of UDT for C/C++ v1.3 include work group authoring and documentation capabilities.UDT for C/C++ supports SPARC SunOS 4.1.x, SPARC Solaris 2.x, Intel SCO Open Desktop, Intel Solaris 2.x, HP 9000/700, and RS/6000. A single license for UDT for C/C++ v1.3 is priced at $795. The flexible license server allows both standalone and floating licenses. For more information contact Quadralay Corporation, 8920 Business Park Dr., Austin, TX 78759, (512) 346-9199; FAX: (512) 794-9997; email: [email protected].
Datalight Introduces CardTrick FFS
Datalight has introduced CardTrick FFS, a flash file system which is compatible with Microsoft's FFS2 data structures. CardTrick is a sector oriented flash file system created for light-weight hand-held computers. CardTrick runs DOS utilities, recognizes SRAM and ROM cards, and works with or without Card and Socket Services. CardTrick FFS is also compatible with other Card Services and supports the same flash cards as Microsoft FFS2.According to Datalight, CardTrick FFS is 10% smaller than FFS2 and solves the problem of accumulating speed degradation. For information contact Datalight, Arlington, WA, (206) 435-8086.
