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SYWARE, Inc. has announced Dr. DeeBee ODBC Tools v3.0, a suite of utilities used to monitor the operation of ODBC-enabled applications and drivers. With Version 3.0 the tools Info, Peek, Timer, and Spy now support both ODBC 2.x and 3.0.
Dr. DeeBee Tools is a suite of seven utilities: Check semantically checks ODBC applications at runtime; Peek records ODBC calls made by an application; Timer counts the number and length of ODBC calls an application makes; Test runs regression tests on ODBC drivers; Spy is a redistributable version of Peek for use by product support organizations; Replay replays logs generated by Spy; and Info displays description and characteristics of a driver.
Dr. DeeBee Tools are packaged in two bundles: the Starter Bundle (Info, Peek, and Timer) costs $199 for 16-bit and $299 for 32-bit; the Super Bundle (all seven tools) costs $399 for 16-bit and $499 for 32-bit.
For more information contact SYWARE, Inc., P.O. Box 91 Kendall, Cambridge, MA 02142. +1-617-497-1376. FAX: +1-617-497-8729. WWW: http://www.syware.com.
Vireo Software Ships Driver::Works Toolkit
Vireo Software has shipped Driver::Works, a tool used to simplify and automate the development of Windows NT device drivers by combining a C++ class library with wizard technology. Driver::Works enables developers to use C++ to build kernel-mode device drivers for Windows NT. Driver::Works includes the Driver::Wizard automatic code generator, an extensive C++ class library, comprehensive online documentation, and many working examples. Driver::Works supports Microsoft's Windows Driver Model (WDM), ensuring that drivers built with Driver::Works will be compatible with both Windows NT 4.0 and future versions of Windows, including Windows 97.
Driver::Works requires Windows NT 3.51 or later, and is fully compatible with both Intel and Alpha platforms. Vireo Software provides free technical support and an unconditional, 60-day money-back guarantee.
Driver::Works costs $795 per seat, with no additional royalties or runtime fees.
For more information contact Vireo Software, Inc., 21 Half Moon Hill, Acton, MA 01720. +1-508-264-9200. FAX: +1-508-264-9205. e-mail: sales@vireo.com. WWW:http://www.vireo.com.
NuMega Announces BoundsChecker 5 and C++Builder Edition
NuMega Technologies, Inc. has announced BoundsChecker 5.0, an error detection product for Windows developers; and BoundsChecker 5.0, C++Builder Edition for Borland's C++Builder Client/Server Suite.
BoundsChecker 5.0 is shipping in Visual C++, Delphi, and Standard Editions. This new version includes NuMega's error detection technologies, ActiveCheck and FinalCheck. BoundsChecker 5, C++Builder Edition, is tailored to the C++Builder environment and includes Smart Debugging, BoundsChecker's integration with the C++Builder debugger.
BoundsChecker 5.0 is $599 for the Visual C++ Edition, $399 for the Delphi Edition, and $349 for the Standard Edition. Evaluation copies of BoundsChecker are available free from NuMega's web site at www.numega.com. BoundsChecker 5.0, C++Builder Edition, is list priced at $399 and includes licenses for both Windows NT and Windows 95.
For more information contact NuMega Technologies, Inc., 9 Townsend West, Nashua, NH 03063. +1-603-578-8400. FAX: +1-603-578-8401. WWW: http://www.numega.com.
Visual Edge Announces UIM/X 3.0 GUI Builder
Visual Edge Software Ltd. has announced UIM/X 3.0, the company's GUI builder for CDE/Motif. In Version 3.0, Visual Edge has added an embedded C++ interpreter, a superset of the product's previous ANSI-C interpreter. Other enhancements include: the convenience library, cde style guide compliance, connection editor, bubble-help system, support for non-visual objects, constraint editor, improved CORBA support, and novice mode enhancements.
UIM/X 3.0 costs $5,000. Volume discounts, support, and upgrade pricing are set by Visual Edge's OEMs and distributors.
For more information contact Visual Edge Software, Ltd., 3950 Cote Vertu, Ste. 100, St-Laurent, Quebec H4R 1V4, Canada. +1-514-332-6430. FAX: +1-514-332-5914. e-mail: info@vedge.com. WWW: http://www.vedge.com/.
Visix Releases Vibe Java IDE
Visix Software Inc. has announced Vibe, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), collection of classes, and other tools used to build and deploy Java-based solutions ranging from stand-alone departmental applications to distributed applications.
The Vibe IDE offers an intuitive user interface, a Java virtual machine, a compiler, debugger, editing tools, interface construction tools, and extensive runtime classes. The Vibe Virtual Machine (VM) runs as both client-side software and as a plug-in to popular browsers, allowing Vibe-built applications to be accessed and executed from popular desktop clients in intranets and across the Internet.
Platforms supported by Vibe include Windows 95, Windows NT, and Solaris. Vibe costs $49.95.
For more information contact Visix Software Inc., 11440 Commerce Park Dr., Reston, VA 20191. 800-832-8668 or +1-703-758-8230. FAX: +1-703-758-0233. WWW: http://www.visix.com.
Blue Sky Releases RoboHELP 4
Blue Sky Software has released RoboHELP 4. RoboHELP 4 includes the new SmartHelp ActiveX Control and What's This Help Composer optimized for the new versions of Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual FoxPro. RoboHELP 4 also includes support for earlier versions of Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual FoxPro.
The SmartHelp ActiveX control eliminates the need to program context-sensitive Help into any Windows applications developed with Visual Basic 5.0, Visual Basic 5.0 Pro (or previous versions of Visual Basic), Visual C++ 5.0, Access 97, and Visual FoxPro 5.0, or any other development environment supporting the ActiveX or OLE Control standard.
For more information contact Blue Sky Software Corporation, 7777 Fay Ave., Ste. 201, La Jolla, CA 92037. +1-619-459-6365. FAX: +1-619-459-6366. WWW: http://www.blue-sky.com.
Rogue Wave Releases Object Factory 4.0
Rogue Wave Software, Inc. has announced Object Factory 4.0, a C++ visual development tool for cross platform, database-independent applications. Object Factory's open source-code drivers are stored in text files that programmers can customize. Changing the specifications in the source-code drivers customizes the code generation style, making it easy for development teams to adhere to corporate standards, and extend code generation styles.
Supported development platforms include Win NT 3.51 and 4.0, Windows 95, Solaris 2.5.1, and HP-UX. Object Factory 4.0 is priced at $1,495 for a single-user license. Multi-user licenses are also available.
For more information contact Rogue Wave Software, 850 SW 35th St., Corvallis, OR 97333. 800-487-3217 or +1-541-754-3010. +1-541-757-6650. WWW: http://www.roguewave.com.
Dragon Systems Announces DragonXTools 2.0
Dragon Systems, Inc. has shipped DragonXTools 2.0, for integrating advanced speech capabilities into applications. DragonXTools 2.0 combines the simplicity and compatibility of standard VBX and OCX components with the performance improvements; Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT support; and text-to-speech capabilities of DragonDictate for Windows 2.52. Version 2.0 adds 32-bit tools and code libraries, so developers can add speech functionality, ranging from small vocabulary command-and-control to full 60,000-word dictation, into their existing 16- and 32-bit custom controls and programs, using Visual Basic, Visual C++, or other development tools supporting industry-standard VBX and OCX controls or C-callable DLLs.
For more information contact Dragon Systems, Inc., 800-825-5897 or +1-617-965-5200x348. e-mail: reneeb@dragonsys.com.
Snowbound Software Announces RasterMaster v.6 for UNIX
Snowbound Software Corporation has announced a version of RasterMaster 6.0 imaging technology for UNIX platforms including Sun Solaris, HP/UX, Macintosh MKLINUX, IBM AIX, and Intel/SCO.
All UNIX versions of the RasterMaster Library have the same familiar API and operate with X-Windows. Version 6.0 adds document imaging support for the hot document archival, and document storage and retrieval arena. New features include deskewing, despeckling, automatic aspect ratio correction, IBM ImagePlus support, PNG reading, and Internet-ready transparent and interlaced GIF support.
For more information contact Snowbound Software, P.O. Box 520, Newton, MA 02159. +1-617-630-9495. FAX: +1-617-630-0210. WWW: http://www.snowbnd.com.
Software Development Systems Offers ColdFire Evaluation Kit
Software Development Systems (SDS) and Motorola have announced a hardware and software development environment for Windows 95/NT host systems and ColdFire MCF5206 embedded targets. The evaluation kit contains a ColdFire MCF5206 25MHz development board with 256K DRAM; a 16-bit Ethernet card; a P&E debug connector providing emulation capability from a PC; and a 60-day free, fully-functional CD-ROM containing evaluation software. The CD-ROM includes the Windows 95/NT host version of the SDS SingleStep Debug Suite, providing kernel awareness for the pSOS real-time operating system (RTOS) from Integrated Software, Inc., and integration with the C and C++ Compiler Suites from Diab Data.
SingleStep Solutions, bundled with the ColdFire Evaluation Kit, is available for Windows host systems for $99 from Motorola. Full function, time-unlimited versions of SingleStep Solutions for ColdFire MCF5206 are available for Windows and UNIX-based hosts starting at $2,200 from SDS.
For more information contact Software Development Systems, Inc., 815 Commerce Dr., Ste. 250, Oak Brooke, IL 60521. 800-448-7733 or +1-630-368-0400. FAX: +1-630-990-4641. WWW:http://www.sdsi.com.
KL Group Releases XRT/graph 3.0 and Olectra Chart 5.0
KL Group Inc. has shipped XRT/graph 3.0, a charting widget used by UNIX and OpenVMS user-interface developers, and Olectra Chart 5.0, adding data binding, enhanced Internet support, and new native chart types to its ActiveX charting component.
Motif developers use XRT/graph to build financial and scientific applications. Version 3.0 introduces new graph types including polar, radar, filled-radar, hilow, hilowopenclose, candle; property pages that let developers and end-users change graph properties at design-time and runtime; enhanced bar charts; enhanced axis labels; and CDE compliance.
Using Olectra Chart 5.0, developers can bind charts to any data source without writing a single line of code. Charts bound to a data source become fully data-aware and any updates in the data will be automatically reflected in the chart.
For more information contact KL Group, Inc., 260 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5A 1K3. 800-663-4723 or +1-416-594-1026. FAX: +1-416-594-1919. e-mail: info@klg.com. WWW: http://www.klg.com.
Microtec Announces XRAY Pro Debug Suite, Expands VRTX Tool Suite
Microtec has added graphics, PC Card, database, optimizing C++ compiler, Windows IDE, and web-server technologies to its VRTX x86/flat-protected-mode (fpm) Developer's Kit for Windows. In addition, Microtec has released XRAY Pro Debug Suite for Windows 95/NT.
The VRTX x86/fpm Developer's Kit for Windows provides a multitasking, compact, fully-featured, embedded operating system along with a complete set of compatible, PC-hosted development tools including C and C++ compilers, macro assembler, linker/locator, and object module librarian. The kit also includes Microtec's industry-standard XRAY debugger.
This release of the XRAY Pro Debug Suite for 68000 and ColdFire includes enhanced optimizing C and C++ compilers that enable embedded developers to migrate across multiple Motorola target microprocessors.
Pricing for the VRTX x86/fpm Developer's Kit for Windows starts at $3,495. Runtime licenses are based on volume. Pricing for the XRAY Pro Debug Suite starts at $2,300 for a single-user, mobile license for the XRAY simulator or XRAY monitor for C and C++. C and C++ compiler packages start at $2,000. Floating user licenses for groups of developers on Windows 95 and NT hosts are also available.
For more information contact Microtec, 2350 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054. 800-950-5554 or +1-408-980-1300. FAX: +1-408-982-8266.
Bristol Technology Ships Wind/U 4.0
Bristol Technology Inc. has announced Wind/U 4.0, the latest release of the company's Windows and UNIX cross-platform development software. Wind/U 4.0 provides support for Internet features, including Microsoft WinInet APIs and ActiveX, and extended support for threads. Using Wind/U 4.0, developers can write their applications on Windows 95 or Windows NT, and deploy them on Windows, UNIX, and OpenVMS.
Other Wind/U 4.0 features include: Internet Explorer 3.0 common controls, including ComboBoxEx, CoolBar, and Date/Time picker controls; support for all Windows 96 common controls and common dialogs; and MFC 4.2.1 support.
Wind/U 4.0 runs on SunOS and Solaris, HP-UX, Digital UNIX (Alpha), Digital OpenVMS (Alpha and VAX), AIX, and IRIX workstations. Prices for Wind/U 4.0 begin at $10,000.
For more information contact Bristol Technology, Inc., 241 Ethan Allen Highway, Ridgefield, CT 06877. +1-203-438-6969. FAX: +1-203-438-5013. e-mail: info@bristol.com. WWW: http://www.bristol.com.
Woll2Woll Announces InfoPower++ for C++ Builder
Woll2Woll Software has announced InfoPower++, its visual component library suite, for Borland's C++ Builder.
InfoPower++'s functionality includes a data-aware grid that enhances the native C++ grid, including the ability to embed a wider variety of control types such as Bitmaps, SpinEdits, Checkboxes, Lookup Combo Boxes, and Memos. Also supported are scaleable row heights with word-wrapping, title buttons, and built-in validation. In addition, through Picture-Mask Validation Support, developers can define flexible and expressive picture masks that force end-users to enter only specific characters, digits, and special characters, and only in specific positions within a field.
InfoPower++ costs $199; source is available for an additional $149.
For more information contact Woll2Woll Software, 2217 Rhone Dr., Livermore, CA 94550. +1-510-371-1663. FAX: +1-510-371-1664. e-mail: sales@woll2woll.com. WWW: http://www.woll2woll.com.
SkyLine Tools Announces ImageLib for C++ Builder
Skyline Tools has announced ImageLib Corporate Suite for Borland C++ Builder. The Suite offers an image processing package that includes 35 image correction and manipulation tools, as well as other special effects. All of the formats and features that make a complete document and photographic imaging component are included. Formats supported are JPEG, JPEG 6a, PNG, GIF, PCX, BMP, DXF, TGA, Baseline TIFF, Kodak Photo-CD, and EPS.
The suite features "reading and writing" of TIFF III/CITT, TIFF IV/CITT, Multipage TIFF, Packbits, and LZW. The scanning package provides full TWAIN support including downloading from digital cameras, a doorway to ISIS, and low-level and multipage scanning.
ImageLib Corporate Suite also provides the multimedia formats for adding video and sound to applications. When used with VideoLab, live video and video tape can be added to applications.
For more information contact SkyLine Tools, 11956 Riverside Dr., Ste. 107, North Hollywood, CA 91607. +1-818-766-4561. FAX: +1-818-766-9027. e-mail: 72130.353@compuserve.com. WWW: http://www.imaglib.com/
NeoLogic Releases NeoAccess 5.0
NeoLogic Systems, Inc. has announced NeoAccess 5.0,. an upgrade to the company's cross-platform object database management system. Featuring added support for databases over four gigabytes and expanded schema evolution support, NeoAccess 5.0 offers support for the latest releases of all major compilers and application frameworks. It ships with full C++ source code to provide flexibility for both commercial and corporate developers. NeoAccess 5.0 is available for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms.
Other features include: template-based swizzler classes that reduce the need for casting and ease object reference counting issues, support for collections that are not b-tree based, and support for the latest versions of all major compilers and application frameworks.
NeoAccess 5.0 single-developer toolkits begin at $749 per developer. Site licenses and educational and volume discounts are also available.
For more information contact NeoLogic Systems, Inc., 1450 Fourth St., Ste. 12, Berkeley, CA 94710. +1-510-524-5897. FAX: +1-510-524-4501. e-mail: neologic@neologic.com. WWW: http://www.neologic.com.
Diab Data Releases Compiler Suites v4.0
Diab Data, Inc. has announced its next generation C and C++ Compiler Suites, v4.0. Version 4.0 adds enhanced register allocation, live analysis of global variables, and local static variable optimization, as well as extend and increment optimizations and a peep-hole optimizer.
Version 4.0 reduces code size by reducing application run-time memory requirements. An improved library structure allows the linker to include only those routines that are absolutely necessary for specific functions.
Version 4.0 of Diab Data's C and C++ compiler suites are available on CD-ROM for PowerPC, 68K/CPU32, and ColdFire. Supported hosts include Windows 95/NT, Windows 3.X, SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX.
For more information contact Diab Data Inc., 323 Vintage Park Dr., Foster City, CA 94404. +1-415-571-1700. FAX: +1-451-571-9068. WWW: http://www.ddi.com.
Data Junction Announces DJ:Engine and Cambio 6.0 for Windows
Data Junction Corporation has announced DJ:Engine, a stand-alone data conversion engine used to deploy run-time data replication and migration jobs on Windows NT or UNIX-based platforms. The company has also announced native 32-bit versions of Cambio 6.0, a graphical tool for text mining.
Cambio 6.0 runs in native 32-bit mode in Windows 95 and Windows NT, automatically capturing useful data fields from complex, irregular text files and reports and building them into clean database records. DJ:Engine is a 32-bit conversion engine written in C++, containing the core data driver modules that are the foundation for Data Junction's conversion architecture. DJ:Engine is a pure execution engine with no user interface components, so it can perform automatic, run-time data transformations.
DJ:Engine costs $1,500 for Windows NT and $2,500 for UNIX. Cambio for Windows 6.0 is priced at $495 and carries an unconditional 30-day, money-back guarantee.
For more information contact Data Junction Corporation, 2201 Northland Dr., Austin, TX 78756. 800-580-4411 or +1-512-459-1308. FAX: +1-512-459-1309. e-mail: info@datajunction.com. WWW: http://www.datajunction.com.
BrainTree Introduces MoneyPump
BrainTree, Ltd. has introduced a self-contained, sales/marketing platform called MoneyPump to help software publishers and vendors increase sales of try-and-buy software via the Internet, without the need for browsers, web sites, or e-mail.
When installed in any 16- or 32-bit Microsoft Windows program, MoneyPump can provide the following capabilities for try-and-buy sales, outright sales, or metered usage: authorize programs and collect credit card payments completely from within a program 24 hours/day, 7 days/wk, unattended; enable/disable software trials, either fully or partially, for any specified time period and/or usage limit; promote and manage sales of multiple program modules in various combinations; provide real-time, customized in-product market research; and check for and automatically distribute current product versions, to facilitate ongoing sales of new features and add-ons to existing customer base.
Download the MoneyPump demo at: ftp://ftp.moneypump.com/pub/setupmpd.exe (needs Win 95, NT 3.51, or NT 4.0).
For more information contact BrainTree, Ltd., +1-718-279-2100. WWW:http://www.moneypump.com.
Bullseye Testing Releases C-Cover v3.2
Bullseye Testing Technology has released C-Cover v3.2, a branch coverage analyzer for C++ and C that measures true branch coverage. In addition, C-Cover can analyze multithreaded code, DLLs, device drivers, and system-level code. A new feature allows rebuilding and analyzing of an application without any changes to the build procedure or to the application.
This release supports analyzing test programs from within the Microsoft Developer Studio and includes enhanced support for the Microsoft Foundation Classes. Draft standard C++ and Microsoft language extensions are fully supported, including templates, exception handling, and namespaces. Runtime source code and utility programs are included.
C-Cover costs $800 for the first copy and $700 for each additional copy.
For more information contact Bullseye Testing Technology, 800-278-4268. e-mail: info@bullseye.com. WWW: http://www.bullseye.com.
Metrowerks and Microware Release CodeWarrior for OS-9
Metrowerks Inc. and Microware Systems Corp. have announced CodeWarrior for OS-9, an IDE supporting Microware's OS-9 multi-tasking, real-time operating system. Hosted on Windows 95/NT, CodeWarrior for OS-9 offers a suite of C/C++ programming tools, which include Metrowerks' integrated text editor, project manager, source-level debugger, and online references. Microware's advanced compilers and linkers for OS-9 are provided as plug-ins to the environment.
CodeWarrior for OS-9 costs $699. Purchase includes two free product updates and technical support from Metrowerks. Customers purchasing Developer Release 1 will receive an extended set of updates.
For more information contact Metrowerks, Inc., 2201 Donley Dr., Ste 310. Austin, TX 78758. +1-512-873-4758. FAX: +1-512-873-4900. WWW: http://www.metrowerks.com.