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Stingray Software has released Objective Edit 1.0, an embeddable source-code editor for Visual C++ development. Also, Stingray has released Visual CASE 1.0, a visual-modeling/CASE tool that provides an object-oriented view of an application under development.
Based on the MFC document/view architecture, Objective Edit 1.0 can be used to provide another source-code view of your data. Objective Edit 1.0 can also be integrated into existing Visual C++ applications. Visual CASE 1.0 provides developers with a graphical, object-oriented view of their projects.
In addition, Stingray has announced updates to its products that provide classes for the MFC library. These include Objective Chart 1.1, a graphing and charting library; Objective Toolkit 5.1, a class library for MFC developers; Objective Toolkit Pro, an add-on to Objective Toolkit that provides professional-level classes for the GUI builder using MFC; and Objective Grid 6.0, a grid control for MFC developers.
Visual CASE 1.0 costs $695; subscriptions cost $295. Objective Edit 1.0 costs $495; subscriptions cost $245. Objective Chart 1.1 costs $495; subscriptions cost $245. Objective Toolkit 5.1 costs $495; subscriptions cost $245. Objective Toolkit Pro costs $495; subscriptions cost $245.
For more information contact Stingray Software, Inc., 3000 Aerial Center, Ste. 110, Morrisville, NC 27560. 800-924-4223 or +1-919-461-0672. FAX: +1-919-461-9811. Email: sales@stingsoft.com. WWW: http://www.stingsoft.com.
Riverace Announces ACE 4.3
Riverace Corporation has announced ACE (ADAPTIVE Communications Environment) v4.3. ACE is an object-oriented, C++ class library and framework that implements many core design patterns for developing high-performance, multi-platform communications software. ACE simplifies development of network applications and services that use interprocess communication, event demultiplexing, explicit dynamic linking, and concurrency.
Enhancements include: ACE_Atomic_Op class for atomic mathematical operations, send/recv operations with timeout capability, improved implementations of the ACE_filecache class, and improved timers and auto-pointers.
The ACE source kit is available free on Riverace's website.
For more information, contact Riverace Corporation, 90 Vine St., Ste. A, Wrentham, MA 02093-1106. +1-508-384-5708. FAX: +1-508-384-3197. WWW: http://www.riverace.com.
Altura Software Announces API Master and Object Master r6
Altura Software, Inc. has announced API Master, a productivity tool for Visual C++ and J++ programmers, and Object Master r6, a cross-platform development tool. API Master is an add-on utility for Microsoft's Visual Studio. A key product in Altura's Master Tool Series, API Master enables developers to access and work with all of the Windows, MFC, and/or J++ APIs.
API Master is available on Altura's website for $39 (US). This version of API Master can also be used as a full-featured trial version for 45 days. Object Master costs $399 and is sold on a subscription basis, which includes three CD-ROM releases per year. Current users of Object Master r5 will receive Release 6 automatically. Users of previous versions can upgrade to Object Master r6 for $199.
For more information, contact Altura Software, Inc., 510 Lighthouse Ave., Ste. 5, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. +1-408-655-8005. FAX: +1-408-655-9663. Email: altura@altura.com. WWW: http://www.altura.com.
Mabry Releases SoundX/X ActiveX Control
Mabry Software, Inc. has released SoundX/X, an ActiveX control that gives Internet developers access to Soundex, Extended Soundex, and Metaphone algorithms. These algorithms convert words or names to codes that represent how the words "sound." Soundex consists of a letter plus digits; Extended Soundex is purely numeric and can result in a faster database scan; and Metaphone consists of letters, which can result in a better match rate, but also takes up more computer storage space. The length of the codes (Soundex, Extended Soundex, and Metaphone) is selectable through a property.
SoundX/X costs $20, plus shipping and handling. SoundX/X with Microsoft Visual C++ v5 source code costs $50. SoundX/X is royalty-free.
For more information contact Mabry Software, Inc., P.O. Box 31926, Seattle, WA 98103-1926. +1-206-634-1443. FAX: +1-206-632-0272. CompuServe: 71231.2066@compuserve.com. Email: mabry@halcyon.com.
Dundas Software Releases Ultimate TCP/IP v2.0
Dundas Software has announced Ultimate TCP/IP v2.0 development toolkit. Version 2.0 offers new classes, an enhanced kernel, expanded documentation and tutorials, and support for Winsock 2.0 development.
Ultimate TCP/IP, a C++ development toolkit for Internet enabling applications, includes full C++ source code and is sold royalty-free. Ultimate TCP/IP v2.0 supports both the client and server sides of the TCP/IP communications equation.
Dundas Software also has announced Ultimate Grid Studio, a suite of grid products covering a wide array of development languages. Ultimate Grid Studio includes Dundas' Ultimate Grid/MFC, Ultimate Grid/SDK, Ultimate Grid/Java, and Ultimate Grid/ActiveX products. A larger suite, Ultimate Grid Studio Enterprise, adds Dundas' Ultimate PocketGrid for Windows CE. Ultimate Grid Studio also includes the complete source code to every element in the suite.
Ultimate TCP/IP v2.0 costs $499. Ultimate Grid Studio costs $599; Ultimate Grid Studio Enterprise costs $799. Site and team licensing available for all products. For more information contact Dundas Software, 240 Portage Rd., Ste. 670, Lewiston, NY 14092. 800-463-1492 or +1-416-239-7472. FAX: +1-416-239-2183. Email: info@dundas.com or sales@dundas.com. WWW: http://www.dundas.com.
Black Ice Software Announces Fax C++/OCX v5.0
Black Ice Software, Inc. has announced Fax C++/OCX v5.0 with Voice, DTMF, and TAPI. This voice/fax development toolkit provides a unified API for modem vendors. It supports an unlimited number of ports and is royalty-free. With a single API, developers can build Voice/Fax and IVR applications, such as fax-server, fax-on-demand, and call-central applications.
Fax C++/OCX allows developers to build black-and-white or color faxing applications. Combined with Black Ice's Generic Print Driver and Imaging Libraries, Fax C++/OCX provides developers with tools to rapidly build fax-server and fax-back applications, or to fax-enable an existing application.
For more information contact Black Ice Software, Inc., 294 Route 101, Amherst, NH 03031. +1-603-673-1019. FAX: +1-603-672-4112. Email: sales@blackice.sendfax.com. WWW: http://blackice.sendfax.com.
Burton Systems Announces TLIB for Windows v5.5
Burton Systems Software has shipped TLIB for Windows v5.5. TLIB v5.5 for Windows integrates with Microsoft Developer's Studio's (MSDS) products, including Visual C++ 5.0, J++, and InterDev. TLIB v5.0 creates a TLIB Version Control sub-menu under the respective tools menus. The MSDS Add-in is similar to the integration Burton released for MS Visual Basic 4.0 and 5.0 earlier this year. Existing TLIB for Windows Combo Edition license holders may download these Add-ins free from Burton's website.
TLIB v5.5 for Windows Combo Edition also includes compiler-native, project-level support for Borland Delphi files. This support allows the user to access project files from within TLIB, thereby avoiding the need to use the wild-card specifications or file lists required in TLIB's normal mode.
TLIB v5.5 Combo Edition costs $225, with additional licenses for $175 and upgrades from $30 to $85. TLIB v5.5 for DOS costs $139, with additional licenses for $100 and upgrades for $30. Both come with a 60-day, money-back guarantee and free, unlimited tech support.
For more information contact Burton Systems Software, P.O. Box 4157, Cary, NC 27519-4157. +1-919-233-8128. FAX: +1-919-233-0716. Email: info@burtonsys.com. WWW: http://www.burtonsys.com.
Guideware Announces Guideware Java Agent SDK
Guideware Corporation has announced an agent system for Java that allows developers to plug process-management features into corporate intranet and extranet applications. The company also introduced the Guideware Software Developer's Kit (SDK), which supports the agent system.
The Guideware agent system for Java includes Agent Monitor software that controls agents and their access to the Web and other applications. An Agent Monitor must be present on each computer and server using Guideware agents. The Guideware SDK provides a Java application framework that simplifies the construction of agents, which access data, make decisions, and notify users. The Guideware SDK is now being evaluated for 100% Java certification.
The Guideware SDK costs $349 per developer. The Agent Monitor is available for no charge at www.guideware.com.
For more information contact Guideware Corporation, 43334 Bryant St., Ste. 10B, Fremont, CA 94539. +1-510-445-0230. FAX: +1-510-445-0625. WWW: http://www.guideware.com.
Aqueduct Software Announces Aqueduct Profiler
Aqueduct Software has released the Aqueduct Profiler, a software management product that attaches to the application program and sends usage data back to the vendor via Internet email protocols while the application is running. The Aqueduct Profiler provides the software organization with detailed information on an application's usage and behavior, as well as the application's running environment. Isolated results are correlated into meaningful indicators, such as whether crashes are tied to specific platforms or features, or whether a drop in the reported "bug" rate is due to improved quality or to a decrease in user testing activity.
Aqueduct Profiler pricing starts at $15,000 per year, depending on project size.
For more information contact Aqueduct Software, Inc., 800 Menlo Ave., Ste. 215, Menlo Park, CA 94025. +1-650-463-8700. FAX: +1-650-463-8706. Email: info@aqueduct.com. WWW: http://www.aqueduct.com.
BlueWater Releases WinDK v2.5
BlueWater Systems, Inc. has released WinDK Device Driver Development Kit v2.5. WinDK v2.5 provides developers with the flexibility of working in C or C++. WinDK v2.5 also includes tested code for attaching IEEE 1394 "Firewire" Bus and Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices to Microsoft's new generation of Windows Driver Model (WDM) machines.
WDM will provide a common driver model for both the Windows NT operating system and Windows 98, allowing programmers to write a single device driver for both operating systems. The WinDK v2.5 toolkit adheres to the Microsoft NT DDK, resulting in full-featured device drivers that are portable across platforms.
The WinDK v2.5 Device Driver Development Kit costs $595, including six months of free technical support and 90 days of free upgrades. The optional library source code is available for an additional $200. The WinDK Device Driver Wizard can be downloaded for free at www.bluewatersystems.com.
For more information contact BlueWater Systems, Inc., 190 W. Dayton, Edmonds, WA 98020-0776. 800-962-2114 or +1-425-771-3610. FAX: +1-425-771-2742. Email: info@bluewatersystems.com. WWW: http://www.bluewatersystems.com.
Aisys Announces DriveWay Design Tools for COP8, MPC821
Aisys Inc. has announced DriveWay-COP8 to support National Semiconductor's family of 8-bit microcontrollers; and DriveWay-MPC821 to support the Motorola MPC821, a high-performance, low-battery consumption, integrated microprocessor with a built-in communication controller used in mobile computing applications.
DriveWay-COP8 enables designers to design and implement peripheral device drivers for COP8 microcontrollers without requiring a detailed knowledge of the silicon. DriveWay-MPC821 automatically generates low-level drivers and boot code from a high-level specification.
DriveWay-COP8 costs $495 per license. A restricted license for DriveWay-MPC821 starts at $10,000 (US) and a full license is $33,000.
For more information contact Aisys Inc., 4633 Old Ironsides Dr., Ste. 105, Santa Clara, CA 95054. +1-408-327-8820. FAX: +1-408-327-8830. Email: mkt@aisysinc.com. WWW: http://www.aisys.com.
Motorola Announces RTEK 2.0 Real-Time Kernel
Motorola has announced RTEK 2.0, a scalable real-time kernel that supports most of Motorola's line of microcontroller products. The RTEK kernel has over 200 kernel services that help manage system resources such as the CPU, peripherals, memory, and time. These services are divided between eight kernel object classes: tasks, semaphores, queues, mailboxes, memory partitions, mutexes, timers, and interrupts, The RTEK development kit provides a common API embodied in a set of C functions that enable developers to access kernel functionality.
The kernel provides three scheduling methods for maximum flexibility: Preemptive, Round Robin, and Time-Slice. A graphical, system-generation program called RTEK gen is included, which provides point-and-click system configuration.
The kernel currently supports the 68HC11, 68HC12, 68HC16, and 68300 microcontrollers. Pricing begins at $4,000 for a single-user SDK.
For more information contact Motorola. 800-262-5486 or +1-512-891-3127. FAX: +1-281-530-1970. Email: rtek@esphou.com. WWW: http://www.mot.com/computer/.
Gimpel Releases FlexeLint for C/C++ v7.50
Gimpel Software has announced FlexeLint for C/C++ v7.50. FlexeLint will analyze a mixed suite of C and C++ programs and report on bugs, glitches, and inconsistencies.
A new feature is user-defined function semantics. With this feature, the user may specify constraints on function arguments, and may specify properties of function return values. Coupled with inter-statement value tracking, this feature offers checking for proper and consistent argument values and can provide value clues for function return values.
The cost to license FlexeLint depends on the configuration. A one-user workstation license is $998, and a one-user LAN license is $1,998. Call for additional pricing. Updates are available at a lower cost to current users.
For more information contact Gimpel Software, 3207 Hogarth Lane, Collegeville, PA 19426. +1-610-584-4261. FAX:+1-610-584-4266. WWW: http://www.gimpel.com.
Black & White Software Announces Object/Observer
Black & White Software has released Object/Observer, a product that supports multi-ORB, distributed object management. Object/Observer facilitates the development and deployment of distributed object-oriented applications in C++ and Java via graphical tools and automatic code generation. The software also offers diagnostic mechanisms for effectively monitoring and controlling application objects and their communication. Object/Observer uses the IIOP Internet standard wire protocol, allowing communication among objects across heterogeneous networks to be observed both graphically and programmatically.
Per user pricing starts at $3,995 on Unix and $2,995 on Windows 95/NT.
For more information contact Black & White Software, Inc., 1901 South Bascom Ave., 7th Floor, Campbell, CA 95008. +1-408-369-7400. FAX: +1-408-369-7406. Email: info@blackwhite.com. WWW: http://www.blackwhite.com.
SDS Announces SingleStep Solutions for PowerPC 740 & 750
Software Development Systems, Inc. (SDS) has introduced SingleStep Solutions, a software development environment for the PowerPC 740 and 750 microprocessors. With SingleStep Solutions, SDS offers embedded designers a selection of development tools for Unix and Windows host platforms. By incorporating advanced, instruction-set simulation and distributed emulation capabilities into SingleStep Solutions, SDS provides early adopters of new silicon technologies with a comprehensive suite of debugging tools.
The SingleStep Advanced PowerPC Simulator (SIMPPC) is available for Sun, Solaris, and HP-UX workstations starting at $2,000. It is available for Microsoft Windows 95/NT workstations starting at $1,500. C and C++ compilers integrated with SingleStep for the PowerPC 700 are available for Sun, Solaris, and HP-UX workstations starting at $4,400 and for Windows 95/NT platforms starting at $2,200 (as an optimizing C compiler).
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. Email: sales@sdsi.com. WWW:http://www.sdsi.com.
Rogue Wave Announces Tools.h++ 7.0 for OS/390
Rogue Wave Software, Inc. has released Tools.h++ 7.0 for the IBM S/390 Parallel Enterprise server platform. Tools.h++ 7.0 for OS/390 is a class library that developers can use across small embedded systems, PCs, and S/390 servers to build and deploy enterprise-scale applications. It provides data structures, collection classes, string classes, and other basic classes, such as date and time.
Tools.h++ 7.0 for OS/390 is sold by subscription for a monthly fee depending on the processor capacity of the S/390 server. Pricing begins at $76/month for smaller systems. The product supports OS/390 vl.3 and later releases on S/390 systems from IBM, Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Amdahl.
For more information contact Rogue Wave Software, 850 S.W. 35th St., Corvallis, OR 97333. 800-487-3217 or +1-541-754-3010. +1-541-757-6650. WWW: http://www.roguewave.com.
Diab Data Announces C/C++ Compiler Suites for MPC850
Diab Data, Inc. has announced D-CC and D-C++ compiler suites for MPC850 and the MPC850SE. The compiler suites consist of C or C++ compiler, assembler, linker, program profiler, program checker, optimized-ANSI and floating-point libraries, and other utilities. Diab Data's compiler suites are fully PowerPC EABI compliant to ensure interoperability with third-party debug and run-time development environments, such as SDS' SingleStep, ISI's PRISM+, pSOSystem, and Wind River Systems' VxWorks and Tornado.
D-CC and D-C++ for the MPC850 and MPC850SE are available on CD-ROM. Supported host platforms include Windows 95/NT, Solaris, SunOS, HP/UX, AIX, and IRIX.
For more information contact Diab Data Inc., 323 Vintage Park Dr., Foster City, CA 94404. +1-650-571-1700. FAX: +1-650-9068. Email: info@ddi.com. WWW: http://www.ddi.com.
Green Hills Announces MULTI Development Environment for Siemens' TriCore CPUs
Green Hills Software has announced its MULTI Development Environment and family of C, C++, Fortran, and Ada 95 optimizing compilers for Siemens' TriCore CPUs.
MULTI's integrated debug, program-build, profiling, and version-control facilities simplify the development of complex software for the TriCore CPUs. At the same time, Green Hills' optimizing compilers, which are tightly integrated with MULTI, enable designers to take advantage of the increased code density and execution efficiency provided by TriCore's hybrid, 16/32-bit architecture.
The MULTI Development Environment for Windows NT or Windows 95, including a C/C++ compiler, costs $5,900 for a single-seat, developer's license. The Unix version of MULTI costs $8,900.
For more information contact Green Hills Software, Inc., 30 West Sola St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 800-500-2580 or +1-805-965-6044. FAX: +1-805-965-6343. Email: sales@ghs.com. WWW: http://www.ghs.com.
Softel vdm Releases SftBox/DLL 1.0
Softel vdm has released SftBox/DLL 1.0, a DLL-based custom control for Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95. SftBox/DLL is a combo-box control replacement that implements messages and functions found in a Windows combo-box control.
SftBox/DLL offers three combo-box styles, with features such as multiple columns, variable height items, multiple text lines per cell with word wrap, built-in row and column headers (with optional buttons and bitmaps), user resizable columns, column drag-and-drop, grid lines, 3-D item display, hierarchical data displays, sorting, optimal column width, and horizontal scroll-area calculation. Several bitmaps per item can be used, including cell bitmaps. Cells offer individual color, font, and bitmap attributes.
SftBox/DLL 1.0 costs $260 for a single developer license without DLL source code. The DLL source code is available at an additional cost.
For more information contact Softel vdm, 318 Tamiami Trail, Ste. 14, Punta Gorda, FL 33950. +1-941-505-8600. FAX: +941-505-8555. Email: softelvdm@softelvdm.com. WWW: http://www.softelvdm.com.
ICS Ships Database Xcessory 1.5
Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS) has announced Database Xcessory (DX) 1.5, an advanced tool that speeds the development of Unix client/server applications with graphical user interfaces. In addition to supporting Oracle and Sybase, Database Xcessory 1.5 adds support for Informix.
Database Xcessory 1.5 includes BX PRO 2.1, a suite of GUI development tools including: Builder Xcessory 4.0; ViewKit/C++ and Java; EnhancementPak, a library of 27 reusable Motif components; and ViewKit ObjectPak, a C++ reuse framework.
For more information contact Integrated Computer Solutions, 201 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139. +1-617-621-0060. FAX: +1-617-621-9555. Email: info@ics.com. WWW: http://www.ics.com.
Spectron Announces BIOShop Developer's Kit
Spectron Microsystems has announced the BIOShop Software Developer's Kit, a development and run-time platform for TMS320C5x-, TMS320C54x-, and TMS320C2xx-based DSP applications. BIOShop features a retargetable implementation of Texas Instrument's DSP/BIOS API. BIOShop also includes a suite of host-based, real-time analysis tools that can be used to enhance the capability of traditional DSP debuggers, test, and diagnostics tools.
The BIOShop SDK consists of two components: a target-resident embedded kernel that implements the functionality specified in the DSP/BIOS API; and BIOScope, a suite of visual host-based, real-time analysis tools that leverage these kernel services. BIOShop also includes a window-oriented configuration utility that makes it easy to install the DSP/BIOS kernel on custom 'C54x, 'C5x, and 'C2xx platforms, and establish communications with the BIOScope host tools.
BIOShop, including a three-day training class and advanced technical support, costs $3,495 per seat. Bundled options are also available.
For more information contact Spectron Microsystems, Inc., 315 Bollay Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117. +1-805-968-5100. FAX: +1-805-968-9770. Email: info@spectrum.com. WWW: http://www.dspbios.com. or http://www.spectron.com.