ALADDIN SYSTEMS UPDATES STUFFIT ENGINE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS KIT
-IMPROVING COMPATIBILITY WITH MAC OS X AND SUPPORT FOR MACBINARY
ENCODING WITHIN TAR COMPRESSION OPTIONS
Watsonville, CA - December 3, 2001 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB:
ALHI) and publisher of the worldwide Internet compression standard,
StuffIt(tm), today announced it is now shipping the StuffIt Engine(tm)
Software Developer'S Kit (SDK), version 6.5.1 for Macintosh. The
StuffIt Engine allows third-party software developers to put the power
of StuffIt technology in their own applications.
"With StuffIt's cross-platform capabilities, more software
developers are turning to Aladdin's one-stop solution to use with all
their products," said David Polzine, developer relations product
manager. "Developers get the benefit of the best compression
ratios in a package that's easy to implement in their own professional
products."
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(font color="#000000")StuffIt Engine Features and
Enhancements:
(font color="#000000")* Improved compatibility with Mac OS X and
10.1
(font color="#000000")* Tar function includes additional support
for optional MacBinary encoding of contents
(font color="#000000")* Beta version of framework allows
developers to utilize the StuffIt Engine when compiling for
Mach-0/Carbon
(font color="#000000")* Also, includes all previous formats and
capabilities
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One Application Programming Interface (API)
Designed to be easy to integrate into a developer's application,
the StuffIt Engine has one API to handle all the popular compression
and encoding formats. By incorporating the StuffIt Engine libraries in
any software application, developers can access and create StuffIt or
Zip archives, add or remove encoding, or make self-extracting archives
for Mac or Windows desktop users. The StuffIt Engine SDK for Macintosh
can be used to create the following file and archive types:
StuffIt (including encrypted and/or segmented), Zip, Self-Extracting
Archive for Macintosh, Self-Extracting Archive for Windows, Apple
Single, Binhex, BtoA, Bzip, Gzip, Lha, MacBinary, Tar, UU. The SDK can
be used to expand or decode all of the above plus: Arc, CompactPro,
MIME, PrivateFile, RAR, and to mount ShrinkWrap disk image
files.
(font color="#000000")Other Key Features and benefits of the
StuffIt Engine:
(font color="#000000")* Multiple Platforms: The StuffIt Engine
SDK creates and accesses the most common compression and encoding
formats found on Windows, Linux, Unix, and Macintosh.
(font color="#000000")* Multiple File Formats: The SDK supports
the most popular compression and encoding formats found on the
Internet, examples include StuffIt, Zip, Tar and more. For more
examples go to: http://www.aladdinsys.com/sdk/
(font color="#000000")* Saves and restores item comments: the SDK
retains "Get Info" comments on Mac files and
folders.
(font color="#000000")* MacBinary III compliant: Supports the
latest MacBinary standard
(font color="#000000")* HFS+ support: saves and restores all new
HFS+ file info, including long file names.
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(font color="#000000")(u)StuffIt Compression
Advantages:(/u)
(font color="#000000")* Lossless compression,
(font color="#000000")* Variable compression ratios for Fast and
Maximum compression and speed,
(font color="#000000")* Unicode and two-byte compliance for
international support,
(font color="#000000")* Free expansion across multiple platforms
unlike its shareware competitors,
(font color="#000000")* self extracting archives on Mac or
Windows platforms,
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<http://www.stuffit.com/sdk/>,
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StuffIt Engine SDK Availability
The StuffIt Engine SDK is available for Macintosh, Windows, Linux
and Solaris. To apply for a license or download a trial, please visit
<http://www.stuffit.com/sdk/license.html> or contact Aladdin's
Developer Sales group at: sdk.sales@aladdinsys.com or (831)761-6200
x2. License fees vary by the type and scope of the project. Current
licensee's automatically receive a free upgrade to the new
version.
Requirements:
The minimum operating system requirement for the StuffIt Engine SDK is
System 7.5.3. The minimum hardware requirement is a PowerPC processor,
8MB of installed RAM.
Aladdin Systems, Inc: The Leader in Access Management(tm) Founded in
1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin
Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ALHI), develops and publishes
award-winning business and consumer products, including StuffIt, the
complete compression solution for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and
Solaris platforms. Aladdin's software offers a range of solutions to
increase user efficiency in the areas of information access, removal,
recovery, security and Internet distribution. For more information on
Aladdin's products, visit: <http://www.aladdinsys.com> or
<http://www.stuffit.com>.
Aladdin is located at 245 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076, USA;
telephone: (831) 761-6200; URL: <http://www.aladdinsys.com>;
e-mail: info@aladdinsys.com.
