We delayed sending this message due to the InterNIC problems yesterday. InterNIC's error caused an estimated 30% of all mail to all .com and .net domains to bounce for users worldwide. We figured we wouldn't add to the problem. :) Lasso 2.0 provides full support for FileMaker Pro features such as repeating fields and related records via portals. What's more, Lasso was the first and remains the only FileMaker Pro Web-enabling solution that contains built-in email forwarding capabilities. Winning Methodology Lasso 2.0 operates on the principle of easily editable HTML files which contain all database integration commands and dynamic page generation instructions alongside standard HTML page elements. This extended HTML mark-up "language" is referred to as the Lasso Dynamic Markup Language (LDML). The LDML method has proven itself superior to thousands of users who quickly outgrow cumbersome and limited "wizard-like" approaches to database integration. Lasso users operate in their HTML...

For Immediate Release Media and Investor Contact: Tom Biddulph SkyWeyr Technologies Inc. 510-237-8349 bid@skyweyr.com SkyWeyr Ships LiveIndex An Interactive Java Navigation Tool for Websites EL CERRITO, Calif. - SkyWeyr Technologies Inc. announced the release of LiveIndex(tm), which enables website visitors to interact with an intuitive and familiar view of a website. Using an interactive file/folder metaphor similar to the one used by the Macintosh Finder and Windows Explorer, users can quickly navigate complex websites and HTML documentation. By default, LiveIndex picks the type of view (Macintosh or Windows) that is most appropriate for the user. Tom Biddulph, founder of SkyWeyr, commented that "No longer do web surfers need to repeatedly click through pages of HTML to find the information they are interested in. LiveIndex allows them to quickly and easily locate exactly what they are looking for." LiveIndex release 1.0 is primarily targeted at content creators and webmasters who...

Apple and CodeFab Enters Web Objects Training Agreement Cupertino, Calif.--July 15, 1997--CodeFab, Inc. and Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) have announced an agreement to deliver training programs on Apple's WebObjects web development platform. As a training provider for WebObjects, CodeFab will create and deliver courses on the WebObjects product line with training rights in the New York City area and the opportunity to conduct private classes in North America. "CodeFab is an Apple Enterprise Alliance Program Member that has been creating and delivering training classes on WebObjects, and providing WebObjects consulting services. Creating a training provider relationship with CodeFab provides Apple's customers in the New York City area with one-stop shopping for their WebObjects software and services," according to Sara Benson, director of WebObjects and OpenStep customer training for Apple. "I'm very excited to be working with Apple," said Alex Cone, president of CodeFab, Inc. "...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stalker Software adds Anti-Spamming features to its mail server products. MILL VALLEY, Calif., July 14, 1997 - Filling yet another need in the world of Internet Email, Stalker Software, Inc. has just released its latest feature, Anti-Spamming, for both the CommuniGate Messaging System and the Stalker Internet Mail Server. The new feature is especially popular for Internet Service Providers as they suffer the most from senders of bulk E-mail (spammers). Not only do Spam offenders fill mailboxes that ISPs maintain for their clients, but they also abuse ISP mail servers, using them as relays to distribute bulk E-mail all over the world. Anti-spam features are included into the both Stalker SMTP products: the commercial CommuniGate SMTP module, and into the freeware Stalker Internet Mail Server (SIMS). The first feature allows the server administrator to put the network addresses of spammer hosts into the server Black List: all connections from those hosts are...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 1997 Press contact: Jeff Hendry EveryWare Development Inc. (905) 819-1173 ext. 262 jhendry@everyware.com Apple Computer bundles EveryWare's Tango Enterprise and Butler SQL Leading-edge Web development tools from EveryWare Development Inc., chosen for the Apple Internet Server Solution Mississauga, Ontario--July 15, 1997--EveryWare Development Inc. (ASE: EVE) has reached a software distribution agreement with Apple Computer Inc. The agreement is to bundle Tango Enterprise and Butler SQL, EveryWare's intranet rapid application development tool and relational database management system with the Apple Internet Server Solution. Apple Computer Inc., of Cupertino, CA (http://www.apple.com/) is focused on providing a complete solution to organizations in business, education, or publishing that want to establish a significant presence on the Web. The Apple Internet Server Solution, which is one of three available software solutions for Apple's Workgroup Server...

Nombas has developed a JavaScript compatible interpreter that you can include in your application or embedded system. This interpreter developer's kit is called the ScriptEase:Integration SDK. Using an interpreter in your application means you get: Faster Application Development More Flexible Applications Easier Portability Improved Code Reuse The ScriptEase:Integration SDK allows you to embed into your C/C++ application a fully functional, JavaScript compatible, script language interpreter. You get the full power of an interpreter engine without the time, engineering and hardware resources normally required when developing your own macro language interpreter. The ScriptEase Interpreter offers all the flow control operators: if, else, while, do/while, for switch, and goto. Also included are the pre-processor directives, #include, #if, #ifdef, #else #ifel, #endif, #define. With The ScriptEase:Integration SDK you can allow access to your applications' functions and...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] MSL C++ Reference Errata CodeWarriors, There is a release of the MSL C++ Reference errata available now for downloading from http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/documentation/updates.html or ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ If you are connecting from europe, you may want to try the mirror at: (ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/Metrowerks/mirror/updates/) *(7/9/97) Guides and examples for adapting the various template container classes, where CodeWarrior MSL 2.1.2 deviates from the standard methodology.

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Susan Marlett ClearWay Technologies 617-973-5024 marlett@clearway.com CLEARWAY TECHNOLOGIES SHIPS FIRESITE WEB SITE ACCELERATOR 2.1 OPTIMIZED FOR ISDN-BASED WEB SERVERS -- FireSite Now Also Optimized for 56K-128K ISDN-Based Web Servers -- Boston, MA., July 11, 1997 -- ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today announced an updated version of its FireSite(tm) Web Site Accelerator, which contains special optimizations for ISDN-based Web servers. When used with ISDN lines running at speeds from 56Kbps to 128Kbps, FireSite 2.1 can sustain page delivery speeds exceeding 500Kbps, and can increase Web site "traffic capacity" by 400-800%. FireSite 2.1 also can now operated in conjunction with "virtual ISDN connections". Free Demos are available from (http://www.clearway.com/pages/demos.html) "We've received a huge amount of interest from Webmasters using ISDN lines. They're looking for higher performance and higher traffic capacity, without the immediate cost...

Astrobyte Releases BeyondPress 3.0 New product provides WYSIWYG Web page creation in QuarkXPress For Immediate Release -- July 11, 1997 Denver - Astrobyte today announced the release of BeyondPress 3.0 for MacOS, the latest version of its Web authoring XTension for QuarkXPress. The 3.0 version includes all the document-conversion features of its predecessor, and adds powerful Web page authoring and management tools. Previously unannounced features of the new release include integrated online help, an evaluation version of Netscape Communicator, and a reduced price, to US$495 worldwide. WYSIWYG Authoring for Quark Users With BeyondPress 3.0, designers can create Web pages with the familiar tools of QuarkXPress, the world's leading page design software. Using the Cascading Style Sheet support of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator, plus Bitstream's TrueDoc font technology, BeyondPress converts stylized text in a QuarkXPress document to formatted HTML, retaining the...

Apple Board Announces the Resignation of Chairman and CEO Gil Amelio CUPERTINO, Calif.--July 9, 1997--Apple today announced that Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, after consultation with Apple's board of directors, has resigned his positions as chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and that the Company is initiating a search for a new CEO. Until a new CEO is hired, Fred Anderson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will assume additional responsibilities for the Company's day-to-day operations, working closely with the board and the executive management team, which includes: Fred Anderson - executive vice president and chief financial officer Guerrino De Luca - executive vice president, Marketing Dave Manovich - executive vice president, Worldwide Sales and Service Jack Douglas - senior vice president, General Counsel and Secretary Jim McCluney - senior vice president, Operations Jon Rubinstein - senior vice president, Hardware Engineering Avie Tevanian - senior...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No Wonder, Inc. Contact: Scott William, President/CEO scottw@nowonder.com Telephone: 913-696-0179, Fax: 913-696-0431 http://www.nowonder.com Free Computer Support Online for MacOS, Windows, Be, Solaris, and OS/2 Users (Overland Park, KS--July 8, 1997)--No Wonder, Inc. announces Free Computer Support for users of MacOS, Windows 95/NT, Windows 3.x, Be, OS/2 and Solaris. No Wonder has been providing free support to the MacOS community for over 8 months. During this time it has been 100% volunteer based, computer users helping computer users. No Wonder is made up of volunteers from all over the world including Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, Sweden and the US. Free Computer Support is available to all Internet users. What sets No Wonder apart from individual company web support sites, is the personal relationship they provide to its users. Scott William, Founder/President/CEO said, "It is our goal to keep users from spending hours on-line searching for answers...

Tools Plus Assists Mac OS 8/System 7 Developers OAKVILLE, Ontario--July 7, 1997--Macintosh developers creating applications or plug-ins for Mac OS 8 and System 7 have a new ally, now that Water's Edge Software has upgraded their Tools Plus libraries and framework to version 3.3. The latest version includes new routines to facilitate writing applications and plug-ins that can take advantage of Mac OS 8's new Appearance Manager while retaining compatibility with System 7. As in the past, Tools Plus libraries continue to shield developers from the multitude of intricacies and complexities of Macintosh programming. They allow developers to easily create professional quality applications and plug-ins, often reducing effort by as much as 85% and dramatically reducing the volume and complexity of source code. Tools Plus libraries can be used with or without the application framework that is included in the software developer kit. Developers using Tools Plus 3.3 can program for a specific...

VIVISTAR CONSULTING SHIPS VTEXT LIBRARY UPDATE FOR METROWERKS' POWERPLANT DEVELOPMENT 1 July 1997 -- ViviStar Consulting announced the immediate availability of an update for its VText library for Macintosh developers. The update includes full compatibility with and sample project files for CodeWarrior Pro 1. VText is a C++ add-on library for Metrowerks' PowerPlant application framework. VText provides complete Macintosh text support including: greater than 32kb text, tabs, rulersets, undo, drag and drop editing, AppleEvent scripting and recordability, full support for multibyte characters and inline input methods including Japanese and Chinese text, and full support for bidirectional script systems including Arabic and Hebrew. "VText is a definite buy from its WorldScript features alone," said Jonathan Hess, product manager at ViviStar Consulting. The multilingual features support drag and drop, OSA scripting systems, tabs, and rulers. Hess added "developers don't have to do any...

Dear Developer, DevDepot already offers developer tools and books at the lowest prices in the market - guaranteed! We have hundreds of products available for you all year round. DevDepot has a special blow out this 4th of July! Act now and you'll get an additional 10% off our already low prices. Description In celebration of Independence Day, here's a limited time only sale (until midnight July 6th), we've lowered our already guaranteed super-low prices an additional 10%! You'll find incredible deals, plus a dazzeling selection -- everything from the latest OPENSTEP and Java books to brand new offerings from Apple, Metrowerks, Prime Time Freeware, BeatWare, Lakewood Software, AG Group, Bungie, Arboretum, Capilano Computing, Purity Software, Terran Interactive, Conix Graphics, Roaster Technologies, MacTech(r) and many more. To top it all off, we've made ordering a cinch! What's the catch? There isn't one. To qualify for the 10% discount you only need to order by e-mail, fax, or on our...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Natural Intelligence Meets Technology Industry Hiring Challenge June 30, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Beginning on July 7, five successful candidates will begin their apprenticeship in Natural Intelligence's Developer Apprentice Program (DAP)Qan unusual and innovative mentoring program which has yielded the company some of its most successful hires. Created in 1994 in response to competition in the technology industry for highly qualified software developers, the program continues to prove an invaluable resource. The company regularly receives well over 100 applications for five positions. Shari Agatstein, Vice President of Operations, noted that the DAP program was quite unusual. "The 'DAPers' are not only trained in the technologies and development methodologies employed by Natural Intelligence, but considerable attention is also focused upon providing apprentices with those skills that transform a programmer into a highly skilled consultant." Agatstein...

Dear MacTech Magazine, We are the hosts of an internet resource for web developers and individuals who want to track visitors to their web pages. It is called the 'Museum of Counter Art'. The museum contains nearly 500 sets of TOTALLY FREE counter artwork for anyone to use. The counter sets can be used with most any counter CGI, across all platforms. We just completed a major redesign of the museum and would like to get the word out to as many people as possible. Although our site is not Macintosh specific, it is a resource any Mac web developer will want to know about and use. We would really appreciate a mention in your daily news section, and a link placed in your 'net reference area would be fantastic. Please stop by at the Museum for a tour. Here is a brief description that you can use: The Museum of Counter Art The museum is a showcase for digit artwork used with web page hit counters. Counter Art is displayed in the various exhibit rooms of the museum based on its particular...

From: hsoi@eden.NO-TREET.com (John C. Daub) Subject: [ANN]: PowerPlant Classes from Hsoi's Shop released Hsoi's Shop is pleased to announce the release of 5 contributed classes for Metrowerks' PowerPlant - some updates, some new! * CURLPushButton 2.2 Helps make your PowerPlant applications more Internet-savvy by adding clickable buttons that look and behave like URL links in web browsers. Just click and go! Great for listing web pages, email addresses, and ftp sites in About boxes and the like. * CVersCaption 1.3 A caption that automatically displays version information based upon the 'vers' #1 resource. Simple and seemless, just drop and go! * HCmdButtonAttachment 1.1 An attachment that gives controls command key equivalents to allow for more and easier keyboard navigation through your application. You can specify the key to be the first letter of the control's title or almost any character of your own choice. Furthermore, the title of the control can change on the fly to display the...

From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin) Subject: [Ann] TextureFnoob 0.5 (freeware) TextureFnoob is a graphics tool. Or a texture programming language. Or a mathematical graphing package. Or... no, I'll start over. TextureFnoob is a graphics tool which can do *anything*. Okay -- a good approximation of anything. It allows you to construct functions out of basic mathematical elements: numbers, addition, subtraction, colors, color-blending, color maps, rotations, translations, Perlin noise and turbulence functions, and dozens of other operations. And then it dynamically generates the result. Computer graphics are made of mathematics. TextureFnoob does not give you a preprogrammed set of special effects; it gives you a set of mathematical functions and lets you construct whatever image you want. There are functions to render marble and wood textures; you've probably seen those before. There are functions for ripples, bevels, bumps, spirals, wiggles, wobbles, color composites, and all...

Dear BBEdit Bunch, We wanted to let you know about a new plug-in (CometPage For BBEdit) and a related special price offer on the plug-in for registered BBEdit users. CometPage For BBEdit is a plug-in tool which adds dynamic web page creation and site management to BBEdit's feature set. The graphical organizer in CometPage For BBEdit allows drag and drop of templates, site-wide macros/stylesheets and over 75 dynamic Comet commands into any BBEdit window, enabling BBEdit users to start building dynamic web pages immediately. For more information on the plug-in itself, refer to Digital Comet's web site (http://www.digitalcomet.com). A separate, stand-alone personal web server (called CometSite available for $129 directly from Digital Comet) lets you test dynamic pages on a local machine before the pages are loaded onto any Mac, UNIX, or NT based web server. This is a very nifty tool. It is available at a special discount price of $49 from our site (http://www.barebones.com/order-form....

Apple Announces Advertising Agency Review CUPERTINO, Calif.-June 26, 1997-Apple Computer, Inc. today announced a reassessment of general advertising needs in the U.S. consistent with Apple's restructuring of their marketing operations and strategy. As a result, Apple is inviting a number of advertising agencies, including BBDO, Apple's current advertising agency, to participate in an account review. "We have gone through the process of reconsidering all of our other existing business practices in the past several months and now we are doing the same thing with our advertising plans and resources," said David Roman, Apple's vice president of Advertising & Brand Communications . "1997 has been an opportunity to review the way Apple does business based on new goals and resources. We have chosen this time to explore other resources to meet our current and future advertising needs." Apple's renewed focus on its users and key markets necessitates a significant change in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEAPINE SOFTWARE SHIPS TESTTRACK 1.5 FOR WINDOWS AND MACINTOSH TestTrack 1.5 Offers Comprehensive Cross-Platform Bug Tracking, Automated Bug Reporting, and Unparalled Ease Of Use CINCINNATI, Ohio--June 25, 1997--Seapine Software, Inc., an innovative developer of cross-platform bug tracking tools, is now shipping TestTrack 1.5, a full-featured bug tracking solution at an affordable price. The most popular bug tracking solution for the Macintosh, TestTrack 1.5 adds versions for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. TestTrack offers complete feature parity and a virtually identical user interface across platform versions, so users can work on their platform of choice and retain full database compatibility between Windows and Macintosh systems. "Finally, a single bug tracking application that covers both Macintosh and Windows developers! As someone who tests both Macintosh and Windows products daily, this is wonderful!" said Rick Shields of Quality Assurance at Ann Arbor-...

To all, If you want to help spread the word for developer resources -- vote for the MacTech web site in the below survey. Then again, just vote for your favorite news regardless of your reason. As a MacDev-1 subscriber, you may not realize that the news distributed over MacDev-1 is also mirrored as web content on the home page of http://www.mactech.com -- check it out. Thanks, Neil Ticktin MacTech Magazine publisher@mactech.com ------------------- From: JM Pierce (jason@mactimes.com) Organization: Unofficial Macintosh PR Department Subject: Vote For Your Favorite Mac News Site! Hi, The Unofficial Macintosh PR Department is running a contest to determine the Mac community's favorite Mac news related site. Titled, "Vote For Your Favorite Mac News Site" and located at http://www.mactimes.com/archive/62497vote.html, the contest features appr. fourty nominee sites. We will be accepting votes from readers until the end of June at which point we will post the results of the contest. In...

For Immediate Release REARDEN SHIPS SITECAM 1.0 -- PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH UPGRADE TO MacWebCam -- Adding QuickTime Time-lapse Movies to Web Sites is Easier with New Streaming Video Management Tools; Now Only Application to Provide Automated Image Archiving -- SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 23, 1997 -- Rearden Technology, the leader in webcam software on the Mac(tm)OS, announces SiteCam 1.0, easily the most feature-rich webcam program on any platform, with more robust management tools for streaming video and now the only webcam application with Automated Image Archiving. SiteCam 1.0 is the fully supported commercial successor to Rearden Technology's popular shareware program, MacWebCam, already known for its high-performance, reliable streaming technology and QuickTime time-lapse movie generation. SiteCam 1.0 has been dramatically enhanced over MacWebCam to include faster streaming, several new display modes, all new and SiteCam-only image archiving capabilities by time stamp, a new status...

For Immediate Release MacStandardBasic 2.20 is released and sold over the Internet INDIANAPOLIS, IN, June 19th, 1997 : ZCurve Software announces the release of MacStandardBasic Version 2.20 , the powerful BASIC development system for Macintosh computers. Users can purchase and download the complete MacStandardBasic package for a special price of $ 49, for a limited time, from the ZCurve Software website (www.zcurve.com). ZCurve Software is offering this as a free upgrade to owners of MacStandardBasic 2.0 and 2.1. MacStandardBasic is optimized for both Apple's newer Power Macintosh computers and older Macintosh models. MacStandardBasic can be purchased and downloaded directly from the ZCurve Software's website. Users anywhere in the world can get MacStandardBasic within minutes over the Internet. For more information about MacStandardBasic visit the ZCurve Software website at http://www.zcurve.com or via email at zcurve@zcurve.com . ZCurve Software 8206 Rockville Road #280 Indianapolis...

From: bill.m.catambay@lmco.com (Bill Catambay) Subject: [Ann] Metrics Software, and other Pascal updates James Derrick has written a short article about his freeware plug-in for the Codewarrior IDE to calculate the cyclomatic complexity metric for Pascal source code. The cyclomatic complexity metric is a measure complexity of a routine, originally described by Tom McCabe ("A Complexity Measure"). Check out Pascal Central for more details. New additions to the PascalWare page: FREEWARE: Monitor, Arrhythmia, Metrics, Puffyman If you know of other freeware or shareware apps written in Pascal, let me know and I'll add them to the page. Thanks! New links at the Forums and Links page: (Mac) TCL Archive - Archive of several Symantec Pascal TCL classes. (PC) Numerical Analysis - Some Sources of Numerical Analysis Code in Pascal. Check out the Pascal Central web site: http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central/ The intent of Pascal Central is to provide the pascal community one place to obtain...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Susan Marlett ClearWay Technologies 617-973-5024 marlett@clearway.com CLEARWAY TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES WEB ARCHER DESKTOP INTERNET SEARCH SYSTEM -- Provides Desktop Access to Internet Searches, Databases, and Catalogs; Built-in Expertise Speeds Successful Searches -- New York City, June 17, 1997, PC Expo -- ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today announced Web Archer(TM) Desktop Internet Search System, a powerful new package that simplifies and speeds access to Internet searches, databases and catalogs. Web Archer's built-in searching expertise lets beginners and power users alike find Internet information with new levels of accuracy and speed. Complete desktop integration allows users to search with Web Archer at any time, from any program. "Most people access the Internet by starting with a search," explained Mark Kriegsman, president of ClearWay Technologies, "Web Archer is an Internet search expert right on your desktop. It knows where to look,...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Susan Marlett ClearWay Technologies 617-973-5024 marlett@clearway.com CLEARWAY TECHNOLOGIES SHIPS FIRESITE VIRTUAL DOMAIN MANAGER -- The Web's Most Advanced Virtual Web Site Hosting System. Uses Only A Single IP Address, Does Not Depend On HTTP 'Host' Field -- New York City, June 17, 1997, Mac OS Expo -- ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today announced FireSite(TM) Virtual Domain Manager (VDM), the Web's most advanced virtual Web site hosting system, and its immediate availability for Web servers running StarNine's WebSTAR. FireSite Virtual Domain Manager allows Webmasters to 'host' multiple Web sites on a single Web server without the need for additional IP addresses, and without relying exclusively on the HTTP "Host" field. ClearWay has announced an introductory price of US$99.00, and has made 30-day evaluation copies freely available from their Web site. (http://www.clearway.com/pages/Demos.html) "Web hosting is big business these days, and clients...

Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Gene Backlin (gbacklin@marizack.com) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 97 01:24:33 -0500 To: MacDev-1-Moderator@listmail.xplain.com Subject: Update Diskette for OPENSTEP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 1997 UPDATE DISKETTE FOR "DEVELOPING NEXTSTEP APPLICATIONS" TARGETS OPENSTEP 4.2 CHICAGO, IL--Gene Backlin, author of the book "Developing NeXTSTEP Applications", ISBN 0-672-30658-1, published by SAM's Publishing, has released a new OPENSTEP compliant diskette version of the application projects that accompanied the original NeXTSTEP text. The new diskette release includes: - Applications that are created within the text, are now OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach compliant. - The comprehensive tutorial organization of the book to text is retained. - Practical, real-world example programs that demonstrate the new classes in OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach, including distributed objects, image and view handling, drag and drop and much more. "Developing NeXTSTEP Applications"...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] CodeWarrior Pro Ships !!!! CodeWarrior Pro 1 has began shipping. Some CD's went out Wednesday, some will go out Thursday and some will go out Friday. It may be necessary for some to be shipped the first of next week. I'll be sure to post when they are all shipped and drop dead dates for when to bug me if you haven't gotten it. For right now that it's in the mail date is the end of June. Thanks for your patience as CodeWarrior Pro was put together, tested and retested. Ron

Colleen Miller (510) 549-2684 x210 colleen_miller@bmug.org For immediate release BMUG Hosts First Annual Rummage Sale Berkeley, CA - BMUG, the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group, hosts its first annual rummage sale on July 12, 1997 from 10am to 3pm. BMUG volunteers will be staffing tables to sell used computer equipment and software at the BMUG offices at 2055 Center Street. Excellent bargains will be offered throughout the day. All are welcome and admission is free! BMUG is the world's largest MacintoshUsers Group and is dedicated to providing computer education and access to members and the community at large. For more information, to purchase a table, or to sell your equipment or software through our BMUG volunteers, contact Colleen Miller at (510) 549-2684 x210 or email at colleen_miller@bmug.org.

MICRO PLANNING's NEW PROJECT MANAGERS SHIPPING Sophisticated Project Management Software for the Macintosh, Sun Solaris, HP and Windows 3.x, 95, NT Brad Pirrung, Director of Marketing, (303)757-2216 Andy Killinger, CEO, (303)757-2216 Press Release: Automatic Update Feature MICRO PLANNER X-Pert 2.4.2 and MICRO PLANNER Manager 1.4.2 offer a new Update feature, which enables project managers to automatically update project information from multiple external files. Project participants can now enter progress data easily using a database, a spreadsheet, or, of course, MICRO PLANNER. Using the Update feature, project leaders will have current project-wide status on hand with the click of the mouse. MICRO PLANNER's powerful analysis functions can then provide the up-to-date information needed to make decisions that keep the project on time and within budget. With the addition of on-demand access to project status, the new MICRO PLANNERs enable managers to become more productive by spending...

Introducing InterLok Pro, Powerful New Toolset for Creating Trialware and Locked Applications Next-Generation System from PACE Anti-Piracy Provides "Registration Insurance" for Internet Distribution of Software SAN JOSE, CA -- PACE Anti-Piracy, the leading developer of software authorization and protection systems for MacOS, is now shipping InterLok Professional Version, the comprehensive toolset for the creation and remote unlocking of trialware and protected software. InterLok Pro completes the transition of PACE's products to the company's fourth-generation technology, and joins InterLok Standard Version, the one-step turnkey trialware creation toolkit introduced in January of this year. The two products are fully technology-compatible, and all features of InterLok Standard Version are supported in InterLok Pro, along with an impressive list of more sophisticated capabilities, making InterLok Pro a complete software authorization, protection, and anti-piracy solution. "InterLok...

Crimson Compilers are pleased to announce the availability of SC Basic V1.5, THE free Basic compiler for the macintosh platform. Version 1.5 includes many improvements over previous releases including support for Floating point arithmetic, MSGBOX and INPUTBOX dialog boxes. SC Basic is available for download from: http://www.crimson.u-net.com Also available from this web site is a demo version of the "Crimson Basic Development System", a visual development tool based upon the Basic language.

ACI US news for immediate release Contacts: ACI US Marketing ACI US Engineering ACI US Engineering Sharon Miller Pierre LeBlanc Dominique Hermsdorff Sharon@acius.com pleblanc@acius.com domih@acius.com 408-252-4444 x386 408-252-4444 x271 408-252-4444 x237 ACI US ships 4D Server Version 6 The "zero admin" data and application server JUNE 6, 1997 CUPERTINO, CA. Today, ACI US ships 4D Server Version 6, the newest upgrade to the outstanding 4D product line. 4D Server is the cross-platform data and application server for 4th Dimension (4D). Any 4D application created for Windows 95, Windows NT, Macintosh, or Power Macintosh easily scales to a workgroup client/server solution using 4D Server. 4D Server provides a fully integrated architecture in which both client and server use a single 4D application. 4D Server frees developers from the need to design separate front-end applications. 4D Server fills the gap...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 1997 PRESS ONLY--FOR REVIEW COPIES, CONTACT: Sara Winge 707/829-0515 x285 sara@ora.com http://www.ora.com O'REILLY RELEASES "JAVA FUNDAMENTAL CLASSES REFERENCE" SEBASTOPOL, CA--"Java Fundamental Classes Reference," the latest title in O'Reilly & Associates' Java documentation series, provides complete reference documentation on the core Java 1.1 classes. "Java Fundamental Classes Reference" goes beyond a standard reference manual. In addition to detailed descriptions of classes and methods, it offers tutorial-style explanations of the important classes in the Java core API. The first section of the book includes chapters that describe the ins and outs of strings and related classes, effective thread programming, and the use of the I/O classes. These chapters also include lots of sample code, so that readers can learn by example. The core classes addressed in "Java Fundamental Classes Reference" contain architecture-independent methods that...

PRESS RELEASE 4 June 1997 For immediate release mTropolis goes hyper mTropolis' open architecture has allowed hot new developer ThereWare to add HyperText functionality to its authoring environment further decreasing the gap in features between mTropolis and Director. "ThereWare has taken full advantage of the mFactory Object Model architecture to add some incredible new features to mTropolis. From RTF file support with the HotText Modifier, to dynamic image rotation with the Rotator Modifier, ThereWare's extensions are immediately useful, elegantly designed, and reasonably priced. Nice work!" said mTropolis Product Manager Mr Jeff Dill ThereWare recently polled mTropolis developers and has over 60 suggestions for kits. ThereWare Vice President, Mr Geoff Hunt said "ThereWare is filling the most immediate needs of developers right now instead of waiting for the next major release of mTropolis". What Kai's Power Tools is to Photoshop, ThereWare is to mTropolis. In the last month...

OverDrive DNA Technology to Protect and Encode On-line Digital Content CHICAGO, June 2 -- 1997 BookExpo America, McCormick Place Complex -- OverDrive Systems, Inc. announced the release of OverDrive DNA, content protection and identification software, for the secure hosting and selling of documents and electronic books on the Web. A novel feature of OverDrive DNA is the automatic generation of a unique "DNA" code for each digital object, Web server, and customer that handles the protected container file. "Unlike other encryption programs or service bureaus, OverDrive DNA is a total solution for publishers, authors or other owners of content to totally manage the protection and sale of their digital products from their own website," stated Steven Potash, OverDrive President. "OverDrive DNA Containers provide secure delivery of digital files in a variety of formats, and DNA Readers and plugins are planned for popular publishing formats, such as HTML," Potash stated. OverDrive DNA...

Commander - 4D version 6.0.1 Command Sets Near Release Golden Micro Solutions is pleased to announce that we have almost completed work on the 'Commander' command set files for 4th Dimension version 6.0.1. We expect the full Language Reference and the General Reference sets to be released within the next week. This message is to remind users of the freeware/shareware Commander (with 4D version 3.5.3 command sets) that when the full version 6 sets are released, there will be no 'upgrade path' from the freeware version to the version 6 sets. So, if you've been using the freeware version, and feel you'll want the version 6.x command sets, register your version before June 30, and you'll be eligible for the upgrade. Registered & current users of Commander 2.1.1 will be eligible to purchase the 4D Version 6.0 command sets for NZ$55 (approx US$38). From 30 June 1997, unregistered versions of Commander 2.1.1 will NO LONGER be eligible for upgrading. At that time if you're using an...

SUN RELEASES JAVA 3D API SPECIFICATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Sun Microsystems has released the beta specification for the Java 3D application programming interface (API) for a 30 day public comment period on the Web (URL http://java.sun.com/products/java-media). Sun's Java 3D API is an open standard, object-oriented interface which extends the Java core language with advanced 3D graphics capabilities. Java 3D, which is scalable and can be layered on top of existing 3D APIs, allows developers to simplify building, rendering, and controlling 3D Java applications while optimizing performance. The Java 3D API is targeted at a broad spectrum of environments in a variety of scales including browsers, virtual reality systems, 3D games, CAD systems, Web pages, graphic design, VRML implementations, and authoring systems. This rich 3D API specification, a suite of Java media APIs which have already been released and additional APIs being released later this year provide seamless integration of a...

For Immediate release. Tuesday June 3rd 1997. Oxford, United Kingdom. Webink Ltd. announce Webink InterNews news server 1.0 Webink Ltd, a Oxford UK based company specialising in the creation of internet publishing systems and solutions announces the release of Webink InterNews Server. The news server with a difference! Webink InterNews Server is ideal for companys wanting to maintain and manage internal and external information . Adding web server capabilities opens up an exciting new realm to create and publish information using existing technologies. Putting people and technology first. InterNews is an intranet newsgroup server for managing internal and external newsgroups. InterNews is ideal for teams of people needing to communicate and orchestrate projects and information in an easy-to-use environment. InterNews must be one of the easiest to 'setup and maintain' workgroup collaboration tools available. InterNews can be used in these environments :- Internet...

VanHacking's $10,000 Macintosh Web Server Security Challenge Sponsored by VirTech Communications Inc. May 15, 1997 VANCOUVER, BC - From June 01 to July 15, 1997, VirTech Communications Inc. will challenge the global hacker community to bypass the security of its Macintosh World Wide Web server. Similar contests have been conducted previously in the US and Sweden, but VirTech's challenge is unique in that it addresses popular Internet security issues that are plaguing the media today. By launching the challenge, VirTech wants to overturn the notion that the Internet is vulnerable to credit card number snatching. Additionally, VirTech also wants to prove its server can withstand the type of vandalism attacks that have been successfully directed against the NASA and CIA Web servers. The rules are simple and the prize is big. Whoever breaks into the server, snatches the credit card number, and changes the phrase found on the page will win a hefty CAD $10,000 or an equivalent of US$7,500...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 Email: naomi@well.com Investor Contact: Fiona Ross The Financial Relations Board, Inc. (310) 442-0599 Email: far@la.frbd.com STARNINE TO PUBLISH PACIFIC COAST SOFTWARE'S WEBCATALOG AND WEBMERCHANT -- Exclusive Publishing Agreement Expands StarNine's Internet Software Lineup -- BERKELEY, Calif., June 2, 1997 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation, today announced it will publish WebCatalog and WebMerchant, Web commerce applications developed and previously marketed by Pacific Coast Software of San Diego, California. In the exclusive agreement StarNine will publish, market and support WebCatalog and WebMerchant under the StarNine brand, while both companies will collaborate on the development of future versions. Upgraded versions of both products will be released this month by StarNine (see related release dated June 2, 1997). Available for the Mac(tm)OS and Windows...

WebSonar; Extends AppleShare IP 5.0 June 2, 1997, Midlothian, Virginia. Virginia Systems announced that their WebSonar Internet document server can be used with AppleShare IP 5.0. First announced in January, AppleShare IP 5.0 (ASIP) comprises AppleShare, FTP, Web, e-mail and print servers. The AppleTalk Filing Protocol-compliant file server can communicate using AppleTalk and TCP/IP. WebSonar can search over 12,000 pages per second and display the full contents of found documents. Based on Virginia Systems' Sonar Professional search engine WebSonar allows users to publish information quickly and easily on either the Internet or an intranet, without having to convert their files to HTML. WebSonar provides "context" to the stateless HTTP protocol requests so that a user's input on one Web page is "remembered" when the same user moves to a different page or even opens a new window, and asks for something else. Document Libraries can be automatically updated by simply adding new files to...

To all, We've got a correction on a URL -- sorry for the inconvenience. Neil ----------------------- From: James Bredijk (jbredijk@nac.net) Subject: Re: IFile v.99 Available Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 09:18:57 -0400 Hi, I got your e-mail about IFile v.99, but had trouble finding it on the web. As it turns out, the URL that you provided is wrong. It needs to lose the tilde. You sent: http://pwp.starnetinc.com/~vagrant/kickstand.html It should be: http://pwp.starnetinc.com/vagrant/kickstand.html Thanx for all of the 'macdev-1' info, it makes being a developer-wanna-be much easier. Keep up the good work. James Bredijk jbredijk@nac.net

From: bill.m.catambay@lmco.com-NOSPAM (Bill Catambay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer.info Introducing Merlin's Cavern! This is a new page at Pascal Central which provides source code packages, including complete running applications and buildable project files, all in Pascal. The Cavern features source code for programs such as CornerClock, DropBin, and many others (and the list will continue to expand over time). It also provides a list of programming features each program incorporates. For example, tidbits illustrated in DropBin are: - AppleEvents - Progress bar - CRC Calculating - Binhex encoding - File I/O - Event handling - Dialogs Check out the Pascal Central web site: http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central/ The intent of Pascal Central is to provide the pascal community one place to obtain Pascal technical information, Pascal source code, and Pascal-related internet links. Cheers, Bill

Dear Developers, As demonstrated at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple is making great progress on the Rhapsody Developer Release, which is on track for delivery later this year. To help ensure we meet our aggressive deadline for this release, we chose to limit the number of supported hardware platforms. As you know, at this stage of the project, each individual configuration requires significant development, testing, and qualification resources to meet the quality standards required to be successful with this release. Apple's initial commitment to you was that the Rhapsody Developer Release would support Power Macintosh 8500 and 8600 systems. After reviewing this decision with developers at the WWDC and finishing engineering investigations on the impact of supporting additional configurations, we are pleased to announce that the Rhapsody Developer Release will also support Power Macintosh 9500 and 9600 systems which use an Apple-supplied display video card and driver....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Purity Software, Inc. 1016 Mopac Circle, Suite 101 Austin, TX 78746 +1.512.328.2288 FAX +1.512.328.2688 http://www.purity.com/ info@purity.com Press Contact: Nathan Nunn, nnunn@purity.com PURITY SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES WEBSENTINEL PUBLIC BETA Austin, TX (May 28, 1997) - Purity Software is proud to announce a public beta program for Macintosh Web Masters looking for the ultimate web site security solution. WebSentinel replaces or supplements your web server's built-in security, allowing more flexibility and power to manage users and secure areas with a complete Macintosh user interface. Features include GREP match strings, custom "No Access" files for each realm, and full caching. WebSentinel's extensible plug-in architecture allows you to integrate existing user data and security architectures. As of today, interested users can download a preliminary beta version of WebSentinel from Purity Software's web site and begin using the new product immediately. The software...

FOR RELEASE MAY 27, 1997 Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS TO SIMPLIFY ACCESS TO APPLE'S NEW APPLESHARE IP SERVERS CENTRALIZED REGISTRY IS NEXT STEP IN OPEN DOOR'S GOAL OF MAKING THE INTERNET EASIER TO USE ASHLAND, OR. -- May 27, 1997 -- In concert with Apple's shipping of its new AppleShare IP 5.0 product, Open Door Networks Inc. today announced that it would host an online registry of publicly-accessible AppleShare IP file servers. The free Web-based registry will enable Macintosh users to easily find and access Internet-based AppleShare file servers using their Web browser. Once accessed, AppleShare file server volumes appear as disks on the user's desktop, enabling the user to access files and applications on those servers just as if they were local to the user's Macintosh and eliminating the need for cryptic interfaces such as those used in FTP (file transfer protocol). "Apple's new AppleShare IP product begins to extend the...

[ANN] YetEvenBetterBusError (aka DavesBetterBusError 1.0b1) =========================================================== Dave Evans May '97 Article in MacTech magazine reported the availability of YetEvenBetterBusError. This debugging tool wasn't immediately available, but is now. It has also been renamed DavesBetterBusError 1.0b1. You can find it at the MacTech ftp site: (ftp://ftp.mactech.com//mactech/src/13.05/) Or Dave Evans "Code Mechanic" web site: (http://ng.netgate.net/~tilde/mechanic/)