FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE XPLAIN AND BYSE LAUNCH DevDepot JAPAN Westlake Village, CA and Sapporo, Japan -- April 2, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation who operates DevDepot, today announced that it is launching DevDepot Japan with noted Japanese marketing and sales organization, BYSE, Inc. Until today, Japanese MacOS developers have had to work hard to find MacOS development tools. In fact, they had to work twice as hard because all of the literature about the products was in English -- battling a language barrier. Now, DevDepot Japan, a fully localized version of DevDepot in the United States (DevDepot US), solves that. DevDepot Japan will publish marketing literature, provide order fulfillment and customer service through a Japanese office -- all in native Japanese. DD-J will not only carry best selling English versions of products, but also a significant number of localized Japanese versions. As its first major advertising campaign, DevDepot Japan will include a full color catalog in each...

From: stack (stack@teleport.com) Subject: [ANN] StoneTable and ToolsPlus Compatibility Portland OR USA - StoneTablet Publishing is pleased to announce that StoneTable is now compatible with ToolsPlus from Water's Edge Software. Now users of ToolsPlus will be able to create tables within their applications that have the full power of StoneTable including: - resizeable rows and columns - editing directly in cells - pictures, checkboxes, and controls in cells - hierarchical lists - row and titles columns - more than 32k of data in a table - and much more. For additional information on either StoneTable or ToolsPlus, please check the following web pages. For StoneTable http://www.teleport.com/~stack/ For ToolsPlus http://www.interlog.com/~wateredg/home_page.html

Roaster Technologies' Release 3 is Shipping! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judith Steinbaum 617.876.7680 x1818 judith@roaster.com March 31, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Amidst pre-release enthusiasm, industry compliments and a burgeoning worldwide Java(tm) industry, Roaster Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has begun shipping its eagerly awaited Roaster(tm) Release 3. This is the first release of the newly formed company (a recent spin-off of Natural Intelligence, Inc.), whose focus is on software products for Java developers. Roaster is the pioneering Integrated Development Environment for Java on the Macintosh(r). Release 3, the first non-developer release, not only includes exciting new features and an array of bundled 'goodies,' but is also offering a special introductory price of $49.00. "This is indeed cause for celebration," noted John Dhabolt, President and CEO of Roaster Technologies, Inc. "We believe that we have achieved our primary goal - to make harnessing...

CUPERTINO, CA. March 24, 1997 ACI US, Inc. shipped the 4th Dimension Version 6 (4D V6) relational database today. Company president and founder Marylene Delbourg-Delphis states, "With 4D V6, ACI has plotted a course in three main directions. We have taken a new approach to Internet/intranet technology, enhanced the developer environment, and revised the 4th Dimension interface." 4D V6 integrates database technology with Internet capabilities through its built-in web server, enabling immediate Web data publication simply by clicking a check box in the Preference dialog. The new version converts 4D forms to HTML on-the-fly with no need for an external CGI or additional software. Because of the integrated 4D architecture, a Web browser becomes just another client to 4D, allowing users to access, insert, modify and delete data stored in 4D and SQL or ODBC-compliant databases such as ORACLE, Informix, and Sybase. Additionally, the optimized 4D Web server architecture guarantees automatic...

From: weesh@mindspring.com (Kenneth H. Wieschhoff) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Jimenez or Ken Wieschhoff PLR Software, Inc. PO Box 420706 Atlanta, GA 30342 770.438.1860 mjimenez@plr.com weesh@mindspring.com PLR Software and Siren Enterprises Announce ChainGang Beta Atlanta, Georgia ~ March 26, 1997: PLR Software and Siren Enterprises today announced the free public beta of ChainGang, a programmer's debugging tool. Features Chain Gang is a MacOS first, MacOS only application! Chain Gang is an extension/application which watches the resource maps and resource chains of a running application and provides a running report of resource usage. Where this is really useful is in combination with a high-level debugger like MWDebug where Chain Gang will show resources either on disk, or in RAM while single stepping through the code. In addition to the resource list, the program provides the programmer with the latest resource (ResError) and memory errors (MemError) that were generated...

DevDepot Easter Holiday Sale! 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. The DevDepot bunny has a special bargin Easter basket! Act now and you'll get an additional 10% off our already low prices. Description Easter is here and we're offering you un-bunny-believable deals! For a limited time only (until midnight March 30th), we're lowering our already guaranteed super-low prices an additional 10%! You'll find incredible deals, plus a dizzying selection -- everything from the latest NeXT(tm) and Java books to brand new offerings from Apple, Royal Software, Metrowerks, WAVES, BeachWare, Arboretum, Capilano Computing, Symantec, Vivistar, Bare Bones, Roaster Technologies, MacTech(tm) and many more. Plus, we have added Multimedia and Games software for you. To top it all off, we've made ordering a cinch...

New release of QuickDNS Pro, version 1.1.1, offers more admin flexibility, enhances server performance and robustness. Men & Mice's cutting edge DNS server for the Mac OS, QuickDNS Pro, now provides more admin capabilities, as well as enhancing the performance and reliability of QuickDNS server. The admin changes include a new find command, providing the user with easy tracking of domain information. This version also allows printing of domains straight from the QuickDNS admin program. In addition, version 1.1.1 includes several other enhancements to QuickDNS admin. Server changes add more robustness to the already solid QuickDNS server framework and enhance the server performance. Root server information has also been updated to reflect the most recent changes. More information on QuickDNS Pro and a free fully-functional evaluation copy of version 1.1.1 is available at: (http://www.menandmice.com) The upgrade to 1.1.1 is free for registered users of QuickDNS Pro. The...

Apple Ships MessagePad 2000, a Complete Handheld Computer for the Mobile Business Professional CUPERTINO, Calif.--March 24, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc., today announced it is shipping the MessagePad 2000, a mobile computer for the business professional and one of the fastest handheld Internet computers on the market. The MessagePad 2000 offers the versatility of a laptop- including email, fax, and Internet access capability, as well as personal productivity software--at a fraction of a laptop's weight: 1.4 pounds. Incorporating the 160 MHz StrongARM processor, the MessagePad 2000 performs up to ten times faster than current handheld computers in the market today and works easily to exchange data with both Windows and Mac OS-based computers. "A lot has been said about putting the functionality of a business computer into a handheld computer," said Jim Groff, senior vice president of the Information Appliance Division at Apple Computer, Inc. "In demonstrating the MessagePad 2000 over the...

From: Apple Developer Relations Subject: Please Join Apple at JavaOne Dear Developer, Apple Computer, Inc. would like to invite you to join us at JavaOne, Sun's 1997 Worldwide Java Developer Conference. JavaOne is being held April 2-4 at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center. Apple is proud to be a Gold Co-Sponsor of the conference. JavaOne is a three-day technical conference for developers to learn Java technologies directly from Sun's Java Development Team. Keynotes will be delivered by Java industry luminaries James Gosling, John Gage, Scott McNealy, Alan Baratz & Eric Schmidt. Apple Computer, Inc. will be conducting a session in the Java Industry Momentum track, where we'll be presenting our successful solutions using Java and discussing our view of the Java industry as it moves forward. You won't want to miss it! JavaOne will also feature the JavaOne Pavilion where we will be showcasing our Java tools and applications along with over 250 other companies. And there will be...

From: Chris De Salvo (desalvo@apple.com) Subject: NEWS: Sprockets: Present and Future Hi, this is Chris De Salvo. I work at Apple on the Sprockets team and I wanted to take a few moments to very clearly state where the Sprockets are at, where they will be going in the future and what all the press releases really mean. WHERE WE'RE AT: --------------- DrawSprocket - version 1.1.2 of DrawSprocket should be released some time next week (today is Monday, March 17). It provides some performance increases and several major bug fixes (most notably the DebugStr() call that was accidentally left in). There are also some UI enhancements to the user-select-context dialog. InputSprocket - version 1.2 of InputSprocket should be released some time in the next week as well. This is a significant update and, among other things, includes the following list of improvements: o Lots of bug fixes o Support for Microsoft SideWinder3D Pro joystick o Much-improved support for...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] CodeWarrior C/C++ Compilers Linkers Released CodeWarriors, There is a release of the Metrowerks C/C++ Compilers and linkers Update available now or soon for downloading from http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/ 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/) CW IDE C/C++ 1.7.1 Update Released on 03/19/1997 This update provides the version 1.7.1 of the IDE plugin MacOS C/C++ compilers and linkers which correct problems with excessive inlining as well as correcting several internal compiler errors. Download Update (786k) CW MPW Tools 1.7.1 Update Released on 03/19/1997 This update provides the version 1.7.1 of the Metrowerks MPW tool C/C++ compilers and linkers which correct problems with excessive inlining as well as correcting several internal compiler errors. Download...

Handheld Systems Conference Final Agenda Creative Digital Publishing Inc. is pleased to announce that the final agenda for the Handheld Systems Conference (formerly PDA Developers) has been posted to the company's web site at http://www.cdpubs.com. Entering it's third year, this is the only conference in the world that focuses exclusively on creating handheld hardware and software products. Taking place April 24-26 at the San Francisco Airport Hilton, the event includes a variety of keynotes, panels, and sponsor presentations about handheld computing. Keynotes are Andrew Seybold, noted industry analyst, Jean Belanger, Chairman and CEO of software development tools creator Metrowerks, and IBM's Thomas Zimmerman, cofounder of the noted virtual reality company VPL Research and inventor of Personal Area Networks. Event sponsors and supporters include Microsoft, Geoworks, Hewlett-Packard, Psion, General Magic, Apple Computer, Nokia Mobile Phones, Palm Computing, Research in Motion, and Pen...

From: hamm0059@tc.umn.edu (Kyle Hammond) Subject: [PR] The A List - a List Manager replacement Hi all, I'd like to let you know about The A List. This is a replacement for Apple's List Manager in the same spirit as WASTE is a replacement for Text Edit. The A List can handle lists of essentially infinite size, supports drag and drop, cut/copy/paste, dynamic scrolling, and many other features that Apple's List Manager does not. The A List uses several application callback routines to provide support for any type of data that you wish to use (instead of an LDEF). The default implementation assumes that the list data is a StringHandle. The A List is distributed under the same general licensing scheme as the WASTE library: it's free, but you need to give me credit. To download the full source code and a sample application go to the URL: (http://genbiol.cbs.umn.edu/Staff/hammond/TheAList.html) The documentation is not finished yet, but what there is is on-line at the above URL. I wrote...

MacZoop 1.6 is now available. You can download it completely free from: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~corbe/MacZoop/MacZoop.html ------- What is MacZoop? MacZoop is a C++ application framework for writing Macintosh applications. Unlike frameworks such as TCL, Powerplant and MacApp, it's very small, and lacks some features of those frameworks. However, it is very usable and ideal for beginners and smaller projects. If you liked Sprocket, MacZoop is better ;-) Features: Full implementation of Macintosh Application Programming model. Supports Floating Windows. Command-chain architecture. Full Dialog support, including moveable modals, radio groups, user items, list boxes, text fields, icon lists, etc. Easy UNDO support. Printing automatically supported. File classes incorporate automatic safe-save. AppleEvents generically supported. (Scripting on its way!) Classes for PICT and TEXT windows, generic list windows and GWorlds. Drag and Drop. Benefits: Completely free, no royalties. PPC and 68K...

Dear Colleagues: As you may already know, Apple made an announcement today regarding its restructuring plans. While the full details are available in the press release, I wanted to make sure that you were aware of the changes and how they will impact Developer Relations. Earlier this year, Gil Amelio promised to simplify Apple's product lines and to resolve some of Apple's fragmentation issues. As part of the restructuring, Apple's once-scattered marketing organizations have been united into a single organization under the leadership of Guerrino De Luca. Developer Relations, as a part of this organization, will participate in efforts to make Apple successful and to help developers be even more successful. We realize that the single most important way we can help developers is to dramatically increase the number of satisfied Macintosh customers who will purchase your software and hardware products. We're working hard to make that happen! To simplify our product lines, we are evaluating...

Fame,Recognition,Megahertz... THE BEOS MASTERS AWARDS PROGRAM ------------------------------- Innovation in the BeOS comes as much from developers building with the BeOS as through Be's own efforts. It is Be developers that will create the products that transform the BeOS from raw potential into a truly useful and revolutionary system. How to we recognize the developer who takes a risk? Who steps out of current paradigms to take entirely different approach to a problem. Who takes on the task of leveraging the underlying hardware and OS to deliver new capabilities to the end user. How do we acknowledge the commitment of a team which ignores the invocations of "it can't be done" or "it shouldn't be done" to change the way people use their computers? How do we recognize the lone programmer who works late into the night after their "real" job or school work to complete a product that solves real problems? How can we place the spotlight on the real heroes of the revolution, the...

Apple Computer Details Restructuring Plans Company Paves Return Road to Leadership With Focus on Its Distinctive Product Strengths CUPERTINO, Calif.--March 14, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. Chairman and CEO Gilbert F. Amelio today detailed a restructuring plan that sharpens the Company's focus on strengths that have been at the heart of its success -- exceptionally easy-to-use personal and mobile computers with unique multimedia and Internet capabilities. "The top priorities guiding our reorganization are the rapid delivery of distinctive products for our loyal business, education, and home customers, and the development of a robust next-generation operating system to carry them into the future," Amelio said. "We can best achieve these goals by streamlining our organization, simplifying our product lines to deliver fewer but much stronger models, and stopping investments in activities that are not central to these core businesses." Apple began the reorganization last month with a new...

MacA&D 6.0 - Software Engineering Made Easy MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, March 14, 1997 --- Excel Software, the world's leading vendor of Macintosh CASE tools, today announced availability of MacA&D 6.0 for Macintosh. MacA&D is a software engineering tool for object-oriented analysis and design, structured analysis and design, real-time and multi-task design, data and screen modeling, integrated code generation with editing/browsing, requirements traceability, use cases and multi-user team dictionary. Version 6.0 represents the next major step in the evolutionary progression of MacA&D which over its 10 year life has been adopted by thousands of corporate, university and government users. MacA&D has new user manuals, improved interoperability with the document compatible WinA&D for Windows 95/NT and new features to improve ease of use. Tool Bar Interface - Commonly used commands are now easily accessible by clicking buttons on the tool bar across the top of the screen...

SiteEdit Pro Version 2.0 ActiveX support, improved editing, and server maintenance SiteEdit Pro provides a convenient, Web-based method of maintaining HTML pages and other files on your server. Without leaving your browser, SiteEdit allows you navigate the folder hierarchy on your server and perform useful functions like moving, copying, renaming or deleting files and folders. In addition, it allows you to create new folders or Web pages immediately. You can edit HTML documents to quickly update a page or create entirely new content. SiteEdit is secure since it requires valid passwords to perform all functions. Multi-user capability is built-in so that you can provide restricted access to multiple people. Thus an ISP or Webmaster can provide easy access to an individual's folder without compromising the security of their system. Version 2.0 includes support for file upload from Microsoft's Internet Explorer using a custom ActiveX control, will automatically expand compressed packages...

WebCommerce Solution(tm) - Release 2.0 Introducing WebDNA(tm) technology Pacific Coast Software's WebCommerce Solution, the first commercially available commerce package for Macintosh, is entering a new era. With Release 2.0 of the product, the strong turn-key foundation that allowed any Webmaster to quickly establish an online storefront has been radically built up to become one of the most flexible and powerful Web server additions available. WebCommerce Solution Release 2.0 uses Pacific Coast Software's new WebDNA technology. WebDNA (which stands for Dynamic Naming Architecture) provides the Webmaster with the building blocks to create a Web site that is truly alive. The language combines the power of scripting with the familiarity of HTML. WebDNA means that a site created with WebCommerce Solution Release 2.0 can grow from a simple part-time storefront to a muti-million dollar shopping center without problems. ClubMac, ClubPC, and ClubPDA , some of the premiere mail order catalog...

FOR RELEASE MARCH 12, 1997 Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS SHIPS HOMEDOOR 2.0 MAJOR NEW UPGRADE TO INDUSTRY-PIONEERING PRODUCT LOS ANGELES, CA. -- March 12, 1997 -- Open Door Networks, Inc. today announced that, beginning next week, it will ship HomeDoor 2.0, a major new release of the product that started the Macintosh multi-domain Internet services market. HomeDoor 2.0, which works both conventionally and as a plug-in for WebSTAR and compatible servers, provides Webmasters with unprecedented levels of flexibility in setting up multi-domain Web servers using the Macintosh. Not only does HomeDoor remain the only Macintosh product to offer "any browser, any server" compatibility, but, with the 2.0 release, it becomes the only product to provide Webmasters with the option of implementing either or both of the two current mechanisms for providing multi-domain Web service. HomeDoor 1.0 pioneered the multi-domain Internet services...

Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS RELEASES NEW DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR MOTOROLA'S POWERPC EMBEDDED MICROPROCESSORS AUSTIN, Texas-March 10, 1997-Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK) one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced CodeWarrior for PowerPC Embedded Systems, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supporting Motorola's MPC 8xx PowerPC family of embedded processors. Motorola and Metrowerks will be showing the new tools at the Embedded Systems Conference East in Boston, MA from March 10-12, in the Motorola booth, #304. Hosted on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95 and Mac OS, CodeWarrior for PowerPC Embedded Systems allows programmers to build applications for a variety of portable electronic devices using the Motorola MPC 8xx series of microprocessors. The CodeWarrior IDE offers a powerful suite of programming tools including an integrated project manager, text editor,...

Krathwohl to Fill Roizen's Shoes David Krathwohl was just appointed vice president of Apple Developer Relations, filling the position previously held by Heidi Roizen. As vice president of Apple Developer Relations, David Krathwohl is responsible for building and maintaining relationships between Apple and its developers worldwide, encouraging developer commitment to Apple platforms, and defining programs that facilitate developer success. As the former director of International Developer Relations, Krathwohl brings a wealth of knowledge of Apple's Macintosh developer community to his new position. For his complete biography, see below: ------------------------------------------------------- David Krathwohl Vice President, Developer Relations Apple Computer, Inc. As vice president of Apple Developer Relations, David Krathwohl is responsible for building and maintaining relationships between Apple and its developers worldwide, creating integrated initiatives that encourage developer...

Dateline---March 10, 1997 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fortner Research Announces LS Fortran Plug-In for Metrowerks CodeWarrior Sterling, VA---Fortner Research, developers of award-winning software for scientists and engineers, announced today that they are now shipping LS Fortran Plug-in for CodeWarrior. CodeWarrior owners will now have the ability to use LS Fortran in writing and compiling Fortran programs directly in the CodeWarrior environment, as well as combining Fortran routines with C, C++, and Pascal software. The LS Fortran 77 compiler has won worldwide acclaim for its ease of use, robust code generation and high degree of compatibility with Fortran programs on multiple operation systems. Now, this powerful language is being made available to a broad base of customers who want to code with the power of Fortran and link seamlessly with C, C++, and Pascal, all within one programming environment. Thanks to CodeWarrior's full-featured GUI programming environment, users can now...

MARCH 5, 1997 VOLUME 11 ISSUE 10 Tempo's official name: Mac OS 8 By MacWEEK Staff Apple announced today that the OS code-named Tempo will be officially known as Mac OS 8, a name that was reserved for the company's failed next-generation OS project, code-named Copland. "It would be confusing to not call it 8," said Jim Gable, vice president of AppleSoft product marketing. "We feel very strongly it is a major upgrade." Gable said that the user-interface changes in the Tempo release merit more than the Mac 0S 7.7 designation originally planned for it. Apple's current naming scheme calls for changing the first digit of the version number when major architectural or user-experience changes are made (see http://www.macweek.com/mw_1035/news_system754.html). He said Apple's market research indicated that users did not strongly associate the Mac OS 8 name with Copland and felt the name was appropriate for the Tempo release. "This wouldn't even be a big issue if the Copland project wasn't...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jesse Odell The Ford Odell Group 707/538-9592 jesse@fordodell.com NeoLogic Augments Capabilities and Accessibility of Object Database Technology --NeoAccess 5.0 brings added performance, capabilities and full support for the latest releases of all major compilers and development frameworks BERKELEY, CA -- March 4, 1997 -- NeoLogic Systems, Inc., a leading provider of object-oriented database technology, today announced the release of NeoAccess 5.0, a significant enhancement to the company's cross-platform, object database management system. Featuring added support for large databases (over four gigabytes) and expanded schema evolution support, NeoAccess 5.0 simplifies the development of sophisticated applications for a broad range of professional developers. NeoAccess 5.0 includes full support for the latest releases of all major compilers and application frameworks. It ships with full C++ source code to provide maximum flexibility for both commercial...

Press Contact: Dean Dahlgren Phone: (630) 830-1113 Fax: (630) 830-1262 E-Mail: dean@maxum.com Maxum will be in the Apple Pavillion at Internet World. Maxum Development Ships Phantom 2.0 for the Macintosh, the Next Generation of Web Crawling Maxum Announces Phantom 2.0 for Windows to Ship Early Second Quarter Internet World, Los Angeles, CA, March 12, 1997 -- Maxum Development Corporation today announced the shipment of Phantom-tm 2.0, a major upgrade to their market leading Web crawler for Macintosh. Phantom 2.0 brings second generation Web crawling to Macintosh Webmasters and is still the only commercially available crawler/search engine for the Mac OS. In addition, Maxum announced they will be shipping a Windows version of Phantom in early second quarter. Phantom for Windows will provide users the same features as the Macintosh version. A beta of the Windows version is available today on Maxum's Web site at: http://www.maxum.com/Phantom/ Phantom enables Webmasters to build...

From: David Palermo, palermo@apple.com Finally! QuickTime VR 2.0/Macintosh is GM! It will be available in about 10 days to customers. Please keep in mind that QTVR v2.0 is NOT cross-platform yet! We expect to ship QTVR v2.0/Windows later. This release is out now to give developers a chance to start working with it until we have the Windows pieces ready. If you have any questions please call me at 4-2621. Here is a letter that went out to developers: Many thanks for your patience. QuickTime VR 2.0 is GM! You can expect your orders for the QuickTime VR 2.0 Authoring Tools Suite and the book/CD-ROM package, Virtual Reality Programming with QuickTime VR 2.0, to ship in about two weeks. If you have not yet ordered these products, get ordering info on the Web at http://devworld.apple.com; click on "Ordering Development Products." If you bought the QTVR 1.0 Authoring Tools Suite since July 1, 1996, you will automatically receive a free upgrade. (Note that we did this so 1.0 sales...

For Immediate Release Apple Announces Unified Printing Architecture for Future Mac OS Releases QuickDraw GX Printing to be Removed in Favor of "Classic" Printing Manager Drivers CUPERTINO, Calif.-- March 3, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced plans to unify the dual printing architectures currently supported by the Mac OS and standardize on the use of "classic" Printing Manager drivers, such as LaserWriter and StyleWriter, for future Mac OS 7.x releases. In a move to simplify users' printing experience, Apple plans to remove the printing architecture component of QuickDraw GX, refocus QuickDraw GX as a graphics solution, and continue to evolve its Printing Manager drivers. "Today's Mac OS users have access to two different print driver architectures, along with two printing user interfaces," said Jim Gable, vice president of AppleSoft marketing. "We believe that standardizing on Printing Manager drivers will provide the best printing solution going forward, while we continue...

A minor bug-fix update to SmallEiffel for CodeWarrior is now available. If you've already downloaded SE/CW, just get the updater: http://www.peak.org/~jcd/eiffel/updaters/SE-CW_1.0b1-to-1.0b2.sit.bin New in b2: - No stupid DebugStr when Cmd-Period pressed while compiling - Reports an error if rootclass.c, rootclass.h, or rootclass.make is open (1.0b1 would fail silently); still doesn't work for rootclass2.c, rootclass3.c, etc.

The StarNine Division of Quarterdeck is proud to announce the release of WebSTAR 2.0.2. WebSTAR 2.0.2 includes many important Plug-In enhancements beyond that of WebSTAR 2.0.1. WebSTAR 2.0.2 is a free upgrade for users of WebSTAR 2.0. If you are a current WebSTAR 2.0 user, you are invited to upgrade to WebSTAR 2.0.2 by downloading the updater archive available at (http://www.starnine.com/webstar/webstarupdates.html). You can download the full WebSTAR 2.0.2 Installer at (ftp://ftp.starnine.com/pub/evals/webstar/webstar.sea.hqx). If you are a registered user of WebSTAR and have not yet upgraded to WebSTAR 2.0, now is the time! Registered users can upgrade online at (http://www.starnine.com/upgrade/), or by calling (510) 649-4949. If you have never used WebSTAR 2.0 before we encourage you to check it out! You can download a free evaluation copy of WebSTAR 2.0.2 at (http://www.starnine.com/webstar/). Changes and fixes for WebSTAR 2.0.2 NOTE: No changes where made in the 2.0.2 release to...

Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS SHIPS MW CODEMANAGER 4 AUSTIN, Texas-February 27, 1997-Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced a new version of its cross-platform revision control system, MW CodeManager 4. Fully compatible with Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0, MW CodeManager allows individual developers and large project teams to easily and efficiently manage millions of lines of code while maintaining version control. Release 4 offers much faster database access for network users - up to 16 times faster than the previous version. This dramatic boost in speed will have a major impact on productivity for many users, as MW CodeManager is most frequently used by groups of developers working on a common project across a network. The CodeManager Administrator, a stand-alone administrative application, now features direct database manipulation...

CameraMan(tm) has gone Native! Motion Works Releases CameraMan Version 3.0 for Power Macintosh Vancouver,B.C. -- Motion Works Group Limited, the Canadian-based digital technology and interactive multimedia company, announced today the release of CameraMan Version 3.0 for Power Macintosh. Since its debut in 1992, CameraMan has long been recognized as the tool of choice for software developers, educators and trainers who need a quick, flexible and inexpensive method of producing tutorials, customized training demos, presentations, internet movies and on-line support files. CameraMan makes simultaneous recordings of screen activity, system sounds and voice-overs. It captures all action that takes place on the user's screen including; pull-down menus, dialogue boxes, still screens and animations, video, and game sequences. With smooth, full-screen recording, panning, or follow-the-cursor mode, screen recordings can be saved as QuickTime movies, PICS or sequential PICTS and can be played...

SYMANTEC ANNOUNCES 100% JDBC COMPLIANT DBANYWHERE SERVER FOR JAVA APPLICATIONS -- Middleware provides Internet-browser access to multiple database engines; connects thin-client Java applets to existing corporate databases using JDBC -- CUPERTINO, Calif. -- February 24, 1997 -- Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq:SYMC) announced today the availability of dbANYWHERE Server, a robust middleware database technology that lets Java(tm) programs access corporate databases over the Internet using 100% JDBC compliant API. This exciting middleware solution allows developers to create data-connected portable distributed applications without the need to install database drivers on client systems. dbANYWHERE Server manages transactions between the client and various back-end database servers, providing swift, simple access to information in large-scale databases. dbANYWHERE Server is available with direct database drivers for Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server. With third-party ODBC drivers,...

Contact: Colleen Miller, Development Director (510) 549-2684 x210 BMUG GOING STRONG WITH HOT EVENTS AND TOP NOTCH SPEAKERS For Immediate Release - BERKELEY, CA, February 13, 1997 On March 9, BMUG and Bungie will be co-sponsoring the first annual Marathon-a-thon at the BMUG offices in Berkeley. Twelve players will be playing Marathon Infinity from 10 am to 6pm (or as long as they can take it!). By doing this, they'll be raising money for BMUG's largest ever fundraising drive. Each player must get pledges of money for every hour they play. The person bringing in the most in pledges at the end of Marathon will be the winner of the tournament and will receive a color Quick Cam. Runners up will also receive a variety of prizes. Bungie will also be present to preview Myth and other new Bungie products and to answer questions.All locals are invited to come and watch the play or, more importantly, find out who's playing and pledge! Remember, it all goes to help BMUG. On April 26, BMUG will...

From: jumplong@aol.com (Jump Long) Version 1.4.6 of MoreFiles is now available. The changes from v1.4.5 to v1.4.6 are listed below. You can download it today from from : (ftp://members.aol.com/JumpLong/MoreFiles_1.4.6.sea.hqx) It will also submitted for release through the following channels (and may be available today or in the near future): Apple's Developer CD Apple Developer World web/ftp site America Online's Macintosh Developers Forum library (keyword: MDV) CompuServe's Macintosh Developers Forum library (GO MACDEV) - Jim Luther, Apple Computer, Inc. ---------- v1.4.6 2/15/97 Bugs fixed: * Fixed bug in PreflightFileCopySpace (FileCopy.c) introduced in MoreFiles version 1.4.4. * Fixed problem between PBXGetVolInfoSync and __WANTPASCALELIMINATION conditional. * HMoveRenameCompat from v1.4.2 through v1.4.5 worked with files but not folders, and comments were not being moved along with the file. Reverted HMoveRenameCompat to the v1.4.1 source and then fixed the...

To all, Olle is right -- I messed up and accidently deleted his e-mail. See below. Thanks, Neil ------------------------------------------------------- To: MacDev-1 Moderator (MacDev-1-Moderator@listmail.xplain.com) From: Olle Israelsson (ev-olle@nrm.se) Dear webmaster Thanks for mentioning my file system in: 2/17/97 PR : PRF -- Resource Files with Unlimited Resource Count However, my e-mail adress was missed: e-mail: ev-olle@nrm.se Could you please publish a notice so that those that are interested can reach me Thanks Olle Israelsson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bare Bones Software, Inc. P.O. Box 1048 Bedford, MA 01730-1048 http://www.barebones.com Contact: Allan Rousselle, VP Sales & Marketing 617/778-3100 sales@barebones.com February 20, 1997 BARE BONES SOFTWARE UPGRADES BBEDIT WITH RELEASE OF 4.0.3 Bedford, MA -- Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced the release of version 4.0.3 of BBEdit, their popular and award winning text editor for Mac(TM) OS-compatible systems. This new version includes a variety of enhancements to the program's feature set and capabilities: *Improved FTP Support* The FTP tool, used to support the "Open from FTP Server" and "Save to FTP Server" commands, has been improved in a number of areas. BBEdit now features greater compatibility with Windows NT and VMS servers, and supports symbolic links on FTP servers. The updated FTP tool offers the ability to select between active and passive FTP transfer mode -- the latter being necessary when traversing intranet firewalls. For greater...

The Gray Council version 2.1 is now available. This version is in sync with CodeWarrior 11 and the versions of MacApp (3.3.3 & r12) and PowerPlant (1.6) that come with CW11, adds view palettes for AdLib, and implements a number of bug fixes and user requests. The Gray Council C++ classes provide the premiere implementation of the "Apple Grayscale Appearance for System 7." This is Apple's recommended grayscale user interface design for today's applications, consistent with the future Appearance Manager default theme. For programmers using the MacApp and PowerPlant application frameworks, the Gray Council includes framework "adapter" classes that provide easy "drop-in" grayscale appearance support. An adapter for the Dialog Manager lets you add grayscale appearance to standard toolbox dialogs and alerts without requiring modifications to your DLOG/ALRT/DITL resources. The Gray Council implements the complete set of controls defined by the Apple Grayscale Appearance specification,...

18 February, 1997 -- Symmetry Software today released version 1.1 of Version Master for the Macintosh, the premier version tracking utility on the internet. Version Master is a client application which shows which software on a Macintosh is out-of-date and where on the internet users may find updates, patches, and upgrades. Version Master compiles a list of the software on a Mac and displays it in spreadsheet form. Users download the current version numbers and update locations from the Version Master server. The Version Master server currently tracks over 22,500 software titles localized in 45 regions of the world. Version Master keeps track of 680xx, PowerPC and FAT versions of software. It also tracks beta versions of software independently from release versions of the same software. Software is also categorized by "country code" so localized versions may be tracked. As an added bonus, users may indicate that they would like to receive e-mail notification whenever a newer...

From: jcd@kira.peak.org (Joshua Dunfield) I have ported SmallEiffel to the Macintosh as a Metrowerks CodeWarrior plug-in. The compiler, a simple fractal example, and docs can be downloaded from: http://www.peak.org/~jcd/eiffel/ Beta version, use at your own risk, etc. The source code is available at the same URL. This is an unofficial port: the SmallEiffel authors were not involved. (From the README file:) * What are Eiffel and SmallEiffel? Eiffel is a clean, efficient object-oriented language. SmallEiffel is a free compiler for a subset (no garbage collection, no exceptions, no...) of Eiffel. As is typical of Eiffel compilers, it generates ANSI C code, not machine code. * Requirements Metrowerks CodeWarrior, preferably CW/10. The plug-in compiler is fat (both 68K and PPC code).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Neil Ticktin Publisher, MacTech Magazine Xplain Corporation Phone: 805-494-9797 Fax: 805-494-9798 publisher@mactech.com Shinji Kobayashi Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Japan ASCII Corporation Phone: +81-3-5351-8165 Fax: +81-3-5351-8166 shinji-k@ascii.co.jp XPLAIN AND ASCII LAUNCH MACTECH JAPAN Westlake Village, CA and Tokyo, Japan -- February 17, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech Magazine, today announced that it is launching MacTech Japan with noted Japanese publisher, ASCII Corporation. Until today, Japanese MacOS developers have had to work twice as hard by using English based documentation. Not only did they have to battle the technical issues, but a language barrier as well. Now, MacTech Japan, a fully localized version of MacTech Magazine in the United States (MacTech US), solves that. Starting initially as a bi-monthly publication, MacTech Japan will not only include translated articles from MacTech US, but will also include...

Attention Mac OS Developers! Be sure to visit Apple at the upcoming InternetWorld in Los Angeles, CA, March 12-14. This is your chance to see and learn about Apple's plans for publishing on the Internet. * Listen to Gil Amelio's keynote on March 12 from 1:15-2:00 * Attend one or more of the 75-minute workshops at Apple Developer Day on March 13 - Cool Server Tools - The Best Java Experience - Web Content Creation Tools for '97 - Developing With CyberDog, HotSauce, and Other Apple Internet Technologies * Visit Apple's interactive Internet publishing booth, #2034 - Internet Theater - Web site production studio - Multiple Apple and third-party stations representing key stages in publishing on the Internet/intranet * Relax in Apple's Internet Cafe (open to conference attendees) - Check your e-mails - Catch the latest Apple Internet technologies

For those that interested there are a new release of the PRF-file system. It's under construction but I would like to share so I can get comments for improving it. Everyone that are interested should send me an e-mail and you will get the latest release. PRF-FILES --- RESOURCE FILES WITH UNLIMIT NUMBER OF RESOURCES I begin developing the PRF-file system as a part of an application. Since it might be useful for I have decided to make it public. Main festures: * 32-bit resource indexes and IDs * Unlimited number of resources * Quicker than ordinary resources * File cache system that enable shorter access time and make it able to open files that are larger then the free RAM memory * Free-of-charge to use New features: * Interfaces for Pascal and C (the later provisional) * ResType manipulation * File references, like the window's and control's reference * Transparent compression/decompression of resources * Files can be accessed by indexes, like CountTypes and GetIndType. Olle...

WEB BROADCASTING CORP. SHIPS WEB FM 3.0 FOR FILEMAKER PRO 3.0 FOR MAC OS WEB SERVER PLUG-IN BRINGS INCREDIBLY FAST AND POWERFUL DATABASE PUBLISHING TO FILEMAKER PRO 3.0 POWERED WEB SITES Palo Alto, CA -- February 6, 1997 -- Web Broadcasting Corporation has announced the release of WEB FM 3.0. WEB FM 3.0 is a screaming fast, powerful, full-featured web server plug-in that links Claris Corp.'s FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Mac OS database application to the World Wide Web or a corporate Intranet. WEB FM enables FileMaker Pro 3.0 developers to quickly and easily build fast, dynamic, interactive, and reliable database solutions with a web browser interface. The 3.0 release of WEB FM replaces the previous CGI versions with support for Quarterdeck Corporations new WebSTAR API (W*API) plug-in standard. The W*API provides FileMaker Pro 3.0 customers with a faster and more efficient mechanism for linking their databases with Mac OS web servers. ACCELERATED PERFORMANCE MEASURED IN TICKS, NOT SECONDS!...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Terran Interactive and Iterated Systems Partner to Provide Superior Internet Video New York, NY, Equitable Building, February 10, 1996 --Terran Interactive (San Jose, CA), announced today that it will be bundling a version of Media Cleaner EZ that is optimized for usage with Iterated System's (Atlanta, GA) ClearVideo. Together the two products will demystify the traditionally complex task of compressing low bit rate video while providing superior image quality. This bundle will provide Webmasters an easy to use set of tools for publishing high-quality video for the Internet and Intranet. "We are entering the 'Era of Video,' but the complexities and barriers to entry are too great for the mass audience to be able to easily deliver high quality video over a network," said John Garrison, Iterated Systems' product manager. "The bundling of Terran's outstanding product with the power of ClearVideo to compress standard digital video down to extremely small file...

MacHack '97 Call For Papers: 2nd Call Beat the Valentine's Day Weekend Rush, Write for MacHack Did you know that MacHack papers form the cornerstone of the premiere Macintosh technical conference? Papers can cover a wide variety of cool topics. Anything from Adaptive Computing, the Business of Being a Mac Developer, and Game Programming, to Internet Development, Debugging PPC code, and figuring out spiffy NeXT OS hacks. Start 1997 off right by writing a paper for MacHack. Not only will you get accolades from your peers, but you will get free admission to the conference! MacHack will be held June 26th-28th in Dearborn Michigan. Send your idea or abstract to us at mailto:machack-papers@machack.com on or before February 15th, 1997. Visit our web-site at http://www.machack.com/ for more exciting information.

Roizen to leave Apple CUPERTINO, Calif.- February 10, 1997 - Apple Computer Inc. today announced that Heidi Roizen, 38, the company's vice president of Developer Relations, will be leaving the company on February 19, 1996. Roizen joined Apple one year ago (February 1996) with the stated intent "to get Apple back on track with the developer community," and in that time has successfully designed and implemented key programs that have strengthened Apple's position with software developers. "In her tenure at Apple, Heidi greatly improved Apple's developer relations activities-taking them from a nadir in 1996 to the much healthier, more open and interactive relationship we have today," said Guerrino de Luca, executive vice president Apple Marketing. "She implemented many new assistance programs. And most importantly, she brought a deeper understanding of the importance of the developer communitiy to Apple's management team. "While we will miss Heidi, the lessons she has taught the...

Apple Computer, Inc. Finalizes Acquisition of NeXT Software Inc. Company Moves Forward with Operating System Strategy Incorporating NeXT Technology CUPERTINO, Calif.--Feb. 7, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced it has completed its acquisition of NeXT Software, Inc., after securing all necessary regulatory approvals. Apple announced on Dec. 20, 1996 its intention to purchase NeXT in a friendly acquisition for approximately $400 million. Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Software, will serve as an advisor to Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Apple's Chairman and CEO. "The finalization of our acquisition of NeXT confirms our commitment to providing our customers and software developers with a solid OS strategy," said Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Chairman and CEO, Apple Computer Inc. "We embark upon Apple's third decade with renewed enthusiasm, and we look forward to working with our developers, customers, and industry colleagues to proliferate Apple's legacy of vision and technological...