Item    8347901                 93/06/28        07:10
 From:   CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway
 Subject: SS&S Announces NEXTSTEP ObjectWare for Custom
         Software Development

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 For more information, contact:
 Robert L. Masterson, Vice President
 Software Services and Solutions, Inc.
 Phone (203) 630-2000
 Fax (203) 630-2020
 Email: rlm@sss.com

 SS&S Announces NEXTSTEP ObjectWare for Custom Software Development

Meriden, Connecticut, June 14, 1993 - Software Services and Solutions, Inc.,
Announces ObjectWare for Custom Software Development: SSSInputFieldPalette,
SSSMultiViewPalette, and SSSBarGraphViewPalette

Software Services and Solutions, Inc., a major open-systems technology
consulting firm, today announced volume shipments of its SSSInputFieldPalette,
SSSMultiViewPalette, and SSSBarGraphViewPalette products for software
development under NEXTSTEP.  The three palettes of ObjectWare contain user
interface objects that are completely compatible with NEXTSTEP's
InterfaceBuilder, allowing programmers to graphically incorporate them into
their applications and test the interface without compiling.

The SSSInputFieldPalette allows developers to create user interfaces that will
ensure that keyboard input has acceptable format and content.  The
SSSInputFieldPalette contains input fields and forms that can be configured to
guide user input to prevent errors and disallow incorrect input on a keystroke
by keystroke basis.  Developers can easily and quickly specify the correct
formats through inspectors.  These formats can include patterns or strings
that must conform to a set of choices, such as month names or names from a
database table, and such string sets can be specified programmatically or in
InterfaceBuilder.

"Our SSSInputFieldPalette allows developers easily to construct user
interfaces that perform complex format and content validation on keyboard
input.  A programmer need only do a simple drag and drop operation to set up
an SSSInputField to perform referential integrity checking against a database
column.  Our format specification is an extension of that used by the standard
I/O library already familiar to programmers, so the learning curve on the
SSSInputFieldPalette is very short." said Robert L. Masterson, Vice President
of Software Services and Solutions, Inc.

The SSSMultiViewPalette's objects manage window real estate when it is at a
premium. The SSSMultiView allows an area in a window to display different
panels at run time based on the user's actions. This approach to window design
allows different logical segments of the application to be designed on
separate panels and kept off screen until needed.  Unlike other "panel
managers", there is no limit to the number of panels that a single
SSSMultiView can display.

The SSSBarGraphViewPalette gives developers instant access to graphical
representations of schedules, process life graphs, time lines, and more.  The
objects of the SSSBarGraphViewPalette work together to create a display of
data as horizontal bars.  The SSSBarGraphView can automatically scroll with
time.  The visual attributes of the view, such as axis labels, titles, and
marking style, can be set with an inspector.

There are no runtime license fees associated with any of the ObjectWare from
Software Services and Solutions, Inc.

The single developer license prices for the palettes are $395.00 US for the
SSSInputFieldPalette, $145.00 US for the SSSMultiViewPalette, and $395.00 US
for the SSSBarGraphViewPalette. Multi-developer and site licenses are
available at discounts; contact Software Services and Solutions, Inc., for
details.

The SS&S ObjectWare is available for NEXTSTEP 3.1 on the Intel 486, as well as
on NeXT hardware, and application developers can use this ObjectWare to create
applications for both architectures. SS&S ObjectWare is also compatible with
earlier versions of NEXTSTEP.

Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is in the process of creating three
Motif widget sets and Windows NT class libraries that will provide versions of
this ObjectWare for development of applications targeted for Sun, Hewlett
Packard, and Digital platforms, among others.  Contact Software Services and
Solutions, Inc., for further details.

For more information, contact Robert L. Masterson, Vice President, Software
Services and Solutions, Inc., at 94 Murray Street, Meriden, Connecticut 06450,
or via email to rlm@sss.com, phone to (203) 630-2000, or fax to (203) 630-
2020; or contact Bruce LeSourd at the SS&S, Inc., Pacific Northwest Regional
Office at 1222 East Crockett Street, Seattle, Washington 98102, or via email
to lesourd@pnw.sss.com, phone to (206) 860-9295, or fax to (206) 860-6896.

Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is an information technology consulting
firm specializing in open systems technology, object-oriented software design
and development, and networking. Through its two main offices and various
ancillary offices, Software Services and Solutions, Inc., provides technology
consulting, reengineering, and custom development services to businesses and
governments worldwide.

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