CD Highlights: System Software/SDK Edition, July 1998
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System Software/SDK Edition, July 1998
Interactive Media Resources:
DeBabelizer 3.0, New Audio Features QT3, WebObjects Database Part II
DeBabelizer 3.0
With the introduction of DeBabelizer version 3.0 for the Macintosh, Equilibrium has added a
host of new features that offer professional control of still, video and web graphics. Version 3.0 also features a greatly improved user interface. For years multimedia developers have regarded this as the graphic application equivalent of the Swiss Army Knife for its ability to open, manipulate and save in almost any graphic file format. Learn more about the new features of this version and how you can create manage graphic content efficiently.
New Audio Features QT3
This survival guide offers an overview of the new audio features in QuickTime 3: Qualcomm's PureVoice compression codec for speech, QDesign's high-quality codec for music and voice, and the QuickTime Music Architecture with new, improved Roland Instruments. Highlights include information on Web and cross-platform delivery, step-by-step development tips, and links to sites with related information and resources.
WebObjects Database Part II
The second part in a series on WebObjects Connecting to a Database. With convenient, powerful relationships, related tables are traversed in the database without constructing a separate qualifier and fetchSpecification each time. The use of referential integrity rules ensures that the data stored in the database does not become "dirty" or corrupted as records are added or deleted. Additional validation and reformatting of data before it is saved by a single set of classes also helps keep your data "pure". Learn how you can eliminate worry about validation rules when new forms are added to the application.
Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series Developer Note
This developer note describes the Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series computers, which use PowerPC G3 microprocessors (clock speeds ranging from 233 to 292 MHz), and feature color flat-panel displays of 12.1, 13.3, or 14.1 inches across. The developer note includes information such as descriptions of the internal architecture, the I/O ports and devices, and the expansion features.
Macintosh Technotes and Q&As
Up-to-date Technotes and Q&As.
MRJ SDK 2.0.1 (prerelease)
This Software Development Kit supports development of Java software on the Macintosh. It includes a variety of standard Java tools from Sun, including the javac compiler. It also includes libraries, sample code, and documentation.
This early access release includes new visual interfaces for the supplied Sun JDK tools as well as MPW versions of several tools.
• JBindery -- for packaging Java applications into a single double-clickable file
• MRJToolkit -- a library for better integrating Java applications into a Mac OS environment
• JManager -- an API for integrating Java into standard C/C++ applications
• JDirect -- an API for communicating directly with native shared libraries and the Mac OS toolbox.
MRJ 2.1 (prerelease)
This is the first public prerelease of Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) 2.1. MRJ 2.1 is a performance and bug fix update to Apple's Java virtual machine and related libraries that tracks the Sun JDK 1.1.5 specification.
NOTE: This is prealpha code intended for experimental purposes.
Worldwide System Software
Worldwide updates of Mac OS 8.1 that were available as this edition of the Developer CD went to press.
