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Item 5611770 94/08/23 11:38
From: DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET01# Internet Gateway
Subject: XANTHUS OFFERS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICING OF $249 FOR QUESTOR 3.0
Cc: next-announce@digifix.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information please contact:
Xanthus USA
David Peter
Phone: +1-619-632-9700
Fax: +1-619-632-9702
Email: info@xanthus.com
Xanthus International
Jesper Lundh
Phone: +46-8-635 30 62
Fax: +46-8-98 70 67
Email: info@xanthus.se
XANTHUS OFFERS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICING OF $249 FOR QUESTOR
3.0 NEW VERSION OF AWARD-WINNING SPREADSHEET APPLICATION FOR
NEXTSTEP
OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 1994
San Diego, August 23, 1994 - Xanthus International today announced
that it has begun shipping Questor 3.0, the latest release of its
award-winning spreadsheet application for NEXTSTEP. The new
version offers Microsoft Excel 4.0 file compatibility. (Complete
product info is at the end of this message)
Xanthus also announced special introductory pricing on Questor 3.0
of $249 (Retail $595) for a single-user license, available through
August 31, 1994. Questor 3.0 is delivered as fat (MAB) binaries
for Motorola and Intel processors. Registered owners of Questor
2.0 will automatically receive a free upgrade to the new version.
Xanthus is also offering special promotional pricing on Graphity,
its business graphing and charting application which can be used
together with Questor or as a stand-alone application. When
purchased with Questor at the promotional price, Graphity can be
purchased for an additional $50 (Retail $395).
The total price for the Questor/Graphity bundle is $299, a savings
of over $600.
MAB (Motorola and Intel) versions of these applications are
available via FTP at the following location:
ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/Questor_3.0_Demo.
compressed
ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/graphics/Graphity_Demo_1.0.compred
In addition, complete documentation and source code for Questor's
powerful API, as well as several demo applications, are also
available:
ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/Questor_3.0_API.c
ompressed
HP PA-RISC versions are available directly from Xanthus at
customer request.
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To order, email, fax or phone Xanthus USA at:
Xanthus USA
345 First St., Suite O
Encinitas, CA 92024
Ph. (619) 632-9700
Fax (619) 632-9702
Email: sales@xanthus.com
When ordering, please provide the following information:
Name _______________________________________________
Company _______________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________
City _______________________________________________
State _______________________________________________
Zip _______________________________________________
Country _______________________________________________
Phone _______________________________________________
Fax _______________________________________________
Email _______________________________________________
I would like to order (____) copies of Questor 3.0 at $249 each.
I would like to order (____) copies of the Questor/Graphity bundle
at $299 each.
Method of Payment: ( ) COD ( ) Credit Card ( ) Company Check
If Payment is via Credit Card, which type: ( ) VISA ( ) MC
Expiration Date: _________________________________________
Name on Card: _________________________________________
Total Price $___________
Shipping charges will be added to your invoice.
----- Cut Here ------
_____________ Questor 3.0 Product Info _____________
Questor 3.0 is the most user-friendly and powerful spreadsheet
application for NEXTSTEP. It combines the intuitive metaphor of a
"matrix-based" spreadsheet application with a number of unique
features and a true NEXTSTEP user interface. Together with
OpenWrite, the "Microsoft Word-like" word processor announced by
Xanthus at NEXTSTEP EXPO 94, Questor is one of the cornerstones in
it's Open Office product suite.
The backbone of Questor 3.0 is a conventional matrix-based
spreadsheet that can easily be used by anybody familiar with
traditional spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel, Lotus
1-2-3 or Wingz.
To this backbone is added a number of unique features, including
easy-to-use SQL database access, a powerful scripting language,
multi-level undo and a versatile API.
Questor 3.0 is designed to be extremely easy to integrate with SQL
databases and custom-made applications on NEXTSTEP.
Questor 3.0 is the third release of the application. Questor 1.0
was released in May 1993.
--- New features in Questor 3.0 include:
- Significantly improved performance regarding worksheet
recalculation and file access, especially for large documents.
- A very high level of Microsoft Excel 4.0 file compatibility.
Excel 4.0 files can actually be imported into Questor, edited, and
exported back to Excel 4.0, without losing any formatting or style
information.
- Full support for Excel 4.0 compatible cell styles.
- More than 100 new functions to better support the Excel 4.0
function set in the area of finance, math and statistics.
- Full support for the new Open Object Embedding (OOE) standard
from Xanthus. Worksheets can be created and edited from within
OpenWrite word processor documents.
- Print/scrolling titles.
- Improved user interface. Easier access to commonly used
functions, and improved menu structure.
--- Standard Questor features:
- A state-of-the-art user interface for easy access to all
features, including a ToolBox with object palettes and a number of
other tools that removes the need of modal panels for filling,
searching and sorting data.
- Multi-level undo. All commands can be undone and the number of
undos are user defined.
- Reads the BIFF2-4, WKS, WK1 and SYLK file-formats, which enables
you to import worksheets from Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Improv, Microsoft
Excel and Wingz.
- Writes the BIFF4 and WK1 file-format, which enables you to
export worksheets to Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Improv
and Wingz.
- Powerful report layout functions that allows total control over
the layout of your documents, including direct manipulation and
drawing tools.
- Many graph types are supported, including bar, stacked bar,
line, combination, stock, area, stacked area, scatter (xy-plot)
and pie. The components of a graph can be edited separately.
- Hot-links to Graphity (like Lotus Improv and Presentation
Builder). Graphity is a business graphics application from
Xanthus that supports 3D graphs based on Renderman.
- Seamless connections to relational databases like Oracle and
Sybase using the Database Kit in NEXTSTEP.
- Timers that can trigger complex calculations, database queries
or any other event at regular intervals.
- A powerful structured scripting language - QScript with an
"intelligent" editor, including automatic pretty-printing and
programming support. QScript allows you to customize your
worksheet to perform very specific tasks.
- Input controllers like buttons, text-fields and sliders can be
drag-and-dropped anywhere on the worksheet, and connected to
QScript code or directly to cells by control-dragging.
- Output objects like graphs and gauges can be drag-and-dropped
anywhere on the worksheet, and be connected to cell areas by
control-dragging for continuous updating.
- A powerful double-directed API that allows Questor to easily
control and send data to other applications. The API also makes it
easy for other applications to control Questor and to feed data
into worksheets.
- External functions can be written in C or in QScript and be
loaded into Questor for easy extensibility.
- Full support for user palettes. Users can easily create new
palettes with customized graphs, graphics and control objects.
- Drawing tools that allows you to draw directly on the worksheet.
- Images and sound can be drag-and-dropped anywhere on the
worksheet to create stunning documents including graphics and
sound effects.
- Full support for object linking. Graphs, cell areas and graphics
can be copied and linked into other documents for continuous
updating.
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