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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- Contact:
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- Isabel Berizzo
- F. HEINZ Consultora
- Tel:(+54 51) 81 75 97
- Fax:(+54 51) 82 24 49
- E-Mail: info@heinz.com
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- Wes Carrington
- OpenSource, Inc.
- 303-861-4411
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- OpenSource and F.Heinz Consultora Offer InterfaceViewer Special
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- CORDOBA, ARGENTINA - October 5, 1995. F. HEINZ Consultora and
- OpenSource today announced a discount price for InterfaceViewer,
- the user interface documentation program for NEXTSTEP developers.
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- During this promotion, which runs until Friday, November 3rd,
- InterfaceViewer is just $250 -- a $200 savings. This discount can
- not be used with any other discounts or specials and is only
- available through OpenSource, Inc.
-
- InterfaceViewer solves a problem common to all NEXTSTEP development:
- documenting the contents of InterfaceBuilder files (the ubiquitous
- nibs ). While IB offers great tools for creating user interfaces,
- its capabilities are very limited when it comes to finding out the
- inner workings of an existing nib file or documenting the contents
- of such a file along with the rest of the source code for a project.
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- InterfaceViewer is useful when you want to use any of NeXT's great
- mini-examples to find out something about the AppKit: the source
- code is usually easy to follow and profusely documented, but you
- still have to painfully untangle the connections inside the nib
- files one by one before you understand what the program does. It
- is also a boon when you get someone new in your team, and they have
- to catch up with what the rest of the group has done so far. They
- can just take the nib files to IV and play with the connections
- until they know what's in there.
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- It is also very useful for creating high-quality EPS representations
- of the UI elements for inclusion in your user documentation or at
- making poster- or blackboard- sized documents for discussion during
- team work.
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- InterfaceViewer is the only way to completely document the working
- of your system, other than doing diagrams of the user interface by
- hand.
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- "IV [InterfaceViewer] is a wicked utility," says Chris Miner,
- OpenSource Technical Director, "I can't imagine why any developer
- wouldn't want to add it to his resources."
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- "With OPENSTEP on the horizon, more and more developers are
- endeavoring to learn NEXTSTEP programming," explains Isabel Berizzo,
- Director of Marketing for F. HEINZ Consultora. "InterfaceViewer is
- an invaluable tool for both documentation and instruction. We are
- delighted that OpenSource approached us with the idea for this
- special. We know that once people use InterfaceViewer, they will
- recomend it to all of the fellow developers."
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- F. HEINZ Consultora
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- F. HEINZ Consultora is a privately-held network consulting and
- software development company located in Cordoba, Argentina. We are
- committed to the production of high-quality solutions for NEXTSTEP
- users and developers, and to the development and deployment of
- NEXTSTEP-based customer solutions. Our product line currently
- includes Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under
- NEXTSTEP, and InterfaceViewer, the user interface documentation
- program for NEXTSTEP developers.
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- OpenSource, Inc.
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- With over 150 software products and an impressive suite of NEXTSTEP
- capable hardware systems, OpenSouce has established itself as the
- premier source for NEXTSTEP solutions. OpenSource works worldwide
- with individuals and organizations who are committed to taking
- advantage of the benefits of NEXTSTEP and its supporting products.
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- InterfaceViewer and Dots are trademarks of F. HEINZ Consultora.
- NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT
- Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their
- respective owners.