MetaCard [Metacard Corporation]

MetaCard is a hypermedia/Rapid Application Development environment forX11/Unix workstations that is compatible with Apple/Claris Corp.'sHyperCard. It goes beyond HyperCard by including support for colorcontrols and images, pulldown and pop-up menus, scrollbars and dialogboxes. MetaCard's entire interface is built in MetaCard, so end userscan edit any menu or dialog to make it look and behave any way they want.MetaCard's powerful, customizable editor and a simple scripting languagemake it the easiest way to build GUI applications, Computer BasedTraining (CBT) packages, multimedia presentations, and hypermediadocuments. Stacks developed with MetaCard can be run on any supportedplatform (14 for release 1.4) without compiling or other preprocessing.Press and end-user response to the product has been highly favorable.UNIXWorld magazine named MetaCard one of the 10 Best Products of 1992,and MetaCard was a finalist in SCO's Product of the Year contest in 1993.SunWorld magazine says "... once users have come up to speed with thepackage, it becomes a must-have UNIX utility, allowing fast prototyping,easy interactive presentations, and simple custom apps." Key features:

Easy to learn object-oriented scripting language.
Easy to use direct-manipulation interface.
Motif interface allows users to build Motif compliant applications.
Full 24 bit color support for image editing and controls.
Built in object oriented (vector) graphics support.
Display PostScript object included at no extra cost.
Text fields support searching, sorting, multiple font sizes and

colors, hypertext links, and cut-copy-paste.

Run any Unix program from within MetaCard and collect its output for

display.

Call 'C' functions via an external procedure call mechanism.
Import HyperCard 1.2 through 2.2 stacks.
Built-in audio and video playback capability.

Key benefits:

MetaCard is the fastest way to prototype GUI applications, yet can

be used to deploy commercial-grade applications.

Priced thousands less than conventional GUI development tools, yet

outperforms them in both flexibility and time to market.

MetaCard is complete: no additional tools (e.g. compilers) need to be

purchased or installed.

Much lower training costs when compared with conventional GUI

development tools.

Any experienced computer user can build GUI applications since no

professional programming training is required.

Deploy multimedia presentations and applications without the expense

and hassle of royalty payments.

No need to spend thousands on upgrades, MetaCard's high performance

and slim size means your application will run on your (and yourcustomers!) existing hardware.Anonymously FTP a save-disabled copy from if.uu.net:/vendor/MetaCard, oremail to info@metacard.com and ask for a free save-disabled copy viaemail or on 3.5" floppy disks.Contact:Scott Raneyraney@metacard.com303-447-3936

Language: C++
Source Avail: No
Product Special Handling: None.
Operating Systems: Solaris Sparc 1.0,2.3,2.4,2.5 Solaris x86 2.1,2.4,2.5

Metacard Corporation
4710 Shoup Pl
Boulder, CO 80303
USA
Phone: (303) 447-3936
Fax: (303) 499-9855

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MetaCard

Metacard Corporation