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Jean-Claude Wippler (Houten, Netherlands) contributes his MetaKit, a compact class library for data storage and easy manipulation of structured objects and collections in C++. MetaKit works with any C++ compiler that supports Microsoft Foundation Classes including VC++, Borland C++, and Symantec C++. MetaKit allows your data to be loaded on demand, which allows you access to any size files. It uses traditional database metaphors of begin work/commit work/ rollback work with automatic file storage allocation and reclamation. MetaKit allows data to be "flattened" for efficient streaming over sockets and pipes. It encapsulates data in terms of view, row, and property classes. Data can be conveniently accessed via "[]" and "()" by operator overloading. Applications can statically link MetaKit or load it as a DLL.