Traditionally, the initial design stage involves a time-consuming process of generating user interface prototypes and creating an application framework. RapidApp(TM) will change the way you create your software and dramatically reduce the time it takes to realize your ideas.
As an alternative to starting each project at the ground level, RapidApp gives you a head start. With RapidApp, developers can build a complete Motif(TM) graphical user interface by interactively selecting and positioning the desired interface components. Refine the details until you are happy with the final look and feel. Throughout the development cycle, use RapidApp to adjust the interface and merge the changes with the rest of your code. RapidApp lets you streamline the basic steps of your interface, then generate code and start programming. As a two-way tool, you can come back to RapidApp and change your design at any point in your development process; RapidApp will merge your user interface changes into the existing code.
Applications built with RapidApp are automatically integrated into the Silicon Graphics desktop-they use the same color schemes and icons, and even have image files that work with the Silicon Graphics Software Packager utility. RapidApp includes a wide variety of reusable objects for graphics, images, digital media, desktop integration, and more.
Objects created with RapidApp are reusable. Any dialog box, menu, or other user interface element can be saved as a user-defined component. Teams and projects can share these components, saving time and providing greater interface consistency across your applications. RapidApp builds applications using IRIS ViewKit(TM), an object-oriented class library that is easy to extend and customize.
RapidApp integrates and automates the use of IRIS ViewKit(TM), Open Inventor(TM) and ImageVision(TM) Libraries. Use ImageVision and Open Inventor to quickly add powerful 2D
and 3D graphics to your applications. From within RapidApp, you can launch ProDev Workshop tools such as the Debugger, Static Analyzer, and Performance Analyzer to
complete your program. RapidApp is integrated with Fix and Continue so you
can write code for each function as you go, without rebuilding and relinking
each change.
RapidApp uses the ViewKit class library to build your application. A two-way tool, RapidApp lets you design, generate code, start programming, and then go back and change your design. And integration with Fix and Continue means you can quickly add functionality.
All of the Motif controls and user interface elements are available at the click of a mouse. Drop in widgets as you design a fully functional Motif interface for your application in hours instead of months.
Now, creating media-rich applications is fast and easy. RapidApp has built-in libraries for 2D and 3D graphics so you can give your programs that visual edge.
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