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Overview
The Window BOSS is one of the most powerful and cost-effective
products available to enhance and accelerate the development of
system and applications programs in the "C" language. The BOSS
will let you create programs that have the same look and feel as
top sellers like Lotus 1-2-3, Sidekick, dBASE III, and Framework!
Pop-up windows, pull down menus, status lines, and in context on-
line help functions can be easily implemented. Your applications
can drag windows around the screen and automatically sense the
type of video card installed. All of this without snow, flicker,
or delay!
The BOSS's assistant, The Data Clerk, is always on call to handle
the tasks associated with data entry. The Data Clerk makes it a
snap to enter text, integers, floats, longs, dates, phone
numbers, and times. It is equally easy to create complex forms
with individual field help and error messages. Custom fields and
masks are also a snap! Naturally, we concentrated on the
programmer interface, keeping it clean, uncluttered, powerful,
fast, and easy to remember.
Our Mouse routines provide the icing on the cake! Once the mouse
has been initialized, you can show it, hide it, move it, check to
see if any of its buttons have been pressed or released, make it
emulate a light pen, put an invisible cage around it, define its
shape and associated attributes, and ask it how many buttons it
has!
Tim Parker's column in the February 87 issue of Computer Language
stated "the ease of use will cause some programmers to go
overboard with windows", and "if you are a die-hard C programmer
looking for a useful, license-free product, this is it".
Hardin Bothers' column in the June 88 issue of PC Resource stated
"Within its domain, The Window BOSS is as useful and as powerful
as any C library I've used". "The Window BOSS owes much of its
power to its uncluttered organization".
In 1990, Shareware magazine ranked The Window BOSS in the top 50
best selling shareware programs in the PC-Sig Library! By the
way, The Window BOSS was the ONLY C function library to achieve
this status!
The BOSS is currently being used by such notables as: IBM, ATT,
UNISYS, Cray Research, ATT Bell Labs, Lockheed, Zenith, Jet
Propulsion Lab, Internal Revenue Service, US Navy, US Airforce,
NASA, Honeywell, Liton, UpJohn, Hughes Aircraft, Contel, ARCO,
Penril Data, Gandalf Data, Battelle Memorial Institute, DCA,
Attachemate, Hayes, Boeing, McDonneld Douglas, The Travelers, Dow
Corning, Coca Cola, numerous universities, and discriminating "C"
programmers around the world! Haven't you waited long enough?
Technical Considerations
The BOSS is written in meticulously commented and structured "C"
with a minimal amount of assembly language. Best of all, you
need to purchase The BOSS only once since libraries for all the
supported compilers are included at no additional cost!
Stats:
C Compilers: Microsoft (All), Borland (All)
Watcom (All), TopSpeed
Mix Power C, Zortech, Aztec
Lattice, CI86, Datalight
Assembler: Microsoft MASM compatible.
Window Types: Normal, Exploding, Borderless
Border Characters: Default or User Defined
I/O Method: BIOS or Direct, printf compatible
Maximum windows: limited only by compiler and memory
Maximum window: full screen (25x80, 43x80, 50x80)
Minimum window: 1 row 1 column (borderless)
3 rows 3 columns (framed)
Minimum fields: none
Maximum fields: limited only by compiler and memory
Memory models: Source - All execpt Tiny
Shareware - Small Model Only
Compatibility: IBM PC/XT/AT, PS/2, MDA,CGA,EGA,VGA
Functions:
19 Low level video and keyboard primitives. These functions
can be used with or without the other Window BOSS
functions.
32 High Level Windowing Functions. These function establish
the normal programmer interface point for windowing.
28 High Level Data Entry, Form Handling, and String
Manipulation Functions. These functions establish the
normal programmer interface point for data entry.
25 Mouse interface functions. These functions can be used
with or without the other Window BOSS functions and
represent both low and high level programmer interface
points.
List prices:
The BOSS & Data Clerk Function Library with Source: $55.00
Shareware (One of PC-SIG's TOP 50 Best Selling!) : $20.00