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- Joy for Yellow Box
- Windows NT/95
- Version 1.08
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- Copyright (C) 1998 by AAA+ Software
- Last updated: February 5, 1997
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- * Joy General Information
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- * Where do I get a FREE demo version of Joy?
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- * How to order Joy?
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- * How to install Joy?
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- * Joy License Information
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- Joy General Information
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- The Joy.1.08.w.I.b.tar.gz archive contains AAA+ Software's Joy 1.08 for
- OPENSTEP Enterprise for Windows 95 and Windows NT with a free demo
- license of Joy Explorer.
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- Joy, developed by AAA+ Software, is a tool for very quick, interactive
- software development. Joy boosts developer creativity and productivity by
- enabling programmers to quickly and interactively try out new ideas.
- Professional applications can thus be developed step by step, through rapid
- creation of prototypes.
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- WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH JOY:
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- * interactively explore the Yellow Box Frameworks
- * quickly prototype new solutions
- * rapidly develop and test sophisticated applications
- * swiftly implement small utilities with minimal overhead
- * test, debug, and enhance any Yellow Box application
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- FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
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- * integration with the Yellow Box's graphical tools for GUI construction
- * object-oriented scripting language to implement program logic
- * interactive testing of new code without recompiling or even restarting
- * all methods of classes in the Yellow Box frameworks available in scripts
- * interactive sending of messages to explore the Yellow Box frameworks
- * script variables graphically connected to User Interface Objects
- * inspect and change any object's variables or methods at runtime
- * definition of new classes and methods at runtime
- * methods can be implemented for both classes and single instances
- * internal, invisible use of byte-code compilation to boost performance
- * free mixing of interpreted scripts and compiled C++, C and Objective-C
- * scripted methods transparently callable from compiled Objective-C
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- For developers new to the Yellow Box Joy Explorer is the ideal tool:
- experiment with the API, get familiar with the Yellow Box, and develop
- small scale applications.
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- However, when the time comes, users can upgrade the product Joy Explorer by
- purchasing a Joy Developer license key. Joy Developer is an enhancement to
- the Yellow Box suite of developments tools, that will allow developers to
- create applications even faster than with the Yellow Box tools alone. Joy
- Developer is aimed at developers who want to interactively develop flexible
- sophisticated applications. With Joy they can quickly try out new ideas, and
- prototype solutions. With Joy Developer full-featured applications can be
- created without compiling any code. All objects, instance variables and
- methods can be inspected and modified at runtime. So new code can be tested
- without even restarting the application, which dramatically reduces
- debugging time.
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- Applications developed with Joy are platform independent. Regardless on
- which platform they are developed (currently including Windows 95/NT,
- Rhapsody and OPENSTEP), they run on all of them with no porting required.
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- Applications developed with Joy can provide a generic macro interface, to be
- customized by the user. But even third party programs can be adapted,
- enhanced and remote controlled with Joy, to integrate them to get your own
- custom tools.
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- Joy has evolved from technologies used internally by AAA+ since 1993 to
- develop large financial applications. It has thus been thoroughly tested and
- validated in day to day operation for many years.
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- Please register Joy Explorer or purchase a Joy Developer license key using
- the integrated order panel or a web-based order form.
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- Where do I get a FREE demo version of Joy?
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- Joy comes with a free demo license.
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- The URL for downloading this file as well as versions of Joy for other
- platforms is:
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- http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/download.html
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- Joy information is available online from AAA+ at the following URL:
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- http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/
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- If you want to contact us you can email, fax, write or call AAA+ at:
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- AAA+ Software Forschungs- und Entwicklungs-GmbH.
- Rotenturmstrasse 22/11
- A-1010 Vienna
- Austria / EUROPE
- mail: joy@aaa-plus.com
- Tel. +43 1 533 66 65-0
- Fax +43 1 533 68 90
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- How to order Joy?
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- This distribution package contains a free demo version of Joy Explorer.
- Please register Joy Explorer or purchase a Joy Developer license key using
- the integrated order panel or a web-based order form.
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- Please use the web-based order form on http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/order/
- or click on the Order button when the Joy Demo panel comes up.
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- You can order Joy Explorer now and upgrade to Joy Developer later!
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- How to install Joy?
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- 1. Start the Bourne Shell
- 2. Change your working directory to the directory in which the file
- Joy.1.08.w.I.b.tar.gz is located.
- 3. Uncompress and untar the distribution packages by typing the
- following commands
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- gunzip Joy.1.08.w.I.b.tar.gz
- gnutar -xpvf Joy.1.08.w.I.b.tar
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- Warning: Don't use any other uncompressing tools than gunzip and
- gnutar.
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- This will create the following files:
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- - Joy.tar: the Joy installation package
- - LICENSE.rtf: License Agreement. See below.
- - InstallationInstructions.rtf: Instructions for completing the installation.
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- Joy License Information
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- The enclosed Joy software comes with a free demo license. Please read
- the accompanying AAA+ Software License Agreement in the Joy documentation
- before using or installing Joy.
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- Copyright (C) 1998 by AAA+ Software.
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