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- From: etmrhey@bcrosby7.ericsson.se (Ron Heijmans)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: FED-CASE (was:Re: Looking for Flowcharting Programs)
- Keywords: C,CASE,flowchart
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.085120.25167@ericsson.se>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 08:51:20 GMT
- Sender: news@ericsson.se
- Organization: Heijmans & Joosen software development
- Lines: 129
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- Hello,
-
- Unbelievable I was impressed on the amount of responses on my
- news reply. There are a large number of serious amiga users in
- the world!! I can not answer them all in person, so I thought
- I would send you all a preliminary copy of our product info.
- For all you out there that still would like to have more info
- Do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
- The product is currently being beta tested in the mean time
- we are trying to find a publisher/distributors.
-
- Thank you all for your reponses,
-
- Ron Heijmans.
-
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- Product info for FED-CASE(c)
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- What is it about?
-
- FED-CASE(c) for the Amiga is a software tool that can assist
- the design of software.
-
- FED-CASE(c) consists of a graphical environment
- to design flows the flowchart editor and a source code
- generator that generates C source code.
-
- FED-CASE(c) package consists of a clearly written manual and
- the software.
- The software can run on any amiga.
- FED-CASE(c) can run under all available Amiga operating
- system releases. FED-CASE(c) is full compatible with Amiga OS 2.x,
- and will have the same look and feel in OS 1.2 and upwards.
-
- FED-CASE(c) is easy to use and has logical symbols to define
- the design.
- Because of the fact that FED-CASE(c) represents the design
- in a graphical way the designer has a better overview
- of the function he/she is designing.
- A lot of companies are designing their products from flowchart
- sequence diagrams, these diagrams are drawn manually
- with the aid of rulers.
- Using the FED-CASE(c) flowchart editor will cut down
- their design time.
-
- With the build in printer facilities they will get a better
- documentation of their product.
- One other benefit of using the tool is that maintenance
- costs will decrease considerably.
-
- Figures from earlier researches point out that 25-40% of all
- costs made in software engineering are maintenance activities.
-
- Although FED-CASE(c) is running on amiga computer systems,
- the generated code can be used to be compiled for any other
- C compiler on any computer system.
-
- Features:
-
- The flowchart editor offers a graphical environment
- to the designer that gives him the possibility to create
- flowcharts. All symbols are on display.
- A number of functions are implemented to edit the flowchart
- (insert, move, delete, connect, undo, etcetera).
- A main part of the function can be accessed by menu,
- keyboard short-cut or on display gadgets.
-
- A text editor enables the designer to add text to the symbols.
-
- The print option makes a paper copy of the flowcharts.
- The flowcharts are divided into chapters so that
- good documentation is guaranteed.
-
- An ARexx interface enables the user to define macros within the
- flowchart editor. A large number of ARexx-options are available
- to define these macros.
-
- The paper copy can also be made in such a manner that it is
- possible to use company paper with headings.
-
- A very good hypertext function supports the designer
- through the jungle of system functions, structures, etcetera.
- This implies that the designer does not need to have a pile of
- system documentation on his desk.
- The selected items can be inserted in the text belonging to a symbol.
-
- There is also the possibility to split the functionality of
- the design over several flowcharts and/or designers.
- Also existing code or libraries can be used.
-
- FED-CASE(c) is a fully localized application.
- This means that it can be adapted to any kind of
- natural language.
-
- FED-CASE will determine what kind of video system it is running
- on. It will switch to the appropriate system (NTSC/PAL).
-
- The package comes along with a number of localized languages,
- but it can be easily adapted to any other language by the user.
-
- It is possible to invoke the code generator from the flowchart
- editor and view the results in your favourite text editor.
-
- The FED-CASE(c) code generator generates C-source code according
- to the C source code definition. This is including the
- declaration and prototyping part of the source code.
- The code generator will automatically do the type casting.
- An auto-comment function will take care of commenting the C source
- code with all kind of helpfull information. The source code
- generator will take care of the includes and put all the required
- includes into the source code.
-
- So you can generate code for any C compiler on any
- target machine.
- It is possible to generate source code for a C compiler
- on an UNIX operating system or a PC operating system.
-
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- | Ron Heijmans, |
- | Heijmans & Joosen Software development group |
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