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- PRESS RELEASE
- AUGUST 8, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- Reality Check Inc Announces Release of ZedREXX 1.0 for Amiga
- ZedREXX Provides Powerful GUI Extensions to REXX
-
- (NASHVILLE, TN) Reality Check Inc today announced the release of
- ZedREXX 1.0 for Amiga, a REXX Language Extension that adds sophisticated
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) capabilities using an easy-to-use yet
- extremely powerful syntax.
-
- ZedREXX provides users with the ability to build a GUI into any of their
- REXX scripts.
-
- Unlike the complex and cryptic syntax that are common to other REXX GUI
- systems, ZedREXX syntax is structured, simple and easy to read. Common
- GUI techniques are implemented in the command host instead of in the REXX
- script, making the run-time speed and response time of a ZedREXX script
- similar to the same application written in C.
-
- Following is a summary of the extensions that ZedREXX provides:
-
- * Abstract textual definition of all user-interface elements.
-
- * Platform independent user-interface description.
-
- * Single-window or multiple-window interfaces.
-
- * Automatic snapshot of window size and placement.
-
- * All controls are accessible by keyboard shortcuts.
-
- * Font and text sensitive layout of all GUI elements.
-
- * Support for context-sensitive on-line help.
-
- * Drag and Drop support.
-
- * Iconification.
-
- * Access to common dialog boxes, such as File and Font.
-
- * Non-modal or modal windows.
-
- * Transparent handling of all event processing.
-
- * Resource tracking.
-
- * Support for object observers and multiple targets.
-
- * Persistent object and attribute support.
-
- ZedREXX has been in beta testing for more than nine months, and has
- already gained quite a following among its testers. Willy Langeveld,
- author of rexxarplib.library, at SLAC, said "Finally, I can toss away
- rexxarplib.library!"
-
- ZedREXX provides an AmigaGuide on-line reference and utilizes the
- Commodore Installer to ease the installation process. Minimum system
- requirements are an Amiga running 2.04 or beyond of the Amiga Operating
- System.
-
- A full featured evaluation version of ZedREXX is available for download
- from BIX in the amiga/listings area as zrxv1r0.lha. Product support is
- also available through BIX in the amiga.vendors/reality.check conference.
- To get an account on BIX call 800-695-4882 or 617-491-5410, at Login:
- enter bix, at Name? enter bix.net.
-
- ZedREXX 1.0 for Amiga - REXX Language Extension is available directly
- from Reality Check Inc priced at $35.00 US for single copies. For orders
- in North America add $5.00 shipping and handling. For orders from
- outside North America, add $7.00 shipping and handling. All orders must
- be in US funds: Check or Money Order. Money Order orders only from
- outside the US. Site licenses, product bundling and OEM agreements are
- also available.
-
- REXX is a trademark of IBM Corporation. AREXX is a trademark of Wishful
- Thinking, Inc. ZedREXX is a trademark of Reality Check Inc. Amiga,
- AmigaGuide and the Commodore Installer are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga,
- Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
-
- END
-
- Contact:
- David N. Junod
- Reality Check, Inc.
- 5543 Edmondson Pike, Suite 134
- Nashville, TN 37211
- TEL 615-832-8888
- FAX 615-832-8888
- djunod@bix.com
-