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- Copyright 1993 Nelson Ford, PsL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- General Windows Programming
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- Contents:
-
- -----INSTALL: Installation Programs
- -----HELP: creating help files
- -----DATABASE
- -----TOOLS
- -----OTHER
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- -----INSTALL: Installation Programs
-
- [INSPRO]
- EDI Install Pro 2.0
- (Eschalon Development Inc.; $100)
- is an installation utility for Windows. Features included dithered and/or bit
- mapped background, user selectable components, PM group creation, INI file
- modification and creation, version checking, full file compression with
- pack/unpack utilities, multiple disk support, and custom DLL support that allows
- you to expand the capabilities of EDI Install Pro to handle almost any possible
- installation requirements.
-
- [INWIN]
- InWin 4.0
- (Softline, Inc.; $100-$300)
- is a global installer for applications and files running under Windows
- 3.x or DOS applications/files installing into the Windows environment.
- Features include error checking and informational dialog boxes, custom
- headers/footers/title/program name, and point and click end-user help.
- You can utilize any DOS self-extracting executable compression routine.
- A "gas gauge" indicator shows the current percentage of the install.
- Support is provided for up to a 10-disk installation. An ASCII file
- editor (such as Notepad) is required to create the script files.
-
- [MODFIED]
- Modified Setup1
- (Johnson, L.J.; $0)
- adds new features to the PTK Setup program. It provides options to do a Full
- Installation or Update Files, and allows users to install in either a new
- program group or an existing group.
-
- [RTFGEN]
- RTFGen 2.0
- (Baldwin, Dave; $0)
- converts plain ASCII files into Rich Text Format for use with the Windows Help
- Compiler. This is much easier than learning Word, or its equivalent.
-
- [SVINST]
- SVInstal 2.1
- (Soft Ventures; $40)
- installs program and data files from a distribution floppy to a hard
- drive. It creates directories and copies files to them, builds a Windows
- program group and loads icons, and presents a README.TXT file in a
- pop-up window.
-
- [WINSETUP]
- WinSetup 1.0
- (Money Smith Systems, Inc. ASP; $54-$104)
- is a compact (26K) program for installing applications in Windows. This is
- designed for shareware authors/vendors and supports multiple disk sets,
- self-extracting archives, Program Manager installation, documentation viewing,
- and prior post-install commands.
-
- [WINST2]
- Winston Installer 2.1
- (Daniel Otis; $15)
- is an application installer for Windows 3.1. Features include file
- compression, span multiple disks, auto path creation, auto group creation,
- program initialization and un-install information.
-
-
- -----HELP: creating help files
-
- [CAPPS]
- HyperAct
- (Infotivity Technologies, Inc.; $?)
- allows the creation of dialog boxes, edit system control files and
- perform other functions without writing a single line of code because
- it uses standard Windows Help or Notepad commands. All specific
- functions are performed by using the simple HyperAct options. It's
- also usable by any help authoring system that creates Windows HELP.
-
- [CR_HELP]
- CreateHelp! 2.01
- (Barnes, Nic; $40)
- is an authoring tool for creating Windows help files using WinWord 2.0x.
- Features include automatic context identification, search and link jumps
- and pop-ups, auto keyword addition, default font for titles and
- definitions, the ability to insert referenced hypergraphics, and full
- control of compilation options from within WinWord.
- Other features include point and click macro building, outline building
- from a list file, summary reporting, auto page building, secondary
- window support, context numbering, and full editing of the HPJ file from
- within CreateHelp. The manual also includes a section explaining how to
- write help files for first-timers.
-
- [HLPRWIN]
- Helper 2.0
- (Brown, L.E. Jr; $15)
- contains a WinWord document template that simplifies the creation of Windows
- Help files. It allows you to easily edit, compile, test or modify your help
- files, run your favorite screen capture utility, and manage your project files
- from within the WinWord environment.
-
- [MH]
- MiniHelp Tom Campbell; $0) is a preprocessor for the Microsoft
- Help Compiler. It lets you create help topic files using a simple
- language. It supports topics, titles, keywords, hypertext links,
- comments, and font sizing.
-
- [QD_HELP]
- Quick and Dirty Help
- (Allen, Phil; $20)
- lets you use any ASCII editor to produce RTF files for the creation of
- Windows 3.0 Help Files. With QDHelp, you can easily create help files
- with links, popups, bitmaps, search keys, and browse sequences. Support
- is included for topic macro links, colored text, and automatic
- generation of HPLJ files. The MS Help Compiler is required.
-
- [RTFMAG]
- RTF Magic
- (BKMA; $20)
- contains a WFW macro that allows the rapid conversion of documents into
- Windows Help files. You use the outline feature of WinWord to organize
- the information and RTF MAGIC creates a matching table of contents in
- your help file. You do not have to build all the jumps, because browse
- sequences and buttons are automatically added.
-
- [RTFGEN]
- RTFGen 2.01
- (Baldwin, Dave; $0)
- converts plain ASCII files into Rich Text Format for use with the Windows Help
- Compiler. This is much easier than learning Word, or its equivalent.
-
- [WINHELP]
- WinHelp+ 3.0c
- (Stedy Software & Systems; $26)
- ties together tools used in creating help files. It has a pushbutton
- interface for calling up editors for RTF and BMP and other necessary
- input files, QD_Help (above), and the Help Compiler itself.
-
- [VIS_HELP]
- Visual Help 1.0f
- (WinWare; $49)
- makes it easy to create Windows Help files without having to know any of
- the technical in's and out's. All you have to do is type in (or
- cut-and-paste) text and push a few buttons. You can run your help file
- in VH before compiling it to save time.
- This is a boon for programmers, but non-programmers can also use it to
- create hypertext documents for Windows. It is a stand-alone environment
- which does not require WinWord.
-
-
- -----DATABASE
-
- [CDBW]
- CDB for Windows
- (Daytris Information Systems; $149)
- is a database toolkit for Windows programmers. A complete C-API is included
- with over 40 predefined database function calls. CDB is based on both the
- network and relational data models and uses an ISAM methodology for key file
- management. Other features include file locking, and the ability for multiple
- applications to access the same database concurrently. 480K of disk space is
- required.
-
- [JORF]
- JORF
- (The JORF Company ASP; $85)
- is an object-oriented programming language for DOS and Windows that
- allows easy creation of data entry/database programs. It includes
- a DOS/Windows interpreter, editor, source level debugger, context-sensitive
- help, and sample programs. Support is provided for arrays, pointers,
- variable length records, multiple indexes, and network access to files.
-
- [MF_DB]
- MF 1.0
- (Brown, Carl; $2-$186)
- is a multi-user, high performance database for Windows 3.x. Features
- include index-filters, structure-based records, userdefined keys as a
- DLL, and more. C and VB headers are also included. This will interface
- to any language capable of DLL calls.
-
- [WINSQL]
- Quasar SQL for Windows
- (Stellar Industries; $198-$298)
- makes it easy for programmers to create relational database applications for
- Windows. It takes full advantage of Windows' pull down menus, dialog boxes,
- icons, and on-line help. It features a clear error-handling and reporting
- interface, and a complete transaction management facility.
- It provides a full-featured relational database engine, a multiple document
- editor, implementation of the American Standard SQL specification, and advanced
- indexing capabilities. This program gives developers a choice of front-end
- development environments, including C, C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, and more.
- Sample files are included. A hard disk or high density floppy is required.
-
-
- -----TOOLS
-
- [ATREE]
- Atree
- (Thomas, Monroe M.; $0)
- is a complete programmers interface and an interpreter for non-programmers
- to experiment with Adaptive Logic Networks. Requires Windows 3.
-
- [EXRAST@]
- Examining Rasters
- (CSO; $0)
- is an interactive programming tool that explores the way rasters behave
- in Windows code.
-
- [WINDEV]
- Windows Developer 1.55a
- (Helios Software Solutions ASP; 25 Pounds)
- is an integrated program development environment. It can aid programmers in
- editing, compiling, linking, and testing projects using multiple edit windows.
- Other features include multi-vendor compiler support, tools to compare files,
- hypertext links, context sensitive help, a built-in file manager, and more.
-
- [BOILER]
- BoilerPlate 1.0
- (Baldwin, Dave; $0)
- gets you started on a new OWL program by generating the appropriate
- boilerplate code. You start by using Resource Workshop or WRT to design
- your primary resources (menu, accelerator, cursor, etc.). BoilerPlate
- then uses the resource file (and additional information you supply) to
- generate code for your application.
-
- [Logfile]
- Logfile 1.0
- (Raffel, Matthew P.; $10)
- contains a DLL that provides Windows developers a very easy and
- straightforward method of recording and logging information as a
- program runs. This will work with any Windows' language which can use
- API calls.
-
- [WINMON]
- WinMon 1.1
- (Burki, David; $25)
- allows Windows programmers to display debugging information in a list
- box. The API to display information uses the same variable argument list
- format as the standard C printf() function. The set of APIs allow the
- behavior of the list to be controlled by the application being
- debugged.
-
- [Wsheap]
- Wsheap
- (TurboPower Software; $0)
- is a tool for analyzing dangling heap space and resources in Windows
- applications.
-
- [WD_NT]
- Windows Developer for NT 1.52
- (Helios Software Solutions ASP; 25 pounds)
- is an integrated program development environment. It can aid programmers
- in editing, compiling, linking, and testing projects using multiple edit
- windows.
- Other features include multi-vendor compiler support, tools to compare
- files, hypertext links, context sensitive help, a built-in file manager,
- and more. Requires Windows NT, and a 386 PC running the Oct. 1992+ Beta
- Win32 Software Development Kit.
-
- [PFE004]
- Programmer's File Editor 0.04.008
- (Phillips, Alan; $0)
- is a programmer-oriented text editor for WIN31, Windows for Workgroups
- 3.1 and Windows/NT. Because its file capacity is limited only by the
- amount of available memory, it can handle very large files.
- Other features include the ability to run DOS commands, user-configurable
- key mapping, full font support, application launching, DDE
- support, and much more. The variety of features available make this
- package a powerful integrated development environment for any Windows
- programmer.
-
- [WinEdit]
- WinEdit
- (Wilson WindowWare ASP; $60)
- is a programmer's editor designed for creating and maintaining program source
- code. Being a Windows App, it lets you load files as large as all the free
- memory available to Windows - up to 16meg. Being an ASCII file editor makes it
- useful in preparing files for Windows based desktop publishing programs.
- Features include unlimited number of document windows, word wrap, the ability
- to run compilers (or other tools) from within WinEdit with automatic capture
- of error messages to a window, search and replace, access to SDK and C 6.0
- help, and fast operation. It updates itself to cope with multiple instances
- and quitting Windows sessions, and lets you view Next/Previous Error of
- compiler output.
-
- [TOOLSW]
- Tools:W
- (Gryzich, Kent; $295-$495)
- allows fast development of Microsoft Windows applications using the
- Windows SDK. It adds dialog box input validation, multi-user database
- interface, graphical display of database records, report writing, help,
- start-up, DDE and more. (The author can no longer be reached at the
- address provided in the documentation.)
-
- [LZSSLib]
- LZSSLib 1.0
- (Eschalon Development Inc.; $25)
- is a file compression/decompression DLL for Windows programmers. It uses the
- LZSS algorithm. This should work with any language that supports DLL calling,
- such as Turbo Pascal, C/C++, Actor, Visual Basic, Realizer, and ObjectVision.
-
-
- -----OTHER
-
- [ASMCLOCK]
- ASMClock
- is assembler code (and executable) whose purpose is to show that MASM 6.0
- can be used to write Windows programs. The assembler code was translated
- from a sample C program in Petzold's Windows book. Requires SDK 3.0.
-
- [INTLDEMO]
- The INTL Package
- (Fahller, Bjrn ASP; $55)
- contains a DLL that adds international support to your applications. Also
- included are an INI file with international phrases and names of weekdays and
- months, a demonstration program, a Windows help file, source code, and more.
-
- [PBCWin]
- PBCWin 1.0
- (Hanlin, Thomas III; $20)
- is a general purpose DLL for Windows programming. It is oriented toward VB but
- can be used with any language that supports DLLs. There are 79 routines,
- including bit manipulation, array initialization, PEEK, POKE, and SWAP routines,
- checksums and CRCs, equipment testing, string info, and more.
-
- [WPJ1_7]
- Windows Programmer's Journal Volume 1 #7
- (Peter J. Davis and Mike Wallace) - is a monthly forum in a Help File format
- for programmers to share ideas and concepts about programming in the Windows
- environment.
-