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- Product: OWShare
- Description:
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- A source code shell for creating time/usage limited shareware
- programs with all of the necessary alert screens, registration
- code entry screens and other non-function-related overhead
- involved in publishing a professional shareware application.
- Further detail in the press release below:
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- OWShare - A Robust Shareware Interface For Your Functionality
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- COLORADO SPRINGS, CO--Open Windows has just released a unique new product for
- software developers who wish to take advantage of the booming shareware
- distribution channel. OWShare is a complete source code package providing all
- of the necessary screens and support code you need to turn bare program
- functionality into a professional shareware product. OWShare is available in
- Delphi and VB versions that support ASP-compliant time/usage limiting,
- branding, escalating reminder screens, site licenses, evaluation period
- extensions and other necessary shareware "overhead".
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- With the advent of universal access to on-line services and the World Wide
- Web, even the giants of software have turned to shareware distribution and its
- popular "try before you buy" appeal. Often, though, the aspiring shareware
- author finds that the coding of a robust, attractive shareware interface,
- especially one which will reliably support time and usage monitoring, is more
- of a challenge than the creation of the actual program functionality!
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- If this sounds familiar to you, you'll like Open Windows' parameterizable
- code. Simply initialize the global variables appropriately for your project
- and edit the supplied forms with VB or Delphi's built in visual editors. Dick
- Bryant, owner of Open Windows, says "We think that this product will easily
- save two or three days on each project to which it is applied. Just as many
- people now buy their installation product as an add-on, we feel that packaged
- shareware functionality will allow the author to focus on the important part
- of his or her program - its functional operation." Because OWShare is a source
- code product, it can be easily extended by programmers requiring functionality
- beyond that supplied.
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- An interesting sidelight to the introduction of OWShare is that it coincides
- with a major revision of the requirements for shareware programs released by
- members of the Association of Shareware Professionals. Since the new rules
- allow time/usage limited programs (consistent with mainstream approaches from
- companies such as Microsoft and IBM) many current shareware authors may also
- find OWShare a timely offering.
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- In addition to the online Help, support is available via CompuServe, America
- Online, Internet or US Mail.
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- Author: Open Windows, 719-531-0403
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- Version: 1.00 (09-15-95)
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- Needs: IBM PC - Windows 3.1 or better and a Delphi or VB development
- environment
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- Registration fee: $59.95 (S&H $3.00 US/Canada - $5.00 Rest Of World)
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- Registration benefits: 12 months support via e-mail or snail mail.
- Source code for use in creating your own programs.
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- Look for: (Delphi - OWSHR_10.ZIP on BBSs; OWSHR.ZIP on CompuServe)
- (VB - OWSHV_10.ZIP on BBSs; OWSHV.ZIP on CompuServe)
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- in CIS:WINUTIL forum LIBrary 18 or on Open Windows' Website at
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- http://delta.com/openwin.com/openwin.htm
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- Download size: 186k - Delphi; 80K - VB (< 3 minutes with a 14.4Kb modem)
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