Codecheck also provides a statistical analysis of code complexity and style. Versions are available for MS-DOS, Macintosh, OS/2, AIX, PC/IX, and QNX. Priced from $495. Contact Conley Computing Corp., 7033 S.W. Macadam Ave., Portland, OR 97219. (503) 244-5253; FAX (503) 244-8375.

With a single function call, table-driven, pop-up windows can be incorporated into an application, including calculator-style data input, date, money, string, real and security field objects. All fields can be edited. Fields can be mandatory, protected, alphabetic, numeric, uppercase, range checked, choice checked and even looked up in a table.

ProtoView works with any database or communications package that can be linked under Windows. the package includes a 350-page manual, source code for all field controls, and the source for building the dynamic link library of controls.

ProtoView applications are SAA/CUA compatible and carry no runtime or licensing fees. ProtoView requires the Microsoft Windows SDK, Microsoft Windows 286 or 386 and Microsoft C v5.0 or later.

Price $595. Demo versions for $15. Contact ProtoView Development Co., 162 Kingdom Ave., New York, NY 10312 (718) 948-5195.

Contact Steve Hersee (USA) at (708) 690-3737, FAX (708) 665-9841 or Tim Frost (UK) at 0672-84535; FAX 0672-84525.

M++ implements generalized submatrices, allowing a programmer to write and manipulate general subsets of a given matrix or array, a feature particularly useful to those developing systems utilizing time-series data. Submatrices allow the programmer to view and manipulate data in alternate ways without physically reordering, restoring or rereading the data from disk.

The class library handles and isolates memory allocation and provides compile-time selectable bounds checking, aiding in the debugging of complex programs.

The M++ library provides int, float, double, complex, submatrix, index and decomposition matrix classes which can be extended, modified or limited via inheritance. Also, full C++ source code is available to support direct customization.

The M++ Matrix Class Library is available for MS-DOS, OS/2 and UNIX C++ compilers conforming to C++ versions 1.2 or 2.0. Prices start at $195. Contact Ansys Software Co., Inc., 16950 151st Ave. SE, Renton, WA 98058 (800) 366-1573 or (206) 228-3170.

The price is $89. Contact Geomaker Software, P.O. Box 273124, Concord, CA 94527 (415) 680-1964.

The $495 package is expected to ship during first quarter and will be available for $195 during a 90 day introductory period. Contact Borland at 1800 Green Hills Rd., Scotts Valley, CA 95066.

SET supports prototyping, development and management of the user interface and dialog portion of an application. Version 3.6 supports graphical interactive user interface development, including complete window (stack, pop, move, resize, copy, scroll, and delete) and dialog management, interface layout, and code generation facilities on serial terminals. Form support includes scrolling lists, buttons, toggles, and input type and range validation. User interactions are managed through a context sensitive command interface which can include a command line, pop-up, pull-out, or static menus, buttons, forms, prompts, input validation, hierarchical help text, and a configurable keyboard. An optional 2D/3D graphics system integrates into the windowing system with zoom and pan functions managed by SET. All color, graphics, and text features supported by the terminal can be accessed via SET.

SET generates C or Fortran code. Price $925. Contact CASET Corporation, 33751 Connemara Drive, P.O. Box 939, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693 (714) 496-8670; FAX (714) 661-5463.

The compiler offers switch-selectable support of K&R and ANSI dialects as well as C++. Peritus C++ is implemented as a "true" compiler, rather than as a pre-processor pass. Available code optimizations include: global register allocation, constant propagation and folding, backward code motion with loop invariant removal, induction variable elimination, redundant store and dead code removal, and constant elevation.

Peritus has recently licensed its compiler technology to Amdahl Corporation for use with Amdahl's UTS operating system. Peritus technology has previously been selected by Apple, Control Data Corporation and Concurrent Computer Corporation for use in proprietary compilers.

The Peritus C++ Compiler is currently available for 386/486 systems under SVR3 UNIX and SunOS 4.0 UNIX for $1000. Contact Peritus International, 10201 Torre Ave., Suite 295, Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 725-0882.

AvCase is scheduled to ship in February 1990. It runs on PC-clone and requires no special hardware. The first release will target the Intel 8051 family. Later releases will target 68HC11, 6801, Z80 and 68000 products.

Price for the entire package is $1895. Modules are also available separately. Contact Avocet systems, Inc., 120 Union St., P.O. Box 490, Rockport, ME 04856 (800) 448-8500; FAX (207) 236-6713.

Dynamic linked libraries allow users to build programs that are smaller, require less memory and load faster. Users can build their own dynamic libraries as well as using C86 supplied libraries.

The source level profiler tracks source level constructs, including files, modules, functions and lines.

Contact Computer Innovations Sales, 980 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (201) 542-5920.

According to Dave Schmitt, Lattice president, "These new C compiler packages will feature a complete programming environment, including a DOS extender, compiler, assembler, debugger, editor, global optimizer, programming utilities, and nearly 800 library functions."

The Lattice 80286 C Development System runs under MS-DOS, Extended DOS, or OS/2 to create a single executable program which can run under MS-DOS, Extended DOS, or OS/2. The package includes a royalty-free DOS Extender which developers may include with their software at no charge. Lattice's DOS Extender allows users to run programs of up to nearly 16 megabytes. An included configuration optimizer performance tunes the DOS Extender.

Lattice's 80386 C Development System takes advantage of the 80386 and 80486's 32-bit processing both for the compiler and generated programs. The system runs under Lattice's 80386 Extended DOS, PharLap's Extended DOS, or OS/2 v2 and generates programs which run under Extended DOS or OS/2 v2. The compiler is upwardly compatible so it will accept source code written for MS-DOS or OS/2 v1.

These new compilers introduce Lattice's "Extended Family Mode." In this mode, Schmitt explains, "a single program can run under either Extended DOS or OS/2. Software developers only need to maintain one program even though their customers use the program under several different operating systems."

The 80286 C Development System is priced at $495; the 80386 version at $900. Contact Lattice, Inc., 2500 South Highland Ave., Lombard, IL 60148 (708) 916-1600; FAX (708) 916-1190.

Victor includes image processing functions like sharpening filters, outline, linearization, and matrix convolution. Among the video digitizer support functions are functions to display 'live video' on a VGA adapter at rates varying from two to 15 frames per second.

Victor also includes several resize functions, enabling applications to resize images directly to a VGA, to the digitizer display, or to an image buffer. Prices begin at $195. Contact Catenary Systems, 470 Belleview, St. Louis, MO 63119 (314) 962-7833.

According to the vendor, Better-C was developed with the assistance and cooperation of C, structured programming, and AI experts. The Better-C methodology incorporates complexity management, natural language naming, top-down design, and object-orientation.

Objects in Better-C are created by an "open" and referenced via a handle, much as are C files. Objects may be arbitrarily complex structures, such as trees, lists, databases, or windows.

Better-C is compatible with all major compilers and runs on a PC-clone under MS-DOS v2.0 or better. Price $98. Contact Silico-Magnetic Intelligence, 24 Jean Lane, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10952 (914) 426-2610.

The JDyx library supports twelve video modes — through 800 x 600 x 16 and 360 x 480 x 256 on all VGA cards and through 640 x 400 x 256 on cards with the Paradise chip-set. The routines support concurrent graphics applications on different virtual terminals.

These routines do not use the BIOS or Xenix CGI interface, but directly access the video card. Primitives such as point, line, solid, bibblt, ellipse and clipping are supported, and all sixteen color routines have 12 different alu operations. A bus mouse software cursor is also implemented. The library is designed so that one binary can run on different adapters as well as in different video modes.

Source licenses are $199, binary licenses $99. Contact JDyx Enterprises, 907 Tuxworth Circle, Decatur, GA 30033 (404) 320-7624.