Tom Sawyer Introduces Two Graph Layout Toolkit Products
Tom Sawyer Software has released two Graph Layout Toolkit products. The two products automate drawing of large graphs or networks, The Graph Layout Toolkit is designed to provide real-time, automated, graph layout service through a family of class libraries written in C++ that include ANSI C APIs. The Graph Layout Toolkit supports Hierarchical Layout, a hierarchical library for use with compiler and software development tools, and Circular and Symmetric Layout. These libraries are designed for network management, design, and simulation applications.According to Tom Sawyer's release, "Bundled directly into an application, the Graph Layout Toolkit delivers an immediate face-lift to graphics applications with its enhancement of graph readability. Software developers see marked improvement in their graph output without making extensive changes to their code, and they find their products become far simpler to use. End users find they can better visualize relationships within complicated data when information is transformed into easily-interpreted graphs with Graph Layout Toolkit processing."
The Graph Layout Toolkit supports DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and most versions of UNIX supplied with the Sun SPARCstation, HP 9000, IBM RS/6000, SGI, and Next machines. The company is incorporating the Graph Layout Toolkit into SunNet Manager, HP OpenView, and IBM NetView/6000. Tom Sawyer's Network Layout Assistant includes the Graph Layout Toolkit as core technology. For more information contact Tom Sawyer Software Corporation, 1824B Fourth St., Berkeley, CA 94710; (510) 848-0853; FAX: (510) 848-0854.
Siemens Nixdorf Announces Three Products
Siemens Nixdorf has announced three products, DiaViews++ v1.0, Object Oriented SQL Interface for C++ v1.0 (OSQLIF), and Extended C++ Standard Components v2.0. DiaViews++ v1.0 is a C++ class library that provides an object-oriented interface to OSF/Motif. DiaViews++ combines OSF/Motif Toolkit with C++ by encapsulating the Motif objects (Widgets/Gadgets), so there is a C++ class for every Motif object. Features of DiaViews++ include: a framework for developing reusable UI-components, callback objects, interface to the SNI Dialog-Builder, meta protocol, automatic generation of makefiles, and member functions that set and read Motif resources. Other features include: use of the SNI Extended C++ Standard Components class library, automatic releasing of allocated resources, and run-time checks.OSQLIF is a class library for developing SQL database application in C++. OSQLIF contains three parts: The SQL Data Types, the Dynamic Interface, and the Static Interface. The SQL Data Types is a C++ class library which contains a C++ class for every SQL data type of the database. Each class contains the data and a null value indicator. The error handling can be defined by the user. The SQL Data Types will be used from the Static Interface and the Dynamic Interface. The Dynamic Interface is a C++ class library for manipulating an SQL database with dynamically-built SQL statements. Classes include SQL schema components, and classes for creating SQL statements and SQL cursors from C strings. The Static Interface is a generator which generates C++ interfaces from a description of the projections and SQL statements.
The extended C++ Standard Components v2.0, is a class library of pre-tested and reusable software components for developing software. Version 2.0 contains the "Standards Components Release 3.0" of USL and other classes including: container classes, time classes, support classes, string and symbol classes, graph classes, and others.
For more information contact Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, SNI AP 443, Carl-Wery-Strasse 22, D-81730, Munchen, Germany; +49-89-636-46199; FAX: +49-89-636-40119; e-mail: andres.roepert@ch.sni.de.
AIB Software Announces SENTINEL for IRIX
AIB Software has announced SENTINEL for IRIX, Silicon Graphics' enhanced version of the UNIX operating system.SENTINEL locates and helps correct dynamic memory-related errors in C, C++, and X Window System programs. SENTINEL is used in the development, porting, and testing of production software. SENTINEL finds run-time errors in user code, shared libraries, or third-party libraries, without requiring source code.
SENTINEL Debugging Environment supports Solaris v2.1 on Intel 386, Solaris v1.x (Sun OS v4.1.x) and Solaris v2.x on SUN SPARC-2 and compatibles, HP-UX v8.xx and v9.xx on HP 9000/8XX/7XX systems, AIX v3.2 on IBM RS/6000, System V v3.2 and v4.0 on Intel 386/486, DG UX on Data General AViiON systems, IRIX on SGI, and Ultrix on DEC DECstations. The SENTINEL debugging environment starts at $695, and is available with floating, personal, and host-based licenses. For more information contact AIB Software Corporation, 46030 Manekin Pl., Suite 160; Dulles, VA 20166; (703) 430-9247; FAX: (703) 450-4560; e-mail: adam.joseph@aib.com.
Lucid Upgrades Energize and Releases C/C++ Compilers and CLOS
Lucid, Inc., has upgraded its Energize Programming System and released Lucid C and Lucid C++ v3.1 compilers. Energize v2.5 supports automatic precompiled header files, which according to Lucid, are 50% smaller than in the past. Features of Energize v2.5 include: automatic dependency analysis for makefiles, template support, support for nested types and multiple repositories, and support for long double types.Quoting Jay Mellman, director of marketing for Lucid, "Our customers have reduced development and maintenance cycles as much as 25 to 50 percent."
In a related announcement, Lucid has released Lucid C v3.1 and Lucid C++ v3.1 compilers for Solaris 2.x. Features of the compilers include: direct compilation of C++ code, line and run-time compatibility with Sun's development tools, automatic precompiled header files, and optimized executables. The Lucid compilers provide five modes of operation, and support major C/C++ coding conventions. Both compilers integrate with the Energize Programming System.
Lucid has also released its Lucid Common Lisp environment for Solaris 2.x (including CLOS). Energize v2.5 is $4,250 for a single unit and $2,900 per unit for 10. Site licenses and educational discounts are available. The release is free to current support customers. Lucid C v3.1 is $495. Lucid C++ version 3.1 is $1,095. The Lucid Common Lisp environment, including the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) is $4,950. Site licenses and educational discounts are available for these products. For more information contact Lucid, Inc., 707 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025; (415) 329-8400; FAX: (415) 329-8480.
MainSoft Adds Support for Microsoft Foundation Class Library
MainSoft Corporation has added support for the Microsoft Foundation Class Library and applications developed using Visual C++ to its MainWin Cross-Development Kit (CDK). The MainWin technology provides conversion of Windows applications to UNIX while maintaining the original application's look and feel, or at the end-user's option, using a Motif-style appearance.The MainWin CDK ports applications using Visual C++ and written with the MFC to UNIX. MFC was designed to provide a high-level library that simplifies the Windows API by providing an object interface, enables object-oriented C++ techniques, and provides a degree of portability from 16- to 32-bit versions of Windows. Using the MainWin Software Developers Kit, developers can create multiple versions of an application to reach SUN, HP, IBM, and SGI workstations from the same code base that supports Windows v3.1 and Windows NT.
Software documentation and manuals do not have to be modified because MainWin technology lets developers maintain the look and feel of the original Windows application. Developers can upgrade all Windows and UNIX versions of the application simultaneously because MainWin does not alter the underlying code of the original application.
For more information contact MainSoft Corporation, 883 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite C-100, Mountain View, CA 94043; (415) 966-0600; FAX:(415) 966-0613.
ImageSoft Releases ClassWorks
ImageSoft Incorporated has released ClassWorks by XNET Corporation. ClassWorks is a C++ class library that abstracts the complete operating system's functionality, not just the GUI component. Applications can be written entirely in ClassWorks with no knowledge of the underlying operating platform. A re-compile ports applications to different platforms.Features of ClassWorks include: multithreading, blocking on threads, suspending threads, entering and exiting critical sections, semaphores, and inerprocess communication (IPC). ClassWorks provides a data entry object that automates moving data to and from the user-specified I/O area. Data is automatically converted to string format on input and back to its original form on output. This object understands NULL indicators used in relational databases and also uses dialog templates created by resource programs, such as Borland's Resource Workshop or DLGEDIT, which come with the platform's SDK.
ClassWorks contains nine main categories of classes: Windows, resources, graphics, containers, system services, IPC, file and directory services, strings, and miscellaneous. For more information contact ImageSoft Incorporated, 2 Haven Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050; (800) 245-8840 or (516) 767-2233; FAX: (516) 767-9067.
SR Announces Enhancements, STW/Advisor, and Virtual X-Window Server Offer
Software Research Incorporated has announced enhancements to its CAPBAK/X, a new product bundle, STW/Advisor, and an X-Window Server offer. CAPBAK/X, an X-Window-based capture and playback test automation tool, has added character recognition and virtual display capabilities. SR licensed OCR technology from Xerox Imaging Systems. The character-recognition capability finds text that has moved to a different location from when the text was created and also lets pixel images be converted to ASCII characters. A virtual-display capability was also added. With virtual displays a tester can run window-based tests in the background. The virtual display can also be used for load testing.SR has also added a third product, STW/Advisor, to Software TestWorks. STW/Advisor is an X-Window-based metric analysis product, a C static analyzer for syntax and semantic analysis, and a test data generator. The metric product, METRIC, provides the commonly-accepted software metrics for C/C++, Ada, and FORTRAN programs. The static analysis product, STATIC, provides syntactic and semantic information for C programs. The test data generator, TDGEN, supports substituting new, random or sequential data values into existing test scripts to provide additional coverage.
SR has also announced that its Virtual X-Window Server will be available free until the end of April, 1994, allowing users to experiment with its utility for load generation. The character-recognition capability is available either bundled on the STW/Regression floating licenses or with a $250 additional cost per user to the STW/Regression price for node-locked licenses. Prices for STW/Advisor start at $5,000. For more information contact Software Research, Incorporated, 625 Third St., San Francisco, CA 94107; (415) 957-1441; FAX: (415) 957-0730.
Siemens AG Austria Introduces CASE Tools
Siemens AG Austria has released XperCASE, a family of CASE tools. XperCASE is made up of five components. The first two components, XperCASE (SD) and XperCASE (SP), handle design and analysis of software development. The other components focus on implementation, documentation, and maintenance, using structure diagrams and object-oriented programming. XperCASE (C), XperCASE (COB), and XperCASE (SPX) allow for re-engineering of C, COBOL, and other xBASE languages.Features of XperCASE include: automatic code generation; graphic representation of the source code; point-and-click functions to re-engineer code, automatic software reconstruction, automatic documentation through structure diagrams, and automatic hierarchical structuring.
XperCASE is $1,995 for a single license and $3,990 for two licenses. Special educational pricing is also available. For more information contact Siemens AG Austria, DVR 0001708, HRB 41701, Handelsgericht Wien, Firmensitz Wien, Vienna, Austria; +011-43-1-60171-6609.
DBx Releases Zip_RTDBMS
DBx, Inc. has released Zip Real-Time Data Base Management System v1.4 (Zip_RTDBMS). Zip_RTDBMS is a memory-resident, bounded-response DBMS for real-time embedded applications. Written in C, Zip_RTDBMS uses features from POSIX-compliant real-time operating system while maintaining platform independence, Zip_RTDBMS is portable and integrates with C software systems.Zip_RTDBMS includes a database engine, an embedded programming front end call library, an SQL-like schema parse/compiler, and utilities which support static evaluation of database structure and data access. An optional Ada interface to the call library is also available.
Zip_RTDBMS license prices range from $960 to $2,880. Royalty-free source code licensing is also available. For more information contact DBx, Incorporated, P.O. Box 8446, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002; Phone and FAX: (609) 667-9322; e-mail: DBx@world. - std.com.
Alydaar Announces Translation Service
Alydaar Software Corporation has announced a PL/1 to C and COBOL translation service. Alydaar guarantees the target code to be functional and maintainable. Quoting Robert Gruder, President of Alydaar, "Alydaar offers the only computer language translation service which is truly platform and language independent. The Alydaar methodology permits rapid software modernization by converting all of the client's programs synthetically."Translation services are available for FORTRAN to C/C++/Ada, and Pascal to Ada/C++. Plans call for 370 to C, and COBOL to Ada in early 1994. Alydaar offers free demonstration translations and custom translations. For more information contact Alydaar Software Corporation, 6525 Morrison Blvd., Ste. 205, Charlotte, NC 28211; (704) 362-0093; FAX: (704) 363-1542.
PROCASE Releases SMARTsystem v3.0
PROCASE Corporation has released SMARTsystem v3.0. With SMARTsystem, developers can understand and fix unfamiliar source code using its graphical display of code structure, the information it provides about errors and dependencies, and its support for impact analysis. According to PROCASE, SMARTsystem can analyze upwards of one million lines of code, and can handle code that won't compile successfully, incomplete systems, or code targeted for other hardware platforms or embedded systems.One feature of SMARTsystem v3.0 is a makefile reader. The reader helps in building the database of customer's code.
Another feature of SMARTsystem v3.0 is the code compression capabilities which let the user work with information in the Call Graph by showing dependencies involving global data and function pointers, in addition to the former display of function and library calls. SMARTsystem v3.0 also provides mechanisms for discovering undefined CPP macros.
SMARTsystem v3.0 supports SPARCSunOS, SPARC-Solaris, HP 9000/700, and IBM RS 6000. SMARTsystem v3.0 package pricing starts at $35,000. The per-user price ranges from $5,000 to $10,000 depending on the configuration. For more information contact PROCASE Corporation, 2694 Orchard Pkwy., San Jose, CA 95134; (800) 761-5900 or (408) 433-9500; FAX: (408) 435-2600; e-mail: sheila@procase.com.
RTI Announces ControlFirst Interface to PVCS
Repository Technologies, Inc. has announced an interface between its ControlFirst System (CFS) and INTERSOLV's PVCS source code version control systems. ControlFirst provides problem tracking, work flow management, and release control for software developers. PVCS is a configuration management tool that tracks the changes to components of a software system.With the interface between CFS and PVCS, users of CFS can GET and PUT a group of source code modules associated with a problem from within CFS. All PVCS locking and unlocking features are also accessible, CFS provides a history of all actions that have been taken for each module. Interfaces to a variety of source code editors are also available.
For more information contact Repository Technologies Inc., 6825 Hobson Valley Dr., Ste. 201, Woodridge, IL 60517, (708) 515-0780.
Consensys Releases Unite!
Consensys Corp. has released Unite!, a direct port of the UNIX SVR4 source code to Microsoft's Windows NT. Using Unite!, familiar UNIX commands and utilities can be run from the NT shell, and NT commands can be run from the UNIX shell. To integrate UNIX with Windows NT, Unite! provides a graphical Windows interface to manage multiple UNIX shells, and a dialog-box interface for UNIX commands. On-line UNIX manual pages are available as Windows Help. Unite! is also available for Intel, DEC Alpha, and MIPS processor-based computers. Unite! prices start at $395 for a base system, and $495 for the development tools. A complete package is $695. Prices on Alpha and MIPS are $100 higher. For more information contact Consensys Corporation, 1301 Pat Booker Rd., Universal City, TX 78148; (800) 388-1896; FAX: (905) 940-2903.
Premia Ships Codewright v3.0
Premia Corporation has begun shipping Codewright v3.0 for Windows and Windows NT. Features of Codewright v3.0 include: a Projects and Workspace facility, graphic browser and tags support, template macros, side-by-side differencing, dual mode SideBar, extension-specific configuration, a ribbon editor, a menu editor, indent level separate from tabs, multi-file search and replace, and integration with Workbench/IDE.Codewright v3.0 is $249. The upgrade price is $69 for customers who purchased before August 15, 1993. Those purchasing Codewright after that date may upgrade free. For more information contact Premia Corporation, 1075 NW Murray Blvd., Suite 268, Portland, OR 97229; (503) 641-6000; FAX: (503) 641-6001.
Excel Adds Code Browsing and Reengineering to CASE Tools
Excel Software has added object-oriented design, code browsing, and re-engineering capabilities to is MacAnalyst and MacDesigner suite of CASE tools. Class diagrams of an object-oriented design can be created using Shlaer/Mellor, Coad/Yourdon, Rumbaugh, or Booch notations. Information on the diagrams including class names, attributes, operations, and inheritance structure can be automatically added to the global data dictionary. The Browse window uses dictionary information to provide source code editing and navigation capabilities integrated with CASE diagrams. The Translator utility provides re-engineering of C++ and Object Pascal code into the CASE repository.The MacAnalyst and MacDesigner suite of CASE tools range from $995 to $2995. For more information contact Excel Software, P.O. Box 1414; Marshalltown, IA 50158; (515) 752-5359; FAX: (515) 752-2435; AppleLink: CASE.
POET Introduces POET v2.1
POET Software Corporation has introduced POET v2.1 C++ object database system for Windows. POET v2.1 C++ processes objects in their entirety without forcing users to convert code to deal with tables and rows. Features of POET v2.1 C++ include: object orientation with encapsulation, inheritance, object identity, containers, and polymorphism; and support for the event driven architecture of GUI operating systems with Client/Client notification. Other features of POET v2.1 C++ include: a query optimizer, TURBO index, and low level file I/O, and a Windows tool for administering POET databases. POET v2.1 C++ also includes updated cache and object management, along with support for Windows for Workgroups, Win32s, and NT.POET v2.1 C++ supports Microsoft VC++, Microsoft VC++ 32 bit, Symantec C++, and Borland C++ compilers. POET platform support includes: Microsoft Windows, Novell, Mac, OS/2, SGI, NeXT, and SUN. Prices for POET v2.1 C++ range from $495 to $3,395 depending on platform. For more information contact POET Software Corporation, 4633 Old Ironsides Dr., Suite 110, Santa Clara, CA 95054; (800) 950-8845 or (408) 970-4640; FAX: (408) 970-4630.
Wintertree Releases Spelling Sentry DLL
Wintertree Software Inc. has released Spelling Sentry DLL for Windows applications. The Spelling Sentry DLL comes with a 90,000-word main dictionary. Two versions of the dictionary, one for American spelling rules and the other for British/Canadian rules, are provided. The Spelling Sentry DLL also supports three application-supplied dictionaries: user, supplemental, and exclusion. The DLL supports access from C/C++ applications.The Spelling Sentry DLL is $299 US and $399 Cdn. The fee includes unlimited, royalty-free distribution of the DLL and main dictionary with an application program. C source code is also available for $585 US and $779 Cdn. For more information contact Wintertree Software Inc., 43 Rueter St., Nepean, Ontario Canada K2J 3Z9, (613) 825-6271.
Century Computing Releases TAE Plus for HP and Sun
Century Computing Incorporated has released TAE Plus v5.3, a UNIX-based GUI builder tool, for HP 9000 series 700 workstations supporting HP-UX v9.0 and Sun workstations supporting Solaris v2.3. TAE Plus v5.3 supports the generation of user interface code in C/C++ and Ada. TAE Plus is a portable software environment that supplies both development tools for creating GUIs and management tools for controlling the application's user interface at run time. TAE Plus v5.3 starts at $1,500 per user. The TAE Plus license agreement is based upon the number of TAE developers in a workgroup. Special pricing is available for government, academic, and user upgrades. A free 30-day evaluation copy of TAE Plus is available. For more information contact Century Computing Incorporated, 1014 West St., Laurel, MD 20707; (301) 953-3330.
Intermetrics Ships Mwave Developers Toolkit
Intermetrics, Inc. has begun shipping Mwave Developers Toolkit (MDK), a toolkit for building applications on IBM's Mwave technology platform. Using MDK, developers can write new or enhance existing Windows-based applications and incorporate Mwave capabilities such as voice, audio, fax, modem, telephony, and image. Developers can also add or enhance Mwave system capabilities using the MDK's C development tools to program Mwave's digital signal processor.MWave Developers Toolkit for Windows v3.1 is $495 for one copy. For more information contact Intermetrics, Inc., 733 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 661-1840; FAX: (617) 547-3879.
Micro Digital Announces smxNet
Micro Digital Inc. has announced smxNet, a TCP/IP network stack for the smx real-time, multi-tasking kernel. smxNet supports both the TCP and UDP protocols through a socket-style API. smxNet uses smx primitives to manage data flow. Features include: ROMable, FTP packet driver interface; smxFile compatible, client/server functionality; and design for embedded systems.smxNet is $5,000 for a no-royalty single license. This includes source code, the smxNet demo platform, support for either Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland C++, and six months of free support and upgrades. For more information contact Micro Digital Inc., 6402 Tulagi St., Cypress, CA 90630; (800) 366-2491 or (714) 373-6862; FAX: (714) 891-2363.
Dynasty Announces DYNASTY Development Environment v1.1
Dynasty Technologies, Inc. has announced the DYNASTY Development Environment v1.1, a client/server application development tool for designing and generating scalable client/server business applications. DYNASTY consists of three integrated components: DYNASTY Build, DYNASTY Target and Partition, and DYNASTY Generation.DYNASTY generates C Code and SQL. DYNASTY supports DOS, UNIX-based client/server platforms, OS/2, and Macintosh, with GUIs that include MS/Windows, Presentation Manager, Macintosh, Motif, and OpenLook. For more information contact Dynasty Technologies, Inc., 500 Technology Dr., Suite 100, Naperville, IL 60563; (708) 355-8300.
E-Data Link Releases FORM SCAN
E-Data Link, Inc. has released FORM SCAN, an optical form recognition system. FORM SCAN recognizes text, graphics, and fields from scanned images of hard copies. FORM SCAN supports form applications with source code under C or Visual Basic, files for JetForm and others, or DLLs to display and print.FORM SCAN is bundled with a WYSIWYG program, the Form-Editor. Other features of FORM SCAN include spell checking, and pinning an element into defined guide lines. FORM SCAN is designed to do final touches or to correct the face and the filed map of the forms. For more information contact E-Data Link, Inc., 9337 Katy Freeway, Suite B115, Houston, TX 77024; (713) 690-5710; FAX: (713) 690-7401.