The Network C Library provides programmers with access to NetWare accounting services, bindery management, connection services, console services, directory and file management, file server statistics, locking services, message and IPX communication services, printing and queue management services, security and rights, semaphores, transaction tracking, and workstation services, Functions are provided for NetWare v2.x, v3.x, and v4.x.

The Network C Library includes 500 pages of documentation explaining the use of each function and providing general discussions of software development with NetWare. Sample programs, including source code for most NetWare command-line utilities such as the map, user list, nprint, and capture help illustrate the use of each function. Other sample programs include: a network-wide file find utility; utilities for bindery management such as listing, adding, or removing users; and two peer-to-peer chat programs.

The Network C Library for NetWare supports Microsoft C/C++, Quick C, Visual C++, and Borland C/C++ for DOS and Windows. The Network C Library for NetWare is $395. Source code is $275. Upgrades from earlier versions are $145. For more information contact Automation Software Consultants, Inc., 1150 Forest Run Dr., Batavia, OH 45103, (800) 669-0842 or (513) 753-6327; FAX: (513) 753-6329.

With the Multimedia EFM, developers can visually integrate multimedia into their Windows applications, adding voice, sound, or video to menus, buttons, bitmap buttons, graphical buttons, and graphics. The EFM supports .AVI files for video and .WAV for sound and voice. The EFM includes Video for Windows v1.1 Runtime that lets users run video on a normal VGA screen. The EFM also includes a sound driver for the PC speaker and a performance monitor that analyzes the system's ability to play multimedia.

Another EFM, the Common Dialog, provides support for using Common Dialog Boxes such as File-Open, File-Save, Choose Color, Print, Print Setup, Choose Font, Find, and Replace. The Micro Help EFM lets users create status bars in their applications.

WindowsMAKER Professional v5.5 is $995. Registered users of WindowsMAKER Professional v5.0 can upgrade for $199. The Multimedia EFM is $99. For more information contact Blue Sky Software Corp., 7486 La Jolla Blvd., Suite 3, La Jolla, CA 92037; (800) 677-4946 or (619) 459-6365; FAX: (619) 459-6366.

WATCOM C/C++ supports 16-bit DOS, Windows v3.x, OS/2 v1.x, 32-bit DOS (with DOS extenders), OS/2 v2.x, Windows NT, Win32s, 32-bit Windows v3.x (with WATCOM's 32-bit Windows extender), and NetWare NLMs. The IDE is hosted on Windows v3.1, OS/2, and Windows NT with user interfaces across platforms. WATCOM supports Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC), and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) specification, and IBM's System Object Model (SOM) and Distributed System Object Model (DSOM) technology.

In a related notice, WATCOM announced an agreement with Digital Equipment Corporation to develop and market a version of WATCOM's 32-bit multi-platform C/C++ development package for Digital's Alpha AXP processor with the Windows NT operating system. WATCOM C/C++ v10.0 will also be ported to the Alpha AXP/Windows NT environment, along with WATCOM's C++ class browser, GUI debugger, text editor, and profiler. Also WATCOM has announced it will develop a version of the WATCOM 32-bit C/C++ development tools for the PowerPC with Workplace OS. WATCOM also plans to port WATCOM C/C++ v10.0 to the PowerPC.

WATCOM C/C++ v10.0 is $599. Upgrades for WATCOM C/C++32 v9.5 and WATCOM C/C++16 v9.5 are $149. For more information contact WATCOM International, 415 Phillip St., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3X2; (800) 265-4555 or (519) 883-6308; FAX: (519) 747-4971.

PureCoverage manages, manipulates, and analyzes the coverage data into a variety of formats. Developers can view the data in the outline browser for code coverage statistics and then manipulate the data in a variety of reports. PureCoverage can also automatically generate an e-mail report when quality falls below a predetermined threshold.

Because PureCoverage is inserted at the object level, it can be integrated into many development environments. PureCoverage supports C, C++, and Fortran and runs on multiple platforms including Sun, Solaris, and HP.

PureCoverage is $898 per Simple License (minimum quantity purchase of three). A product bundle of Purify v3.0 and PureCoverage is $1,598 per Simple License (minimum quantity purchase of three). For more information contact Pure Software Inc., 1309 S. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94087; (408) 720-1600; FAX: (408) 720-9200; e-mail: info@pure. com.

X-Designer v3.2 lets developers define a group of interface elements as a reusable object which can then be instantiated elsewhere in the design. Developers can choose any part of their design as an object and place it on X-Designer's widget palette. Reusable Class Objects may be saved in a public directory and referenced by many users. If a reusable class object is changed, all instances of the object created by the users will also change. This feature can be used by both C and C++ developers.

Other features of X-Designer v3.2 include: a toolbar, an optional floating widget palette, user-definable widget icons, and widget integration facilities for calling the user-defined resource editors. The functions available from the pull-down menus can be placed on the toolbar and used directly.

X-Designer v3.2 supports Sun (SunOS and Solaris) and HP 700 platforms. X-Designer is $3,500 for the first license, including one year's support and maintenance. For more information contact Imperial Software Technology Limited, 95 London St., Reading Berks RG1 4QA, United Kingdom; +44 734 587055 or +44 734 589005 or V.I. Corporation, Northampton, MA, (800) 732-3200 (inside U.S.).

The Object Model, which is central to the method, shows classes and their attributes together with relationships between classes. Relationships drawn include inheritance, aggregation, and association. The Dynamic Model comprises state transition diagrams (STDs) allowing for decomposable states for each class in the Object Model. The Functional Model uses a hierarchy of data flow diagrams, integrated with the Object and Dynamic Models. SELECT OMT also offers an integrated data dictionary and C++ code generation including integration with most C++ development environments.

SELECT OMT is $695 per user. SELECT OMT can be used in a single-user environment as well as LAN environments including NetWare, PC-NFS, LAN Manager, and DEC Pathworks. For more information contact SELECT Software Tools, Ltd., 1526 Brookhollow Dr., Suite #84, Santa Ana, CA 92705; (714) 957-6633; FAX: (714) 957-6219.

Features of XRT/table include: programming interface support through C/C++, UIL, and resource files in which the table's appearance and behavior can be prototyped and modeled without recompiling; cell value specification in advance or on the fly; large tables, which according to KL Group, can be as large as memory allows; and context and series resources that let programmers apply changes to a precise range of cells. Other features of XRT/table include resizing rows and columns; selecting cells and scrolling; and edit, validate select, transverse, and resize callbacks. XRT/table also supports compound strings within each cell.

XRT/table supports Alpha/OSF, DEC-Station, HP 9000 700/800, RS6000, SCO ODT 386/486, SGI, Sun SPARC Motif, and UNIX V.4 386/486. There are no runtime fees. For more information contact KL Group Inc., 260 King Street East, Third Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1K3; (800) 663-4723 or (416) 594-1026; FAX: (416) 594-1919; e-mail: info@lg. com.

The analyzer performs analysis of C/C++ code. All symbols in an application are stored in the database and cross-referenced according to use. Version 5.0 supports all proposed ANSI C++ features, including nested classes, templates, run-time type identification, and exception handling, with specific language support for Borland, Microsoft, and Symantec/Zortech C++.

CC-RIDER Professional v5.0 is $279. For more information contact Western Wares, P.O. Box C, Norwood, CO 81423, (303) 327-4898.

OPTFFT lets developers include the Fast Fourier Transform in their own PC applications. The Fast Fourier Transform is a mathematical algorithm that identifies frequency components contained in time series data.

According to METRON'S announcement, by utilizing fast assembly language routines and new optimization methods, OPTFFT calculates an FFT in one-half the time of standard C algorithms. OPTFFT also takes the forward or inverse FFT of real or complex data.

OFTFFT is $99 plus $5 shipping and handling. There are no royalties. For more information contact METRON Engineering Inc., P.O. Box 14395, Huntsville, AL 35815; (205) 650-5250; CompuServe: 76300,3441.

For more information contact Alsys, 10251 Vista Sorrento Pkwy., Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92121; (619) 457-2700; FAX: (619) 452-2117.

Paradigm Plus v2.0 supports the most recent OO-methodologists' extensions, such as, Rumbaugh/OMT, Shlaer/Mellor, Booch/OOAD '93, HP Fusion, and updated notational support for Coad/Yourdon. Project management and requirements tracking support has also been added to v2.0 Besides support for four programming languages and twelve object and relation DBMS's, Paradigm Plus v2.0 also supports the following third party tools: HP SoftBench/BMS Client and Server, Microsoft OLE Client and Server, FrameMaker MIF and Interleaf ASCII output, integration with ObjectCenter, integration with Persistence, and import and export of EIA-CDIF format.

Paradigm Plus supports PCs running Microsoft Windows, SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. Paradigm Plus v2.0 starts at $3,995 and varies depending on configuration. For more information contact ProtoSoft Inc., Houston, TX, (713) 480-3233.

Lucid also announce that Hewlett-Packard is co-funding the port of the Energize Programming Systems to the HP 7000 workstation. Energize for HP will be integrated within the Softbench framework to facilitate inter-tool communication. Energize offers benefits not available with HP's C++ SoftBench products. For example, Energize supports full incremental development, including automatic and incremental tool updating, and incremental linking. Energize can also spread the workload across the network, reducing resource bottlenecks.

In addition, Lucid is preparing to release a version of Energize that provides international character support. This work is being done in partnership with INS, a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone and Lucid's distributor for Energize in Japan.

Energize v3.0 is $4,250 for a single unit, and $2,900 per unit for ten. For more information contact Lucid, Inc., 707 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025; (415) 329-8400; FAX: (415) 329-8480.

Besides video accleration, the DCI specification also provides a way to access advanced video features such as: color space conversion, image clipping, filtering, scaling, and chroma keying. Multiple video codec technologies, including Intel's Indeo video, are also supported by the DCI specification.

The DCI specification supplements Video for Windows v1.1 Developers Kit. Graphics and hardware vendors using the DCI Specification will be able to distribute the runtime modules with their products on a royalty free basis.

The DCI specification is free to qualified graphics and hardware vendors. For more information contact Intel Multimedia Software Technology Group, e-mail: dci-ihv@ibeam.intel.com or Microsoft's Developer Relations Group, e-mail: dci-ihv@microsoft.com.

CodeCenter for Intel UNIX is $1,995 for a user license and $2,995 for a floating license, ObjectCenter for Intel UNIX is $2,995 for a user license and $3,995 for a floating license. For more information contact CenterLine Software, Inc., 10 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA 02138;(617) 498-3000; FAX:(617) 868-6655.

RWCanvas.h++ is a C++ class library for structured, two-dimensional and three-dimensional grahics. RWCanvas.h++ lets users write code to create and display graphics. This code can then be moved to several environments including Microsoft Windows v3.x, the X Window System, and PostScript. Users can use RWCanvas.h++ to support interactive creation and selection, and the adjusting and dragging of two-dimensional graphical objects. Objects can be created non-interactively. RWCanvas also includes a set of two-dimensional graphical object types and drawing property classes for graphics.

RWCanvas.h++ provides a three-dimensional world coordinate model for designing three-dimensional graphics. Three-dimensional objects can be created and placed onto the canvas, using an interface similar to that provided for two-dimensional objects. These objects can be displayed using an optional flat-shaded illumination model.

Heap.h++ is sold in object code form and is $995. For more information contact Rogue Wave Software, Inc., P.O. Box 2328, Corvallis, OR 97339, (503) 754-3010; FAX: (503) 757-6650;BBS:(503) 754-5011.

Wind/U v2.0 supports Sun SPARC, HP700, DEC Alpha, and RS/6000 workstation. Wind/U v2.0 is $9,950. For more information contact Bristol Technology Inc., 241 Ethan Allen Highway, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 438-6969; FAX: (203) 438-5013.

S-Case is $749 for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh versions, and $2,995 for Sun SPARC and HP 9000 versions. For more information contact MultiQuest Corporation, 1699 E. Woodfield Rd., Suite A-1, Schaumburg, IL. 60173; (708) 240-5555; FAX: (708) 240-5556; e-mail; 72531.2510@compuserve.com.

The toolsets are supplied as portable source code, with no runtime fees. For more information contact interactive instruments, Beethovenpl. 14, 53115 Bonn. Germany; +49 228 650041; FAX: +49 228 697608; e-mail: info@ii-software.de; CompuServe: 73064,1240.

CyberEDIT is $179. Upgrades from a number of DOS editors are offered at $69. For more information contact Triherent Data Systems, 1200 Dale Ave. #58, Mountain View, CA 94040; (800) 700-1237 or (415) 428-1237; Fax: (415) 967-3471.

QUIS v1.0 is $299 (shipping and handling included). For more information contact Firma S. Paesold-Rozanski, Postfach 2150, D-91111 Schwabach, Germany, FAX: +49 9122 4504.