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TakeFive Software Announces SNiFF+ v2.4

TakeFive Software has released SNiFF+ v2.4, an object-oriented analysis, browsing, code comprehension, and project-management framework. SNiFF+ v2.4 provides a wizard that automatically checks the installation and notifies the user if there are errors. Also included is a project setup wizard.

SNIFF+J, the Java version of SNiFF+ that works with Sun's JDK 1.1 and offers support for language elements such as anonymous inner classes and threads. The graphical Java debugger within SNIFF+ provides comfortable threads and data-browsing facilities for efficiently debugging large, corporate-wide Java applications. SNiFF+J also includes a Java tutorial.

SNiFF+ v2.4 costs $1,995 for node-locked licenses, and supports Windows NT, Windows 95, and most Unix derivatives. For more information, contact TakeFive Software, Inc., 800.418.2535 or +1.408.777.1440; fax +1.408.777.1444; [email protected]; www.takefive.com.

Microtec Releases XRAY BDM v4.0 Debugger

The Microtec Division of Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced the XRAY BDM (Background Debug Mode) v4.0 Debugger. With the XRAY BDM v4.0 Debugger, engineers writing in C and C++ can connect from their PC parallel port directly to their target processor boards via a BDM cable. This simple connection enables designers to perform common on-chip debugging tasks, such as setting breakpoints and reading and writing to memory, without an I/O port or software monitor resident in the target application.

XRAY BDM v4.0 Debugger provides all the features of XRAY Debugger for Windows, including a Windows GUI, an integrated editor, build facilities, and interfaces to popular source-code management systems.

XRAY BDM v4.0 Debugger pricing starts at $2,600 for a single-user license, and includes software, documentation, and BDM cable. For more information, contact Microtec, 800.950.5554 or +1.408.487.7000; fax +1.408.487.7001; www.mentorg.com/microtec.

Data Techniques Unveils ImageMan v6.0

Data Techniques, Inc. has released ImageMan v6.0, an image processing suite. New features include support for additional image formats, special transitional effects for multimedia imaging applications, and additional image-processing features. ImageMan includes support for over 30 vector and raster image formats in 16- and 32-bit ActiveX, DLL, and VBX libraries. Features of the libraries include: image processing, special effects with total user control over timing and granularity, TWAIN scanner support, support for the most common vector and raster image file formats, enhanced color reduction featuring a choice of multiple-palette generation algorithms and dithering options, and enhanced anti-aliasing support for bitonal image display.

For pricing and additional information, contact Data Techniques, Inc., 800.955.8015 or +1.704.682.4111; fax +1.704.682.0025; [email protected]; www.data-tech.com.

MathTools Offers Visual Matrix<LIB>

MathTools Ltd. has announced Visual Matrix<LIB>, a scientific computing environment for Visual C++ v5.0 that provides the ability to implement algorithms in C++ using a matrix-class library with over 500 functions and support for vectors and matrices.

Features include editing vectorized algorithms within Visual C++ v5.0, debugging using the Visual C++ debugger, support for single stepping and breakpoints, viewing matrix data in a grid-like format, the ability to open multiple matrix views, and automatic plotting of results using the freeware gnuplot.

Visual Matrix<LIB> costs $699; educational licenses cost $349. A fully functional, time-limited evaluation version of Visual Matrix<LIB> can be downloaded free of charge from www.mathtools.com. For more information, contact MathTools Ltd., +1.212.208.4476; fax +1.212.208.4477; [email protected]; www.mathtools.com.

Dundas Debuts Ultimate ToolBox

Dundas Software has released Ultimate ToolBox, a collection of over 200 MFC Extension Classes, covering areas such as GUI, file management, communications, graphics, MAPI, and utilities. All classes in the Ultimate ToolBox library have been designed with the input of professional MFC developers.

Ultimate ToolBox costs $499, and includes more than 200 MFC Extension Classes. A yearly subscription costs an additional $249, and includes continuous additions of newly developed classes. For more information, contact Dundas Software, +1.416.239.7472; fax +1.416.239.2183; [email protected]; www.dundas.com.

Z-World Introduces New Controllers

Z-World has introduced a selection of new devices for machine control. BL1700, a multi-functional, C-programmable controller, offers 32 digital I/O lines, 10 A/D inputs, an 18MHz processor, four full-duplex serial ports, LCD and expansion bus ports, and DIN rail mounting. The LP3100, a low-power, C-programmable controller, operates on 3.3 volts and consumes only 16mA. The OP6400, a touch-sensitive, backlit operator interface, can store up to 400 user-specified screens, each having up to 48 software "buttons" or locations on the touchscreen that are defined to be active. The PK2400, a C-programmable controller with graphic display and keypad, offers nine digital inputs, two conditioned analog inputs, six high-current outputs, two non-latching relays, two serial ports, graphic LCD, and 20-key keypad with three additional keys.

BL1700 pricing ranges from $199 to $440 depending on version and quantity. LP3100 costs $119. OP6400 costs $756. All models include reference manuals and various accessories such as cables, EEPROMs, LCDs, and software. For additional information, contact Z-World, +1.916.757.3737; fax +1.916.753.5141; [email protected]; www.zworld.com.

Griffin Announces LUCA v2.0

Griffin Technologies, LLC and Langer GmbH have announced LUCA v2.0, their universal communications component. LUCA v2.0 features support for pager and short-messaging protocols and a module development kit that enables software developers to add custom protocols directly into the LUCA framework.

As with earlier versions of LUCA, LUCA v2.0 contains support for a variety of data communications media and protocols. With version 2.0, it is now possible to purchase individual LUCA media packages. Users may now choose from the individual LUCA packages for TCP/IP, Async, ISDN, Gateway, Pager, PLC, and Sync, or they may purchase them all together as the LUCA Comm Suite.

LUCA v2.0 pricing starts at $349 for individual packages. A free evaluation CD-ROM can be ordered from www.griftech.com. For more information, contact Griffin Technologies, LLC, 800.986.6578 or +1.785.832.2070; fax +1.785.832.8787; www.griftech.com.

Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior for Palm OS r4

Metrowerks Inc. has announced CodeWarrior for Palm OS r4, the latest version of the company's set of development tools for building Palm Computing platform applications for the 3Com PalmPilot Organizer, IBM WorkPad PC Companion, and Franklin Day Planner. Palm OS is an integrated development environment complete with editor, project manager, C/C++ compiler, source- and assembly-level debugger, direct-to-device debugger, standalone assembler, GUI layout tools, and linker.

The Palm Computing platform is an open architecture consisting of the reference hardware design, Palm OS, HotSync conduit data-synchronization technology, platform component tools, and software-interface capabilities to support hardware add-ons.

Hosted on Windows 95/NT and Mac OS, CodeWarrior for Palm OS r4 includes C++ support; increased support for stand-alone code resources and multi-segment applications; a debugger console, which allows the user to communicate with the target device; support for debugging directly from the IDE; and an upgraded version of Windows-hosted Constructor for Palm OS. CodeWarrior Constructor allows programmers to visually design graphical user interfaces simply by dragging objects from a palette and dropping them where they should appear in the final Palm Computing platform application.

CodeWarrior for Palm OS r4 costs $369, and includes one free product update and one year of technical support. Academic pricing is $119. Site licensing is available. For more information, contact Metrowerks Inc., 800.377.5416 or +1.512.873.4700; fax +1.512.873.4900; [email protected]; www.metrowerks.com.

devSoft Releases New Editions of IP*Works!

devSoft Inc. has released two new editions of the IP*Works! package, a TCP/IP developer's toolkit for MS Windows, Windows 95, and Windows NT. The toolkit enables developers to build intranet and Internet applications using development environments such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland Delphi, and Borland C++ Builder.

IP*Works! C++ Edition consists of a set of C++ classes for TCP/IP programming packaged in a DLL. IP*Works! C++ Builder Edition contains native Borland C++ Builder VCLs for visual programming using the Borland C++ Builder IDE.

IP*Works! editions cost $195 each, plus shipping and handling. A free evaluation copy of IP*Works! is available from devSoft's website. For more information, contact devSoft Inc., phone or fax +1.919.493.5805; [email protected]; www.dev-soft.com.

Time-Rover Debuts Temporal-Rover

The Time-Rover Company has introduced Temporal-Rover, a formal specification and testing tool based on temporal logic, for use on reactive systems found in applications used in industries such as aerospace, automotive, and medical electronics. In this release, C code generation supports verification of new and legacy C code.

Formal testing is a combination of formal specification and conventional verification. Using a formal testing approach, tests can be automatically compared to the formal specification without any intermediate human interpretation.

Temporal Logic is an extension of conventional propositional logic, in which special temporal operators relate to time. The Always (future and past), Sometimes (future and past), Until (future), Since (past), Next (future), and Previous (past) operators create intuitive specification assertions.

Pricing starts at $2,995 for PC-based packages. For more information contact Time-Rover Company, +1.408.252.2808; fax +1.408.777.8615; [email protected]; www.time-rover.com.

Accelerated Technology Unveils Nucleus GRAFIX

Accelerated Technology, Inc. has announced Nucleus GRAFIX, a portable GUI package that engineers can use in an embedded system, regardless of the target, integrating the desktop and embedded-systems environments. It includes pull-down menus, dialog boxes, radio buttons, scroll windows, icons, and file views. By combining Nucleus GRAFIX with POWERplant EDE, developers gain access to AppStudio, where they can design the GUI.

Nucleus GRAFIX supplies a full set of features for associating input to windows. When the developer clicks or drags the mouse, or hits a key, Nucleus GRAFIX associates the action with a window so that the application is informed.

Licenses for Nucleus GRAFIX begin at $14,995. For more information, contact Accelerated Technology, Inc., 800.468.6853 or +1.334.661.5770; fax +1.334.661.5788; [email protected]; www.atinucleus.com.

RTI Announces Network Data Delivery Service r1.11

Real-Time Innovations, Inc. (RTI) has announced The Network Data Delivery Service (NDDS) r1.11. NDDS facilitates development and implementation of real-time distributed applications. It lets many diverse nodes communicate without network programming, and eliminates the need to configure servers, process connections, handle failures, and react to network changes. NDDS works for systems with repetitive, time-critical data flows. NDDS r1.11 adds multicast support, reliable communications modeling, and integrated client/server transactions.

The product allows network nodes to subscribe to data items by name. Whenever another node publishes a new value for the item, each subscriber is immediately updated. It supports multiple producers of the same data and is fully symmetric, thereby preventing bottlenecks and avoiding single points of failure.

Development licenses for Network Data Delivery Service r1.11 start at $4,000, with a one-time per project fee of $4,000. For more information, contact Real-Time Innovations, Inc., +1.408.720.8312; fax +1.408.734.5009; www.rti.com.

Relativity Technologies Introduces RescueWare

Relativity Technologies, Inc. has introduced RescueWare, a software solution for transforming legacy systems into modern Internet/intranet and client/server platforms. As a graphical, repository-based Windows application, RescueWare offers an intuitive and fully integrated workflow to inventory, analyze, and transform legacy applications, with technology to convert COBOL into modern languages such as C/C++, Java, and Visual Basic. RescueWare automates the process of business-rule extraction, screen-event mining, data modeling, and code partitioning, then creates object-based components, generating modern user interfaces, program code, and database definitions.

RescueWare generates native graphical interfaces for Java, HTML, Visual Basic, and C++; business logic in Java, C++, and Visual Basic; Database Definitions for popular databases including Oracle, Sybase, Informix, MS SQL Server, and DB/2, as well as ODBC, JDBC, and static SQL CRUDS; and support for industry-standard architectures, such as Microsoft's ActiveX/COM and CORBA.

Pricing is $15,000 per workstation, plus a charge per line-of-code converted. For more information, contact Relativity Technologies, Inc., +1.919.484.9390; [email protected]; ww.relativity.com.

Stingray Ships Objective Studio and Objective Grid 6.0 for MFC, Java, and ActiveX

Stingray Software has announced Objective Studio, a suite of Stingray source-code extensions for Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFCs), ActiveX, and Java classes. In addition, Stingray has shipped Objective Grid 6.0, an upgrade of its grid control in versions for MFC, Java, and ActiveX developers that include support for Excel formula syntax.

Objective Studio comes in three versions: Standard, Professional, and Universal. All versions include Objective Grid 6.0. Additional features include Objective Toolkit and Objective Chart. Objective Grid features IntelliMouse support, hosting of ActiveX controls in a cell, and a build wizard.

Objective Studio Standard costs $1,495 per developer, Objective Studio Professional costs $2,795 per developer, and Objective Studio Universal costs $4,295 per developer. Each Objective Studio suite ships with full source code and 60 days of technical support. Objective Grid 6.0 costs $395, and ships with full source code and 60 days of technical support. Subscriptions to Objective Grid 6.0, which include product updates and one year of technical support, cost $195. For more information, contact Stingray Software, 800.924.4223 or +1.919.461.0672; fax +1.919.461.9811; [email protected]; www.stingsoft.com.

KADAK Offers AMX 4-ARM

KADAK Products Ltd. has announced AMX 4-ARM, which offers StrongARM support. AMX 4-ARM is ready for use on the StrongARM EBSA-285 Evaluation Board, and equipped with a SA-110 StrongARM processor.

AMX 4-ARM is a ROMable, real-time kernel. Its preemptive, priority-based task scheduler includes timing support for delays, timeouts, and periodic events. Its modular architecture provides managers for semaphores, resource allocation, event synchronization, mailboxes, message exchanges, and fixed and/or dynamic memory allocation. KADAK's interactive AMX Configuration Builder simplifies system construction.

Developers can use ARM's Software Development Toolkit, operating under Windows 95 or NT, to create and test their AMX 4-ARM application. KADAK supports the StrongARM compiler, assembler, and linker/locator included in the kit. The ARMulator, an ARM core simulator, and the ARM Debugger for Windows can be used with KADAK's KwikLook Debug Tool for application testing.

AMX 4-ARM costs $7,900 for a royalty-free site license, which includes source code and technical support. The KwikLook Debug Tool costs $1,295. For more information, contact KADAK Products Ltd., +1.604.734.2796; fax +1.604.734.8114; [email protected]; www.kadak.com.

Rogue Wave Releases JChart 2.1

Rogue Wave Software has announced JChart 2.1, a charting tool for Java that offers a palette of overlay charts built from JavaBeans components. Also new with JChart 2.1 is the ability to mix and match JavaBeans components, combining them to create custom overlay charts. Thirty-nine JavaBeans charting components permit chart characteristics to be set and modified through individual property sheets.

In addition to the new overlay charts, JChart 2.1 contains 2-D, 2 1/2-D, and 3-D versions of bar, area, line, pie, and scatter-plot charts. Using a flexible Model-View-Controller architecture based on the JavaBeans event model, charts can be updated in real time or at defined intervals to reflect data changes.

JChart 2.1 costs $595 for a single-user, source-code license. Site licenses and annual support contracts are also available. For more information, contact Rogue Wave Software, Inc., 800.487.3217 or +1.541.754.3010; fax +1.541.757.6650; www.roguewave.com.

Object Dynamics Debuts ClassMagicO

Object Dynamics Corp. has released ClassMagicO, an object-composition engine. Developed for C++ developers, ClassMagicO makes it possible to build Windows applications, NT services, and DLL, COM, and ActiveX components with less code than would be required otherwise.

ClassMagicO provides developers with the ability to assemble new classes by interconnecting objects directly in C++, reducing the time and effort spent on coding, debugging, and testing.

ClassMagicO can be used with C++ development environments, such as Microsoft Visual Developer Studio, application frameworks, and class libraries.

ClassMagicO costs $495. For more information, contact Object Dynamics Corp., 888.479.6244 or +1.714.825.1713; fax +1.714.825.1715; www.classmagic.com.

IDEAL Software Announces Virtual Print Engine v2.2

IDEAL Software has announced Virtual Print Engine v2.2. Virtual Print Engine allows dynamic, precise control over printed output from Windows applications developed in Visual Basic, Delphi, C/C++, FoxPro, and other languages. Visual Print Engine provides the ability to control printing by calling functions. Objects such as text, lines, polygons, bitmaps, and 21 different barcodes can be positioned, rotated, and scaled with 0.1mm precision.

The package includes the OCX, VCL, DLL, and over 600Kb of sample source code for all common programming languages. It is available in 16- and 32-bit versions.

Virtual Print Engine v2.2 costs $548, with no runtime fees or royalties. For more information, contact IDEAL Software, +49.2131.9800.23; fax +49.2131.9800.24; [email protected]; www.IdealSoftware.com.

Uniscape Ships Global Checker

Uniscape has released Global Checker, a multibyte enabling utility that helps independent software vendors reduce the time and expense of delivering multilingual products to global markets.

Global Checker first scans any C- and C++-type source files, then identifies and reports any code that is non-compliant under National Language Support (NLS) standards. Global Checker then suggests solutions through an on-line help system.

Global Checker automates the process of isolating most embedded NLS bugs. A developer with little NLS experience can scan large files and eliminate manual checking. Global Checker also serves as a QA tool for acceptance testing to ensure that previously enabled code has remained NLS-enabled.

Global Checker costs $1,500 per unit. A free demonstration is available at www.uni-scape.com. For more information, contact Uniscape, +1.650.596.1430; fax +1.650.956.1436; www.uni-scape.com.

QNX and AMD Launch QNX In-Hand Toolkit

AMD and QNX Software Systems Ltd. have announced the QNX In-Hand Toolkit, for developing mobile applications based on the AMD ElanSC400 microcontroller. The In-Hand Toolkit includes the complete QNX real-time operating system (RTOS), a suite of rapid development tools, and source code for a variety of handheld applications.

Developers wishing to evaluate the In-Hand Toolkit and the ElanSC400 can order AMD's µforCE reference/demonstration platform, which includes an In-Hand Toolkit demo. Running with only 4Mb of ROM, the demo includes the protected-mode QNX RTOS, the Photon microGUI (QNX's embedded windowing system), a desktop-caliber HTML 3.2 browser, Internet dial-up connector, TCP/IP stack, email client, text editor, spreadsheet, contact manager, personal scheduler, several games, PCMCIA support, and other applications.

The µforCE Demonstration System with the QNX In-Hand Toolkit demo costs $750. Pricing for the QNX In-Hand Toolkit, beta version, starts at $19,995, with OEM runtime pricing available. For more information, contact QNX Software Systems, 800.676.0566 +1.613.591.0931; fax +1.613.591.3579; [email protected]; www.qnx.com.

MetaQuest Software Unveils Triage

MetaQuest Software, Inc. has announced Triage, a diagnostic software environment that automatically diagnoses problems associated with the installation and configuration of software applications. Designed specifically for software vendors, the Triage toolset enables developers to tailor and bundle an application-specific reporting tool with applications. The reporting tool is used on the client side to automatically diagnose problems specific to those applications, and to return comprehensive diagnostic reports to the vendor for analysis. An analyzer component is then used to rapidly identify problem areas.

Triage 1.0 runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT. The beta version is available free of charge from the MetaQuest website.

For pricing and additional information, contact MetaQuest Software, Inc., +1.514.341.9113; fax +1.514.737.3928; [email protected]; www.metaq.com.


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