sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sunflash@suntri sunflash-Send requests and problem reports to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Third Party Product Announcements SunFLASH Vol 53 #22 May 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary 53.22.A Latitude 1.5: Mac Cross-Platform Development Kit Latitude 1.5 is a porting toolkit for people who have mac apps that they want to move to SunSPARC. 53.22.B Carnegie Group Announces a Representation Tool for C++ ROCK(TM) is a representation tool that is delivered as a C++ library. ROCK lets you -- the application developer -- construct, access, manipulate, and store complex data across a range of software applications. 53.22.C New Prototyping Software: Altia Design 1.2 Altia Design is used by developers to quickly prototype designs without having to write any graphics code. 53.22.D dbViewer 2.0: Graphical Database Access Tool for Sybase GUI tool to simplify the task of interacting with complex RDBMs 53.22.E Network Layout Assistant for SunNet Manager automatically position devices and their connections on the SunNet Manager Console according to user specifications 53.22.F Lower XVideo-24SV Price from Parallax live video-in-a-window and graphics with full 24-bit framebuffer for less that $3k 53.22.G Spyglass ships Transform 3.0 visual data analysis tool for UNIX & Mac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Latitude 1.5: Mac Cross-Platform Development Kit From: shirleyk@qualix.com (Shirley Kumamoto) Product Manager Org: Qualix Group Address: 1900 S. Norfolk St. Suite 224 San Mateo, CA 94403-1151 USA Phone: 1-800-245-UNIX, 415-572-0200 Fax: 1-415-572-1300 E-mail: info@qualix --------------------------------------------------------------------- Latitude 1.5: Cross-Platform Development for porting Mac Apps to UNIX Latitude is a virtual porting system created specifically for Macintosh software developers. Using Latitude, developers simply rebuild their Macintosh source code on a UNIX workstation to produce a native UNIX executable. This technology preserves and extends the developer's investment in the Macintosh API by allowing them to create compatible versions of their software in a matter of weeks rather than months or even years. o Runs Macintosh software on UNIX workstations with little or no modification. Latitude is powered by the Compatibility Engine, which automatically handles calls to the Macintosh API in your application. o Your applications run like native UNIX programs. The Compatibility Engine works directly and activates only during run time. Applications run as fast as any other native UNIX application, and usually much faster than on a Macintosh. o Applications take full advantage of the advanced features of the UNIX operating system with its multitudinous, multiprocessing and high-speed networking capabilities. o Full support for Apple System 7.0 technology including 32-bit color QuickDraw, PICT files, and scalable fonts. Support for Adobe Type Manager, true WYSIWYG, and full printer capability are featured. O Support for Macintosh file system, including HFS support. System Requirements ------------------------- For UNIX: Sun Microsystems SPARCstation Solaris 1.0 (SunOS 4.1.1; includes NFS, OPENLOOK, OpenWindows 3.0) SGI Iris series IRIX 4.0.1 (includes NFS, Motif, and Display Postscript) For Macintosh: Macintosh with an Ethernet card; System 7, NFS/Share 1.0 (or later) from InterCon, MPW 3.2 (ETO 7) or THINK C 5.0. Your Macintosh Software: Source/Project folder for your 32-bit clean, System 7 compliant, Macintosh application. Price: Developer's floating license $5,995 Runtime (per floating license) $150 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Carnegie Group Announces a Representation Tool for C++ From: TAGLIERI@cgi.com (Margie Taglieri) Newsgroups: comp.newprod Keywords: Carnegie Group; ROCK; knowledge representation, C++ Contact: Nannette Vilushis Org: Carnegie Group, Inc. Address: Five PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222 USA Phone: 1-800-284-3424 or 412-642-6900 FAX: 412-642-6906 email: rocksales@cgi.com Carnegie Group, Inc., announces the availability of ROCK(TM), a representation tool that is delivered as a C++ library. ROCK lets you -- the application developer -- construct, access, manipulate, and store complex data across a range of software applications. ROCK represents problem information within your software application and lets you capture the full complexity and dynamic nature of real-world problems. Consider, for example, how the following types of business problems would be encoded in software: - claims processing procedures - manufacturing processes - pricing schedules with conditions or dependencies - distribution networks for goods and services - service and product configuration packages - scheduling This problem information is characterized by multiple layers of complexity: feedback loops, networks, dependencies, changing conditions that affect the pattern or flow of a process, evolution of problem characteristics over time, and temporary or permanent deviations that impact other parts of the problem. ROCK is designed specifically to encode this real-world problem information, so you don't have to make do with an inadequate representation or scale back the scope of your software solution. The basic information representation unit of ROCK is a frame. A frame is a collection of slots which embody characteristics, relationships, and procedural information about the object or concept which is being represented. In addition to the usual system-defined class/instance hierarchy, ROCK provides user-defined relations for structuring frames into a semantic network. Frames have access to the slots and values from an ancestor frame through system-defined or user-defined inheritance. Some of ROCK's other capabilities include: - Several options for data management, including persistent storage. - A relational database interface with full update capability. Table entries are transformed into ROCK frames that can then be used by your application. - Client/server support. A ROCK knowledge base can be embedded in either a client process or a server process using the network interface feature. - Context management to provide an efficient approach to experimenting with solutions without altering the underlying information representation. - Demons, C++ functions that help define and extend the behavior of a slot. Also available with ROCK is an Interpreter, a tool that allows you to execute ROCK functions without having to compile individual programs. The Interpreter enables you to browse, modify, and/or create a knowledge base. ROCK is available on Sun SPARCstation, HP-9000/700, and DECstation. You can get started with ROCK for only $3,100. The ROCK Starter Kit includes one week of training, a two-month software evaluation license, documentation, and two months of hotline support. If you decide to buy a full license within 90 days after purchasing the Starter Kit, you will receive a $1,550 discount on your license purchase. The standard commercial price for a ROCK license ranges from $7,800 to $11,800, depending on the options chosen. Volume and educational discounts are available. ROCK is a trademark of Carnegie Group, Inc. DECstation is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation SPARCstation is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. HP-9000 is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: New Prototyping Software: Altia Design 1.2 From: altia!tomb@csn.org Newsgroups: comp.newprod Keywords: UI prototype, X11, Xt, Motif, Open Look Org: Altia, Incorporated Address: 5030 Corporate Plaza Dr, Suite 200 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 FAX: 719-598-4392 Telephone: 719-598-4299 Email: altia@csn.org Altia Design announces Altia Design 1.2 Human Interface Design Software. Altia announces the latest version of Altia Design, version 1.2. Altia Design is used by developers to quickly prototype designs without having to write any graphics code. Unlike GUI builders or graphics toolkits, Altia Design enables designers to create fully custom dynamic user interfaces that accurately simulate their physical counterparts. With release 1.2, Altia design is compatible with Xt based widget sets (Motif and Open look) so designers using widgets can now use widgets for the standard functions and Altia design objects for their custom graphics saving the need to write graphics code! Several principal features form the foundation of Altia Design. A graphical editor makes it easy to build and assemble "pre-build" components such as buttons, meters, dials, menus, as well as creating custom components. A suite of interactive animation features makes creating custom dynamic components "a snap". Designers have full control over input stimulus, with interactive definition of input areas, triggers, and actions. Code connection features allow designers to link external software programs to the created objects easily. "Record and playback" features allow user sessions to be played back and analyzed and automated demos to be created as well. A runtime mode is provided for software integration into the actual instrument or product. Summary of new 1.2 features: - Integration with widgets. - Creating new objects on the fly. - Creating multiple views (windows). - New library of pre-built instrument components. - Improved Stimulus editor features including: Enter and leave stimulus events added. More enable function conditions. - One program can now control multiple Altia Design sessions. - Support for Scalable Fonts. - Improved Graphical Editor features including: Active object handles. Constrained moves, paste, etc. New absolute coordinate and dimensioning system. Altia Design runs on UNIX workstations under the X Window system. Altia Design currently supports Hewlett Packard and Sun workstations. Call, write, fax, or email to get information on obtaining a free evaluation copy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: dbViewer 2.0: Graphical Database Access Tool for Sybase From: shirleyk@qualix.com (Shirley Kumamoto) Product Manager Org: Qualix Group Address: 1900 S. Norfolk St. Suite 224 San Mateo, CA 94403-1151 voice: (415) 572-0200 fax: (415) 572-1300 Email: info@qualix.com ------------------------------------------------------------ dbViewer 2.0: Graphical Database Access Tool for Sybase ----------------------------------------------------------- An innovative graphical database access tool designed to simplify the task of interacting with complex relational databases. dbViewer offers a rich set of tools for database administrators, applications developers, and end-users. o dbViewer allows users to painlessly navigate, browse, edit, and maintain relational databases. o dbViewer allows simple but effective database front-ends to be built using the interactive end-user queries feature. Features: dbViewer consists of Workslate, Browser/Editor, Visual Query Generator, and Text Query Interface. o Workslate: you can view the database schema and dbViewer objects such as text query, formatted query, and database object links. o Browser/Editor: Through a spread-sheet like interface, dbViewer allows browsing and editing the actual database tables. Result formatting and result exporting functions are possible. o Drag-and-drop Visual Query Generator works in conjunction with the Workslate to easily generate SQL using drag-and-drop metaphor. o Intuitive User interface speeds acces to your data with an on-line Help Facility, Drag-and-drop capability, and an easy-to-use Workslate layout. o Editing facility for stored procedures and triggers. o Support for Runtime Sybase Options like "show plan". o Quick Installation and Set-up allows you to become productive in just 15 minutes. o Text Query Interface: provides more traditional text based interactive access to database. Useage: o Database administrators: this tool can be used to view, maintain, and fix databases. o Developers: this tool can be used to view and develop interactive end-user queries in a matter of minutes. o End-users: this tool can used for executing interactive-end-user queries or writing simple queries using Visual Query Generator. References: dbViewer has been received very favorably by our customers. So far our customer list include New York Stock Exchange, many of the Wall Street investment banks. Databases Supported: Sybase Systems Supported: Sun Sparc (Sun OS) U.S. List Price: $1495.00 per license with discounts for multi-licenses. ------------------------------------------------------------ dbOpenAccess: Allows You to Customize dbViewer ----------------------------------------------------------- An extension product to dbViewer 2.0 for allowing applications developers to customize dbViewer 2.0. With dbOpenAccess, applications developers can customize dbViewer by 1) linking custom functions 2) trapping and handling dbViewer events 3) controlling the dbViewer screen components. Features: o Rich application programming interface for handling events, executing queries, controlling screen interfaces, formatting results, etc. o Pre-built make facility to simplify integration of custom built c functions. Useage: Using dbOpenAccess, dbViewer 2.0 can be extended as some of the examples below. o custom applications based on dbViewer 2.0. o customized data validation. o customized data formatting. o customized data export and import o customized database security, o integration of dbViewer with currently existing applications. Databases Supported: Sybase Systems Supported: Sun Sparc (Sun OS) U.S. List Price: $499.00 flat fee for 10 users. $799.00 flat fee for 30 users. $3000.00 for site license. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Network Layout Assistant for SunNet Manager From: Steve Powers Newsgroups: comp.newprod Org: Tom Sawyer Software Address: 1824B Fourth Street Berkeley, CA 94710-1911 tel: 510.848.0853 fax: 510.848.0854 email: info@TomSawyer.com Network Layout Assistant ------------------------ Automated device mapping for the SunNet Manager Tom Sawyer Software's Network Layout Assistant brings long-awaited network device mapping facilities to the SunNet Manager. The Network Layout Assistant works by reading the network information in your SunNet Manager database and automatically repositioning the devices and their connections on the SunNet Manager Console according to your specifications. The results are clear, readable views of your network that help you get the most out of your investment in the SunNet Manager and other applications built on its framework. Features -------- > Seamlessly integrated with SunNet Manager to work directly through the Console Tools menu. > Automated network device placement with: - Hierarchical style layout for bus and tree topologies - Circular style layout for ring and star topologies - Symmetric style layout for mesh topologies > Sophisticated tailoring features and useful defaults available for each layout style. > An Overview window provides a high-level view of your entire network map and highlights the portion of the map that is visible in the Console. > Grouping controlled automatically based on IP address, IP network masks, or through administrative grouping dialog panel. > Undo capability makes it simple to return to the previous layout. Availability ------------ > The Network Layout Assistant for SunNet Manager 2.0 running SunOS 4.1.x on a Sun SPARCstation (shipping May 15th, 1993). > The Network Layout Assistant for SunNet Manager 2.1 running Solaris 2.x on a Sun SPARCstation (shipping May 31st, 1993). Price and Technical Support --------------------------- Retail price is $895 for a single user license. We offer a 30 percent educational discount on all purchases. Order before May 31, and receive a $100 discount. Technical support is free for registered users. Tom Sawyer Software Corporation ------------------------------- Tom Sawyer Software specializes in developing automated layout solutions for application software. Tom Sawyer is also developing a complete line of portable graph layout libraries under the Graph Layout Toolkit family name. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Lower XVideo-24SV Price from Parallax From: Douglas Cooper Contact: Tom Carroll, Doug Cooper Cooper/Iverson Marketing (619) 292-7400 Org: Parallax Graphics Contact: Alice Munz Parallax Graphics (408) 727-2262, ext. 141 Address: 2500 Condensa Street, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Phone: (408) 727-2220 Email: info@parallax.com PARALLAX GRAPHICS CUTS PRICE ON LOW-END SYSTEM MAKES HIGH QUALITY VIDEO-IN-A-WINDOW AFFORDABLE FOR SUN USERS SUNWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 1993 -- In a move designed to expand the use of Parallax's high performance video systems among end-users of Sun and Sun-compatible workstations, Parallax today announced a 40 percent price cut on the low-end of their award-winning XVideo product line. The product, called the XVideo-24SV, combines live video-in-a-window with graphics capability through a full 24-bit framebuffer. New pricing for the XVideo-24SV is $2995; Parallax's toolkit software for the XVideo-24SV is priced at $495. "Through our advanced technology and full API set, we have earned a reputation as the developer's choice for video systems on SPARC-based workstations," said Frank J. Florence, president of Parallax Graphics. "We believe this price change will allow end-users to now access our full-featured technology." The XVideo-24SV combines a true-color framebuffer with high-quality video input to offer the most cost-effective 24-bit video and graphics solution today. The product also offers true compatibility with both X11R5 and Sun OpenWindows environments, allowing the XVideo-24SV to work with the full range of multimedia software available for Sun workstations. Current customers for the XVideo-24SV include users in the finance, medical, research and scientific, and government markets. For instance, financial traders track live business news and stock data while running other applications. Researchers use XVideo-24SV to model experimental data in true-color. Government intelligence analysts monitor television news feeds and simultaneously provide fast-breaking reports. Parallax's XVideo product line is offered with five other mid-range and higher-end models; these other systems add compression, multiple channels, and video-out capabilities to the user. Parallax also offers system technology for other workstation and PC platforms, as well as new technology for the growing professional broadcast marketplace. Parallax Graphics, based in Santa Clara, California, designs, manufactures, and markets high-performance video systems for the computer industry. The company's hardware systems and software toolkits allow end-users and developers to create the highest quality video applications ranging from video teleconferencing and computer-based training to scientific visualization and medical imaging. In 1989, Parallax was acquired by Dynatech Corporation (OTC:DYTC), a $500 million supplier of high technology products and services. XVideo is a registered trademark of Parallax Graphics, Inc. All other trade names, products and services are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Spyglass ships Transform 3.0 From: e-sink@uiuc.edu (Eric W. Sink) Newsgroups: comp.newprod Contact: Sue Sherman Phone: (217) 355-6000 Email: spyglass@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu Spyglass Announces Transform 3.0 for UNIX and Macintosh Spyglass, Inc. is now shipping Spyglass Transform 3.0, a powerful visual data analysis tool for UNIX workstations and Macintosh computers. This release of Spyglass Transform 3.0, which takes a major leap to create virtually identical feature sets for UNIX and Macintosh, includes enhanced labeling techniques, a powerful macro scripting language, a greatly enhanced data import facility, and support of MathLink from Mathematica. Using Spyglass Transform 3.0, users can now quickly and easily add floating point annotations, titles, axis labels, numerical scales, and tick marks to raster images, contour plots, surface plots, vector plots, line graphs, and color bars. Backdrops and skirts can also be added to surface plots. This greatly enhances the users' ability to present their results by creating publication-quality plots directly from Transform. It is now possible to automatically read MatLab(tm), GIF, PBM, GRASS cell maps (UNIX only) and XWD files with Spyglass Transform 3.0 as well as PICT, PICS, FITS, HDF, and TIFF files. In addition, the generic ASCII and binary import facility is now vastly more versatile and powerful. This greatly expanded data import capability makes it much easier for users to get their data into Transform. Spyglass Transform 3.0 now includes a powerful macro scripting language that gives the user explicit control over any and all Transform functions. With the macro language it is easy to automate repetitive tasks such as importing data, manipulating arrays, creating plots, adding labels, and exporting images and data. Users can automatically generate macros of Transform generated plots, and apply those macros to other datasets. In addition, macro commands can be sent from other programs, making it possible to turn Spyglass Transform 3.0 into a visual data analysis post processor. The language also includes looping structures for repetitive operations on multiple datasets. Animation is an exciting new addition to Spyglass Transform 3.0 for UNIX workstations. Users can create animated movies of data or image files that can be played, rewound, stopped, stepped forward, or stepped backward. For the Macintosh, Spyglass ships the View utility which provides animation capabilities. In addition, it is now possible for Spyglass Transform 3.0 to communicate with Mathematica using MathLink(tm). This important new feature makes it easy for users to make publication-quality images and plots of their Mathematica-derived mathematical functions using Spyglass Transform 3.0. Spyglass Transform 3.0 is now shipping for UNIX workstations as well as for the Macintosh. The UNIX version has a list price of $995. UNIX Upgrades from Spyglass Transform 1.0 to 3.0 can be purchased for $249. The Macintosh version has a list price of $595. Macintosh Upgrades from 1.0/2.0 to 3.0 can be purchased for $129. Macintosh Upgrades from 2.1 to 3.0 can be purchased for $99. All registered customers who purchased Spyglass Transform after January 1, 1993 and members of the Spyglass Automatic Update Plan will automatically receive an upgrade free of charge. Spyglass Transform is available for Sun SPARC, Hewlett-Packard HP 9000, Silicon Graphics, Digital ULTRIX, and IBM RS/6000 workstations. Transform also runs on any color-capable Macintosh with 68020 or better. Mathematica and MathLink are registered trademarks of Wolfram Research, Inc. All other product names mentioned are trademarks of their producers.