Nov 99 Newbits
Volume Number: 15
Issue Number: 11
Column Tag: Newsbits
by Jessica Stubblefield
Zero G Software Ships Enterprise Class Deployment Solution
for Multi-Platform Software
Zero G Software, developer of multi-platform software deployment solutions,
announced the availability of InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition. The latest addition to
Zero G Softwares award-winning family of Java-based deployment products,
InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition gives commercial and enterprise software
developers the power to create highly customized solutions for the complex task of
installing and configuring software across multiple platforms.
PACE Anti-Piracy Releases Version 2.0 of InterLok for
PACE Anti-Piracy Inc. released version 2.0 of InterLok and InterLok Pro for
Macintosh. The upgrade adds a number of powerful new features to InterLok and
expands the range of executable types that can be protected using its turnkey
encryption and wrapping capability. The new release also advances PACEs
multi-platform integration strategy, improves performance of wrapped applications,
implements a new wrapping architecture for enhanced security, and adds support for
Apples new Power Macintosh G4 and ROM-in-RAM G3 systems running Mac OS 9.
InterLok is PACEs fifth generation tool set for protecting, distributing and selling
software, and is widely used by developers of pro-audio, font, and graphics software
products.
http://www.paceap.com
REALbasic-tips
REAL Software, Inc. is pleased to announce a new email list that will distribute tips,
tricks, and traps in the use of REALbasic as well as other interesting and useful
information. Sign up now and begin receiving these tips soon!
http://www.realsoftware.com
Valentina Database Line Enhanced with 1.6 Release
Paradigma Software announced an upgrade to its Valentina database technology, adding
new features to its core technology and added power for users of its developer kits.
Version 1.6 of the Valentina database core technology adds enhancements over its
release 1.5 for use of database cursors and use of SQL. Version 1.6 increases
performance of using database cursors and allows each cursor to exist in its own
independent memory space. Version 1.6 also adds support for two additional SQL
commands. Since its 1.0 release, all Valentina products have gained speed and
performance enhancements in working with different file types and importing data, as
well as many fixes. A list of all updates and enhancements is available on the
Paradigma Software Web Site.
http://www.paradigmasoft.com
Tape: Making Application Packages
Public Access Software today officially released version 1.0 of its latest software
endeavor called "Tape".
Tape is a new Mac OS application that will allow software developers to quickly and
easily create application "packages" for use on Mac OS 9.0. Using simple Drag 'n' Drop
techniques anyone can turn a folder of related files into an application package.
Tape handles the creation of a relative alias pointing to the "main" file in the package
and correctly sets the folder's Finder Info flags to be recognized as a package under Mac
OS 9. Tape can also optionally scan the target folder for mistakes in formatting such as
multiple alias files at the top most level.
The Tape package also includes the "BoxCutter" Contextual Menu Module which can
remove the package setting from any appropriate folder independent of Tape and Mac
OS 9.0.
Tape requires a PowerPC-based Mac OS computer running Mac OS 8.5 (or older with
Navigation Services available). BoxCutter requires any PowerPC-based Mac running
Mac OS 8 or newer.
http://www.pasoftware.com/products/tape/
DICOM Import Component v1.0.3 for QuickTime
Escape Information Services is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
version 1.0.3 of its DICOM Import Component for QuickTime.
The importer works on both Mac and Windows, and lets QuickTime-aware applications
import medical images that conform to the DICOM standard.
http://www.escape.gr/dicom/
Aladdin's StuffIt Expanders Exceed 2.1 Million Downloads
Just from the Aladdin Systems, Inc. Web Site!
Aladdin Systems, Inc. announced that within 12 months of the StuffIt® 5 format
release there have been over 2,151,000 downloads of the Windows and Macintosh
Expanders from the Aladdin Systems Web site. This count doesn't include the millions
of Expanders downloaded from other popular Internet download sites as well as those
distributed with Apple's Mac OS.
Aladdin's Expanders, popular Internet compression access freeware, soared over two
million downloads in less than 12 months since their initial release. StuffIt
Expander[TM] is the Macintosh standard decompression tool and is quickly emerging in
the Windows market as Aladdin Expander[TM], because of its ease-of-use,
cross-platform and access capabilities. Expander, part of the StuffIt (.sit)
compression product line, is the one stop solution for Macintosh and Windows users to
access ALL the popular compression and encoding formats found online. For a complete
listing of all the file types Expander can handle.
http://www.aladdinsys.com/
Apple Previews New QuickTime Technologies QuickTime 4
Downloads Soar Past 20 Million
During the kick-off keynote today at the first-ever QuickTime[TM] Live! conference,
Apple® previewed new QuickTime 4.1 and QuickTime Streaming Server 2
technologies. Apple also announced that more than 20 million copies of its QuickTime 4
software and more than 50,000 copies of its Apple Open Source Streaming Server
have been downloaded since April.
QuickTime 4.1 will feature enhanced functionality, including seamless ad insertion;
improved firewall navigation; AppleScript® support for easy digital media creation
and streaming; and support of synchronized multimedia integrated language (SMIL),
the emerging standard for interactive media creation.
QuickTime Streaming Server 2 will feature password protection and a plug-in
architecture that will let developers easily and quickly extend the functionality of the
QuickTime Streaming Server. QuickTime Streaming Server 2 will also support
third-party analysis tools that provide consolidated server reporting.
http://www.apple.com
"4D Assimilator" -- Database Cloning Application
ACI US, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension (4D) RAD/RDBMS Environment,
released a beta of a new utility code-named "4D Assimilator" which clones data
structures and data files from any database supporting ODBC.
ACI US developed 4D Assimilator in response to an increasing demand from developers
needing to migrate existing projects that were developed with tools and technologies,
which are no longer able to meet their client's needs.
4D Assimilator is a beta release and requires 4D Version 6.5 or greater. 4D
Assimilator and a demo of 4D 6.5 can be downloaded at no charge from the ACI US web
site.
http://www.acius.com/assimilator.html
PACE Anti-Piracy Releases Version 2.0 of USB Floppy
Enabler to Provide Full Compatibility with Apple's G4 and
ROM-in-RAM Machines Running Mac OS 9
PACE Anti-Piracy Inc. released version 2.0 of its USB Floppy Enabler. The upgrade
ensures that software incorporating PACE's InterLok® technology will operate
correctly on Apple Computer, Inc.'s new G4 and other "ROM-IN-RAM" Power
Macintosh computers running the newly-released OS 9. PACE has extended the
functionality of its USB Floppy Enabler to include technologies to overcome
incompatibilities related to these new products.
http://www.paceap.com