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StratosWare Corporation has released MemCheck 3.5 for Windows, an automatic run-time bug detection tool for developing applications for Microsoft Windows. The new version 3.5 supports MFC and OWL development.
MemCheck includes an assortment of wizards and tools designed to add and remove MemCheck from projects in minutes. When linked into a target Windows application, MemCheck detects memory overwrites and leaks, misuse and leakage of GDI objects, Windows resources, window handles, and other errors that can affect the reliability of a Windows application.
MemCheck 3.5 for Windows is $179 (the upgrade from version 3.0 is $59) and comes with an unconditional 60-day money-back guarantee. This new version supports multiple compilers for one price: Microsoft C/C++ 7.x-8.x, Visual C++, and Borland C++ 3.x-5.x.
For more information contact StratosWare Corp., 1756 Plymouth Rd., Ste. 1500, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1890. 800-933-3284 or +1-313-996-2944. FAX: +1-313-996-2955. e-mail: info@stratosware.com.
SYWARE Announces DataSync 3
SYWARE, Inc. has released DataSync 3, the latest version of its database synchronization and replication development toolkit. DataSync provides ODBC-compliant tools to extract, replicate, and synchronize data between centralized and remote databases. The product assists in development of client/server applications with distributed data requirements, such as sales force automation systems, in both LAN-based and mobile computing environments.
Using DataSyncs graphical environment, developers define user-specific data subsets from server databases for remote distribution, and also select synchronization rules to control reintegration of new or changed data from remote users. Using simple check and list option boxes, data subsets are defined based on columns and row definitions. Synchronization rules can be customized or selected from predefined options, depending upon the application requirements.
The DataSync Development Kit for Windows costs $1,495. DataSync Runtime Licenses are sold for $150/seat with quantity discounts available. Corporate site licensing is also available.
For more information contact SYWARE, Inc., P.O. Box 91 Kendall, Cambridge, MA 02142. +1-617-497-1376. FAX: +1-617-497-8729. e-mail: info@syware.com. WWW: http://www.syware.com.
Software Manufacturing International Releases SMI-Parts
Software Manufacturing International, Inc. announced the release of SMI-Parts, a general-purpose class library for C++. SMI-Parts provides memory management through a proprietary memory block design for equally-sized objects; robust exception handling with a hierarchy of classes; dynamically typed variables and collections; reusable collections such as dynamic arrays, lists, trees, dictionaries, stacks, queues, sets, and bags; and binary and N-ary Tree navigation, manipulation, and search functionality, making the representational power of trees accessible to all C++ programmers.
SMI-Parts v1.0 for Microsoft Visual C++ v1.5 (MFC 2.5) works with Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT.
For more information contact Software Manufacturing International, 4 Seagrave Rd., Cambridge, MA 02140. 800-418-2058. PH/FAX: +1-617-576-7824. e-mail: sales@smiusa.com.
CMX Releases CMX-RTX Real-Time Kernel for 8XC251 and 80C51-XA
The CMX-RTX Real-Time Multi-Tasking Operating System (RTOS) is now available for the Intel 8XC251SB Microcontroller and the Philips 80C51-XA Microcontroller. CMX-RTX provides more than 60 kernel services within a single API. The RTOS allows the user to control tasks, events, messages, resources, cyclic timers, queues, fixed-memory blocks, and UARTs. CMX-RTX provides automatic low-power mode when all tasks are waiting or sleeping. Interrupts are also allowed to use some of the CMX functions. The scheduler is based on true preemption. CMX-RTX provides very fast context switch times and very low interrupt latency times. CMX-RTX requires very little ROM and RAM. Several compiler vendors are also supported. Source code and the CMXBug Debugger are included with both packages. There are no royalties. Pricing begins at $995.
For more information contact CMX Company, 5 Grant St., Ste. C, Framingham, MA 01701. +1-508-872-7675. FAX: +1-508-620-6828. e-mail: cmx@cmx.com.
Embedded Systems Products Announces RTXC Kernel for Philips 80C51-XA.
Embedded System Products, Inc. has released the RTXC real-time kernel on the Philips Semiconductor 80C51-XA microcontroller family.
The RTXC design and system resource management structure enable real-time data manipulation and provide a common application programming interface (API) for supported processors. RTXC has over 70 kernel services divided into seven classes. These kernel services enable functionality such as synchronization of tasks with event occurrence, chronological and prioritized data passing between coordinating tasks, dynamic memory allocation and reallocation, and the definition and use of programmable timers.
RTXC is distributed in ANSI-C source code and is royalty-free. Cost for RTXC v3.2 for the Philips XA-G3 microcontroller begins at $4,400.
For more information contact Embedded Systems Products, Inc., 10450 Stancliff, Ste. 110, Houston, TX 77099-4383. +1-713-561-9990. FAX: +1-713-561-9980. e-mail: sales@esphou.com.
Compuware Announces PREDITOR/2 Release 2.1
Compuware Corporation has released PREDITOR/2 Release 2.1, a code editor for OS/2. Release 2.1 includes a detached window mode that allows toolbars and windows to be moved around the screen, and a control panel to access open files, color syntax highlighting to help target and eliminate bad code expressions and keywords, additional hypertext browsing for C and C++ programs, and the capacity to edit text and data files without switching tools.
PREDITOR/2 Release 2.1 is available at an introductory price of $149.
For more information contact Compuware Corporation, 31440 Northwestern Highway, Farmington Hills, MI 48333-9080. +1-810-737-7300. FAX: +1-810-737-2718.
Premia Ships Programmers Editor for Windows 95
Premia Corporation has released Codewright Professional v4.0 for Windows 95. This release includes the API Assistant and Button Links. The API Assistant expedites the coding of function calls, ensuring that the right number of parameters are used, and that they are of the correct type and order. Button Links are graphical buttons that the programmer can place into source code and other text files. The buttons, which do not interfere with compiling, allow the programmer to link to non-text documents, such as diagrams and word processor documents.
Codewright Professional costs $269, including both 16- and 32-bit versions of the product. Upgrades for existing users are $79. Codewright Professional comes either on CD or on 3.5 inch disks.
For more information contact Premia Corp., 1075 N.W. Murray Blvd., Portland, OR 97229. +1-503-641-6000. FAX: +1-503-641-6001. e-mail: milow@premia.com.
MicroMagic Announces 32-Bit Custom Control (OCX) for VB and Windows 95
MicroMagic announces a new Custom Control (OCX) for Visual Basic 4.0 and Windows 95 that communicates with Allen Bradley SLC 500 PLCs. The Custom Control allows end-users, OEMs, or System Integrators to create Man-Machine Interfaces (MMI) used for industrial automation or process monitoring and control applications.
The Custom Control allows users to read or write data to any memory type in the PLC while the application is running. All of the AB SLC 500 data types are supported, such as floating-point, ASCII strings, and unprotected reads and writes. Other properties allow for support of networked PLCs or process controllers. Users can change any of the object properties dynamically, giving users total control and system flexibility in an MMI application.
For more information contact MicroMagic, 1961 Main St., Ste. 135, Watsonville, CA 95076. +1-408-439-8900. FAX: +1-408-439-9217.
General Software Announces Embedded BIOS 3.0 for AMD Elan
General Software has released Embedded BIOS v3.0 for the Advanced Micro Devices Elan microcontroller (Am386 8 SC300 Silicon Engine), and AMDs Evaluation Board. Embedded BIOS 3.0 supports the Elan with a CPU Personality Module and a Chipset Personality Module. The CPU Personality Module initializes the Elan microcontroller and allows the core BIOS to access Elan functions. The Chipset Personality Module provides extra fine control over operating parameters of the Elan CPU through a special SETUP Screen.
Embedded BIOS 3.0 takes advantage of Elans handheld functionality by integrating support for Flash File System and PCMCIA Socket Services, in-place Flash BIOS updating, a debugger that runs directly from ROM BIOS, and Advanced Power Management. Embedded BIOS 3.0 has full POST features and a SETUP screen system with a standard system diagnostics suite.
For more information contact General Software, 320-108th Ave. N.E., Ste. 400, Bellevue, WA 98004. +1-206-454-5755. FAX: +1-206-454-5744.
CenterLine Announces QC/Recall
Centerline Software has released QC/Recall, a tool that monitors and captures information about how a user was interacting with an application when it failed. QC/Recall creates a log file of all user actions that can then be replayed using QC/Replay, a graphical user interface (GUI) capture/playback tool integrated with QC/Recall.
QC/Recall is available for SunOS, Solaris/SPARC, HP UX, IBM AIX, Digital UNIX, Silicon Graphics, and other UNIX platforms. QC/Recall is sold on a per-user basis and is available at volume discounts. A 100-user license for example, is priced at $350 per user.
For more information contact CenterLine Software, Inc., Corporate Headquarters, 10 Fawcett St., Cambridge, MA 02138-1110. +1-617-498-3000. FAX: +1-617-868-6655. WWW: http://www.centerline.com.
ObjecTime Announces ObjecTime v4.3
ObjecTime Limited has announced ObjecTime v4.3, an analysis, design, and code generation tool. ObjecTime creates graphical executable models for early validation of requirements, architecture, and design. These design models are automatically translated into applications for UNIX or embedded operating systems including VxWorks, pSOS+, VRTX, HP-RT, HP-UX, AIX, and Sun Solaris.
Version 4.3 provides support for specifying and developing large complex systems. Features include class packages that provide an improved definition of subsystems and system variants, a multi-threaded run-time environment that provides the ability to specify how the model will be partitioned into operating system threads, a generic transport facility (GTF) that provides a framework for users to substitute a custom communication layer in place of the standard socket-based interprocess communication facility, and C++ compilation that provides C++ code generation and compilation.
For more information contact ObjecTime Limited, 340 March Road, Kanata, Ontario, CANADA K2K 2E4. +1-613-591-3535. FAX: +1-613-591-3784. WWW: http://www.objectime.on.ca.
Prentice Hall PTR Releases Multimedia Cyber Classroom
Prentice Hall PTR has released C & C++ Multimedia Cyber Classroom, an interactive multimedia CD-ROM-based C and C++ tutorial, by Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel. C & C++ Multimedia Cyber Classroom lets users learn C and C++ at their own pace.
Prentice Hall claims users will find coverage of every important C and C++ concept, based on the Deitels college textbooks, C How to Program (Prentice Hall) and C++ How to Program (Prentice Hall), and their corporate training classes.
The Deitels begin by teaching the basics of C. Then they teach users how C establishes the groundwork for C++ and how C++ extends C to make a richer, more reliable programming environment. Step-by-step, users will learn the new ideas of object-oriented programming including classes, data abstraction, encapsulation, information hiding, overloading, inheritance, and polymorphism. By the end of the CD, users will be comfortable with advanced C++ concepts such as templates, exception handling, multiple inheritance, and object-oriented file processing.
For more information contact Prentice Hall PTR, P.O. Box 11071, Des Moines, IA 50336. 800-947-7700 or +1-515-284-6751. FAX: +1-515-284-2607. e-mail: orders@prenhall.com.
Az-Tech Software Releases Safe-D
Az-Tech Software has released Safe-D, an electronic distribution toolkit that provides a method of distributing their applications via the growing online community and increasing base of CD-ROM users. Safe-D allows you to create trial or demo versions of applications, which can then be made accessible to the vast number of online and multimedia users.
Features include verified registration, HD-Lock, CPU-Lock, Net-Lock, Date and Execution Count limits, Access Flags, Secure User Data, Encryption, and Serialization. Safe-D also includes DLL functions to support a completely custom activation process.
A Safe-D Professional System costs $495 and supports DOS, Windows, Windows 95, and Windows NT applications.
For more information contact Az-Tech Software, Inc., 305 East Franklin, Richmond, MO 64085. 800-227-0644 or +1-816-776-2700. FAX: +1-816-776-8398. e-mail aztech@tyrell.net. WWW: http://www.tyrell.net/~aztech.
Concept Software Releases Protection Plus Professional for Win32
Concept Software, Inc. has released a 32-bit Windows Dynamic Link Library (DLL) version of the Protection Plus Professional (PPP) system. This library is in the basic Win32 DLL format, and is fully compatible with most 32-bit programming.
The PPP system is an advanced copy protection toolkit that insures proprietary security and control. Additional features include the ability to create fully/partially functional demonstration copies of your applications, incorporate periodic or permanent disabling logic with remote unlock capabilities, limit/restrict network client/server access of your applications, dynamically establish workstation parameters, and prohibit your applications from being copied onto unauthorized computers. It also includes a Client Tracking System that stores version, protection, and historical information about each client and distributor. The PPP system is fully-customizable and requires no runtime licenses.
Version 3.0 is available for CA-Clipper, FoxPro 2.x/DOS, FoxPro 2.5/Win, C/DOS, Visual FoxPro, Win 16 DLL, and Win32 DLL.
For more information contact Concept Software, Inc., 461 E. 327th St., Cleveland, OH 44095-3315. +1-216-943-4341. FAX: +1-216-943-4346. e-mail: sales@consoft.com. WWW: http://www.consoft.com.
JBA Offers Free Trial of Guidelines OS/2 Client/Server Toolset
JBA is offering OS/2 application developers a 21-day free evaluation of JBA Guidelines, the companys client/server development environment. Targeted at development teams who currently program in COBOL, Basic, RPG, C, and C++, as well as the visual programming environment, Guidelines allows developers to create programs that run on both the PC and server platform. Within Guidelines, developers are free to code either directly in C++ or in JOT, a high-level object language. JOT allows the coding of event-driven applications that use both the flexibility and graphical nature of personal computers while providing direct access to server technologies. Regardless of the client platform selected, Guidelines will generate portable and flexible C++ for subsequent compilation on the designated target environment.
Developers can contact JBAs Paul Costello, at 800-522-4685, or access JBAs World Wide Web page at http://www.jba.co.uk, for details on how to receive the full JBA Guidelines Professional Developers Kit on CD-ROM for a no-charge, 21-day evaluation.
For more information contact JBA International, 161 Gaither Dr., Ste. 200, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054. 800-522-4685. FAX: +1-609-439-9652.
Fort Announces Fort Release 2
Fort Software has released Fort Release 2. Fort supports multi-tier client/server architectures with transparent application partitioning across disparate operating systems, graphical user interfaces, networks, and relational databases. Release 2 features open integration with software outside the Fort environment.
Release 2 supports localization based on X/Open NLS standards, with native-language screens, error messages, collating sequences, and full support for multi-byte character sets such as Kanji. Fort also enables multi-lingual applications, where each user accesses the application with the language of his or her choice.
Other new functionality includes repository enhancements for greater security and improved performance; new help facilities including online help for Fort developers; application libraries, which allow subsequent developers to extend functionality while protecting the original developers source code; cross-platform window reusability; user-defined system management agents; and a global naming service.
North American pricing for Fort ranges from $4,000 to $6,000 per developer and from $225 per user. Customers with a standard Fort maintenance contract will receive the upgrade at no charge.
For more information contact Fort Software, Inc., 1800 Harrison St., Oakland, CA 94612. +1-510-869-3400. FAX: +1-510-834-1508. e-mail: info@forte.com.
Tivoli Systems Announces TME for Windows NT and Tivoli/Inventory
Tivoli Systems Inc. has released the Tivoli Management Environment (TME) for Microsofts Windows NT, a management application that provides integration of Windows NT and PC desktops into existing client/server environments; and Tivoli/Inventory, a management application for automatically discovering and tracking PC and UNIX hardware and software configurations across distributed computing environments.
TME for Windows NT is priced at $500-$1,700 per server and $225 per client depending on the features and number of users. Tivoli/Inventory is priced at $150.
For more information contact Tivoli Systems, Inc., Corporate Headquarters, 9442 Capital of Texas Hwy North, Austin, TX 78759. +1-512-794-9070. FAX: +1-512-794-0623. WWW: http://www.tivoli.com.
Gimpel Announces PC-lint v7
Gimpel Software has released PC-lint for C/C++ v7. PC-lint analyzes C and C++ programs and reports on bugs, glitches, and inconsistencies. This release includes a feature called Inter-statement Value Tracking, which tracks values of auto variables and data members of the this class (for member functions) across statement boundaries.
PC-lint for C/C++ v7 is upward compatible with and includes the same checking as earlier versions of the product. These checks include user-specified strong type checking, a control-flow based analysis of variable initiation, loss of precision, strange uses of Booleans, unaccessed variables, unusual macros, and unused program components.
PC-lint for C/C++ includes executables for a variety of platforms. The price is $239, including a 30-day money-back guarantee.
For more information contact Gimpel Software, 3207 Hogarth Lane, Collegeville, PA 19426. +1-610-584-4261. FAX: +1-610-584-4266.
Reliance Announces Comment++ v1.0 for Windows
Reliance Corporation, has released Comment++ vl.0 for Windows. Comment++, an add-on tool, automatically inserts comments into source code, and assists in maintaining comments.
Comment++ simplifies the task of commenting source code by recreating comment blocks for every single function, procedure, or method in a source code file. Comment++ accomplishes this by using comment templates stored in scripts that can be invoked and inserted directly into the source code file with one simple keystroke.
The Comment++ script language provides the ability to layout and create interactive comments capable of prompting for information prior to insertion into the source code file.
Order Comment++ vl.0 for Windows directly from Reliance Corporation. Pricing is $29.95 per copy, quotes for site licenses are available upon request. Test drives of Comment++ can be downloaded from the Borland C++ forum (GO BORFORUMS in library 15) at CompuServe.
For more information contact Reliance Corp., 18905 Hummingbird Dr., Penn Valley, CA 95946. 800-432-2118.
ParaSoft and Nu-Mega Develop BoundsChecker Professional Edition
ParaSoft Corporation and Nu-Mega Technologies, Inc. have combined efforts to develop and release Boundschecker Professional Edition, a combination of Nu-Megas BoundsChecker error detection technology for Windows NT and Windows 95, and ParaSofts patent-pending Insure++ Source Code Instrumentation (SCI) and Runtime Pointer Tracking (RPT). This technology allows developers to discover up to 72 categories of Windows programming defects.
For more information contact ParaSoft Corp., 2031 Myrtle Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016. +1-818-305-0041. FAX: +1-818-305-9048. e-mail: info@parasoft.com. WWW: http://www.parasoft.com.
Peabody Systems Announces KIPP Developers Toolkit for UNIX
Peabody Systems has announced updated UNIX versions of the KIPP Developers Toolkit for a number of UNIX platforms. Supported platforms now include SunSoft Solaris for SPARC and x86 processors, IBM RS/6000 AIX, HP 9000 series 700, HP-UX, and SCO UNIX/OpenServer. The Peabody Systems version of KIPP supports all peripherals supported by version 2.12 of the KIPP toolkit, including a wide range of video, SCSI scanners, and image printers.
The KIPP Developers Toolkit for UNIX is available directly from Peabody Systems. Versions for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, and OS/2 are available from Kofax Image Products.
For more information on the UNIX version contact Peabody Systems, 270 N. Buckskin, Orange, CA 92669. +1-714-639-8643. FAX: +1-714-639-2817. For information on the Windows and OS/2 versions contact Kofax Image Products, 3 Jenner Street, Irvine, CA 92718-3807. +1-714-727-1733. FAX: +1-714-727-3144.