The StarNine Division of Quarterdeck is proud to announce the release of WebSTAR 2.0.2. WebSTAR 2.0.2 includes many important Plug-In enhancements beyond that of WebSTAR 2.0.1. WebSTAR 2.0.2 is a free upgrade for users of WebSTAR 2.0. If you are a current WebSTAR 2.0 user, you are invited to upgrade to WebSTAR 2.0.2 by downloading the updater archive available at (http://www.starnine.com/webstar/webstarupdates.html). You can download the full WebSTAR 2.0.2 Installer at (ftp://ftp.starnine.com/pub/evals/webstar/webstar.sea.hqx). If you are a registered user of WebSTAR and have not yet upgraded to WebSTAR 2.0, now is the time! Registered users can upgrade online at (http://www.starnine.com/upgrade/), or by calling (510) 649-4949. If you have never used WebSTAR 2.0 before we encourage you to check it out! You can download a free evaluation copy of WebSTAR 2.0.2 at (http://www.starnine.com/webstar/). Changes and fixes for WebSTAR 2.0.2 NOTE: No changes where made in the 2.0.2 release to...

Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS SHIPS MW CODEMANAGER 4 AUSTIN, Texas-February 27, 1997-Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced a new version of its cross-platform revision control system, MW CodeManager 4. Fully compatible with Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0, MW CodeManager allows individual developers and large project teams to easily and efficiently manage millions of lines of code while maintaining version control. Release 4 offers much faster database access for network users - up to 16 times faster than the previous version. This dramatic boost in speed will have a major impact on productivity for many users, as MW CodeManager is most frequently used by groups of developers working on a common project across a network. The CodeManager Administrator, a stand-alone administrative application, now features direct database manipulation...

CameraMan(tm) has gone Native! Motion Works Releases CameraMan Version 3.0 for Power Macintosh Vancouver,B.C. -- Motion Works Group Limited, the Canadian-based digital technology and interactive multimedia company, announced today the release of CameraMan Version 3.0 for Power Macintosh. Since its debut in 1992, CameraMan has long been recognized as the tool of choice for software developers, educators and trainers who need a quick, flexible and inexpensive method of producing tutorials, customized training demos, presentations, internet movies and on-line support files. CameraMan makes simultaneous recordings of screen activity, system sounds and voice-overs. It captures all action that takes place on the user's screen including; pull-down menus, dialogue boxes, still screens and animations, video, and game sequences. With smooth, full-screen recording, panning, or follow-the-cursor mode, screen recordings can be saved as QuickTime movies, PICS or sequential PICTS and can be played...

SYMANTEC ANNOUNCES 100% JDBC COMPLIANT DBANYWHERE SERVER FOR JAVA APPLICATIONS -- Middleware provides Internet-browser access to multiple database engines; connects thin-client Java applets to existing corporate databases using JDBC -- CUPERTINO, Calif. -- February 24, 1997 -- Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq:SYMC) announced today the availability of dbANYWHERE Server, a robust middleware database technology that lets Java(tm) programs access corporate databases over the Internet using 100% JDBC compliant API. This exciting middleware solution allows developers to create data-connected portable distributed applications without the need to install database drivers on client systems. dbANYWHERE Server manages transactions between the client and various back-end database servers, providing swift, simple access to information in large-scale databases. dbANYWHERE Server is available with direct database drivers for Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server. With third-party ODBC drivers,...

Contact: Colleen Miller, Development Director (510) 549-2684 x210 BMUG GOING STRONG WITH HOT EVENTS AND TOP NOTCH SPEAKERS For Immediate Release - BERKELEY, CA, February 13, 1997 On March 9, BMUG and Bungie will be co-sponsoring the first annual Marathon-a-thon at the BMUG offices in Berkeley. Twelve players will be playing Marathon Infinity from 10 am to 6pm (or as long as they can take it!). By doing this, they'll be raising money for BMUG's largest ever fundraising drive. Each player must get pledges of money for every hour they play. The person bringing in the most in pledges at the end of Marathon will be the winner of the tournament and will receive a color Quick Cam. Runners up will also receive a variety of prizes. Bungie will also be present to preview Myth and other new Bungie products and to answer questions.All locals are invited to come and watch the play or, more importantly, find out who's playing and pledge! Remember, it all goes to help BMUG. On April 26, BMUG will...

From: jumplong@aol.com (Jump Long) Version 1.4.6 of MoreFiles is now available. The changes from v1.4.5 to v1.4.6 are listed below. You can download it today from from : (ftp://members.aol.com/JumpLong/MoreFiles_1.4.6.sea.hqx) It will also submitted for release through the following channels (and may be available today or in the near future): Apple's Developer CD Apple Developer World web/ftp site America Online's Macintosh Developers Forum library (keyword: MDV) CompuServe's Macintosh Developers Forum library (GO MACDEV) - Jim Luther, Apple Computer, Inc. ---------- v1.4.6 2/15/97 Bugs fixed: * Fixed bug in PreflightFileCopySpace (FileCopy.c) introduced in MoreFiles version 1.4.4. * Fixed problem between PBXGetVolInfoSync and __WANTPASCALELIMINATION conditional. * HMoveRenameCompat from v1.4.2 through v1.4.5 worked with files but not folders, and comments were not being moved along with the file. Reverted HMoveRenameCompat to the v1.4.1 source and then fixed the...

To all, Olle is right -- I messed up and accidently deleted his e-mail. See below. Thanks, Neil ------------------------------------------------------- To: MacDev-1 Moderator (MacDev-1-Moderator@listmail.xplain.com) From: Olle Israelsson (ev-olle@nrm.se) Dear webmaster Thanks for mentioning my file system in: 2/17/97 PR : PRF -- Resource Files with Unlimited Resource Count However, my e-mail adress was missed: e-mail: ev-olle@nrm.se Could you please publish a notice so that those that are interested can reach me Thanks Olle Israelsson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bare Bones Software, Inc. P.O. Box 1048 Bedford, MA 01730-1048 http://www.barebones.com Contact: Allan Rousselle, VP Sales & Marketing 617/778-3100 sales@barebones.com February 20, 1997 BARE BONES SOFTWARE UPGRADES BBEDIT WITH RELEASE OF 4.0.3 Bedford, MA -- Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced the release of version 4.0.3 of BBEdit, their popular and award winning text editor for Mac(TM) OS-compatible systems. This new version includes a variety of enhancements to the program's feature set and capabilities: *Improved FTP Support* The FTP tool, used to support the "Open from FTP Server" and "Save to FTP Server" commands, has been improved in a number of areas. BBEdit now features greater compatibility with Windows NT and VMS servers, and supports symbolic links on FTP servers. The updated FTP tool offers the ability to select between active and passive FTP transfer mode -- the latter being necessary when traversing intranet firewalls. For greater...

The Gray Council version 2.1 is now available. This version is in sync with CodeWarrior 11 and the versions of MacApp (3.3.3 & r12) and PowerPlant (1.6) that come with CW11, adds view palettes for AdLib, and implements a number of bug fixes and user requests. The Gray Council C++ classes provide the premiere implementation of the "Apple Grayscale Appearance for System 7." This is Apple's recommended grayscale user interface design for today's applications, consistent with the future Appearance Manager default theme. For programmers using the MacApp and PowerPlant application frameworks, the Gray Council includes framework "adapter" classes that provide easy "drop-in" grayscale appearance support. An adapter for the Dialog Manager lets you add grayscale appearance to standard toolbox dialogs and alerts without requiring modifications to your DLOG/ALRT/DITL resources. The Gray Council implements the complete set of controls defined by the Apple Grayscale Appearance specification,...

18 February, 1997 -- Symmetry Software today released version 1.1 of Version Master for the Macintosh, the premier version tracking utility on the internet. Version Master is a client application which shows which software on a Macintosh is out-of-date and where on the internet users may find updates, patches, and upgrades. Version Master compiles a list of the software on a Mac and displays it in spreadsheet form. Users download the current version numbers and update locations from the Version Master server. The Version Master server currently tracks over 22,500 software titles localized in 45 regions of the world. Version Master keeps track of 680xx, PowerPC and FAT versions of software. It also tracks beta versions of software independently from release versions of the same software. Software is also categorized by "country code" so localized versions may be tracked. As an added bonus, users may indicate that they would like to receive e-mail notification whenever a newer...

From: jcd@kira.peak.org (Joshua Dunfield) I have ported SmallEiffel to the Macintosh as a Metrowerks CodeWarrior plug-in. The compiler, a simple fractal example, and docs can be downloaded from: http://www.peak.org/~jcd/eiffel/ Beta version, use at your own risk, etc. The source code is available at the same URL. This is an unofficial port: the SmallEiffel authors were not involved. (From the README file:) * What are Eiffel and SmallEiffel? Eiffel is a clean, efficient object-oriented language. SmallEiffel is a free compiler for a subset (no garbage collection, no exceptions, no...) of Eiffel. As is typical of Eiffel compilers, it generates ANSI C code, not machine code. * Requirements Metrowerks CodeWarrior, preferably CW/10. The plug-in compiler is fat (both 68K and PPC code).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Neil Ticktin Publisher, MacTech Magazine Xplain Corporation Phone: 805-494-9797 Fax: 805-494-9798 publisher@mactech.com Shinji Kobayashi Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Japan ASCII Corporation Phone: +81-3-5351-8165 Fax: +81-3-5351-8166 shinji-k@ascii.co.jp XPLAIN AND ASCII LAUNCH MACTECH JAPAN Westlake Village, CA and Tokyo, Japan -- February 17, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech Magazine, today announced that it is launching MacTech Japan with noted Japanese publisher, ASCII Corporation. Until today, Japanese MacOS developers have had to work twice as hard by using English based documentation. Not only did they have to battle the technical issues, but a language barrier as well. Now, MacTech Japan, a fully localized version of MacTech Magazine in the United States (MacTech US), solves that. Starting initially as a bi-monthly publication, MacTech Japan will not only include translated articles from MacTech US, but will also include...

Attention Mac OS Developers! Be sure to visit Apple at the upcoming InternetWorld in Los Angeles, CA, March 12-14. This is your chance to see and learn about Apple's plans for publishing on the Internet. * Listen to Gil Amelio's keynote on March 12 from 1:15-2:00 * Attend one or more of the 75-minute workshops at Apple Developer Day on March 13 - Cool Server Tools - The Best Java Experience - Web Content Creation Tools for '97 - Developing With CyberDog, HotSauce, and Other Apple Internet Technologies * Visit Apple's interactive Internet publishing booth, #2034 - Internet Theater - Web site production studio - Multiple Apple and third-party stations representing key stages in publishing on the Internet/intranet * Relax in Apple's Internet Cafe (open to conference attendees) - Check your e-mails - Catch the latest Apple Internet technologies

For those that interested there are a new release of the PRF-file system. It's under construction but I would like to share so I can get comments for improving it. Everyone that are interested should send me an e-mail and you will get the latest release. PRF-FILES --- RESOURCE FILES WITH UNLIMIT NUMBER OF RESOURCES I begin developing the PRF-file system as a part of an application. Since it might be useful for I have decided to make it public. Main festures: * 32-bit resource indexes and IDs * Unlimited number of resources * Quicker than ordinary resources * File cache system that enable shorter access time and make it able to open files that are larger then the free RAM memory * Free-of-charge to use New features: * Interfaces for Pascal and C (the later provisional) * ResType manipulation * File references, like the window's and control's reference * Transparent compression/decompression of resources * Files can be accessed by indexes, like CountTypes and GetIndType. Olle...

WEB BROADCASTING CORP. SHIPS WEB FM 3.0 FOR FILEMAKER PRO 3.0 FOR MAC OS WEB SERVER PLUG-IN BRINGS INCREDIBLY FAST AND POWERFUL DATABASE PUBLISHING TO FILEMAKER PRO 3.0 POWERED WEB SITES Palo Alto, CA -- February 6, 1997 -- Web Broadcasting Corporation has announced the release of WEB FM 3.0. WEB FM 3.0 is a screaming fast, powerful, full-featured web server plug-in that links Claris Corp.'s FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Mac OS database application to the World Wide Web or a corporate Intranet. WEB FM enables FileMaker Pro 3.0 developers to quickly and easily build fast, dynamic, interactive, and reliable database solutions with a web browser interface. The 3.0 release of WEB FM replaces the previous CGI versions with support for Quarterdeck Corporations new WebSTAR API (W*API) plug-in standard. The W*API provides FileMaker Pro 3.0 customers with a faster and more efficient mechanism for linking their databases with Mac OS web servers. ACCELERATED PERFORMANCE MEASURED IN TICKS, NOT SECONDS!...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Terran Interactive and Iterated Systems Partner to Provide Superior Internet Video New York, NY, Equitable Building, February 10, 1996 --Terran Interactive (San Jose, CA), announced today that it will be bundling a version of Media Cleaner EZ that is optimized for usage with Iterated System's (Atlanta, GA) ClearVideo. Together the two products will demystify the traditionally complex task of compressing low bit rate video while providing superior image quality. This bundle will provide Webmasters an easy to use set of tools for publishing high-quality video for the Internet and Intranet. "We are entering the 'Era of Video,' but the complexities and barriers to entry are too great for the mass audience to be able to easily deliver high quality video over a network," said John Garrison, Iterated Systems' product manager. "The bundling of Terran's outstanding product with the power of ClearVideo to compress standard digital video down to extremely small file...

MacHack '97 Call For Papers: 2nd Call Beat the Valentine's Day Weekend Rush, Write for MacHack Did you know that MacHack papers form the cornerstone of the premiere Macintosh technical conference? Papers can cover a wide variety of cool topics. Anything from Adaptive Computing, the Business of Being a Mac Developer, and Game Programming, to Internet Development, Debugging PPC code, and figuring out spiffy NeXT OS hacks. Start 1997 off right by writing a paper for MacHack. Not only will you get accolades from your peers, but you will get free admission to the conference! MacHack will be held June 26th-28th in Dearborn Michigan. Send your idea or abstract to us at mailto:machack-papers@machack.com on or before February 15th, 1997. Visit our web-site at http://www.machack.com/ for more exciting information.

Roizen to leave Apple CUPERTINO, Calif.- February 10, 1997 - Apple Computer Inc. today announced that Heidi Roizen, 38, the company's vice president of Developer Relations, will be leaving the company on February 19, 1996. Roizen joined Apple one year ago (February 1996) with the stated intent "to get Apple back on track with the developer community," and in that time has successfully designed and implemented key programs that have strengthened Apple's position with software developers. "In her tenure at Apple, Heidi greatly improved Apple's developer relations activities-taking them from a nadir in 1996 to the much healthier, more open and interactive relationship we have today," said Guerrino de Luca, executive vice president Apple Marketing. "She implemented many new assistance programs. And most importantly, she brought a deeper understanding of the importance of the developer communitiy to Apple's management team. "While we will miss Heidi, the lessons she has taught the...

Apple Computer, Inc. Finalizes Acquisition of NeXT Software Inc. Company Moves Forward with Operating System Strategy Incorporating NeXT Technology CUPERTINO, Calif.--Feb. 7, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced it has completed its acquisition of NeXT Software, Inc., after securing all necessary regulatory approvals. Apple announced on Dec. 20, 1996 its intention to purchase NeXT in a friendly acquisition for approximately $400 million. Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Software, will serve as an advisor to Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Apple's Chairman and CEO. "The finalization of our acquisition of NeXT confirms our commitment to providing our customers and software developers with a solid OS strategy," said Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Chairman and CEO, Apple Computer Inc. "We embark upon Apple's third decade with renewed enthusiasm, and we look forward to working with our developers, customers, and industry colleagues to proliferate Apple's legacy of vision and technological...

Version 1.2.3 of the Object Plant is now released. This version contains two bug fixes. One of the corrected bugs can cause ObjectPlant (version 1.2.2) to crash why I urge all of you using Object Plant to update to version 1.2.3 There is an updater (about 94k) available at: http://www.softsys.se/ObjectPlant/ You must have version 1.2.2 to use this updater. Version 1.2.2 can be fetched from the web-site or any info-mac mirror. The Object Plant is a shareware Object Oriented Analysis and Design tool based on the Object Modeling Technique (OMT) notation. With the Object Plant you can create + Object Model diagrams + Event Trace diagrams + State diagrams Diagrams can be exported in PICT or EPS format. The information in the Object Models can be used for generation of C++ code. (Other languages can also be generated by modifying the code generation template files.) Requirements: System 7.1 or later 68020 or better 2 Mb free RAM More information about the Object Plant can be found at http...

Dear Developers - Here is the text of Gil Amelio's Apple Shareholders' Meeting address. If you are interested in the direction and goals that Apple is setting, I recommend that you read it. Here are a couple of things that we'll call out to you: 1. There are new and impressive people in charge of marketing. 2. Rumor has it that the new PowerBook -- code named Hooper -- is really going to kick some butt. 3. Last quarter, the Mac OS (as opposed to Apple's hardware business alone) actually GREW 9% -- not shrank as the generic press would lead you to believe. Motorola, who sold 40,000 Mac OS units at Comdex, believes that these sales are new units, not something they are taking from Apple. I apologize for the length of this message -- but I thought it worthy. Neil Ticktin MacTech Magazine publisher@mactech.com http://www.mactech.com ========= Good morning. Members of the Board, Apple Executives, Fellow Shareholders, Fellow Employees. Welcome and thank you for coming. Our annual...

From: csaw@vnet.net (csaw) I have put together an html reference manual for Chipmunk Basic, which is a freeware interpreted Basic provided by Ronald Nicholson. He describes it as "an old-fashioned Basic interpreter", but he keeps adding features that are not very old-fashioned, like IAC, graphics extensions, object-oriented type and class definition, domain name resolution, and fast Fourier transform. Chipmunk Basic can be downloaded from Mr. Nicholson's Chipmunk Basic Home Page, http://www.rahul.net/rhn/cbas.page.html The reference manual is also available there, but in a simplified form without enhanced navigation. I have posted the complete package to alt.source-code.mac. -Steve Wise csaw@vnet.net

From: Ron Liechty (mwron@metrowerks.com) CodeWarriors, With CW/11 Metrowerks has changed the default ANSI C and C++ Libraries from a version licensed from Plum-Hall to Metrowerks owned libraries. These Libraries all source codes as well as projects you can modify to build custom libraries are located in the Metrowerks Standard Library folder, and are referred to as MSL C and MSL C++. We are still providing (and will continue to provide for some time) the older versions of the ANSI C and C++ libraries. These are located on the CodeWarrior Tools CD in the Metrowerks CodeWarrior : ( Obsolete ANSI Libraries) folder. Providing our own libraries allows us to ship the source code so users that want to build their own custom libraries or fine tune the provided code may do so. Furthermore, the Proposed ANSI/ISO Standard for C++ is now in the final stages and this new MSL C++ Library is more compliant than the previous Plum Hall version. If you are updating older projects moving to these...

Contact: Philip Van Cleave Virginia Systems, Inc. (804) 739-3200/FAX: (804) 739-8376 Email: vasys@concentric.net WebSonar Powerful New Text Retrieval System for the Internet February 5, 1997, Midlothian, Virginia. Virginia Systems announced WebSonar, a new addition to their text retrieval product line. WebSonar allows users to publish information quickly and easily on either the Internet or an intranet, without having to convert their files into an HTML format. Based on Virginia Systems' Sonar Professional search engine, WebSonar can search over 12,000 pages per second, displaying the full content and exact page numbers of all found documents. Searching can be performed by any computer running a browser. WebSonar's features include: * Boolean, proximity, wild card, synonym, and phonetic searching. Synonym searching allows the user to search for all related information through WebSonar's built-in thesaurus. Phonetic searching allows searches to be performed by sound, if the user...