MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS REALbasic plug-ins in version 5.0
NICKENICH, Germany (Januar 27, 2005) — Monkeybread Software releases
version 5.0 of the MBS plug-in for REALbasic.
The MBS plug-in comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which
extend the REALbasic development environment with over 450 classes and 4
controls featuring over 9000 documented functions.
The plug-ins require REALbasic 3.5 or newer.
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