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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: "Robert L. Masterson" <Robert_Masterson@sss-gw.sss.com> Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Software Services and Solutions announces ObjectWare palettes Organization: Next Announcements Approved: sanguish@digifix.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 1993 Contact: Robert L. Masterson, Vice President Software Services and Solutions, Inc. Phone (203) 630-2000 Fax (203) 630-2020 email rlm@sss.com Meriden, Connecticut, June 14, 1993 - Software Services and Solutions, Inc., Announces ObjectWare for Custom Software Development: SSSInputFieldPalette, SSSMultiViewPalette, and SSSBarGraphViewPalette Software Services and Solutions, Inc., a major open-systems technology consulting firm, today announced volume shipments of its SSSInputFieldPalette, SSSMultiViewPalette, and SSSBarGraphViewPalette products for software development under NEXTSTEP. The three palettes of ObjectWare contain user interface objects that are completely compatible with NEXTSTEP's InterfaceBuilder, allowing programmers to graphically incorporate them into their applications and test the interface without compiling. The SSSInputFieldPalette allows developers to create user interfaces that will ensure that keyboard input has acceptable format and content. The SSSInputFieldPalette contains input fields and forms that can be configured to guide user input to prevent errors and disallow incorrect input on a keystroke by keystroke basis. Developers can easily and quickly specify the correct formats through inspectors. These formats can include patterns or strings that must conform to a set of choices, such as month names or names from a database table, and such string sets can be specified programmatically or in InterfaceBuilder. "Our SSSInputFieldPalette allows developers easily to construct user interfaces that perform complex format and content validation on keyboard input. A programmer need only do a simple drag and drop operation to set up an SSSInputField to perform referential integrity checking against a database column. Our format specification is an extension of that used by the standard I/O library already familiar to programmers, so the learning curve on the SSSInputFieldPalette is very short." said Robert L. Masterson, Vice President of Software Services and Solutions, Inc. The SSSMultiViewPalette's objects manage window real estate when it is at a premium. The SSSMultiView allows an area in a window to display different panels at run time based on the user's actions. This approach to window design allows different logical segments of the application to be designed on separate panels and kept off screen until needed. Unlike other "panel managers", there is no limit to the number of panels that a single SSSMultiView can display. The SSSBarGraphViewPalette gives developers instant access to graphical representations of schedules, process life graphs, time lines, and more. The objects of the SSSBarGraphViewPalette work together to create a display of data as horizontal bars. The SSSBarGraphView can automatically scroll with time. The visual attributes of the view, such as axis labels, titles, and marking style, can be set with an inspector. There are no runtime license fees associated with any of the ObjectWare from Software Services and Solutions, Inc.. The single developer license prices for the palettes are $395.00 US for the SSSInputFieldPalette, $145.00 US for the SSSMultiViewPalette, and $395.00 US for the SSSBarGraphViewPalette. Multi-developer and site licenses are available at discounts; contact Software Services and Solutions, Inc., for details. The SS&S ObjectWare is available for NEXTSTEP 3.1 on the Intel 486, as well as on NeXT hardware, and application developers can use this ObjectWare to create applications for both architectures. SS&S ObjectWare is also compatible with earlier versions of NEXTSTEP. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is in the process of creating three Motif widget sets and Windows NT class libraries that will provide versions of this ObjectWare for development of applications targeted for Sun, Hewlett Packard, and Digital platforms, among others. Contact Software Services and Solutions, Inc., for further details. For more information, contact Robert L. Masterson, Vice President, Software Services and Solutions, Inc., at 94 Murray Street, Meriden, Connecticut 06450, or via email to rlm@sss.com, phone to (203) 630-2000, or fax to (203) 630-2020; or contact Bruce LeSourd at the SS&S, Inc., Pacific Northwest Regional Office at 1222 East Crockett Street, Seattle, Washington 98102, or via email to lesourd@pnw.sss.com, phone to (206) 860-9295, or fax to (206) 860-6896. Software Services and Solutions, Inc., is an information technology consulting firm specializing in open systems technology, object-oriented software design and development, and networking. Through its two main offices and various ancillary offices, Software Services and Solutions, Inc., provides technology consulting, reengineering, and custom development services to businesses and governments worldwide.
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