MoreFiles 1.4.8 Released Version 1.4.8 of MoreFiles is now available. If you downloaded version 1.4.7 in the last month, you'll need to get version 1.4.8 -- the conditionals in FSpCompat.c produced bad code. You can download it today from from : (ftp://members.aol.com/JumpLong/MoreFiles_1.4.8.sit.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) Metrowerks (for inclusion with their next CD) - Jim Luther, Apple Computer, Inc. ---------- v1.4.8 3/24/98 Bugs fixed: - Fixed conditional errors introduced in v1.4.7 in FSpCompat.c. - Initialized realResult to noErr in FSpGetFullPath. - Changed comment in IterateDirectory.p for MyIterateFilterProc - the CInfoPBRec parameter should be {CONST} VAR.

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 Email: naomi@well.com STARNINE SHIPS MAJOR UPGRADE TO WEBSTAR -- WebSTAR 3.0 Now Includes IP Multi-homing, FTP and Proxy Servers, New Administrative Interface, Java(tm) Servlet Support, Search, and More -- BERKELEY, Calif., March 26, 1998 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of WebSTAR 3.0. This major upgrade to the award-winning Mac OS(tm) Web server software includes new FTP and Proxy servers, Search capabilities, IP Multi-homing, a revamped WebSTAR Administrative interface and support for the latest Internet standards including HTTP 1.1, JavaSoft's Java(tm) Servlet API and WebObjects(tm). Available immediately WebSTAR 3.0 can now be downloaded from (http://www.starnine.com/). The upgrade is priced at $199 for current users of version 2.x, or $299 for users upgrading from version 1.x. New copies of WebSTAR are priced at $499, and include WebSTAR/SSL. Today...

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:09:01 -0500 From: Michael D Flaminio (flaminio@insanely-great.com) Subject: [NEWS] Apple Brings QuickTime to Java Reply-To: Mac News Wire (MacNews@insanely-great.com) Sender: (MacNews@insanely-great.com) (http://www.insanely-great.com/news/98/3/news24.html#qtjava) It's been rumored for a while, and now Apple has announced the availability of QuickTime for Java. QT for Java is a developer framework for easily adding multimedia playback, authoring and publishing capabilities to Java software. QuickTime for Java will significantly increase Java's acceptance in new media markets and enable delivery of compelling interactive content to Java customers. QuickTime for Java allows developers to write Java programs that incorporate QuickTime content and functionality. Java developers will now have unlimited access to QuickTime's rich support for digital media, including graphics, sound, video, text, music, VR and 3D. Additionally, they will be able to deliver high-...

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 10:54:48 +0100 From: Ingemar Ragnemalm (ingemar@lysator.liu.se) Reply-To: ingemar@lysator.liu.se Organization: Lysator computer club Subject: Released: Sprite Animation Toolkit 2.5.0 Released: Sprite Animation Toolkit 2.5.0. Sprite Animation Toolkit (SAT) is a popular game programming library for Macintosh. It is free of charge as long as credits are given and I get a free copy of released products. SAT can be used from Think Pascal, Think C or CodeWarrior (Pascal or C). SAT has been used to develop dozens of released Mac games and applications, from simple freeware games to commercial software. Some of the more known ones include Missions Of The Reliant, BOOM, Asterax, Escape Velocity, Bub&Bob and Harry The Handsome Executive, and of course many of my own games, Bachman, Slime Invaders, Bert, Ingemar's Skiing Game, HeartQuest, Smack a Skunk and a few upcoming titles. For more information and downloading, go to the SAT web page: www.lysator.liu.se/~ingemar/...

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Press Contact: For Release March 23, 1998 Gordon Davies Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com (http://www.metrowerks.com/)http://www.metrowerks.com Metrowerks to Ship CodeWarrior Professional 3, the Latest Version of Software Development Tools for Windows(R) 95, Windows NT(R), and Mac(R) OS New CodeWarrior Debugger is Now Seamlessly Integrated With New IDE 3.0. Also Featured is a New Java-to-Native Compiler AUSTIN, Texas - March 23, 1998 - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK) announced today the company will, in the last week of March, begin shipping CodeWarrior Professional 3, the latest release of CodeWarrior software development tools that combines Windows-hosted and Mac-hosted desktop tools into a single unified package. CodeWarrior Professional 3 includes IDE 3.0, the latest version of Metrowerks award winning integrated development environment, which includes a fully integrated debugger and a new Java-to-native compiler. The new IDE also allows...

RELEASED March 19, 1998 For more information contact Be: In the U.S. and Pacific: Alex Osadzinski, alex@be.com (650) 462-4126 In Europe: Jean Calmon, jcalmon@beeurope.com (33) 1 49 06 73 75 Metrowerks, Inc.: Gordy Davies, gdavies@metrowerks.com (512) 873-4797 BE AND METROWERKS ANNOUNCE CLOSER DEVELOPMENT RELATIONSHIP FOR BEOS TOOLS MENLO PARK, California (March 19, 1998) -- Be, Inc. and Metrowerks, Inc. announced today that they have renewed their existing development relationship for a further five years and have broadened it to include tools for the BeOS for Intel product also announced today. The new agreement covers both PowerPC and Intel Architecture development tools for the BeOS. Under the agreement, Be will manage the strategic direction of the CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the BeOS and Metrowerks will concentrate on delivering the best compiler, linker and library technology for Be Developers. Marketing, sales and support of the CodeWarrior for BeOS...

BoxTop Software, Inc. http://www.boxtopsoft.com 1: PhotoGIF Lite 1.1 for Macintosh released 2: ImageVice 1.1 for Windows released There are two items of interest in update news today from BoxTop. I am keeping the length of this note to a minimum, though. There will be another separate announcement shortly about the public release of PhotoGIF Illustrator, which is bigger and longer awaited news. - Travis Anton, travis@boxtopsoft.com 1: PhotoGIF Lite 1.1 for Macintosh released PhotoGIF Lite 1.1 is a significant bug fix to the shareware version of PhotoGIF. It corrects problems present in the 1.0 version reading all files without comments, and is a free update. If you're using PhotoGIF Lite, this is a definite download you need to make. If you aren't using PhotoGIF Lite, kick yourself. You should be. Download it. PhotoGIF Lite gives you a lot more punch for your Web graphics production in Photoshop and it's shareware. You can use it even if you can't justify purchasing it. No guilt from...

Internet Developer Community Launches Grassroots Initiative To Educate Surfers About Mac OS On The Web Streamwood, IL -- John O'Fallon, founder of Maxum Development Corp., announced today the "Serve different" campaign, an initiative intended to demonstrate to World Wide Web users that the Mac OS plays a key roll in powering the Internet. The "Serve different" campaign is being supported by a cross section of the Mac OS Internet development community, including such companies as: StarNine Technologies, NetProfessional Magazine, ClearWay Technologies, digital.forest, catalogue.com, Web Broadcasting, brad.net, Purity Software, Open Door Networks, and Imagina. The group is asking Web developers to post a small "Serve different" icon in a "discreet but prominent" position on their Web sites, and to then link the icon to the "Serve different" home page. A choice of 2 icons is currently available, so that Web developers can select an image that integrates with the rest of their...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Terje Norderhaug Media Design in*Progress +1(619)437-0664 terje@in-progress.com Media Design in*Progress Releases XPublish 1.0: First XML Website Publishing System San Diego, CA, March 18, 1998: Media Design in*Progress today released XPublish, the first Mac website publishing system that is based on the XML 1.0 document standard. Webmasters can use XPublish to efficiently author, publish and maintain middle sized and large websites to deploy on any platform. The XPublish application can be downloaded from: (http://interaction.in-progress.com/xpublish) XPublish is the first commercially available professional XML authoring and publishing system. The application provides dialogs to create, inspect and modify XML markup, liberating the author from detailed knowledge of the XML specification. It provides an extendable markup editor resembling the powerful Emacs editor, but with Mac ease of use. The editing environment will be dynamically...

This just in from: Raines Cohen, Editor of NetProfessional, (editor@netprolive.com): Greetings from NYC! Here's some observations minutes after the Jobs keynote here at Seybold, in case you can use 'em (I expec this will be a lot wordier, less analytical, and more play-by-play than the MacWEEK story). Feel free to use this in full or part with attribution to me, on MacDev-1 if you care to: (it's nonexclusive, sent to a few folks) Craig Kline, Seybold VP of Content, introduce Eric Hippeau, chairman of Ziff-Davis, who introduced Jobs as a "technologist" - "still pretty young as industry icons go." As expected, the keynote led off with all 3 recent Apple commercials: Think Different, the snail, and the bunny-suit one. The snail got notable applause, and the new "toasting the Pentium" one really big applause. [note that the Javits Center main lobby features several new Think Different people, including Ansel Adams] Jobs spoke of publishing technology as "one of four things we do," and...

NEWS from Deneba Software Curtis Christensen / Public Relations Manager (305) 596-5644, ext. 134, curtis_christensen@deneba.com Visit Deneba at Seybold NY Publishing '98 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Booth 403 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PREPRESS AND WEB PUBLISHING OPTIONS EXPAND FOR CANVAS 5 USERS Deneba Authorized Service Bureau program in full swing; Colada 2.0 available for free download Seybold NY Publishing '98, March 17, 1998 -- In keeping with Seybold Publishing Seminars' dual print and web focus, Deneba Software announced the expansion of the Deneba Authorized Service Bureau (DASB) program and the availability of the latest version of Colada, the Java-based web publishing tool for Canvas. Deneba has publicized the membership benefits of the DASB program on its web site (www.deneba.com) and through outreach programs for the past several months. In that time, service bureaus have been applying steadily, with new companies qualifying every day. The constant stream of new...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For press information, contact: To join the VRMLConsortium, contact: Josephine Mong Deepak Kamlani Horizon Communications Interprise Ventures 408-969-4888 x103 510-277-8110 jmong@horizonpr.com dkamlani@inventures.com http://www.horizonpr.com http://www.vrml.org VRML Consortium Charts Roadmap for VRML Standard Consortium forms Executive Committee to lead VRML marketing and specification strategies San Ramon, CA - March 12, 1998 - The VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) Consortium today revealed a technology roadmap for the VRML specification designed to drive the continued growth of 3D on the Internet. The Consortium has also elected a new Executive Committee which will form Task Groups within the Consortium to lead the marketing and specification initiatives outlined in the roadmap. Core roadmap issues that will be addressed by Consortium Task Groups include: * Use of VRML as a lightweight, integrated media format for page animation * Improved...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Barb Heffner or Cecile Roux Rich Scheffer C.H.E.N. PR, Inc. Fort Software, Inc. (781) 466-8282 (510) 869-3422 bheffner@chenpr.com or croux@chenpr.com Fort Software Announces Support for Mac OS 8.1 OAKLAND, Calif., March 11, 1998 -- Fort Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRTE) today announced that the latest version of the Fort Application Environment(TM) provides full development and deployment support for Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS 8.1. With the support of Mac OS 8.1, Macintosh developers using Fort(R) can create mission-critical distributed applications that can scale to thousands of concurrent users. Fort, the industry's leading suite of object-oriented tools for building enterprise networked applications, supports JavaBeans, IIOP, CORBA and a number of open technologies to let customers take advantage of all their hardware and software assets. "Mac OS 8.1 improves on Apple's most successful software release to date - Mac OS 8 - which has...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 1998 Media contact: Eric Bickford, President Web Broadcasting Corp. http://webfm.com/ eric@webfm.com (650)329-9676 WEB BROADCASTING SHIPS 100% JAVA-FREE WEB FM 4.0 FOR FILEMAKER PRO MAJOR NEW VERSION ADDS SUPPORT FOR EASY-TO-USE, INTERNET STANDARD TEMPLATE FILES WITH NO NEED TO LEARN YET ANOTHER MARKUP LANGUAGE "JUST SAY NO" TO CONFUSING, INCOMPATIBLE, PROPRIETARY MARKUP [/TAGS] Internet World, Los Angeles CA -- March 12, 1998 -- Web Broadcasting Corporation today announces the release of WEB FM 4.0. WEB FM 4.0 is a plug-in to popular Mac OS web servers such as WebSTAR, Quid Pro Quo, WebTEN, and AppleShare IP that enables FileMaker Pro developers to quickly and easily build wicked fast, truly dynamic and interactive online database applications for the World Wide Web or corporate Intranet. WEB FM's extensive feature list mirrors that of FileMaker Pro 4.0 for Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.1 and Mac OS from FileMaker Inc. It fully supports...

EMBARGO UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1998 Contact: Sandra Schneible, 781-687-0700, sandra@barebones.com BBEDIT NOW AVAILABLE VIA ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION FROM SOFTWARE.NET -New resale agreement means customers can get BBEdit anytime, anywhere Bedford, MA--March 12, 1998--Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced their entry into the electronic distribution (ESD) channel. BBEdit, the company's award-winning text and HTML editor, is now available for purchase and download through Software.net. BBEdit is listed in the Web Authoring Tools section of the Internet Center. "We are continually looking for better ways to get our products into the hands of our customers," said Rich Siegel, founder, president & CEO. "We've wanted to do electronic delivery for a long time, and we believe that Software.net offers the best way for us to accomplish that goal." Bare Bones Software anticipates electronic delivery of its products will be an effective supplement to its relationships with traditional...

Apple and Microsoft to Unify Java Technologies for the Macintosh Will Work Together to Ease Developer Access to Native Mac OS Services; Improvements in Java Performance, Robustness Expected in Future Java Virtual Machine CUPERTINO, Calif., and REDMOND, Wash., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to converge their Java technologies for the Macintosh(R) to create a single Java virtual machine (VM) for the Mac(R) OS. The unified VM will be based on Apple's Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) and will incorporate a variety of Microsoft(R) technologies for Java. Currently, both companies offer Java VMs for the Mac OS. The companies' cooperation on Java technology promises to advance the performance, robustness and functionality of Java support for the Macintosh and promote greater consistency for Java implementations across Apple(R) Macintosh and Microsoft Windows(R) operating system-based computers. As part of the plans, Microsoft expects to...

For Immediate Release MACROMEDIA INTRODUCES FIREWORKS Next-Generation Tool Provides the First Unified Environment for Creating and Producing Web Graphics San Francisco, Calif -- March 10, 1998 -- Macromedia (NASDAQ: MACR) today introduced Fireworks, the first production tool to provide a unified environment for creating, optimizing and producing high-quality graphics for the Web. Engineered from the ground up to address the needs of professional Web designers, the new tool incorporates such advanced features as a visual export preview, complete control over compression and color palettes, automatic generation of button states and JavaScript rollovers, as well as text and effects which are editable all the time. Fireworks allows designers to create the most compact graphics and GIF animations in the fewest steps. "Fireworks inaugurates a new category of Web graphics production tools," said Norm Meyrowitz, executive vice president and chief technical officer at Macromedia. "Just as...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jesse Odell The Ford Odell Group 707/570-2262 jesse@fordodell.com NeoLogic Expands Management Team: Surinder Brar Joins Company as Vice President of Marketing and Sales BERKELEY, CA - March 9 , 1998 - NeoLogic Systems today announced that Surinder Brar has joined the company as its vice president of marketing and sales. Mr. Brar will manage all sales and marketing activity for the company, including strategic planning, product positioning, business development and channel sales. "We're very excited to expand our organization to include someone with Surinder's background," said Bob Krause, NeoLogic president and founder. "His experience with both enterprise level application vendors and database tools suppliers ideally suits our focus on component level database architectures." Mr. Brar brings more than twenty years of industry experience to the NeoLogic management team. He served as vice president of marketing and sales for WordTech Systems, until the...

Funnel Web Professional Corporate Level Web Profiling and Internet Tracking Carlton, Victoria, Australia - March 9th, 1998 - Active Concepts today announces the release of the first cross platform corporate level web analysis, profiling and Internet tracking tool for the Macintosh, Windows 95/NT and Unix platforms. Funnel Web Professional makes it simple for any business to profile web site usage with the speed, accuracy and ease that Funnel Web is known for. Designed for large sites Funnel Web Professional can handle high server loads, up to 20 million hits per log and can provide realtime updates of server traffic. Ideal for marketing departments targeting their advertising dollars Funnel Web Professional allows you to identify the origin of each client, last site visited and the keywords and search engines used to locate your site on the Internet. A major feature of Funnel Web Professional is the ability for any corporation or small business to monitor staff web usage anywhere on...

From: lnjordan (lnjordan@sprynet.com) I have just posted the March 98 issue of the directory. I wish to thank the Mac community for their support. The new directory has approximately 30 new pages of listings. With approximately 20,000 developers world wide, I know that I am only scratching the surface. If we work together we can make this to be a very comprehensive listing of Mac software. So keep sending in the listings, pass the word and post the directory anywhere you can. You can download it at http://members.aol.com/lnjordan/index.html Remember it's free and the listings are free. Lem

Fog City Software Ships LetterRip Pro for Mac OS "Fast and easy" way to run mailing lists and send large mailings is now available Capitola, Calif., March 5, 1998 -- Fog City Software has announced the immediate availability of LetterRip Pro 3.0 for Mac OS, the newest version of its mailing list server. Now with increased power and flexibility, LetterRip Pro's price is only $395. A special introductory price of $295 is available through March 1998. Already acclaimed by users as "the fastest and easiest" way of running mailing lists and sending large volumes of email through the Internet, LetterRip Pro is the ideal solution for individuals, small businesses, corporations, and ISPs that need to run a mailing list server without the fuss that often accompanies such servers. LetterRip Pro's unusual combination of ease-of-use and stunning performance makes it easy to get mailing lists and announcement lists up and running. * New Features LetterRip Pro adds over 50 new features. Some of the...

SiteWarrior 1.2 Ties with BBEdit February 28, 1997 -- ProVUE Development is now shipping SiteWarrior version 1.2, the latest version of its revolutionary program for authoring and managing medium to large web sites. SiteWarrior 1.2 provides tight integration with BBEdit, the most popular HTML editor on the Macintosh. Now BBEdit users can continue using their favorite editor while taking advantage of SiteWarrior's ability to automate tedious tasks like building tables, catalogs, tables of contents, navigation banners, links to neighboring pages, JavaScript arrays and other repetitive elements within a web site. As with previous versions of SiteWarrior, all pages in the entire web site are stored in a single powerful database so that all structures and links can be updated automatically as pages are added, renamed, or deleted. Pages may be edited within SiteWarrior, or with a single click, opened in BBEdit. SiteWarrior automatically tracks which pages are opened in BBEdit, and transfers...

INTRODUCING CONIX 3D EXPLORER - 3D GRAPHICS FOR EVERY MATHEMATICA USER! San Luis Obispo, CA March 2, 1988. Conix Enterpises, Inc. adds 3D functionality to another Apple application. Mathematica, a product of Wolfram Research, is the number one mathematical tool on the Macintosh platform. Conix 3D Explorer gives Mathematica users enhanced 3D abilities with their stunning graphics, ease of use and OpenGL capabilities. Conix has been providing OpenGL to the Macintosh community for nearly two years. They bring their considerable knowledge of 3D graphics to this plugin for Mathematica. 3D Explorer - the interactive graphics solution for Mathematica. With a single command 3D Explorer brings your Mathematica graphics to life in an interactive OpenGL window, providing advanced rendering capabilities previously reserved for high-end rendering systems. 3D Explorer's options take your Mathematica graphics to a new level with smooth shading, texture mapping, anti-aliasing, transparency, fog,...