IPTC Expander: Extract objects from IPTC documents J2S, a software company specialized in multimedia and asset-management developments, announces the release of IPTC Expander. IPTC Expander is a Mac OS software programme designed to extract the object encapsulated in an IPTC file so that it can then be opened by a standard application (The IPTC file format is the standard used in the press industry sector for exchanging information). IPTC Expander can also be asked to insert the textual information extracted from the IPTC fields into the data stream of the graphic file so that it can be seen in Photoshop for example. As yet, this option can only be used with IPTC documents containing a JPEG file. If you would like this option to support other file formats (e.g. TIFF, native Photoshop, etc.) or if you need a Windows version of IPTC Expander, please contact J2S at contact@j2s.net. IPTC Expander has been priced at 100 Euros excl. V.A.T. (approx. $100). The application requires Mac OS 8.5...

Developer Activities at QuickTime Live! There are several activities of interest to developers at the second annual QuickTime Live! conference hosted by Apple, October 9-12 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Apple recently announced the agenda for the DEVELOP track. The sessions are taking a unique approach to informing the QuickTime developer community. Instead of the traditional talking head/lecture format, the Develop track offers roundtable discussions populated by members of the QuickTime engineering team, code development assistance, feedback forums and hands-on training classes. The conference provides developers unique access to the QuickTime engineers. The session lineup is as follows: Technical Update: QuickTime Client Technologies Technical Update: QuickTime Server Technologies Introduction to QuickTime Programming (Limited seating) Hands-On Developer Assistance with QT Engineering Team Engineering Feedback Forum Streaming Roundtable Discussion Group QuickTime VR Developer...

TRI-EDRE's Tri-BACKUP 2.1 Helps REALbasic Developers Secure Their Work TRI-BACKUP 2.1 SPECIAL EDITION FREE FOR NEW AND UPGRADE CUSTOMERS OF REALBASIC 2.1.2. August 29, 2000 - REAL Software of Austin, Texas, and developer TRI-EDRE announce a special offer for all REALbasic users. Customers will receive a free license to Tri-BACKUP Special Edition, TRI-EDRE's file and folder back up and folder synchronization solution for Macintosh. An easy-to-use backup utility, Tri-BACKUP will automatically create mirror and incremental backups of files and folders. The bundle version is available as a free download to all REALbasic 2.1.2 customers. "TRI-EDRE and REAL Software, Inc. have teamed up to give something back to our users to show our appreciation for their support," said Geoff Perlman, President and CEO of REAL Software, Inc., "this gives them one less thing to worry about by automatically backing up their REALbasic projects." REALbasic 2.1.2 is available for US$149.95 for the Standard...

Switzerland--August 29th, 2000--Blue Line Studios today announced the release of TextBroom 3.0 for Macintosh. The application helps you processing text effortlessly providing smart search & replace functions. "TextBroom is truly indispensable for people who often have to deal with nightmarish text files," Daniel C. Kueng, president of Blue Line Studios, said, "one of those sophisticated helpers that make life so much easier." The trial version can be used for 24 times; it can be unlocked to the full version by registering for US$20.00. Fixes and additions with regard to the old version 2.5 include: - Texts exceeding the 32KB limit could not be displayed. This limit exists no longer. - An Undo/Redo function has been implemented. - The app can now display hidden characters (e. g. spaces, tabs, and returns). - The function "Remove Duplicates from list" has been accelerated by factor 50. In addition, any custom cell delimiter can be specified. - The app is now able to run from a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Major update to Macintosh link checker Germany, 29 August 2000 - Voget Selbach Enterprises (VSE) announced today a major update to their link checker application VSE Link Tester 3.0. VSE Link Tester is a tool which allows Macintosh users to ensure that their web site is working without problems so that customers won't run into dead ends on a web site. The application received a host of new features as well as refinements to established capabilities. NEW TO VERSION 3.0: Among the enhancements made in this latest release of VSE Link Tester are: * now tests an unlimited number of links (only limited by disk space) * now supports web sites which require user authentication * now supports cookies that are required by some dynamic sites * now supports HTTP 1.1 * now creates HTML and plain text reports * much faster with large web sites Several improvements to existing features have been made and some minor bugs have been fixed. PRICING VSE Link Tester is available in...

Subject: [ANN] PerformanceMonster 3.0 Released Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:07:23 -0700 From: Steve Abrahamson (steve@asctech.com) Bcc: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ascending Technologies releases PerformanceMonster 3.0 CHICAGO, IL/PALM DESERT, CA - WWW.ASCTECH.COM - August 28, 2000 - Ascending Technologies today released the latest version of its venerable benchmarking utility, PerformanceMonster, now completely redesigned and rewritten for FileMaker Pro 5 for Windows and Mac OS from FileMaker, Inc. PerformanceMonster is available immediately, and can be downloaded from the Ascending Technologies web site. PerformanceMonster is a benchmarking utility for developers, corporate administrators, and consultants to assist them in determining performance gains in their FileMaker Pro 5 systems; the utility can be configured in a number of ways to allow for just about any need. PerformanceMonster can now compare up to ten tests against each other to determine the fastest methods. This is incredibly...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASG Announces Commander Pro 3.1.3 for Macintosh and Windows Huntington Beach, CA - August 28, 2000: Automated Solutions Group today announced Commander 3.1.3 for Macintosh and Windows, an engine for displaying help and/or reference information from Golden Micro Solutions, Ltd. The application doubles as a system to help you manage your clippings, text files, graphic files, and read me files (Pro version only) Commander is used to access reference information stored in separate Command Set files. This information may take the form of Help topics, programming language reference information, tutorial steps and so on. Commander Pro is designed to allow you to relatively easily produce reference and/or index type electronic documents. In many cases, once a user is familiar with your software, he or she will rarely need to refer to the documentation. When they do, using a tool such as Acrobat, or DocMaker to locate the information is usually quite acceptable. However,...

For Immediate Release August 28, 2000 ADOBE AND BLUE WORLD TO DELIVER INTEGRATED SOLUTION FOR WEB DATABASE PUBLISHING Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive 5.0 to Significantly Ease the Process of Building Data-Driven Web Sites Seybold, San Francisco (August 28, 2000) Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Blue World Communications, Inc., today announced an agreement to create a product that will integrate Blue World Lasso Studio and Adobe GoLive 5.0. The new Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive 5.0 will enable efficient creation of dynamic, database-driven Web sites powered by Blue World Lasso Web Data Engine. Blue World will demonstrate a technology preview of Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive 5.0 in the Adobe Partner's Pavilion at this week's Seybold conference in San Francisco. "The robust extensibility environment in Adobe GoLive 5.0 enables us to provide a complete solution for visually authoring database-driven Web sites powered by Lasso Web Data Engine," said Bill Doerrfeld, founder,...

SoundSaVR 2.0 Boasts New Preview Mode and Support for Spherical QTVR Among its Feature Enhancements Squamish, BC, Canada - Squamish Media Group Inc., has released a major upgrade to their popular wired sprite tool which allows the embedding of directional stereo sound in QuickTime VR panoramas. SoundSaVR 2.0 has several new features that distinguish it from earlier versions, including a full preview mode that provides instant feedback and adjustment of sound placement, volume, angle, and other parameters on a node by node basis. SoundSaVR 2.0 supports the new QuickTime 4 features such as MP3 audio and RTSP streams, as well as all sound file formats supported in QT 3 and 4. And in addition to supporting high FOV panoramas to accommodate future versions of QuickTime, SoundSaVR 2.0 now supports the new QuickTime VR file format announced at the Apple WorldWide Developer Conference, which provides support for cubic 360 x 360 degree panoramas "The coolness of spherical panos with...

Subject: [ANN] vServe 1.3 now available From: Aaron Bratcher (aaronbratcher@mac.com) - Added movePrevious and reset (move to first record) commands - Fixed create table bug. Now Valentina ObjectPtr type works e.g.: create table tester (personPtr vObjectPtr(people,kv_setnull)) A demo that quits after 2 hours and has a sample database and client is available at http://abDataTools.com Full Description: Program for REALbasic developers that allows them to share Valentina databases among multiple tcp/ip clients. Allows use of standard SQL commands not normally available with Valentina. (insert, insert ... select, delete, update, create table, drop table) Tested on Macintosh. Demo includes a sample client application and database. Server will quit after 2 hours of use. Full source given with purchase.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ascending Technologies releases ThemeMonster 3.0 CHICAGO, IL/PALM DESERT, CA - WWW.ASCTECH.COM - August 28, 2000 - Ascending Technologies today released ThemeMonster, a visual utility for creating theme files to assist users of FileMaker Pro 5 for Windows and Mac OS from FileMaker, Inc. ThemeMonster is available immediately, and can be downloaded from the Ascending Technologies web site. FileMaker Pro 5 has the ability to use Themes: documents that allow the user to control the visual aspects of color, style, and font choices used in new layouts created in databases. ThemeMonster lets the user make their own Theme files. A "Must Have" for developers and in-house FileMaker managers alike. ThemeMonster allows the corporate customer to easily implement a set of corporate standards for reports, without having to make every user a designer. By creating a set of theme files and distributing those files throughout the organization, everyday users on the network can...

MACROMEDIA FLASH 5 SHIPS New version of professional authoring standard features approachable authoring environment and powerful scripting San Francisco, California -- August 24, 2000 -- Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) today announced the availability of Macromedia Flash 5 software, the professional standard for producing high-impact Web experiences. Macromedia Flash 5 delivers an intuitive, approachable authoring environment to enable both designers and developers to more easily create next-generation Web sites and applications. The reliability and performance of Macromedia Flash has raised the bar for engaging and effective Web experiences. According to a recent NPD study, 92 percent of online users, more than 248 million people, already have the Macromedia Flash Player installed and can experience Macromedia Flash content immediately. Because of the ubiquity of the Macromedia Flash player, global brands such as BMW, Coca-Cola, IBM, and Kodak make extensive use of Macromedia Flash...

Valentina XCMDb2 Released ADDS SPEED IMPROVEMENTS AND CROSS PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITY FOR METACARD August 24, 2000. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software released beta 2 of its Valentina XCMD database product. Valentina XCMD beta 2 adds improvements to increase overall stability and speed for users of the Macintosh database plug-in. In addition, VXCMDb2 also introduces a cross-platform solution for users of MetaCard Corporation's MetaCard development tool for Macintosh and Windows. Valentina XCMD works with any Macintosh "card" scripting tool, including Apple's HyperCard, IncWell SuperCard, and MetaCard. Third parties have also created a special wrapper for using Valentina XCMD with Userland's Frontier web scripting tool. Valentina XCMD is based on the Valentina database kernel, an ultra-fast database solution for software developers. Valentina solutions are available for REAL Software's REALbasic, Macromedia Director, Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Microsoft C++ and Purity Software's WebSiphon...

MACRESQ INDUSTRIES, INC AND MACWORKS, LLC ANNOUNCE MERGER AGREEMENT Concord, CA and Overland Park, KS -- August 23, 2000 -- MacResQ Industries, Inc. and MacWorks, LLC announced today that they have agreed to merge their companies. The combination will create a diversified technology company that will continue to offer its core products and services to customers worldwide, while at the same time beginning an aggressive expansion plan to offer new products and services to both existing and new customers. The combined company, which will operate under the name eResQ, will have facilities in both Concord, California and Overland Park, Kansas. eResQ will consolidate its sales and marketing efforts at its California location and move all inventory and product distribution to its facilities in Overland Park, Kansas. Upon completion of the merger, which is expected by October 2000, Jim Harris, MacWorks' Chief Executive Officer will be Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of eResQ. Chris...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2000 -- Now there's a way to edit video from VHS or 8mm tapes on your Macintosh or Windows computer. For under $300, this easy-to-use product allows you to edit material without having to purchase a new DV camcorder. DV camcorder owners can use Director's Cut to edit their existing analog archives. Apple's Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations, Clent Richardson, believes that PowerR's new product facilitates Apple's plan to lead the desktop video revolution with its iMovie and Final Cut Pro software. He explained that "Director's Cut delivers a simple and reliable method to use iMovie and Final Cut Pro with analog camcorders or VCRs." Director's Cut easily connects a camcorder, one or two VCRs, a TV monitor, and headphones to the computer. The studio quality device converts composite, S-Video, and stereo audio to and from FireWire (IEEE1394.) Operation is completely automatic. "Director's Cut is a must-have for video professionals and novices...

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 PACE Anti-Piracy Releases Version 2.1 of InterLok for Windows and Macintosh Platforms Updates Provide Extra Security, New Support and Compatibility Features SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - August 22, 2000 -- PACE Anti-Piracy Inc., a leader in the development of anti-piracy systems for software developers, today released version 2.1 of InterLok and InterLok Pro for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The updates add a number of important support and compatibility features, and include a wholly new copy protection architecture for InterLok for Macintosh. Software developers who protect their products with PACE's InterLok system should upgrade to version 2.1 to take advantage of these new features. New Features: InterLok for Macintosh 2.1 Version 2.1 of InterLok for Macintosh contains several new features, the most important of which are: * Fundamental changes to InterLok's architecture have been implemented, making InterLok for Macintosh 2.1...

From: Dr Gerard Hammond (g.hammond@garvan.unsw.edu.au) Subject: UNIX Console v2.6 Released UNIX Console v2.6 Released New features include: -Significantly faster and more useful real-time graphs. -Fixed BSD printing spool bug -Fixed Win32 build so that the main window is visible. -Price rise to $199 USD ===================================== US$199 from MacSOS, Australia Free upgrade for Version 1.0, 2.0 and 2.5 Registered Users Downloadable demo version available from http://www.garvan.unsw.edu.au/gerham/macsos/ ===================================== UNIX Console is a Solaris UNIX system analysis and performance tool for Power Macintosh and Windows 9x/NT computers. It consists of a series of modules that send commands to a remote UNIX server and displays a graphical interpretation of the results. Many modules make an analysis of the commands result set and highlight potential problems and suggest possible options. The modules will never override the current users access permission...

Utility to view and to delete files in the TemporaryFolder 21-8-00. Belle Nuit Montage is pleased to announce TempFolderViewer. Applications create often temporary files which they should delete after you quit them. Well, some applications don't and your hard disk gets filled up. While you can find the temporary files with Sherlock, you cannot view the Temporary Folder (where they are stored) directly, because this folder is invisible. With TempFolderViewer, you can view the files, move them to the trash or another folder or delete them directly. I discovered that i had more than thousand files in the temporaryfolder using about 1GB of my harddisk. TempFolderViewer works on any Macintosh (68020 and better) and Power Macintosh, using system 7.1 or later. TempFolderViewer is freeware. TempFolderViewer has been written with REALbasic. (http://www.belle-nuit.com/tempfolderviewer/) Belle Nuit Montage is a postproduction facility based in Lausanne, Switzerland since 1995. It is mainly...

Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Announces Yours Randomly 1.0.0 Yours Randomly is a signature randomiser for the Eudora email client. The program allows you to create a list of quotes (or general text snippets), and automatically have a random one of these appended to your Eudora email signature file. If you wish, you can update your signature manually at any time, by simply starting up the Yours Randomly application (which will change the signature, then automatically quit). Cron (timer) utilities could be set to perform this task (by automatically starting Yours Randomly) at regular, predefined intervals. Pricing and Licensing Information It's free. Not public domain, but free. Distribute (the complete archive) and use it as you will. Send us an email message if you like it. System Requirements Yours Randomly will run on all Macintosh computers. It requires 1100K of free RAM, and a minimum of System 7.1. Yours Randomly is available for download at http://www.golden.co.nz/GoldenMicro/...

Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Announces Digital Juke 1.0.2 Digital Juke is an MP3 music file player, but one with a very specific purpose -- to act as a jukebox when you're throwing a party. There are many other Macintosh MP3 players available which may be more suited as a personal MP3 player. If what you're looking for is a player for your own (background) use, then you should probably consider using one of those other applications. However, if you like to throw parties, but have been concerned about using your Macintosh as a jukebox to play MP3 files (because of the risks imposed by having numerous people using your computer to select tracks in a relaxed atmosphere), then Digital Juke will hopefully provide the answer. What Does Digital Juke Do That Other Players Dont? Digital Juke has a number of functions not available in other mp3 players: * Export available track lists to a text file, for extra processing before printing. * Can be used in 'full screen' mode, with the menu bar...

From: Ken (ken@ksoft.net) Subject: CPLAT 2.7 released ksoft is pleased to announce the latest version of CPLAT (version 2.7), a low-cost cross-platform framework for MacOS and Windows development. This latest version adds: improvements and bug fixes new classes Carbon Printing Carbon Scrap Carbon Events Misc other Carbon lib improvements Unicode string class (uses CoreFoundation under Carbon) Mac OSX 'icns' (128x128 thumbnail) import / editing / exporting (MacOS 9.0 and above needed for import/export) In addition the CPLAT RADTool adds improved support for importing PowerPlant resources (PPob, text traits, strings, icons, pictures, etc) to aid in porting your PowerPlant application to CPLAT on Windows. CPLAT is an easy-to-use full-featured (not just a thin layer over the underlying OS) modern C++ (STL, exception handling) framework for MacOS development including support for the lastest MacOS technologies including AppearanceManager,...

For immediate release: Electric Fish, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of CWCVS 2.3, a CVS version control plugin for the CodeWarrior IDE. This version includes a new visual difference feature and tests for multiple editors of a binary file. CWCVS is shareware and can be downloaded from the web at: (http://www.electricfish.com/products/CWCVS/Download.html) Electric Fish, Inc. is a small development consultancy based in Seattle, WA.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering releases Troi Dialog Plug-in 2.0 for FileMaker 5 New Plug-in lets you add dynamic dialog functions with icons to FileMaker Pro. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, August 18th, 2000--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of its Troi Dialog Plug-in 2.0, for FileMaker Pro 5 (and 4) both on Mac OS and Windows. What is the Troi Dialog Plug-in? The Troi Dialog Plug-in is a very powerful tool for displaying real dialogs in FileMaker Pro. The text of the dialog and also the buttons can be created dynamically by using a calculation. All from within FileMaker you can: - show dialogs with variable text and up to 4 buttons - show temporary flash screens - show a progress bar for lengthy operations - let a user input text through a dialog - show a list dialog - add a standard icon or your own icons Peter Baanen, company president, states: "Getting ready for the FileMaker Developer Conference 2000 we are proud to release version 2.0 of...

17 August 2000 *VICOMSOFT FTP CLIENT 3.1 - LATEST VERSION - NOW AVAILABLE* Update now to the new version of the top rated FTP Client! With enhanced functionality, improved interface and tighter integration with the latest generation MacOS, the Vicomsoft FTP Client remains a must-have. New features are: - New BookMarks format replaces the ServiceBook to provide extended flexibility and organization. - KeyChain support now allows MacOS 9 to manage your FTP passwords. - Improved contextual menu support. - ISO translation supported for access to FTP servers containing ISO encoded files. - Menus and configuration windows have been reorganized to be even more intuitive. This latest release is a *FREE UPGRADE* for version 3.01 and 3.02 users. Upgrades for users of version 3.0 or older are $5. For more information on the FTP Client, see: (http://www.vicomsoft.com/ftp_client/ftp.client.html) An updater is available for version 3.01 and 3.02 users at: (http://www.vicomsoft.com/support/updaters....