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FOR MAC OS DEVELOPERS [1] Mac OS Technical Notes [2] New Mac OS Listings in the Tech Info Library [3] Technical Q&As Published This Week [4] Mac OS Tool News: FileMaker, Script Software, Bowers Development
FOR RHAPSODY DEVELOPERS [5] Rhapsody Administration Mail List [6] Rhapsody Tool News: Omni Development
FOR QUICKTIME DEVELOPERS [7] QuickTime Tool News: SpriteWorld, Dragonfly Digital Design, Microspot
FOR JAVA DEVELOPERS [8] MRJ SDK 2.0.1 Early Access 4 Posted [9] Java Tool News: Nacimiento Software, GenieWorks
FOR WEBOBJECTS DEVELOPERS [10] A Web Site for WebObjects Developers [11] Webmaster Tool News: Maxum, Morph Technologies, Elemental Software, EveryWare Development [12] FileMaker Tool News: Web Broadcasting, Web FM
HARDWARE NEWS [13] Mossberg Sees Greatness in PowerBook G3 [14] New Hardware Listings in the Tech Info Library [15] Third-Party Upgrade Cards
EVENTS [16] Booth Space at MACWORLD Expo Pavilions, July 8-10 [17] Developer Conference Recordings Available
COOL STUFF [18] How to Set Up a RAID System [19] A Test Site for Pascal Programmers [20] The MACWORLD Expo Party List
---------------------------------------- FOR MAC OS DEVELOPERS ---------------------------------------- [1] Mac OS Technical Notes
Technical Notes provide you with the latest technical documentation on Apple technologies and system updates, fixes to Inside Macintosh, and programming tips. <http://developer.apple.com/technotes/>
TN 1131: Creating Desktop Printers on the Fly TN 1132: Version Territory (Update to OV 12)
---------------------------------------- [2] New Mac OS Listings in the Tech Info Library
Apple's Technical Information Library (TIL) is a central listing of product information, technical specifications, and troubleshooting tips for Apple products. <http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/Changes>
Apple Network Utility for NDS: Frequently Asked Questions (#22191) <http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n22191>
Apple Menu Options: Clients Freeze when Connecting to Server (#32027) <http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n32027>
Copying or Saving PostScript Files to an Xinet Server (#22187) <http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/22187>
---------------------------------------- [3] Technical Q&As Published This Week
Technical Q&As provide you with the latest information on new Apple technologies, as well as programming tips, code snippets, and FAQs by Apple's technical support engineers. <http://developer.apple.com/qa/>
NW 09: Determining if a Volume is a Network Volume
---------------------------------------- [4] Mac OS Tool News: FileMaker, Script Software, Bowers Development
FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition from FileMaker, Inc., a database development tool kit for professional database developers, is now available from authorized resellers for an estimated retail price of US$ 499 (in the U.S. only). For more information, or to place an order, call 1-800-544-8554. <http://www.filemaker.com>
CopyPaste 4.2.1 is a shareware utility that improves upon the Mac OS clipboard, allowing you to easily cut and paste up to 100 items using the CopyPaste menu, key command, or palette (which displays all 100 clipboards). The CopyPaste palette allows drag-and-drop and other useful operations between the 100 clipboards and applications. (It was named MacUser Utility of the Year in 1996 and Shareware Junkies Mac Program of the Year in 1997.) Version 4.2.1 also includes a few other new features and minor bug fixes. <http://www.scriptsoftware.com>
AppMaker's view editor and simulator now fully support Apple's Appearance Manager. Release #10 supports more kinds of controls and more options, such as bevel buttons; left and right icon buttons; clock controls; password fields; and Apple's Tab Panels. <http://members.aol.com/bowersdev/>
---------------------------------------- FOR RHAPSODY DEVELOPERS ---------------------------------------- [5] Rhapsody Administration Mail List
The Rhapsody Administration mailing list, run by Omni Development, is a forum for discussing the installation, configuration, and administration of Rhapsody systems.
---------------------------------------- [6] Rhapsody Tool News: Omni Development
The OmniWeb 3.0 Beta 7 release is now available. This version of this web browser now supports Rhapsody Developer Release 2 on PowerPC and Intel, as well as OPENSTEP/Mach 4.2 on Intel, SPARC, and NeXT hardware. The new release also fixes many bugs, and adds some features such as initial Java and Flash support, and a QuickTime downloader. <http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/OmniWeb/3/>
---------------------------------------- FOR QUICKTIME DEVELOPERS ---------------------------------------- [7] QuickTime Tool News: SpriteWorld, Dragonfly Digital Design, Microspot
SpriteWorld 2.1 is a free update to the SpriteWorld animation library. It boasts an impressive list of new features, demos, and bug fixes. Using the SpriteWorld library, Mac OS game programmers can, for example, easily produce complex sprite-based animation effects with high frame rates, smooth overlapping, pixel-precise collision detection, an unlimited size and number of sprites, optional scrolling and tiled backgrounds, and more. <http://users.aol.com/spritewld2/>
Dragonfly Digital Design has released a new beta version of FrameBlenderQT 1.0b3 for the Macintosh. FrameBlender products use oversampling to increase the quality of still images captured with video equipment. FrameBlenderQT is a QuickTime Movie Export component that can be used with Apple's MoviePlayer or any program that supports QuickTime export components. <http://www.dragonflydigital.com/software/>
Microspot is now offering developers who join their Microspot 3D World Developer Partner Program access to 3D World 3.0, a completely modular 3D modeling and animation application. Through this program, a developer may license code which is based on Microspot's 3D World 3.0, due for release in July 1998. <http://www.microspot.com/>
---------------------------------------- FOR JAVA DEVELOPERS ---------------------------------------- [8] MRJ SDK 2.0.1 Early Access 4 Posted
The MRJ Software Development Kit (SDK) is a set of Java development tools for use with the Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ), Apple's Java execution environment. New in MRJ SDK 2.0.1 Early Access 4 (EA4) are updated versions of the Sun JDK Tools and JBindery. JBbindery's user interface has been simplified, making it easier to package stand-alone applications. Also included in this release is a set of MPW scripts and an MPW tool that gives access to some of the JDK tools. A JManager 2.0 code example called SimpleRunner, derived from the Apple Applet Runner, is also included.
AppletVIEW Toolkit 1.0 from Nacimiento Software Corporation provides engineers and software developers with an easy way to interact with instrumentation systems over the Internet using Java. Using the AppletVIEW Toolkit, engineers and scientists can create Java applets as "virtual front panels" to existing instrumentation systems. <http://nacimiento.com/appletview>
SpotCheck 1.1 is a Java editor designed to help Java programmers produce correct code without relying on confusing and untimely feedback from a compiler. SpotCheck immediately identifies syntax and semantic errors normally returned by a compiler. You only need to compile to produce executable code. <http://www.genieworks.com/>
---------------------------------------- FOR WEBOBJECTS DEVELOPERS ---------------------------------------- [10] A Web Site for WebObjects Developers
WWW.WOSOURCE.COM is an independent web site devoted to providing resources to developers using WebObjects, Apple's enterprise web application development platform. This web site, a collaborative effort of the WebObjects developer community, includes WebObjects news, FAQs, feature articles, freeware, and technical reference materials.
Maxum Development Corporation is shipping version 2.1 of Phantom, a web crawler and search engine. This maintenance upgrade includes improvements such as indexing, customization, and enhanced reliability. Users can download a fully functional demo version from Maxum's web site. <http://www.maxum.com/>
The first development version of NetCloak 3.0d2 now includes both NetCloak and NetForms products. Maxum is releasing this early development version in order to get feedback from key users as soon as possible. <http://www.maxum.com/netcloak/ncdev/>
DynaMorph 1.7 from Morph Technologies adds the ability to validate and authorize credit cards using CyberCash's Internet merchant solution, and interact with Netscape's LDAP server software. <http://www.morphtech.com/>
Drumbeat 2.0 from Elemental Software offers web site designers point-and-click tools for building visually engaging, database-driven web sites without having to manually write code. <http://www.drumbeat.com>
Tango Enterprise 3.1 from EveryWare Development offers an enhanced visual drag-and-drop environment for rapid web application development. With over 50 new features, Tango now supports server-side Java integration, projects for grouping application files, and enhancement of the programmatic constructs supported by Tango. <http://www.everyware.com>
---------------------------------------- [12] FileMaker Tool News: Web Broadcasting, Web FM
Web Broadcasting is now shipping the WEB FM 4.0 Solutions Distribution Kit (SDK) for use with FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition. WEB FM includes easy-to-use, Internet-standard template files with context-sensitive [field name] token support. It also supports virtual hosts, add-on processors, and enhanced record-level security. <http://webfm.com/>
FM@iler 1.1 from Web FM is a software suite consisting of an e-mail logging AppleScript for Emailer 2.0, a backend database application powered by the FileMaker Pro 3.0 runtime database engine, and a web server plug-in that provides a searchable web browser interface to archived email messages on W*API-compatible Mac OS web servers. It is a useful tool for listmasters or webmasters who quickly need to automate the archival of online discussion mailing lists with a searchable web browser interface. <http://macweb.com/fmailer/>
---------------------------------------- HARDWARE NEWS ---------------------------------------- [13] Mossberg Sees Greatness in PowerBook G3
"Apple has introduced an elegant new model that evokes the company's great past," says Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walter Mossberg, reviewing the PowerBook G3 on his PowerBook G3.
Mactell's new PowerJolt G3 processor upgrade cards provide increased bus efficiencies and performance. Mactell's optimized new design is optimized to handle handles speeds up to 500 MHz and bus speeds in excess of 50 MHz.
Mactell's new Ticket to Ride video graphic acceleration card, Mactell Vision3D PRO II lite, maximizes video graphic capabilities for 3-D, 2-D and video desktop applications offering unparalleled graphic precision to Mac OS systems.
<http://www.mactell.com>
Sonnet Technologies is now shipping three new models of PowerPC G3 (750) processor upgrade cards for first generation Power Macintosh Computers. Crescendo G3 upgrade cards for Power Macintosh 6100, 7100, 8100, and Performa 611x systems provide more than eight times the performance of the PowerPC 601 processors originally installed in these systems. <http://www.sonnettech.com>
---------------------------------------- EVENTS ---------------------------------------- [16] Booth Space at MACWORLD Expo Pavilions, July 8-10
Apple is cosponsoring three MACWORLD Expo Pavilions this year as a way for developers to inexpensively promote their products to show attendees. There are three pavilions scheduled at the New York City venue: Education, Digital Media Studio (for QuickTime developers and solution providers), and Content@Home (consumer and games software). For more information on exhibiting, contact IDG Expo Management at 1-800-645-3976, or send an e-mail message to <sales@idgexpos.com>.
<http://www.macworldexpo.com/mwny98>
---------------------------------------- [17] Developer Conference Recordings Available
VWTAPES, the official conference-recording company for the 1998 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), offers audio and videotape recordings of all conference tracks from the conference. Tapes may be purchased online through the VWTAPES web site or by phone. A RealVideo/Audio clip of Steve Jobs's keynote speech is also available for free downloading from their "Keynotes" web page. <http://www.vwtapes.com> From the U.S.: 1-888-898-2737 From other countries: 1-213-654-0518
---------------------------------------- COOL STUFF ---------------------------------------- [18] How to Set Up a RAID System
The Insanely Great Mac web site just posted an informative article by Michael Flaminio on how to set up a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) system on a Macintosh computer.
<http://www.insanely-great.com/reviews/raid.html>
---------------------------------------- [19] A Test Site for Pascal Programmers
Beta Test Central is a web site that allows Pascal programmers to submit their beta applications for testing by other Pascal programmers visiting the site. If you have an application written in Pascal (or partially written in Pascal), and are looking for beta testers, feel free to add your application to Beta Test Central.
<http://pascal-central.com>
---------------------------------------- [20] The MACWORLD Expo Party List
Macintosh consultant and writer Ilene Hoffman is once again running the Hess Memorial MACWORLD Events/Party list. Her web site lists most party and press function scheduled during MACWORLD Expo New York, July 7 through 10. Please e-mail any scheduled events or press conferences to <mailto:ileneh@mediaone.net> or use the Event Submission Form on the site.
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