REALbasic News by Seth Willits October 26, 2005

Integer Plugin 1.3
Version 1.3 of my Integer Plugin adds functions to convert REALbasic integers and doubles into strings without truncation. They are:

Str(x As Integer) As String
Str2(x As Integer) As String (identical to first function)
Str2(x As Double) As String

Note that the first function overloads REALbasic's Str function, which is:

Str(x As Double) As String

If you give an integer argument to this function, it is converted to a double and then converted into a string. This sometimes gives an undesired output.

Str2 with a Double argument will yield a string which can carry up to 16 significant figures of accuracy. I think that it will usually give a desired output.

Integer Plugin for REALbasic 5 and higher allows you to construct programs which can handle unsigned 64-bit, signed 64-bit, and unsigned 32-bit integers. You can use the arithmetic operators +, -, *, / with these numbers. And they can interact with REALbasic integers.

Freeware.

Download page:
http://homepage.mac.com/delaneyrm/IntegerPlugin.html

LecShare Now Shipping - Making PowerPoint Presentations Accessible to Everyone
Clayton, NC (October 23, 2005) - LecShare, Inc. (http://www.lecshare.com) announces the release of LecShare 1.0 for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. LecShare converts Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into web pages that meet Federal disability requirements and into Microsoft Word documents for easy distribution. LecShare is made with REALbasic from REAL Software, Inc.

Accessible Web Pages from Microsoft PowerPoint

LecShare allows users to easily enter accessibility information necessary to create web pages from Microsoft PowerPoint that meet Section 508 standards and WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). LecShare creates standards compliant XHTML and CSS which is compatible with virtually any web browser.

Microsoft Word Documents from Microsoft PowerPoint

LecShare also creates Microsoft Word documents containing images of all the slides from a PowerPoint presentation. The Word document can be used by the audience to take notes directly on their laptops. People can now keep the slides and their notes together right on their computers.

Price

Individual licenses may be purchased online for $39.

Higher Education Site Licenses, which allow an unlimited number of installations, cost $0.10 per full time enrolled student, both graduate and undergraduate. The FTE is rounded to the nearest hundred. There is a $400 minimum on Higher Education Site Licenses.

For more information and to download a free trial visit our website at http://www.lecshare.com.

Editable Rows within Realbasic 5.5.5
Balance-Infosystems has developed a method of enabling editable rows with RealBasic 5.5.5.
This means you can use most normal controls, like Editfields, Popupmenus, Little Arrows
within a row similiar to Filemaker's list view, or MS Accesses row view.

http://balance-infosystems.com/products/balanced/editableRowsWithinRealBasic555.html

Keith Hutchison
http://balance-infosystems.com http://realopen.org

SortLibrary 2.2 is now available from a website near you.
Almost all of the code was rewritten to take advantage of REALbasic 2005 language additions, and so this version requires REALbasic 2005.

ArraySorter now has methods Sort, InsertionSort, IntroSort, MergeSort, that sort a range of elements in an array.
The various exception classes have been replaced by a single SortLibraryException class. Should you encounter an instance of one, check the Message property. Precondition failures are your fault; any other errors are mine.
The partition code in QuickSort and IntroSort has been rewritten, improving performance in some common cases.
The InsertionSort code was tweaked to improve its style rating.
The sortdown code in HeapSort was rewritten, yielding a substantial performance gain.
The ArraySorter.ExceptionRaised event has been removed.
Introsort now does not cause crashes when called on an empty array in some flavors of Windows. Thanks to Chris Little for catching it.
A second window containing some validation tests has been added to the project.

Download it from http://www.declareSub.com/>.

Spell Check Utilities 2.0 SDK is now available for download.
Spell check utilities (SCU) is a professional level cross platform
spell checking plugin SDK for REALbasic. The SCU SDK is built upon
Wintertree Software's Sentry Spelling Checker Engine Source SDK
(SSC Engine). The SSC Engine is a very fast and powerful
professional spell checking engine. It has many features and
benefits. See the following URL for general information about the
SSC Engine.

http://www.wintertree-software.com/

See the following URL for more specific information on the SSC
Engine SDK.

http://www.wintertree-software.com/dev/ssce/sourcesdk.html

The SCU SDK provides the glue code needed (in the form of a
plugin) to bring the SSC Engine functionality into the REALbasic
environment. When compiled, SCU SDK will build a plugin for Mac OS
X and Windows.

System Requirements:

- Wintertree Software Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine Source SDK
(purchased separately)
- CodeWarrior 8.3

Price:

$299.00

Download:

http://www.truenorthsoftware.com/SCU/SpellCheckUtilities.html

HongYu Space Technology Releases Shen Zhou 6 Game Demo
Game being developed with Pyramid Design's A-OK! Spacecraft Simulation System

LINWOOD, New Jersey (Tuesday, October 18, 2005) - HougYu Space Technology, released screenshots and a demo movie on October 12, 2005, the same day as the successful launch of the actual Shen Zhou 6 manned spacecraft. The Shen Zhou 6 game is being developed using and in parallel with Pyramid Design's A-OK! Spacecraft Simulation System.

HongYu released the demo movie on Sina.Com, China's largest news web site. Currently, the game simulates the launch phase of the mission, allowing users to run monitor operations executed automatically, or perform all tasks manually.

The demo movie and screenshots can be found on Pyramid Design's A-OK! web site:

http://www.pyramiddesign.us/aok/shenzhou

A-OK! Spacecraft Simulation System is currently scheduled for a summer, 2006 release. No release date has been set for the Shen Zhou 6 game.

"This is a great milestone for both products." states Joe Nastasi, president of Pyramid Design. "A large portion of the A-OK! Spacecraft Simulation System architecture is now developed and running. HungYu's Shen Zhou 6 demo is a great demonstration of our progress."

About AOK!
AOK! Spacecraft Simulation System is a cross-platform engine for developing world-class space simulators for use in commercial and consumer environments, including kiosks, museums, and amusement park simulation rides. A-OK! Spacecraft Simulation System is developed using REALbasic and OpenGL.

About Pyramid Design
Pyramid Design is a professional software development firm that specializes in application development and consultation. The company also offers A-OK! The Wings of Mercury and FTP Suite for REALbasic. The company is located in Linwood, NJ, USA, and can be contacted at: aok.pyramiddesign.us.

About HongYu Space Technology Co., Ltd.
HongYu Space Technology Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology. HongYu is very strong in space-related simulation and satellite applications. It is also one of the key IBM BlueEx service providers in China. HongYu is involved with the Shen Zhou manned spacecraft program.

Contact:
Pyramid Design
505 Hamilton Ave., Suite 207
Linwood, NJ 08221
609 601-0814 609 601-0815 Fax
aok@pyramiddesign.us

Easy to use FTP socket for REALBasic
YUBA CITY, CA (October 18, 2005) - Bains Software today announced the release of FTPKit v1.1, a set of REALBasic classes that implement the FTP protocol.

FTPKit adds a full-featured FTP socket class to REALBasic. The package automatically parses FTP listings, allows for directory downloads and uploads, changing file permissions, custom commands, and features a powerful queue system.

This version fixes bugs and adds support for the latest release of REALBasic 2005.

A hobbyist/shareware license can be purchased for $30, and a professional license is available for $75.

Website:
http://www.bainsware.com

Direct Download:
http://www.bainsware.com/downloads/ftpkit.zip

Purchase:
http://www.bainsware.com/buy/

Redlien Systems releases Web Data Entry
Nowalk, CT, USA (October 17, 2005) - Redlien Systems (www.redlien.com) is pleased to announce a public beta of its new Web Data Entry module for Redlien Account Executive. This new module allows users of Redlien Account Executive to create custom web forms to capture online contact data and then access, manipulate and report on that data using Redlien Account Executive. Finally, Redlien Systems has also released an upgrade to its popular Mac OS X CRM application, Redlien Account Executive, which fixes various minor and major bugs while improving some key functionality. Both Redlien Account Executive 1.5.1 and Redlien Account Executive Web Data Entry is available for immediate download from www.redlien.com/download.html. Redlien Account Executive 1.5.1 is a free updated for existing users of 1.5.0. Both Redlien Account Executive and Web Data Entry module were developed in REALbasic from Real Software.

Redlien Account Executive v1.5.1 is available now for $129.99 through the Redlien Systems website at http://www.redlien.com. In addition, users may upgrade from previous versions of Redlien Account Executive for $29.99 and Redlien Systems is offering a competitive upgrade program of $79.99 for qualifying products. A fully functional 20 day time-limited demo may also be downloaded from http://ww.redlien.com.

Windows Functionality Suite 2.0
You may have previously heard of this project as the Win32 Declare Library. The main reason for the name change was because the name was misleading. While this project does rely on declares to implement the functionality it provides, it is not a wrapper around declares -- you do not need to know any of the Win32 APIs to use this library. It's a set of completed functionality that you can drop into any project and start using. So that's why the name of the project has changed.

The Windows Functionality Suite is a set of REALbasic classes and modules that provide convenient access to things that are not included in the framework already. It is an on-going open source project that includes many different pieces of Windows-specific functionality for your application. It is provided free of charge and includes a rich feature set including:

* System Parameters, Colors and Metrics
* OS Version and Process Information
* Service Support
* System Colors
* Registry Helpers
* High Performance Counters
* Locale Information
* Cryptography
* Plug and Play Notifications
* StatusBar Control
* TreeView Control
* Date/Time and Calendar Controls
* Extended ToolTip Support
* Window and FolderItem Extensions
* And Much More!

This project is provided free of charge and is in no way associated with
REAL Software. If you run into problems or questions, you can email me
at aaron@realsoftware.com. When I get the chance, I'll respond.

You're welcome to use the code in your own projects. All I ask is that
if you add anything to the code base you send your changes to me so I
can incorporate them into the project.

http://www.aaronballman.com/programming/REALbasic/Win32FunctionalitySuite.php

What's new in this version:

This release was essentially a bug fixing release which fixes a reserved word collision introduced in REALbasic 2005r3. In r3, "Continue" became a reserved word -- so the Service.Continue method would no longer compile. So in WFS 2.2, Service.Continue was renamed to be Service.Resume. You will have to update any code which uses this feature.

See the version history for a complete listing of changes for version 2.2.

Enjoy! If you would like to submit any features for inclusion, please
contact me so I can add them. Also, if you have any ideas for things
that are missing, or improvements to be made -- drop me a line!

Monkey in the middle!!!