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Issue 7.2

NEWS

News

Issue: 7.2 (January/February 2009)
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http://customsolutionsofmaryland.50megs.com/subpixeldisplay.htm/
http://www.passportphotostudio.com/
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml
http://www.bkeeney.com/products/filesheriff
http://www.rothsoft.ch/realbasic/rsreport/
http://www.realsoftware.com/download
http://www.realsoftware.com/
http://www.truenorthsoftware.com/SpellCheckUtilities/SpellCheckUtilities.html
http://www.realsoftware.com/download
http://www.truenorthsoftware.com/FormattedTextControl/FormattedTextControl.html
http://www.benandruby.com/bens_software/RBstuff.html
http://seeditmaxi.cachefly.net.
http://seeditmaxi.cachefly.net/
http://www.brianrathbone.com/programming
http://opensource.the-meiers.org/
http://web.me.com/kiheitom/REALbasic/HTMLViewer_Extended.html
http://www.ekimsoftware.com/
http://www.oofile.com.au/rb2doxysample/index.html
http://code.google.com/p/rb2doxy/
http://www.physicsbox.com/indexenglish.html
http://homepage.mac.com/delaneyrm/ComplexMatrixPlugin.html
http://www.ebutterfly.com/rb/unihelp.php
http://homepage.mac.com/alexrestrepo
http://www.tinrocket.com/software/superspritesurface/beta/00260/
http://www.TickerMenu.com/

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SubPixel Display Released

Custom Solutions of Maryland released Version 1.0.0 of SubPixel Display, an application that lets developers see color information (red, green, blue) of subpixels used to display a pixel's color. There is a Control Panel where options are chosen and there are two display windows. One display window shows the area around the mouse with a magnification of x18. The other display window shows the same area using subpixels. The green and blue subpixels can be reordered. Black and white thresholds can be set to remove "clutter" from black and white backgrounds. The SubPixel Display can be locked/unlocked using key combinations. Because SubPixel Display is CPU intensive, displays are updated only when the mouse moves. SubPixel Display is $10 shareware.The application may be used in Demo Mode for ten launches before registration.

Product:

SubPixel Display

Platforms:

OSX

Price:

$10

Website:

http://customsolutionsofmaryland.50megs.com/subpixeldisplay.htm/

Passport Photo Studio Shipping

Grogware LLC announces Passport Photo Studio is shipping and available for purchase. Passport Photo Studio is passport photo software that makes it easy to create and print quality passport pictures at home. Passport Photo Studio's features include: Templates for US and UK passport pictures - Ability to easily import, scale and adjust pictures - Printing to a photo printer - Optionally exporting a picture for printing at 4"x6" - Adjustmensts for rotation, color, and brightness.

Product:

Passport Photo Studio 1.1

Platforms:

OSX / WIN

Price:

$8.95

Website:

http://www.passportphotostudio.com/

Combine PDFs 4.2

Monkeybread Software releases version 4.2 of the application Combine PDFs. Combine PDFs is a utility which allows you to merge PDF files and images (jpg,tiff,etc.) into one PDF file. You can split a PDF file or create a new PDF file with interleaved pages from two different PDF files. Options are available to apply Quartz Filters, add encryption and metadata. Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9. Changes in version 4.2 include improved speed for processing (30% faster now). After a test period, you are asked to order a license for 30 USD or 20 Euro.

Product:

Combine PDFs 4.2

Platforms:

OSX

Price:

$30

Website:

http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml

File Sheriff Updated

BKeeney Software Inc. announces the availability of an update of their file management tool, File Sheriff. Version 1.3 changes all branding and registration codes from Koingo Software to BKeeney Software.All users need to obtain new registration codes. Existing licensed users can request a coupon code to get File Sheriff for free by sending an email to info@bkeeney.com with their existing File Sheriff registration code. File Sheriff allows you to easily generate icon previews, rename your MP3 files based on their ID3 tags, batch-apply file attributes, edit hidden file options, and more!File Sheriff gives you full control over some of the advanced features like the bundle bit, custom icon setting, visibility, and more! Manage the thousands of MP3s on your hard drive.File Sheriff can automatically rename MP3s based on their ID3 tags (which shows in iTunes). No longer do you have dysfunctional file names! One of the most powerful features File Sheriff offers is its Batch module. Batch operations allow you to choose a folder and apply a set of attributes to all files and/or folders within it.A powerful Find and Replace feature finds files or folders with specific attributes and allows you to change them. The File Sheriff Icon Creator takes the contents of your picture, movie, text file, or other compatible media, and automatically creates Mac OS X Finder icons for them.Now you don't have to wait for the Finder to generate a preview for you.

Product:

File Sheriffs

Platforms:

OSX

Price:

$9.95

Website:

http://www.bkeeney.com/products/filesheriff

RSReport 2008.1

LehrerOffice is a product of Roth Soft. It is an Office-Software designed for teachers. The cross-platform version, 'LehrerOffice Easy' is written in REALbasic. In order to create, design and print all the required reports, Roth Soft has written a whole set of Report-Classes (RSReport) in pure REALbasic. These are now available to you. With RSReport you can create static or dynamic reports in an object-oriented manner, show them in a print-preview, of course print them - and even save them as .pdf. This on both OSX and Windows (Linux should work, too - but has never been tested and used) -- without the need of any Plugin or PDF-Converter/Printer. It's all written in pure REALbasic. The following basic drawing elements are available: Text, Line, Oval, Rectangle, Checkbox, Image, RTF-Text, Triangle. Charts:Line and Bar. Requires REALbasic Professional 2008r4 or newer.

Product:

RSReport 2008.1

Platforms:

All

Price:

$86 (free to try)

Website:

http://www.rothsoft.ch/realbasic/rsreport/

REALbasic 2008 Release 5.1

REAL Software is now shipping REALbasic 2008 Release 5.1. This update fixes an issue with adding tabs to a TabPanel.

Product:

REALbasic 2008 Release 5.1

Platforms:

All

Price:

Free update

Website:

http://www.realsoftware.com/download

REAL Software Launches New Website in Eight Languages

REAL Software, creator of REALbasic, a cross-platform development environment for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux developers, today launched a new website that includes many new features, including an account login section where users can login to download old product versions, upgrade their licenses, and connect to the REAL Software Feedback System. The new website, and the system for localizing the website, is run by REAL SQL Server, REAL Software's cross-platform multi-user database server.

Product:

REAL Software Website

Platforms:

All

Price:

Free

Website:

http://www.realsoftware.com/

Spell Check Utilities 2.1

True North Software has announced the release of version 2.1 of the Spell Check Utilities (SCU). The SCU builds off the Wintertree Sentry Spell Checker Engine (SSCE) by providing the glue code, in the form of a plugin, to access the SSCE routines in REALbasic. The problem with many spell checking solutions in the REALbasic market place is that they use platform-specific built-in services to provide spell checking. This is fine if you want to build for only one platform or the other, but becomes a hindrance when you want to create a cross platform application that behaves exactly the same for every platform. The SSCE is a fast, professional, cross-platform spell checking engine and has many features and benefits. Version 2.1 is a maintenance update that streamlines its usage and fixes problems with accessing the software under certain conditions. For a more complete list of features and capabilities, see the SCU User Guide in the download.

Product:

Spell Check Utilities 2.1

Platforms:

All

Price:

$500

Website:

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

REALbasic 2008 Release 5

REAL Software, creator of REALbasic, a cross-platform development environment for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux developers, began shipping REALbasic 2008 Release 5 today. This release continues with a focus on quality, adding over 100 improvements to REALbasic and a few new features, including both the ability to print source code in color and to duplicate methods, properties and constants. Additionally, users can now write their own tools to completely automate the building of their applications. REALbasic 2008 Release 5 also improves upon auto-complete, a feature that all REALbasic developers use many times a day. Auto-complete now supports namespaces and uses icons to show what is being selected from the auto-complete list.

Product:

REALbasic 2008 Release 5

Platforms:

All

Price:

$500 (Pro), $100 (Personal for OSX/Win), Free (Linux)

Website:

http://www.realsoftware.com/download

Formatted Text Control 1.2

The FTC is a canvas based control for REALbasic that implements word processor capabilities similar to Apple Pages or Microsoft Word. The FTC is useful for implementing reports and general word processing capabilities within your REALbasic applications. The FTC features the following capabilities. - Three display modes including page, normal and edit - RTF support including picture support - A full range of paragraph and character styles - Picture support - Custom object support for adding application specific items - Built in undo management - Many customization options to adapt the FTC to your application - Highly optimized code written in REALbasic for maximum flexibility. Version 1.2 has 9 new features and enhancements including the addition of option-arrow key support, methods to enhance toolbar support, and a few other assorted enhancements. This version also address 37 bug fixes. See the version history for a complete list of changes. For a more complete list of features and capabilities, see the FTC User Guide in the demo download. Pricing for this software is $450 for a set of non-encrypted modules. Currently we are offering a coupon on the website for 33% off the price. If you join the Association of REALbasic Professionals (www.arbp.org) at the professional level, you will receive a coupon for 50% off the price of the FTC!

Product:

Formatted Text Control 1.2

Platforms:

OSX / WIN

Price:

$450 (unencrypted modules)

Website:

http://www.truenorthsoftware.com/FormattedTextControl/FormattedTextControl.html

Ben's ListBox Extras 1.1

Ben's ListBox Extras is a REALbasic ListBox subclass allows you to easily print the contents of the ListBox, includes better cell formatting and a quick way to add and store hierarchical data. REALbasic 2006r3 or higher is required. This update is free for existing users. Features: - Easily print the contents of a ListBox - Different font and font sizes for the cells and headers - Provides a quick, standard way to add and store hierarchical data (1 row deep) - Allows suppressing mouse clicks in the ListBox Header - Gets the Header Height - Add pictures to any cell and any position in that cell - Custom cell background colors - iTunes like odd/even row coloring - adds in a workaround for REALbasic bug wvvxhunx to allow drawing the row background color past the last column (like iTunes) - adds Popup Menu type for cells/columns. The CellAction event includes x, y location for the menu - can set the color of cell text - can set the font and font size per cell - Mac style listbox selection including options for Blue and Gray gradient highlight styles - Resize columns to largest cell text. New Features: - added SuppressHeaderClicksAllowColResize which allows column resizing but no other clicks in the header - added constructors to BB_ListBox_ExtraData - added column resizing based on largest cell text - added setting cell Font and Font Size - added selection of Highlight Styles: Standard RB, MacOS, Leopard Blue and Gray gradients - added Cell_SuppressClick to disable clicking in individual cells. Bugfixes: - corrected spelling of "suppress" property - fixed bug for SuppressHeaderClicks where if the ListBox had no rows the header could still be clicked - tester code now includes and example for the BB_CellTag.

Product:

Ben's ListBox Extras 1.1

Platforms:

All

Price:

$30

Website:

http://www.benandruby.com/bens_software/RBstuff.html

SEEdit Maxi II

SEEdit Maxi II is an XHTML editor for Macintosh. With SEEdit's fast and powerful Editor Toolbox insertion of code and classes is always just one click away. SEEdit's handy advanced Tag Editor also handles CSS classes and Javascript functions. Other powerful features to assist professionals and hobbyists alike include: Tidy Checker for standards-compliant code; the Quick CSS Tool for rapid CSS development; extensive Multi-language support and Auto Complete. Users can download a fully functional Shareware version of SEEdit Maxi, with no limitations at http://seeditmaxi.cachefly.net. Since 2004, SEEdit - THE XHTML EDITOR FOR MACINTOSH has helped professionals and hobbyists worldwide developing clean and valid XHTML/CSS sites on Macintosh. New in this build: Added Sparkle Tool to create public and private dsa keys. This tool also update the appcast file (xml file). A SparkleFolder is available for download from our home page.

Product:

SEEdit Maxi II

Platforms:

OSX

Price:

Free

Website:

http://seeditmaxi.cachefly.net/

Fantasy Trilogy and REALbasic source code released

I am proud to announce that The Dawning of Power, the debut trilogy in The World of Godsland fantasy series, is now available. As I transition from writer of code to writer of fiction, I have decided to give away the code for some of my personal projects. The following items are available: Internet Pinochle Family Style (compiled and source + Innosetup installer source) - A four-player implementation of double-deck, airplane bid Pinochle with a three card pass. This is a very different variation of the game than those found on most online game sites. The server is limited to one game at a time, but this code could provide the foundation of an online multi-table game. I would have liked to have finished it myself, but I don't think I'll be getting to it any time soon. Color Inspector (installer and source) - A simple app I created to make it easier to identify the color of any pixel on the screen. Color Inspector shows values in RGB,Hex,HSV, and closest websafe. It can also show a list of all websafe colors. REALbasic Service Installer for Windows (source and Innosetup installer source) - Built on Aaron Ballman's Service Manager, this project allows you to install a service application on Windows using a REALbasic executable called from within an Innosetup installer. This has been available on my website for a while, but now it has its own page and is easier to find. Free Fantasy Avatar Pack 1 - A small collection of fantasy avatars that I created. You may use them in any way you wish. Free Fantasy Art -A few interesting images I created with Poser and Photoshop. You may use these in any way you wish. The Dawning of Power is available from my website and from Amazon.com.

Product:

Fantasy Trilogy and REALbasic source code

Platforms:

All

Price:

Source code is free

Website:

http://www.brianrathbone.com/programming

DataPlotClasses v1.2.0

Roger announces an update to his open-source DataPlotClasses. This update adds support for stem plots, which are suitable for depicting discrete sequence data for DSP and other applications. The update also incorporates various bug fixes and improvements.

Product:

DataPlotClasses v1.2.0

Platforms:

All

Price:

Free

Website:

http://opensource.the-meiers.org/

HTMLViewer Extended

HTMLViewer Extended is a Mac-only module and class that extends the capabilities of the built-in HTMLViewer class in RB. It is available for free as is and is unencrypted. The extended capabilities included in this version include: Go Back; Go Forward; Re-Load Page; Make Text Small; Make Text Large; Speak Text - Stop Speaking; Copy Selected Text To Clipboard; Paste Selected Text to Clipboard. The demo project in the download shows how to use the class.

Product:

HTMLViewer Extended

Platforms:

OSX

Price:

Free

Website:

http://web.me.com/kiheitom/REALbasic/HTMLViewer_Extended.html

BuildMate 1.1

Ekim Software is now shipping BuildMate 1.1, a cross-platform build process automation tool for REALbasic projects. This update adds more build options and improves the recovery process from a failed build. Enhancements include: the ability to copy framework files into the application automatically; greater control over Plist files in the built application; builds correctly, even if the project is already open in REALbasic; launching the REALbasic IDE on Linux now works correctly.

Product:

BuildMate 1.1

Platforms:

All / OSX / WIN / LIN

Price:

Free

Website:

http://www.ekimsoftware.com/

RB2Doxy on Google Code

Aussie Designed Software releases the open source RB2Doxy on Google Code. RB2Doxy is a solution which converts the XML format of REALbasic to a set of Java declarations so it can be processed by the popular Doxygen documentation generation program. It uses XSLT programs to achieve the conversion so may also be of interest as a fairly complex XSLT example. (An example of HTML output after processing with Doxygen is available for online browsing and download at http://www.oofile.com.au/rb2doxysample/index.html for those interested.)

Product:

RB2Doxy

Platforms:

All

Price:

Free

Website:

http://code.google.com/p/rb2doxy/

Solve Elec 2.5

Corinne Queme is pleased to announce the release of Solve Elec 2.5, an educational electricity and electronics software for circuit analysis and resolution. Solve Elec runs on Mac and Windows in English and French and is freeware. Its main features are: circuit drawing; computation of litteral formulas for any current intensity, voltage or potentiel defined in the circuit by the mean of a formal calculus engine; verification of equations related to the circuit; graph drawing; definition of quantities by their formula; equivalent circuits; editing, saving and printing reports made of various elements displayed in main window; and integrated help. Analyzed circuits function in direct current or alternating current and may contain usual components such as supplies, resistors, diodes,inductors, capacitors, transistors and amplifiers. New in version 2.5 are: analysis of circuits functioning in alternating current; oscilloscope; filter analysis: transfer functions formulas and numerical values; and frequency response graphs

Product:

Solve Elec 2.5

Platforms:

OSX / WIN

Price:

Free

Website:

http://www.physicsbox.com/indexenglish.html

ComplexMatrix PluginReleased

ComplexMatrix Plugin for REALbasic 2008 Release 4 has all the functionality of Bob Delayney's Complex and Matrix plugins and adds the ability to handle complex matrices and polynomials. (If you are using them, you should remove Complex Plugin and Matrix Plugin.) ComplexMatrix Plugin itself allows you to construct programs which can handle complex numbers, real matrices, and complex matrices much like doubles and integers are handled. ComplexMatrix Plugin is compiled for Mac OS X (Universal), Windows, and Linux.

Product:

ComplexMatrix Plugin

Platforms:

All

Price:

Free

Website:

http://homepage.mac.com/delaneyrm/ComplexMatrixPlugin.html

UniHelp 3.3

Electric Butterfly announces the immediate availability of UniHelp 3.3, the award-winning help system for REALbasic. UniHelp provides an easy-to-use, feature-rich solution for REALbasic developers who want to add online help to their cross-platform applications. Apple Help Viewer, Microsoft HTML Help, WinHelp.... Why waste precious development time designing and compiling a different Help system for each software platform when you can easily use UniHelp for all of them? NO additional plugins or classes needed. Just drag the respective UniHelp components folder into your REALbasic project, create your HTML help pages and customize your configuration settings with the UniHelp Edition of HelpLogic, and that's it -- instant online help for your compiled REALbasic applications that works on Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. A free update for all registered UniHelp customers, Version 3.3 includes the following new features and enhancements: you now have the option to perform Full Text Searches within UniHelp, you now have the option to show Highlighted Search Matches in the displayed help pages within UniHelp's search engine, and references to TemporaryFolder were replaced with SpecialFolder.Temporary to ensure compatibility with future REALbasic releases.

Product:

UniHelp 3.3

Platforms:

All

Price:

$49 (Pro; free version also available)

Website:

http://www.ebutterfly.com/rb/unihelp.php

Custom EditField 1.5.1

Alex Restrepo's Custom EditField, a powerful replacement text editor class for REALbasic, has been updated to 1.5.1. The update fixes bugs and adds some new properties and events.

Product:

Custom EditField 1.5.1

Platforms:

All

Price:

$100 (source code)

Website:

http://homepage.mac.com/alexrestrepo

SuperSpriteSurface 2.0 Beta 2

SuperSpriteSurface is a class framework for REALbasic that provides a savvy, modern alternative to REALbasic's built-in SpriteSurface control which was recently dropped by REAL Software. New in Beta 2: the OpenGL plug-in has been updated to version 1.0.1, which will make SuperSpriteSurface compatible with the latest version of REALbasic. The SuperSpriteSurface text-engine is included with this version. Additionally, this version now includes the OS X utility, Font Texture Map Maker.app. This application will generate cross-platform font files for use with SuperSpriteSurface. This utility will soon be available as a separate download; it can be used for any OpenGL development that needs texture-map fonts! Finally, SuperSpriteSurface 2.0 is now being released under a BSD-style license. The SuperSpriteSurface framework classes are not encrypted; you can use them in your projects, modify them, make improvements, etc.

Product:

SuperSpriteSurface 2.0 Beta 2

Platforms:

All

Price:

Free

Website:

http://www.tinrocket.com/software/superspritesurface/beta/00260/

TickerMenu 1.0 for OS X

The Highly Technical Doohickey Company has announced the release of TickerMenu 1.0, a Mac OS X-only application that makes it simpler than ever to keep an eye on current stock prices by displaying them in the user's menubar. Clicking on a quote reveals more information about the stock and its trading activity, including the day's high and low prices and trading volume. A click of a menuitem leads directly to full information about a stock available from a variety of popular financial websites.

Product:

TickerMenu 1.0

Platforms:

OSX

Price:

$8.95

Website:

http://www.TickerMenu.com/

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