Welcome to the Live Objects™ Hands-on Demo CD! With this CD, you'll be able to experience Live Objects software first-hand!
If you use a Macintosh computer, you already appreciate the value of plug-and-play functionality. How you can mix and match the peripherals you want--such as a monitor, printer, modem, or scanner--then simply turn them on and use them. Live Objects work in much the same way. They are modular components that allow you to mix and match or add functionality to your favorite application by simply dragging and dropping.
Live Objects work as an extension mechanism for your applications. Suppose you need functionality that your application doesn't automatically provide--graphing, for example. With Live Objects, you can simply take a graphing Live Object, drag it into your application, and now graphing is integrated seamlessly. Better yet, you can leverage the same functionality in any Live Ojbects-aware application, meaning you only have to learn how to do it once. Re-using functionality makes computing easier.
To get started with Cyberdog, OpenDoc (the technology that makes Live Objects possible), and the Live Objects Hands-on Demo, here's what you'll need:
-To run the Live Objects Demo Overview movie, you just need a Mac running System 7.1 or greater, either 68K or PowerPC, with QuickTime installed. At least 4 MB of RAM is necessary to view the movie, as well as a 2X CD-ROM drive.
-To run Cyberdog and OpenDoc, you'll need System 7.5 or greater, and a 68030, 040, or PowerPC. You'll need at least 12 MB of RAM.
-To do the Live Objects™ Hands-on Demo yourself, you'll need a PowerPC, System 7.5 or greater, and 16 MB of RAM. Note that the Demo Installer can also uninstall, so you can remove the demo software off of your system if you wish.
Some other stuff included on the CD:
-QuickDraw 3D: cool 3D technology from Apple Computer. You'll need this to perform the last step in the Live Objects Hands-on Demo.
-System 7.5.5 Update: If you're currently running System 7.5.3, use this update to bring yourself up 7.5.5, to the latest version of Mac OS system software!
-System 7.5 Update 2.0: If you're running System 7.5.1, use this update to bring yourself up to System 7.5.3 (you'll need to be on 7.5.3 before you can upgrade to 7.5.5).
Here's a partial list of developers you can contact for information on their Live Objects software:
Claris Corporation's ClarisWorks integrated suite
Digital Harbor's WAV "work processor"
WorldSoft's WorldWrite word processor
Corel's WordPerfect for Macintosh
Nisus Software's NisusWrite
MetaMind's Page Composer! Lite page layout software
Totally Hip's Sizzler multimedia components
Adrenaline Software's Numbers and Charts spreadsheet
Corda Technologies' C-Table and C-Graph components
For more information about any of these developers, point your web browser at http://opendoc.apple.com/users/odproducts.html. And for more general Live Objects information, look to http://www.opendoc.apple.com.
