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- Description
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- "DragBook.tar.Z" contains a demonstration version of the commercial application
- "DragBook". DragBook is a scrapbook-like utility, which collects resources
- such as documents, applications, images, fonts, etc. into a series of
- InterfaceBuilder-like palettes. Resources may be dragged directly out of
- DragBook into other applications or dropped "into" the NEXTSTEP Pasteboard.
- See the "Release Information" at the end of this document for more information.
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- The demonstration version may be fully enabled with a license-key, which may be
- purchased over the phone by calling Digital Expressions Inc. at +1 518 347-2463.
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- Specifications
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- o DragBook requires NEXTSTEP 3.0 or greater
- o The archive contains a multiple-architecture ("FAT") binary, which may be run
- on a NeXT Computer or under NEXTSTEP/Intel. To strip an unwanted binary, use
- the "lipo" UNIX command (see the UNIX Manual Pages).
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- Using
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- 1. "Download" DragBook.tar.Z to your local computer.
- 2. Select the file in the File-Viewer.
- 3. Select from the Workspace main-menu "File -> Decompress". This will create
- a file named "DragBook.tar" (no ".Z" extension).
- 4. Select this file and then select "File -> Decompress" again. This will
- create "DragBook.app".
- 5. Copy this file into your "Apps" directory and/or place it in the dock.
- 6. Double-click to launch!
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- Release Information
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- Announcing "DragBook" from Digital Expressions Inc.
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- Contact:
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- Jason Anthony
- President
- Digital Expressions Inc.
- 2142 Lynnwood Drive
- Schenectady, N.Y. 12309-2514 U.S.A.
- +1 518 347-2463 Voice/Fax
- Email: DigitalExpressions@andi.org (NeXTmail)
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- Schenectady New York, August 30, 1993 -- Digital Expressions Inc. is pleased to
- announce the release of "DragBook", a Workspace utility for NEXTSTEP.
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- DragBook is a scrapbook-like utility which collects all of a user's NEXTSTEP
- resources such as documents, applications, images, and fonts. Resources are
- grouped into a series of "palettes", and are accessed in a manner similar to
- InterfaceBuilder's palette system: by dragging elements out of DragBook's
- window to their destination. Destinations include other applications which
- support drag-and-drop, and a special "Pasteboard Well", which copies the
- resource into the NEXTSTEP pasteboard.
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- "By collecting heterogeneous resources in any manner that the user finds
- convenient, and allowing them to be accessed with the highly-intuitive
- drag-and-drop paradigm, DragBook can become the center of your NEXTSTEP
- experience," says Jason Anthony, President of Digital Expressions Inc.
- "DragBook resulted from our need for a general-purpose resource organizer which
- fit in well with the NEXTSTEP environment."
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- DragBook "elements" may be EPS or TIFF images, files, plain-text, rich-text,
- fonts, ruler-definitions, or sounds. "One of the palettes we use, for example,
- is for creating company documents. It contains our company logo, our
- company-font, a Virtuoso template for correspondence, and a text element with
- our company address. Whenever we need one of these elements, we simply
- drag-and-drop!" commented Anthony. "Another palette we use is for programming.
- It contains `text' elements which have templates for classes, methods, comments
- and documentation files."
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- DragBook is also excellent for laptop and crowded screens. DragBook has an
- "auto-hide" facility, which makes DragBook automatically hide its window when
- the user drops or picks up an element. For example, with the "Hide on Grab"
- option enabled, when the user clicks on an element, the window immediately
- hides, and the element may be dropped into a window which was underneath
- DragBook's window. "When we are using NEXTSTEP on a VGA screen, we collapse
- the dock, hide the Workspace Manager, and access 90% of our resources using
- DragBook," Anthony noted. "It provides a very efficient use of screen
- real-estate."
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- DragBook ships as a multiple-architecture-binary with support for both NeXT
- Computers and NEXTSTEP for Intel.
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- To try out DragBook, a demonstration version may be obtained via ftp at:
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- cs.orst.edu: /pub/next/submissions/DragBook.tar.Z
- sonata.cc.purdue.edu: /pub/next/submissions/DragBook.tar.Z
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- Or, contact "DigitalExpressions@andi.org" to have a demonstration copy
- NeXTmail'ed to you (approximately 720K).
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- The demonstration version may be fully enabled with a license key, which may be
- purchased over the phone with a VISA or Mastercard.
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- DragBook has an introductory price of $79. A special student discount of $39
- is also available. Site-license and quantity discounts are available. Contact
- Digital Expressions for more information or to order.
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- Look for DragBook on the next issue of the Paget Press AppWrapper!
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- Digital Expressions Inc., located in upstate New York, develops shrink-wrapped
- software and offers computer training. "DragBook", a resource organizer, is
- the first of a number of applications being developed for the NEXTSTEP
- operating system. Digital Expressions Inc. also offers end-user training for
- the Macintosh and Windows, and software-development courses for NEXTSTEP.
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- DragBook is a trademark of Digital Expressions Inc. and copyright (c) 1993
- Digital Expressions Inc. NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Inc. All rights
- reserved.
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