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- For Immediate Release
-
- Contact: John Yanefski
- Target Development
- Phone: (717) 898-9190
- Email: john@targetdev.com
-
- Target Development Announces Beta Versions of 2 NEXTSTEP Object
- Palettes for DBKit Development
-
- [Archived beta copies have been downloaded to the ftp archive site:
- sonata.cc.purdue.edu in the /pub/next/submissions directory. ]
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- LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA - April 12, 1993. Target Development
- announces beta versions of 2 object palettes for DBKit application
- development. The RetrieverPalette and LinkPalette are both shipping
- in beta, and due for release in Q2 of 1993. Interested beta testers
- should follow the instructions below to unarchive the beta software
- for test and evaluation. The README file with each product contains
- details on submitting bug reports and suggestions to Target
- Development. Each product includes a .palette file, library file,
- header files, and technical documentation. The .palette and library
- files are licensed through the end of May.
-
- After May 31, the palette will no longer open, and applications using
- the object code will no longer run. Contact Target Development
- directly if you wish to evaluate either product past the May
- deadline, or are unable to complete the downloading instructions
- below.
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-
- RetrieverPalette
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- The RetrieverPalette provides objects that allow the user to easily
- generate custom database queries, graphically or programmatically.
- These queries may be triggered from virtually any user interface
- object, including TextFields, Buttons, PopUpLists, MenuCells,
- FormCells, Matrices, Switches, Sliders, etc. The values contained by
- these objects may be used as part of the condition of the query. For
- example, the characters typed in a TextField may be used to build a
- query that searches for customers with matching last names, or the
- integer value of a slider may be used to retrieve a customer with
- matching ID number. Queries may be simple, applying one condition to
- one property, or custom, nesting multiple conditions across multiple
- properties. Sorting may be easily applied across multiple properties
- from the inspector or at runtime. Additionally, custom wild cards
- may be specified, and the Retriever can be set to "intelligently"
- ignore the case of the text it is retrieving. An intuitive custom
- inspector and detailed technical documentation make this palette
- ideal for any Database Kit application development.
-
- LinkPalette
-
- The LinkPalette provides several objects which may be used in
- cooperation with the Database Kit for database-style management of
- text, sound, and image files. These objects store path names in the
- database, instead of the actual files, eliminating the need to pass
- large amounts of data through the adaptor. A wide variety of
- instance and delegate methods are provided for run-time manipulation
- and file security. The LinkPalette is designed as an alternative
- means for management of potentially large image, rich text, and sound
- data. It avoids database adaptor problems in handling these large
- data types, while offering file security and a great deal of
- additional functionality. Using these objects will potentially free
- large amounts of database space, as well as permit those developing
- applications over databases that do not support these data types, to
- simulate actual database storage and retrieval without compromising
- security.
-
- One of the palettes objects is the LinkView, a subclass of ScrollView
- that displays the contents of a specified file name. The user may
- register and "unregister" the object to accept or reject files of the
- following types: TIFF, EPS, RTF, RTFD, and ASCII. Files may be
- loaded by dragging-and-dropping icons from the File Viewer, from an
- OpenPanel, programmatically, or in conjunction with record selection
- when using other Database Kit objects. Images may be scaled and/or
- composited according to variety of predefined "behaviors", as well as
- validated against user defined limitations. Documents and images may
- be altered and saved back out to the file system from a running
- application. The LinkSound and LinkSoundView objects offer similar
- functionality for loading, using, manipulating, and saving Sound
- files.
-
- Target Development is a Pennsylvania-based object-oriented solutions
- company, developing applications and objects for customers around the
- world. We have developed a variety of office-productivity
- applications, the most recent of which makes extensive use of the
- Database Kit. In the process, we have built a well-rounded library
- of custom objects, some of which we are now making available to the
- public. Target Development fully supports NEXTSTEP and it's port to
- Intel 486, and will continue to do so as NEXTSTEP continues to be the
- premier object-oriented development environment. We aim to continue
- our commercial application / object development cycle, and are
- considering larger government contracts in the future. For more
- information about Target Development, please contact us at
- 1.717.898.9190 or objects@targetdev.com.
-
- NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc. LinkPalette and
- RetrieverPalette are trademarks of Target Development. Sybase is a
- registered trademark of Sybase Inc.
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