Though you all might like to see this!!! ---------- From: "MacDev-1 (Moderated)" <MacDev-1@...> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:00:01 -0800 To: "MacDev-1 (Moderated)" <MacDev-1@...> Subject: MacDev-1 Digest - 01/17/00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: STAZ Software, Inc. releases FutureBASIC^3 From: "MacDev-1 Moderator" <MacDev-1@...> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:11:44 -0800 This message comes to you from MacDev-1(tm). See below for more info on this list (including sub/unsub details). __________________________ Press Release - For Immediate Distribution contact: Chris Stasny @ 800-348-2623 mailto:staz@... http://www.stazsoftware.com STAZ Software, Inc. releases FutureBASIC^3 January 10, 2000, Diamondhead, MS - STAZ Software, Inc. today announced the release of FutureBASIC^3. FutureBASIC^3 (FB^3) is a completely new development environment. It creates clean, fast, double-clickable Macintosh applications from BASIC source code. Applications can be compiled as PPC, 68K or FAT and may be as small as 30K. The generated applications also benchmark at speeds more than four times as fast as its nearest BASIC competitor. FB^3's new editor supports bookmarks, graphics in the editor, graphic lines as source code dividers, and can place dated, customized remarks on every line of code that is selected. There is a sliding tab to adjust the remark column. Function names, subroutines, methods, and toolboxes are placed in a pop-up menu which automatically converts to a hierarchical menu when the number of entries gets too large to manage. You can command-double-click a local function or toolbox name to be instantly transported to the place in your code where it is defined. Examples can be dragged from the on-line help system and dropped into the editor window. Hilighting and indenting are automatically handled every time you type a character. Our sample code shows how to handle animations, rotate text and graphics, download URLs, write games, publish a serial number over a network, and manage sprites. There is even a paint program complete with source code. The new compiler is fast. On a G4/400 you can compile and sublaunch a 20,000 line program in less that 3 seconds. It features built-in assemblers for both PPC and 68K. The correct math package (SANE or PPC) is automatically used by the compiler without the need for special programming and some math operations are moth than a thousand times as fast as FBII. New commands allow authentic records, enumeration of constants, block remarks, and the easy addition of toolbox calls. There is even a toolbox alias command so that old toolbox commands can be accessed through their new names. This great addition means that you don't have to change your entire application every time Apple changes the name of a toolbox call. There's a new source level debugger too. The runtimes are open source. Even standard Macintosh BASIC statements like WINDOW and BUTTON can be modified in source code. An FBII emulation runtime maintains backward compatibility with older source code. The new Lite runtime places output in a scrollable, saveable, printable, editable window. This even works for graphic output. The object runtime shows off our new OOP features. While this runtime is still in its infancy, more classes are being added every day. Other features include our long time GUI builder (Program Generator), a new project manager that supports grouping of files, an editor scripting utility, and full access to all documentation from a menu in the editor. FutureBASIC II has a suggested retail price of $169 for individual copies and is sold by subscription. Upgrades are shipped on CD for a period of one year. Renewal price (and the upgrade price from FBII) is $99. Lab packs and site licenses are also available. The software is distributed by STAZ Software, Inc. (800) 348-2623. __________________________ You're getting this message via MacDev-1 -- the Mac(tm) OS Developer News and Info server sponsored by MacTech(r) Magazine http://www.mactech.com, mailto:info@..., or 805-494-9797 Developer Depot(tm) http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:info@... or call 800-MACDEV-1 To submit a posting to MacDev-1, mailto:press_releases@.... To subscribe to MacDev-1, send mail to listserv@... with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of MacDev-1 Digest