3.6. zApp DOS, Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 Portable Class Library

• Platform DOS, Windows, Windows NT (soon OS/2, X/Motif planned)

• Commercial Product from Inmark Development Corporation * 2065 Landings Drive * Mountain View, CA 94043 * (415) 691-9000 * (415) 691-9099 (FAX) * (415) 691-9990) BBS - downloadable demo *

• Supports MSC++, BC++ 2.0 & 3.0, ZTC++ under Windows and DOS. * Also supports Microsoft's C++ compiler under Windows NT. * $195 US for object modules, $295 US for source license * $495 for DOS and Windows with source $395 for Windows NT with free upgrades till NT ships

• Following are the main features:
  • - A product which is based on single inheritance classes or multiple inheritance classes, depending on how you use it. Subclasses controls from resource info at run-time, supports Windows GDI, can set generic event handlers for buttons, menu selections, listboxes, just about all control objects.
  • - 150 object classes encapsulate Menus, Fonts, Graphics, Bitmaps, MDI, Printing, Memory Management, Forms, Dialogs, Windows, Controls, Fonts, Brushes, Pens, Clipboards, and much. Current purchasers are entitled to a free upgrade to zApp 2.0 and a free copy of the zApp Interface Pack, when they ship.
  • - zApp is a class library and not a screen painter. zApp is, however, supported by a screen designer called Object Designer that is published by Imagesoft. Phone number is 1-800-245-8840 or 516-767-2233. Other vendors will likely soon be adding support for zApp into their products as well.
  • - zApp 2.0 has been in beta for quite a while now and will probably be available by the time you read this. 2.0 contains several exciting new features, including support for object persistence, DDE, enhanced forms support with automatic and flexible data validation (built-in integer, floating point, date, time, currency, and other format validation, plus user-specifiable printf-like picture strings for custom format validation), advanced scrolling support that makes scrolling as few as 3 lines of code, a suite of resizing object classes (that enable objects to easily stick to the top, or left, or right, or bottom of a window, or stay centered, or grow proportional to their parent, etc.), support for common os-shared dialogs, clipboard support with metafiles, plus more.
  • - On-line help in Win-help format under Windows, and a much improved reference manual and tutorial guide. The reference manual is now roughly 700-800 pages long, and the tutorial guide is in the hundreds as well.
  • - The zApp Interface Pack includes a spreadsheet-like table object with a variety of cell types that allows the programmer to easily display textual, numerical and image data in a matrix format. The programmer has complete control over individual cell attributes such as numerical formatting, width and height, and can create new cell types using inheritance mechanisms. It also provides classes for the creation of visually appealing toolbars and status lines with the new 3-D look. A whole host of custom controls, all with the 3-D look, are also provided including frames, panels, static text, radio buttons, check boxes and push buttons.
• Information provided by Yu-Shen Ng(yushen@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca)