Week
of June 8 1998
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Jun
12
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Integration New Media, Inc., has
released V12-DBE 2.1, an upgrade to
its database engine for Macromedia
Director. Along with this upgrade,
Integration New Media released its first
V12-DBE Behaviors Library and a series of
V12-DBE Mini-Samplers, both designed to
facilitate multimedia project
development.
V12-DBE
version 2.1 features the following
:
- a
customizable progress indicator can be
displayed when performing
time-consuming tasks
- data
can now be imported from Dbase V or
earlier and FoxPro 5.0 or earlier
files
- mGetSelection
method now allows the retrieval of
results as Lingo lists (regular or
property lists);
- Virtual
CR property enables the direct
importing of text files that contain
Carriage Returns as part of their
data
- the
CharacterSet property allows the
translation of character
sets
Developers
can now create database-driven user
interfaces without writing Lingo script.
V12-DBE can be implemented into a project
by dragging and dropping behaviors.
Behaviors are special cast members
designed to help users having limited or
no knowledge of Lingo, to implement the
most popular functions of V12-DBE.
The
upgrade to V12-DBE 2.1 is available for
$119.00(US) (single and cross-platform).
Registered users of V12-DBE 2.0 can
upgrade to V12-DBE 2.1 for free. New users
can purchase the cross-platform version of
V12-DBE 2.1 for $469.00(US) and the single
platform version for $349.00(US). The
V12-DBE Director/Authorware cross-platform
bundle is offered at
$699.00(US).
A
free evaluation copy of V12-DBE 2.1 with
complete documentation (as well as the
V12-DBE Behaviors Library and the V12-DBE
Mini-Samplers), is available for free at
their website <www.integration.qc.ca>
MacWEEK reports on Apple's
announcement that Adobe's PDF file
format will be used as the native
image-file format in Mac OS X (10) instead
of the PICT format.
<www.macweek.com
news item "Adobe
hails PDF in
X">
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Jun
11
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Enroute Imaging has announced
QuickStitch 360 panorama stitching
software. QuickStitch 360 automatically
combines overlapping photos into panoramic
images up to 360 degrees. The previous
Enroute QuickStitch product
stitches a grid of up to 6 x 6 images.
Users can output their panoramas to a JPG,
BMP or QuickTime VR movie.
QuickStitch 360 will be available in June
for Windows 95/98 and Power Mac for $69.96
SRP, and through OEM bundles with digital
cameras (including Ricoh's 4300) and
Velbon's VR tripod head.
<www.enroute.com>
Canadian company Panavue has
released a new panoramic stitcher,
Visual Stitch ($100US), for Windows
95/NT. Their stitcher is supposed to be
particularly adept with very large
images.
The company also offers Visual Stitch
SC ($40US), which is designed for
those who want to scan oversized images
with their scanner and then stitch the
parts together.
Demo versions of these programs can be
downloaded from their website.
<www.panavue.com>
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Jun
10
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Netscape has announced they will add
Flash-viewing capabilities in the
next version of Navigator, due to be
released later this summer. It seems that
this support will be built into the
viewer, not added using a plug-in
(Macromedia recently made the Flash file
format an "open" standard in attempt to
expand the acceptance of Flash.)
<www.internetnews.com
news report "Macromedia
licenses Flash software to
Netscape">
DIVX, the "closed" version of DVD
has rolled out in test markets in San
Francisco and Richmond, Virginia.
<www.divx.com>
The Chicago Sun-Times recently ran an
article comparing DVD and DIVX
<www.suntimes.com
article "DVD
expands video market in 2
formats">
From the "Curious Files" some new
Macintoush purchasers report that their
machines didn't come with QuickTime
3.0 installed. Are these just older
units, or is Apple dragging their
feet?
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Jun
9
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Philips <www.philips.com>has
licensed its digital Universal Serial
Bus (USB) speaker system technology to
Microsoft Corp. Microsoft will use
the technology in its Digital Sound System
80 (DSS80) Windows 98-compatible audio
speakers. The Philips USB speaker
technology includes Philips w00x
Technology which uses a mechanical
equivalent of the Vented Box by replacing
the needed air mass with a well-defined
physical mechanical mass called the
wOOx-slave. Philips claims the system
offers improved bass response in a more
compact design.
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Jun
8
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If you've been following the advances
of USB (Universal Serial Bus) then
you may be interested in an article in
Infoworld Electric
<www.infoworld.com>which
talks about potential problems facing USB
users, including bandwidth limitations and
what happens when the power requirements
of connected devices exceeds the capacity
of the port (hint: nothing.) <InfoWorld
Electric "USB
users may face bandwidth
problems">
Macromedia has released Fireworks, their
web graphic design software. This $299
package will compete with Adobe's
ImageReady. <www.macromedia.com
information "Fireworks
product
info">
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