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ADHOC-MacHack– attend to learn, not just get the free goodies!

ADHOC attendees have seen it all. And, we’re inviting you to join us! ADHOC thrives on developer interaction. Unlike any other conference, here is where you are encouraged to share your knowledge with others around you. We’ll have sessions on how to jump over hurdles in getting code ready for Intel-based Macintosh computers, how to prepare for changes in hardware, how to deal with the press in marketing your software, and how to do plugins that work with Palm and Windows Mobile devices.

This year REAL Software is giving each ADHOC attendee a free copy of REALbasic Professional Edition and engineers will be on hand to introduce attendees to using it. Instead of having to maintain different code trees for different platforms, programs written with REALbasic automatically work for Macintosh, Windows and Linux.

For all the details, please check out our website at http://www.adhocconference.com. The conference happens at the end of this month, July 27 – 31 in Dearborn, Michigan.

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REAL Software Ships REALbasic 2005

REAL Software today announced that REALbasic 2005 is now shipping. REALbasic 2005 includes a brand-new user interface that improves productivity and ease of use for both new and experienced Macintosh software developers. REALbasic 2005 also incorporates the latest Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger” Spotlight technology integrated right into the application.

REALbasic 2005 is available now directly from REAL Software, in two editions, Professional and Standard. REALbasic 2005 Professional Edition is offered at a special introductory price of USD$399.95; list price is USD$499.95. REALbasic 2005 Standard Edition is priced at USD$99.95. For upgrades, any REALbasic license may be upgraded to REALbasic 2005. The REALbasic 2005 Professional Edition upgrade is USD$199.95. The REALbasic 2005 Standard Edition upgrade is USD$49.95. Academic pricing for upgrades to REALbasic 2005 is USD$39.95 and USD$149.95, respectively. All new and upgrade licenses include six months of updates
REALbasic for Macintosh includes a host of new features and functionality:

  • The user interface for REALbasic 2005 has been completely redesigned to
    make it more accessible to new users. The new browser-style tabbed
    interface keeps items in the work area nicely organized. New toolbars
    have been added that contain the most common functions. A Status bar
    provides up-to-the minute information. The window editor, code editor
    and language reference have all been improved as well.

  • REALbasic’s newly redesigned interface also helps experienced users be
    more productive. Multiple projects can now be opened and searched.
    Search results, including those found with regular expressions, can be
    listed in batch. REALbasic 2005 also includes a new database browser.
    All of these capabilities make it easier to find things and work more
    efficiently.

  • REALbasic 2005 leverages the Spotlight technology in Tiger in three
    ways. REALbasic users on Tiger can search all of their REALbasic
    projects from within REALbasic. They can also use the REALbasic
    Spotlight Plugin to include REALbasic projects when using Spotlight from
    the Finder. The SpotlightQuery class added to REALbasic 2005 enables
    developers to incorporate Spotlight searches into their applications.

  • New Container Control makes it easy to create custom user interface
    controls. It also makes it easy to encapsulate code to facilitate code
    maintenance.

  • REALbasic 2005 includes REAL SQL Database, a new SQLite-based single-
    user database engine recently acquired from SQLabs.

  • Web pages or any other HTML-based content can now be included directly
    in any REALbasic application via a new HTML viewer control.

  • REALbasic is now made with REALbasic and is an excellent example of the
    kind of software that can be created with REALbasic. REAL Software
    engineers have incorporated many new features and functionality;
    REALbasic developers will reap the benefits of these substantial
    improvements.

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ConceptDraw v5.27 update betters 24 features at users’ requests

CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw v5.27, diagramming and drawing software update that improves 24 features according to users’ feedback. Among them are Libraries, Measurement Units, Adobe Photoshop TIFF files import, Styles, Formulas, etc. The new version also enhances methods in Basic and betters export to PowerPoint and PDF.

ConceptDraw v5.27 is available for USD$149 (Standard) and USD$299 (Professional). However 5.x versions owners can download the update for free. Those who have 1.x versions are offered to upgrade before the 1st of May 2005 for only USD$79 (Standard) and USD$99 (Pro).

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