Cadre introduces ObjectTeam Application Factory; First component-based application assembly solution.PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1995--Cadre Technologies Inc. today introduced ObjectTeam Application Factory, a suite of object-oriented tools to facilitate development of reusable software components and applications based on components. This product offering enables application assembly and reuse supporting standard C++ components and standard application and database interfaces. These interfaces include VBX (Visual Basic EXtension) A component software technology from Microsoft that enabled a Visual Basic (Windows) program to add functionality by calling ready-made software modules. , ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , Oracle, Sybase, and Objectstore. ObjectTeam Application Factory is the first comprehensive solution for application assembly and reuse for object-oriented, C++, Windows developers and is a complementary tool suite for any Windows-based C++ programming environment. ObjectTeam Application Factory is the only solution available for the development of reusable components and applications based on reusable components. ObjectTeam Application Factory satisfies a need in the object-oriented development market by providing tools that automate and simplify component-based application assembly through component design, wiring, testing, assembly and reuse. The tool provides a completely open approach to assembling applications by wiring modular objects and frameworks (components) together without introducing a new proprietary 4GL or script language. Applications are built/assembled by wiring together components and frameworks provided by ObjectTeam Application Factory which support GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. to object, object to object and object to database interconnections. Additional components such as Windows GUI, Microsoft Foundation Classes (programming) Microsoft Foundation Classes - (MFC) Software structures in C++, the Windows base classes which can respond to messages, make windows, and from which application specific classes can be derived. (MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) An application framework for writing Microsoft C/C++ and Visual C++ applications. See application framework. MFC - Microsoft Foundation Class ), Rogue Wave tools.h++, or ViewSoft Utah, or components provided by users, can also be integrated into the application. ObjectTeam Application Factory consists of three integrated modules: ObjectTeam/WireShop, ObjectTeam/ComponentShop, and ObjectTeam/DraftShop. The modules enable reuse of new or existing components and provide the capabilities to build, search, manage, wire, test and assemble components in an iterative development style. Code-free mechanisms for building and attaching Windows GUIs to business components for integration and assembly are available with ObjectTeam/WireShop. Application logic components can be wired together as well as wired codelessly to a graphic user interface See GUI. and integrated with an existing or generated DBMS (DataBase Management System) Software that controls the organization, storage, retrieval, security and integrity of data in a database. It accepts requests from the application and instructs the operating system to transfer the appropriate data. . ObjectTeam/WireShop includes WireWare, a sophisticated collection of integration frameworks which enable component wiring and interconnection. ObjectTeam/WireShop simplifies application assembly and allows users to concentrate on the critical application logic and components rather than focusing on the user interface or integration. The ObjectTeam/ComponentShop module provides component cataloging and management tools that promote reuse by allowing multiple developers to easily find, understand and use existing components. The module also includes pre-cataloged class specifications for MFC and Rogue Wave's tools h++. All components are classified to ease the management of existing components and associated navigation, tracking, and documentation information. Features aid in the assessment and understanding of each component via point and click navigation. The ObjectTeam/DraftShop module provides component design editors for graphically designing and documenting component applications. It supports multiple designers and leverages standard object oriented notations such as the Object Modeling Technique (OMT (Object Modeling Technique) An object-oriented analysis and design method developed by James Rumbaugh. See Rational Rose. OMT - Object Modelling Technique ). The user-friendly environment provides easy entry and editing of object-oriented graphical designs as well as cut/copy/paste capabilities and user-defined symbols. Code generation facilities are also provided for the construction of C++ components. "The key challenge facing software developers is not how to reuse software. If someone gave them reusable software, they would use it. What developers need help with is how to develop reusable software," said Mory Bahar, Cadre's vice president of marketing. "ObjectTeam Application Factory solves this tough problem and facilitates reuse. Cadre is making component-based software on Windows practical." ObjectTeam Application Factory is available on Windows and Windows NT platforms. Pricing starts at $4,495 for the complete tool suite and varies upon configuration. All products are distributed by Cadre's direct sales force in the United States and Europe and by distributors worldwide. Cadre Technologies Inc. is a worldwide leader in providing software development solutions and services. The company's products and services help automate and manage the entire software development life cycle. Its comprehensive solutions support both object-oriented and structured method approaches to software development. The company is the market share leader in object-oriented analysis and design Object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) is a software engineering approach that models a system as a group of interacting objects. Each object represents some entity of interest in the system being modeled, and is characterised by its class, its state (data elements), and its solutions. Its products are available for most workstations running SunOS, Solaris, Ultrix, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. , Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems. Headquartered in Providence, R.I. with sales and support offices throughout the United States and Europe, and with distributor sales offices internationally, Cadre has more than 39,000 installations worldwide and a customer base that includes General Motors, Kodak, IBM, Motorola, NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on , AT&T, Deutsche Bundepost, and Electricite de France. ObjectTeam Application Factory, ObjectTeam/ComponentShop, ObjectTeam/DraftShop, ObjectTeam/WireShop and WireWare are trademarks of Cadre Technologies Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Cadre Technologies Inc., Providence Carolyn Beaudry, 401/351-5950 or Rourke & Co., Boston Sally Winship 617/267-0042 |
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