Imperial Software Technology Ships Visaj Java Application Development Tool; Advanced Java App Builder Available on All Java Platforms.PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1997--Imperial Software Technology (IST), maker of the popular and powerful X-Designer Motif-to-Java GUI builder, announced today that it is now shipping the first release of its Visaj Java designer. Visaj allows developers building Java applications to exploit the full power of the JavaBeans component applications in pure Java. "Visaj is a next generation Java builder," said Derek Lambert, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of IST. "Many existing tools are tied to one platform and are visually poor. Visaj is a true visual builder which works where users want to work, whether that be the UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). or Windows platform." Visaj, which is written in pure Java, helps developers working with multiple hardware platforms reduce their time to market by using a single application builder to build truly cross-platform Java applications. The tool is available on all platforms that support Java, including Solaris, 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. , AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , DEC UNIX, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. Irix, Microsoft Windows NT, and Windows 95. Applications written with Visaj run on any platform without recompile To compile a program again. A program is recompiled after a change has been made to it in order to test and run the revised version. Programs are recompiled many times during the course of development and maintenance. See compile. . Visaj provides a comprehensive range of tools for manipulating Java, including an AWT (Abstract Windowing Toolkit) A class library from Sun that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. AWT was the first user interface development system included in the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). editor, layout editors, a dynamic event editor, and a resource bundle editor. The Visaj AWT (abstract windowing toolkit See AWT. Abstract Windowing Toolkit - Abstract Window Toolkit ) Editor wizard speeds the construction of Java user interfaces by providing a point-and-click palette of components and a design tree which displays the containment hierarchy. Layout editors include GridBag and Border layout editors, while the sophisticated event editor dynamically displays newly-created event binding. The resource bundle editor lets developers set up alternative values for resources in order to easily create international versions of their products. Visaj also integrates seamlessly with many third-party components. IST's Visaj maintains the familiar interface from X-Designer, so that developers familiar with that award-winning Motif-to-Java GUI builder can become immediately productive on Visaj. Developers can construct applications without a lot of hand coding using the same acclaimed "point-and-click" methodology used by X-Designer. The X-Designer and Visaj team of products provides users with a continuum of development capability, so that developers can build Motif and Java interfaces for their applications and then use Visaj to create new Java applications that utilize JavaBeans components. Visaj fully supports the JavaBeans standard, as well as Sun Microsystems Java Developers Kit 1.1 to allow developers to take full advantage of Java's improved event model. Pricing and Availability Visaj is priced at $995 for the first license with 90-day support. It is available directly from IST in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, or through a network of distributors worldwide. For more information on Visaj, IST or any IST product, contact sales@echnology Founded in 1982 by members of the University of London For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Within the university federation they are known as Recognised Bodies Imperial College, IST is a software engineering company recognized internationally for its exceptional technology. Its flagship product, the X-Designer GUI builder, is installed at leading corporations throughout the world. For example, Motorola Corp. uses X-Designer through a worldwide corporate license and NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers holds multiple site licenses. IST also provides workbench technology to OEMs and is a leader in the development of advanced visual programming tools. The company is based in Reading, England, and Palo Alto, CA. -0- Note to Editors: X-De Microsoft and Windows are registered trademark Technology Derek Lambert, +44 118 958 7055 or 650/688-0200 derek@ist.co.uk 5 hmccunn@earthlink.net KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA |
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