KL Group Provides Motif Application Developers With Enhanced 2D and 3D Charting, Optimized Table and Data Entry, Validation Functionality, and Loads of New Widgets.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--KL Group Inc., the leading provider of Motif 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. components and widgets announced today the release of a major new version of its award-winning Motif widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. suite, XRT XRT A symbol used specifically upon the consolidated tape to indicate a security trading ex-rights. Notes: Typically, a stock will depreciate in price immediately after rights offering expires. PDS (1) (Processor Direct Slot) A single expansion slot on certain, early Macintosh models that was used to connect high-speed peripherals as well as additional CPUs. Providing a channel directly to the CPU, the PDS coexisted with NuBus slots on some models. (Professional Developer's Suite). XRT PDS is a collection of widgets and utilities that enable Motif developers to build improved GUIs quickly, easily, and inexpensively. XRT PDS 2.0 supports Linux, all major 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). platforms, 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. , Interix and NuTCRACKER. Its enhanced collection of tools enable developers to address a wide range of Motif development tasks such as building flexible lists, tables and forms, adding 2D and 3D charting and graphing, and constructing bullet-proof data-entry and validation fields. "The new release of XRT PDS underscores our ongoing commitment to supporting the Linux and UNIX/Motif platforms," said Dewaine Miller, vice president, marketing at KL Group Inc. "We recognize that corporations continue to need robust, cost-effective tools that enhance productivity in mission-critical application development environments. XRT PDS's substantial upgrades will allow developers to create professional interfaces easily and faster than ever before." New XRT PDS 2.0 features include: -0-
-- XRT/graph - providing new chart types including 3D scatter plots,
bubble charts, 100% charts, stacking area and stacking line
charts as well as enhancements to pie charts. Output capability
has been enhanced to include XPM, JPEG, and PNG.
-- XRT/3d - includes scatter plots and provides additional output
capabilities to XPM, JPEG and PNG.
-- XRT/table - enables use of XRT/field comboboxes and XRT/field
spinboxes as cell editors. Also included is a true list mode that
mimic's Motif's native list mode.
-- XRT/field - provides a calendar widget and corresponding pop-up
date editor. New auto-matching completion provides automatic
completion of partial data entered by a user.
-0- XRT PDS 2.0 also includes XRT/gear, which features numerous enhancements to the Outliner An outliner is a special text editor that allows text to be structured as an outline. Outliners are typically used for computer programming, collecting or organizing ideas, Getting Things Done, or project management. widget including editable labels and multi-line column labels. Furthermore, XRT/gear provides: a new color editor; several new widgets such as active Push Buttons, Toggle Buttons, and a Horizontal/Vertical Paned paned adj. Having a specified kind or number of panes. Often used in combination: clear-paned windows; double-paned French doors. widget; and Widget Snapshot, a tool for capturing and saving images in a variety of formats including JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. and PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A bitmapped graphics file format endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is expected to eventually replace the GIF format, because there are lingering legal problems with GIFs. . For a complete list of new features, visit the KL Group Web site at: http://www.klgroup.com/xrt Pricing and Availability XRT PDS 2.0 is available now in both shared and static library format from KL Group directly or through KL Group's worldwide reseller channel. XRT component pricing starts at $1,495 US for a single user license. Network licenses are also available. ABOUT KL GROUP KL Group has been making software developers more productive since 1989. KL Group develops and markets the award-winning XRT family of GUI components for Motif, Olectra components for Windows, the JProbe family of Java profiling and testing tools, and the JClass family of 100% Pure Java certified JavaBeans. Recently cited by Arthur Andersen as one of Canada's "50 Best Managed Private Companies", KL Group has received numerous awards, including the 1997 UNIX Review Editor's Choice Award for Company of the Year. Additionally, for the last three years in a row, KL Group has been recognized by PROFIT magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing Canadian companies and was named a "Java Innovator" by Information Week in 1997. Products are sold and supported through an international network of qualified resellers, and from KL Group's European headquarters in Amsterdam and worldwide headquarters in Toronto. Visit KL Group on the World Wide Web at http://www.klgroup.com. |
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