Totally Hip announces WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX.VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1997--Totally Hip Software(Alberta Stock Exchange Alberta Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). THW THW Technisches Hilfswerk (German government disaster relief organization) THW This House Would (debating) THW Turnverein Hassee-Winterbek (Kiel, Germany handball team) .) Totally Hip Software Inc. (THW:ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. ) today announced WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX(TM), a new component version of the company's popular cel-based paint program for creating animation for Web pages and corporate intranets. WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX allows users to easily create and edit a variety of graphical file formats including animated GIF A moving picture in GIF format, which is made up of a series of frames. When displayed, they provide an animated sequence that cycles over and over without stopping. Although popular on the Web, animated GIFs are larger than single-frame GIFs and take longer to download. for use on Web pages or in any ActiveX document. WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX takes advantage of the new Microsoft(R) Visual Studio(TM) development tools by seamlessly integrating it with other ActiveX controls. "Totally Hip has been a pioneer in developing leading-edge technology to third-party developers and end users such as with the Sizzler siz·zler n. 1. One that sizzles. 2. Informal A very hot day. ActiveX control, which was one of the first ActiveX controls available. We are very excited that Totally Hip will continue its pioneering efforts by creating WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX," said Tom Button, director of marketing of development tools at Microsoft Corp. "Totally Hip's development of WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX will continue to strengthen the already close partnership that exists between Totally Hip and Microsoft." "The Microsoft Visual Tools 5.0 allow us to tightly integrate WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX with other applications that support version 5.0 Visual Tools," said Selwyn Wan, vice-president of technology development. "With the ActiveX model forcing universal compatibility and Internet connectivity for each application, users can finally concentrate on the content of their documents instead of the tools they use. ActiveX and Visual Tools promise not only to revolutionize the way users interact with applications, but also to radically shift the way applications are developed by providing a core development standard." Visual Tools 5.0 and ActiveX: Version 5.0 of the Microsoft Visual Tools is the first comprehensive set of tools enabling developers to combine rapid advances in client/server technologies with the broad reach of the Internet. Developers using Visual Tools 5.0 are able to create compatible ActiveX controls that intrinsically work with the Internet. As the Internet grows in mass-market appeal, applications using Visual Tools such as ActiveX will anticipate the needs of future customers by addressing the specific technological advancements of the Internet. Developed with Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms 5.0, WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX inherently works with the Internet and other ActiveX-based applications. WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX enhanced functionality will allow users to launch the application right inside any ActiveX supporting product such as Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Borland's Delphi(TM) and Microsoft Front Page and Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. . ActiveX provides users with the ability to work with a variety of ActiveX controls all in the same environment, such as a word processor, while providing the freedom to choose applications that meets each user's specific needs. With WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX, users can easily create animated content and export it to a variety of file formats such as animated GIFs and Totally Hip's Sizzler ActiveX control stream-based multimedia player formats for any of their ActiveX documents Formerly known as "Document Objects" (DocObjects), ActiveX Documents are extensions to Microsoft's OLE compound document architecture that allow a container application to use the full capabilities of server applications. Containers Launch Servers As of Version 3. or browsers. As a result, users are able to quickly create and edit animated content on an HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. Web page document from any server anywhere in the world. WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX Availability: WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX beta cycle will be posted on Totally Hip's Web site the summer of 1997, with the commercial version of WebPainter 1.0 for ActiveX scheduled for release in the fall of 1997. WebPainter 1.0 for Windows(R) 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) and for Macintosh stand-alone products are available from Totally Hip's Web site at http://www.totallyhip.com and are now shipping through on-line stores, popular resellers, mail-order and distributors for an SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. of $99.95 US/$138.95 CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. . WebPainter 1.0 currently supports ActiveX by exporting to the Sizzler file format. A Try Out version of WebPainter 1.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT and for Macintosh are also available for free download from Totally Hip's Web site at http://www.totallyhip.com. Sizzler editor, used to convert existing files to the Sizzler format is available for free download from Totally Hip's Web site. Sizzler files can be viewed by Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Java enabled browsers. Totally Hip Software Inc.: Founded in 1995, Totally Hip (ASE:THW) designs, develops and markets Web-based multimedia software and technology, including Object Scenario, a multimedia authoring technology, Sizzler multimedia players, and WebPainter animation software, which are all available commercially, as well as on a non-exclusive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and licensing basis. Object Scenario can be used to develop new products or customize existing products including multimedia content creation tools, multimedia Web browsing and multimedia authoring and presentation tools. -0- (C) 1997 Totally Hip Software Inc. All rights reserved. Microsoft, ActiveX, Visual Studio, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Totally Hip Software Inc. Brian Leeners, 604/ 685-6525 brianl@totallyhip.com Shelley Voyer, 604/ 685-6525 shelleyv@totallyhip.com |
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