OOFILE 1.4: Cross-Platform C++ Application Development Library

Perth, Western Australia – January 22nd, 2002 — AD Software today
announced the
release of version 1.4 of its OOFILE cross-platform C++ application
development library upgrade released for MacOS/X, Mac Classic, Windows and
Unix.

OOFILE 1.4 is now available for download from
http://www.oofile.com.au/downloads.html

This release represents a huge step forward in features and improved
debugging and is compatible with CodeWarrior=81 Pro7.1 and Visual C++=81 v6.
This is the first fully Carbonised release that will run natively on Mac
OS/X=81.

This is the first OOFILE upgrade for which we are charging. The bulk of
OOFILE remains Open Source and only the commercial dBase-compatible and
c-tree Plus=81 database backends are being charged for an upgrade.

For more information mailto:upgrades@oofile.com.au or visit our website
http://www.oofile.com.au/

ABOUT OOFILE
OOFILE is a family of C++ application frameworks providing a database API,
report-writer, graphing and forms interfaces on Macintosh, Windows and Unix
(*). OOFILE features a range of database backends including the
Professional version using Faircom’s c-tree Plus=AE ISAM engine.

Most of OOFILE is Open Source including the Report Writer with its HTML,
RTF, XMl and text rendering on all platforms including Unix servers. On
Macintosh and Windows, the report-writer features editable previews and
high-fidelity printing. With MacOS/X reports can now be saved as PDF.

OOFILE users range from hobbyists to professionals in corporate
consultancies, across Europe, the USA and Asia.

OOFILE provides idiomatic C++ database manipulation as well as XML
interfaces and enables common business logic to be used across platforms.

ABOUT AD Software
AD Software is a private company based in Perth, Western Australia. It has
provided consulting and software tools for cross-platform development since
1992 with a further decade of systems programming and database application
development prior to that date. The CTO is Andy Dent, a well-known figure
in the Macintosh and international Software Engineering communities.

(*) Unix support currently excludes forms interfaces and GUI preview and
printing. We are investigating ports to wxWindows and welcome Open Source
contributions.

Andy Dent BSc MACS AACM http://www.oofile.com.au/
OOFILE – Database, Reports, Graphs, GUI for c++ on Mac, Unix & Windows
PP2MFC – PowerPlant-)MFC portability