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Fred Showker
This week there's something for everyone! A potpourri of great apps from desktop publishing and programming to education. We even include a couple of fast action arcade games!
MBS plug-in 4.3 comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the REALbasic development environment with over 450 classes and 4 controls featuring over 9000 documented functions. This version improves Linux support, allows users to run Java code in RealBasic, and offers new classes for CoreGraphics and QuickTime.
XFlows 1.0 is a cross-platform powerful and easy to use XML and XSLT manager. It can create complex XML processing scenarios including database export and publishing.
MBS plug-in 5.0 comprises a collection of several plug-ins that extend the REALbasic development environment with over 450 classes and 4 controls featuring over 9000 documented functions. Major changes in the new version include: QuickTime time code classes, classes to use the Stuffit engine, Rendezvous support, and Ghostscript classes.
DarkAdapted 1.3 is a gamma control application program that enables users to modify screen gamma settings. Version 1.3 adds AppleScript support, keyboard selection of the Presets pop-up menu, and the ability to save and load Presets Files.
biOpen is a sequence analysis and structure visualization tool based on a plug-in architecture. Major improvements were made in 3D visualisation of protein structures with this update.
Call of Duty: United Offensive 1.5.1 is a maintenance update to the game that thrusts players into authentic action across Fortress Europe's most historic battlefields. This release brings the game up to the current PC version.
Proteus 4.10 is a multi-protocol instant messaging application with support for AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber, and more. Version 4.1.0 is a minor update that corrects issues with AIM connectivity.
FlightMath 2.3 for Mac OS X is a utility for pilots for preflight calculations and weather. New in version 2.3, FlightMath can download Terminal Area Forecast information.
Adagio (free), now available for Mac OS X, is a fast paced 2D shoot-em-up in the tradition of many Genesis and Amiga games of similiar type. The full version contains 6 levels that challenge your skill as well as reveal the game's indepth story.
ConvertIt is a unit conversion program containing over 2400 unit conversions including currency. There is a new option to add an infinite number of your own conversion units.
WSL-Amazon wraps the Amazon Web Services API into an easy to use REALbasic class library of 72 powerful methods and 66 properties with support for the US, UK, German, and Japanese Amazon stores. This minor update adds support for search queries that contain accentuated characters and quotation marks.
Xj3D M10 is an open source toolkit for X3D (the XML and network-savvy successor to VRML). The M10 release is the first version for Mac OS X, completely written in Java and using OpenGL for hardware acceleration.
FmPro Migrator has been updated to add a new Microsoft Access 2003 to FileMaker 7 conversion feature, and offers a new drag and drop interface for Access to FileMaker 7 migrations. FmPro Migrator converts FileMaker Pro databases to MySQL, Oracle, and more.
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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