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SOFTWARE: Code F/X Porting Tool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Smith)
Tue Aug 4 16:37:40 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: 04 Aug 1998 16:06:00 -0400
From: msmith@codefx.com (Matt Smith)
Reply-To: msmith@codefx.com (Matt Smith)
Reply-to: msmith@codefx.com (Matt Smith)
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Code F/X Inc.
Announces Code F/X Porting Tool Release 1
Toronto, ON -- July 31, 1998 -- Code F/X Inc., introduces Code F/X Porting
Tool Release 1, a tool designed to aid in the porting of OS/2 C source code
to the Microsoft Win32 platform. Code F/X Porting Tool ports up to 80% of
the source code with the remaining 20% being code that does not have
equivalent Win32 APIs or resources. When special handling of a coding
construct is detected during the porting process, this area is noted within
a log. This information aids in the final hand conversion. These include
controls that are found within OS/2, such as the container, notebook or spin
button, that do not have corresponding Win32 controls. Other areas are OS/2
APIs like GpiCreateLogColorTable which does not have an equivalent Win32 API
since Windows only uses RGB as its colour model whereas OS/2 uses an index
or RGB colour model.
Porting source in seconds not months
Code F/X Porting Tool provides significant cost and time savings in porting
the code from OS/2 to Win32. It can port a large software project in a
matter of minutes as compared to the many weeks it can take by the
traditional hand porting process. Also, if the porting process is being
performed by programmers still learning the Win32 APIs, the time savings are
increased even further.
Pricing and Availability
The product is now available for purchase direct from Code F/X for CA$299
(US$199). Details on the tool can be found at http://www.codefx.com.
About Code F/X Inc.
Code F/X Inc. is a developer and provider of innovative software development
tools for use on Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows98 platforms.
Founded in 1991, the privately held company has licensed versions of
Prominare Designer, the predecessor of Code F/X Design Studio, to IBM for
use in their OS/2 SDK and VisualAge C++ for OS/2 and VisualAge C++ for
Windows products. Code F/X Inc. was formerly known as Prominare Inc. whose
products include Prominare Designer for OS/2, Prominare Validator for OS/2
and Prominare Converter for OS/2.
Note to editors: If you are interested in viewing additional information on
Code F/X Porting Tool, please visit the Code F/X News Web page at
http://www.codefx.com/news.html. Evaluation copies available upon request.
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Code F/X is a=A0 trademark and service mark of Code F/X Inc. Design Studio is
a trademark of Code F/X Inc. Microsoft is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. All
other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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