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Beta, JAVA: Simplicity beta
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Judy McDermott)
Thu Nov 5 19:17:20 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: 05 Nov 1998 16:01:00 -0400
From: bri@gt-online.com (Judy McDermott)
Reply-To: bri@gt-online.com (Judy McDermott)
Reply-to: bri@gt-online.com (Judy McDermott)
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Data Representations has released Simplicity for Java 1.1 beta 1a at
http://www.datarepresentations.com.
Simplicity for Java was demonstrated at Warpstock 98 and was a real
show stopper.
WHAT'S NEW
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The following is a list of major new features and improvements in the
Simplicity for Java 1.1 beta 1a.
1. Swing Support - Each of the Swing components have been added to the
Object Palette. Custom property pages have been designed to accompany
each of these parts. In addition, custom data model editors have been
provided for several of the components.
Note: The icons on the palette for the new Swing components are
temporary. New icons are being created.
2. JavaBeans Support - The composer now generates custom property pages
for any beans which are imported into the IDE. The JavaBean import
dialog has also been improved to let users select beans from a tree
diagram of their classpath.
A sample bean is being provided to experiment with. This bean is
datarep.beans.Knob, located under the Project directory. It implements
a simple 'volume' knob.
3. Java Source Editor - The editor has been enhanced in several ways.
1. Unlimited Undo/Redo
2. Search and Replace
3. Sourcerer's Apprentice - Type Ctrl-A after the name of any variable
to see a list of all methods and fields.
4. Compiler error message handling - When compiling .java source files
in the IDE, any error messages sent to the Java console can be double
clicked to jump to that line in the source file.
5. Right-click any component to see a menu containing the reverse-order
component heirarchy, from that component to the underlying Window.
6. Ctrl-click the Sourcerer button to insert generated code at the
cursor, rather than append to the bottom of the code area.
7. Multiple Image Directories - The image choice fields are being
replaced with a button which launches a dialog from which images can be
chosen. Any IDE groups containing image extensions (*.gif, *.jpg,
etc...) will be added to this dialog. Images can also be cropped and
scaled here.
Judy McDermott <bri@gt-online.com>
Judy's Warped World <http://www.gt-online.com/~bri>
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Liaison, Virtual OS/2 International Consumers Education <http://www.os2voice.org>
Vice President, Warpstock, Inc.
Secretary, Phoenix OS/2 Society Inc. <http://www.possi.org>
Sec/Treas, Greater Detroit OS/2 User Group <http://www.look-inc.com/GDOUG/>
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