Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 16:59:52 EST From: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org (freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com) Subject: Sniff+ newsletter (fwd) Message-ID: <199510110659.AA031274794@relay.hp.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- FYI, a demo version of available for Linux. Will be great if they such a port for FreeBSD. > > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 22:43:45 +0100 > > Message-Id: <9510102143.AA06984@TakeFive.co.at> > > From: TakeFive Information Service <info@takefive.co.at> > > To: kenneth@hpato.aus.hp.com > > Subject: TAKEFIVE NEWS OF THE QUARTER > > Status: RO > > > > =================================================================== > > ============= TAKEFIVE NEWS OF THE QUARTER =============== > > ============= October 1995 =============== > > =================================================================== > > > > o PRODUCT RELEASE: SNiFF+2.1 is coming with the following new > > features: > > - Multi-Programming-Language-Support > > - Symbol table API: enables programmers to create their own > > applications through access to underlying symbol > > information > > - DDE and dbxtra debugger integration: further expands > > SNiFF+'s openness in including a range of the most > > popular debuggers > > - 30-50% faster project loading times > > - SNiFF+2.1 on SCO Unix, Novell UnixWare and Linux as > > product available > > o FAMILY OF PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE PARSERS > > - Open Parser API for proprietary languages > > - CORBA Development: IDL Parser available in October > > - FORTRAN to C/C++: FORTRAN Parser to be shipped in November > > o MARKET FEEDBACK > > SNiFF+ wins "Best Applications Software Award" at > > SUN WORLD 1995! > > o PARTNERSHIPS > > SNiFF+ will be bundled with Dassault's CATIA/CADAM product > > and continue to be used by Dassault's Development Department. > > SNiFF+ will be integrated with IDE's StP/OMT-Booch Design and > > Reverse Engineering solution > > o TRADE SHOWS AND MARKET EVENTS > > OBJECT WORLD Germany, STRATEGIES OBJECTS 95, > > SYSTEMS 95, FORUM Object 95 > > o TRAINING AVAILABLE > > o TECH NOTES > > - Application Note on Workspaces for Team-Support > > - ClearCase Integration > > - RogueWave Libraries > > o DISTRIBUTORS AND OFFICES > > o SNiFF+ ON THE WEB > > o QUESTION OF THE QUARTER > > o TAKEFIVE SOFTWARE COMPANY BACKGROUNDER > > > > > > About this newsletter: > > > > Welcome to "TAKEFIVE NEWS OF THE QUARTER". > > This is a quarterly on-line newsletter designed to communicate > > new product information and news from TakeFive Software. > > To receive more information about TakeFive Software, contact: > > > > Europe: info@takefive.co.at, +43 662 457 915 > > USA: info@takefive.com, +1 408 777 1440 > > WWW: http://www.takefive.com > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ============= PRODUCT RELEASE: SNiFF+2.1 IS COMING ============== > > =================================================================== > > > > We'll be adding significant functionality to this release. > > Look for: > > > > - Multi-Programming-Language-Support > > - Symbol table API: enables programmers to create their > > own applications through access to underlying symbol > > information > > - DDE and dbxtra debugger integration: further expands > > SNiFF+'s openness in including a range of the most > > popular debuggers > > - 30-50% faster project loading times > > - SNiFF+ on SCO Unix, Novell UnixWare and Linux as > > product available > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ============ FAMILY OF PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE PARSERS ============= > > =================================================================== > > > > For the first time, projects that include different languages can > > be edited and managed in ONE integrated development environment. > > All object-oriented languages that have concepts similar to C/C++ > > or that are extensions of C/C++, e.g., IDL, 4GL (TCL, PERL, Python, > > etc.), as well as common procedural languages like FORTRAN or > > COBOL, can be integrated thanks to SNiFF+'s language-independency. > > No other development environment offers this feature. > > > > There are many ways of taking advantage of SNiFF+2.1's > > language-independency. For example, companies can integrate source > > code from any given language into SNiFF+2.1. On the other hand, > > software systems which are already available can be re-implemented > > and therefore integrated into an object-oriented C++ development > > environment. All in all, language-independency will make SNiFF+'s > > C/C++ development environment more universally applicable! > > > > In order to also support proprietary languages, SNiFF+2.1 can be > > used in conjunction with an Open Parser API, thereby allowing > > SNiFF+ users to write their own parsers. The Open Parser API will > > be available for all SNiFF+ versions including and subsequent to > > SNiFF+2.1. > > > > Besides offering customers the possibility of writing their own > > parsers for proprietary languages, TakeFive Software will also make > > available a family of programming-language solutions. > > > > TakeFive Software GmbH, Salzburg, Austria, announced at the GUUG95 > > trade show in Wiesbaden, Germany, that SNiFF+2.1 can be extended > > with an IDL-Parser through a cooperation with Interactive Objects > > Software, Elzach, Germany. > > > > Interactive Objects Software has been selected as TakeFive's > > partner for developing the IDL-Parser. Interactive Objects has an > > in-depth knowledge of CORBA development due to its distribution of > > and consultancy work for CORBA products. A further aspect of > > SNiFF+2.1's language-independency is the ability of having multiple > > parsers running simultaneously and in parallel with each other. > > > > For further information, please email us at info@takefive.co.at. > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ======================= MARKET FEEDBACK ====================== > > =================================================================== > > > > SNiFF+ wins "Best Applications Software" at SUN WORLD 1995! Press, > > attendees and exhibitors rated SNiFF+ 2 the "Most Innovative New > > Application Software" among 11 application software products during > > the event sponsored by Sun Expert Magazine and the Sun User Group. > > You can read about the press release and more details regarding > > this prestigious award at our web site. > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ========================= PARTNERSHIPS ======================== > > =================================================================== > > > > TakeFive Software GmbH, Salzburg/Austria, and Dassault Systemes, > > Suresnes/France, have signed a strategic license agreement. > > > > Dassault Systemes will use TakeFive's software technology in its > > product development process. Furthermore, through this agreement, > > CATIA Application Architecture (CAA) developers, including Dassault > > Systemes' internal developers, will gain direct benefit from > > TakeFive's object-oriented development environment, SNiFF+. CATIA > > Application Architecture (CAA) provides industries with the > > software development tools, methods and standards required to create > > embedded, integrated applications based on CATIA open architecture. > > > > In order to guarantee a high level of integration of SNiFF+ into > > the CATIA/CADAM development environment, TakeFive and Dassault > > Systemes have agreed to exchange strategic and experiential > > knowledge at the management level, as well as to establish close > > technical relationship between their respective development > > organizations. This cooperation will strengthen the position of > > both companies in their respective markets. > > > > CATIA and CADAM have been developed by Dassault Systemes, the > > world-wide market leader in mechanical CAD/CAM. CATIA and CADAM are > > installed at more than 7,000 customer sites, with a total of more > > than 100,000 seats in industries ranging from aerospace, automotive > > and consumer goods to manufacturing. With more than 1,000 > > employees, most of whom are specialist engineers, Dassault Systemes > > represents the largest CAD/CAM software development laboratory in > > the world. > > > > CATIA and CADAM are marketed and supported world-wide by IBM. > > CATIA is a registered trademark of Dassault Systemes. CADAM is a > > registered trademark of Dassault Systemes of America Corp. > > > > For further information, please contact: > > > > TakeFive Software Dassault Systemes > > Mr. Andreas Pabinger Mrs. Martine Vesco > > > > Tel: (43) 662 457 915 Tel: (33) 1 40 99 42 18 > > Fax: (43) 662 457 9156 Fax: (33) 1 40 99 43 76 > > > > =================================================================== > > =================================================================== > > > > Interactive Development Environments, Inc., San Francisco/USA, and > > TakeFive Software, Salzburg/Austria, have signed a strategic > > product marketing agreement which will enhance the joint use of > > IDE's StP and TakeFive's SNiFF+. > > > > IDE Inc., San Francisco/USA, announced that its industry-leading, > > object-oriented analysis design and code generation toolsets, > > Software through Pictures (StP), will support the full reverse > > engineering of C++ code. This will be made possible through an > > integration of StP with TakeFive Software's SNiFF+2.1. The > > integration will permit large teams of developers to better design, > > document and reuse existing or new C++ code by reverse engineering > > it into OO models within StP by means of Object Modeling Technique > > (StP/OMT) and StP/Booch. > > > > The integration of StP with SNiFF+2.1 will give developers more > > insight into complex software by automatically creating StP/OMT or > > StP/Booch models from the design of C++ systems "as built" and by > > allowing the user to iterate seamlessly between design tasks in StP > > and implementation efforts in SNiFF+. Furthermore, users will be > > able to view either design or code by navigating between StP/OMT's > > or StP/Booch's graphical design representations of C++ classes and > > SNiFF+'s C++ source code implementation. > > > > TakeFive's SNiFF+ provides insight into existing code and instant > > assessment of changes in software. It is the only UNIX C/C++ > > environment that lets developers mix and match platforms, > > compilers, debuggers and configuration management tools with a > > consistent GUI. SNiFF+2.1 also provides impact analysis and > > cross-referencing tools that complement StP/OMT and StP/Booch. > > > > Interactive Development Environments, Inc.(IDE), located in San > > Francisco, was founded in 1983 with the mission of helping > > companies build better mission-critical and enterprise-wide > > systems. IDE's integrated software tools automate every aspect of > > large-scale team development life cycles and fully support > > object-oriented, relational and structured methodologies. IDE's > > training, consulting and support services, along with partnerships > > with industry-leading hardware, software and services vendors, > > provide seamless coverage across the entire scope of software > > development. > > > > For further information, please contact: > > > > IDE, Inc. TakeFive Software > > Mr. Greg Neal Mr. Andreas Pabinger > > > > Tel: (415) 543-0900 Tel: (43) 662 457 915 > > Fax: (415) 546-6538 Fax: (43) 662 457 9156 > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > =============== TRADE SHOWS AND MARKET EVENTS =============== > > =================================================================== > > > > OBJECT WORLD (Frankfurt/Germany), October 9-11, 1995 > > > > STRATEGIES OBJECTS (Paris/France), October 10-13, 1995 > > > > SYSTEMS 95 (Munich/Germany), October 16-20, 1995 > > > > FORUM OBJECTS (Paris/France), October 24-25, 1995 > > > > C++ WORLD (Chicago/USA), October 31-November 2, 1995 > > > > TakeFive Software or its Distributors will present the new > > version of its object-oriented development environment > > SNiFF+2.1 with: > > - Multi-Programming-Language-Support > > - Open Parser API for proprietary languages > > - IDL Parser for CORBA Development > > - FORTRAN Parser > > > > See Product Release SNiFF+2.1 below for details. > > For further information, please contact: > > > > Europe: info@takefive.co.at, Tel: +43 662 457 915 > > USA: info@takefive.com, Tel: +1 408 777 1440 > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ===================== TRAINING AVAILABLE ======================= > > =================================================================== > > > > Harness the full power of SNiFF+ with a product training session > > from TakeFive Software. We'll help your team maximize the benefits > > of your development environment with hands-on training. Email > > info@takefive.co.at for details. > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ========================== TECH NOTES ========================= > > =================================================================== > > > > Application Note on Workspaces for Team-Support: > > > > An Application Note on Workspaces for Team-Support is now ready. > > Our techs have written a tutorial on how to set up workspaces in > > SNiFF+. This Application Note describes in a simple form which > > configuration steps are required for using SNiFF+ powerful > > Workspace and Team-Support concept. > > > > > > ClearCase Integration: > > > > For ClearCase users there is now an Application Note available > > which describes the way how SNiFF+ can be used together with > > Atria's tool. This note especially explains the way how SNiFF+ > > specific symbol-information-files should be managed within the > > ClearCase CMVC-concept. Furthermore, it gives an overview of a > > custom menu in SNiFF+ that implements commands specific to > > ClearCase. The integration itself is accomplished with ClearCase's > > text-based interface and SNiFF+'s open CMVC-adapter concept. > > > > > > RogueWave Libraries: > > > > This paper describes how to efficiently use Tools.h++ together with > > SNiFF+. SNiFF+ uses the concept of partial preprocessing for > > loading the RogueWave Tools.h++ class library. The RogueWave > > project can then be used as a subproject for your application/library > > projects, thus allowing an optimal reuse of these base components > > within your sources. > > > > > > All three papers can be obtained from us via FTP. The documents will > > also be available on our Web-Site soon. Please let us know in which > > paper you are interested in. > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > =================== OFFICES AND DISTRIBUTORS ================== > > =================================================================== > > > > Offices: > > > > Europe: > > TakeFive Software E-mail: info@takefive.co.at > > Jakob-Haringer-Strasse 8 Fax: +43 662 457915 6 > > 5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA Tel: +43 662 457915 > > > > USA: > > TakeFive Software, Inc. E-mail: info@takefive.com > > 20823 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 440 Fax: 408 777 1444 > > Cupertino, CA 95014 Tel: 408 777 1440 > > > > > > Distributors: > > > > UK: Power Software info@power-soft.co.uk > > France: Microprocess mpi@world-net.sct.fr > > Italy: Chorus soprano@chorus.it > > Finland: Delphi jkl@delphi.fi > > Israel: N.C.C. ncc@netvision.net.il > > India : Siemens Information Systems pankaj.tangri@blr.sni.de > > Brasil: Paradigm Systems Brasil Tel: +55-11-851-0949 > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ====================== SNiFF+ ON THE WEB ====================== > > =================================================================== > > > > Visit our Home Page on the World Wide Web! Check us out at > > http://www.takefive.com for the most recent information about > > SNiFF+. You can learn about our latest product, find out about what > > upcoming events are planned and read a little bit about TakeFive's > > background, or you get instructions on how to download SNiFF+ from > > our home page. We plan to update our page frequently - so make it a > > part of your bookmark list and keep in touch with TakeFive Software! > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > =================== QUESTION OF THE QUARTER =================== > > =================================================================== > > > > What languages are you interested in? Which ones do you program in > > most frequently? > > > > We want to hear from you. Send us email at: info@takefive.co.at. > > Or, call us at +43 662 457 915 in (Europe and Asia) > > or +1-800-418-2535 (US). > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > ========== TAKE FIVE SOFTWARE COMPANY BACKGROUNDER ========= > > =================================================================== > > > > TakeFive Software was founded in 1992 with the mission of producing > > and marketing high quality, industrial-strength software development > > tools. Headquartered in Salzburg, Austria, TakeFive sells and > > supports its innovative development environment, SNiFF+, worldwide, > > directly and through distributors. SNiFF+ is used by leading > > companies in the telecommunications, banking and financial > > industries, as well as by large manufacturing companies and > > independent software vendors. > > > > SNiFF+ is the only object-oriented development environment that > > gives the programmer both freedom of choice and flexibility in > > using, mixing and adapting UNIX platforms, compilers, debuggers and > > configuration management systems as needed. SNiFF+ combines high > > performance (speed, scalability) and overall functionality with an > > intuitive user interface (easy to use and easy to learn). > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > To receive more information about TakeFive Software and/or SNiFF+, > > contact: > > Europe: info@takefive.co.at, Tel: +43 662 457 915 > > USA: info@takefive.com, Tel: +1 408 777 1440 > > WWW: http://www.takefive.com/ > > =================================================================== > > - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M.C Wong Email: mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com Australian Telecom Operation Voice: +61 3 272 8058 Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd Fax: +61 3 898 9257 31 Joseph St, Blackburn 3130, Australia OS: FreeBSD-1.1.5.1 http://www-ato.aus.hp.com/~mcw -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMHtrGUmThh0X7Um5AQHRQgP8DIE4c5syAjrSoSwREhYfrJCZ6zzI9ruA Jd8EQKWHdQzwH/AQZUwb7cJF/8BNcEOqMR11vhAOAh7sm8sanwyAfNzZIzHQgKBU 8/bAssuOtgZPKooSKYCYSFI4/qsUhhAyC08yWtNxB4JJ8MzHpQiHotEx6EJPx/qW qIjm3zzZTAM= =+rN7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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