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PRESS RELEASE
AUGUST 8, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Reality Check Inc Announces Release of ZedREXX 1.0 for Amiga
ZedREXX Provides Powerful GUI Extensions to REXX
(NASHVILLE, TN) Reality Check Inc today announced the release of
ZedREXX 1.0 for Amiga, a REXX Language Extension that adds sophisticated
Graphical User Interface (GUI) capabilities using an easy-to-use yet
extremely powerful syntax.
ZedREXX provides users with the ability to build a GUI into any of their
REXX scripts.
Unlike the complex and cryptic syntax that are common to other REXX GUI
systems, ZedREXX syntax is structured, simple and easy to read. Common
GUI techniques are implemented in the command host instead of in the REXX
script, making the run-time speed and response time of a ZedREXX script
similar to the same application written in C.
Following is a summary of the extensions that ZedREXX provides:
* Abstract textual definition of all user-interface elements.
* Platform independent user-interface description.
* Single-window or multiple-window interfaces.
* Automatic snapshot of window size and placement.
* All controls are accessible by keyboard shortcuts.
* Font and text sensitive layout of all GUI elements.
* Support for context-sensitive on-line help.
* Drag and Drop support.
* Iconification.
* Access to common dialog boxes, such as File and Font.
* Non-modal or modal windows.
* Transparent handling of all event processing.
* Resource tracking.
* Support for object observers and multiple targets.
* Persistent object and attribute support.
ZedREXX has been in beta testing for more than nine months, and has
already gained quite a following among its testers. Willy Langeveld,
author of rexxarplib.library, at SLAC, said "Finally, I can toss away
rexxarplib.library!"
ZedREXX provides an AmigaGuide on-line reference and utilizes the
Commodore Installer to ease the installation process. Minimum system
requirements are an Amiga running 2.04 or beyond of the Amiga Operating
System.
A full featured evaluation version of ZedREXX is available for download
from BIX in the amiga/listings area as zrxv1r0.lha. Product support is
also available through BIX in the amiga.vendors/reality.check conference.
To get an account on BIX call 800-695-4882 or 617-491-5410, at Login:
enter bix, at Name? enter bix.net.
ZedREXX 1.0 for Amiga - REXX Language Extension is available directly
from Reality Check Inc priced at $35.00 US for single copies. For orders
in North America add $5.00 shipping and handling. For orders from
outside North America, add $7.00 shipping and handling. All orders must
be in US funds: Check or Money Order. Money Order orders only from
outside the US. Site licenses, product bundling and OEM agreements are
also available.
REXX is a trademark of IBM Corporation. AREXX is a trademark of Wishful
Thinking, Inc. ZedREXX is a trademark of Reality Check Inc. Amiga,
AmigaGuide and the Commodore Installer are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga,
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
END
Contact:
David N. Junod
Reality Check, Inc.
5543 Edmondson Pike, Suite 134
Nashville, TN 37211
TEL 615-832-8888
FAX 615-832-8888
djunod@bix.com