New York, NY, Oct. 29, 1996 - Visual Edge Software Ltd.'s "Instant Coffee", (TM) an advanced Java (TM) code generator for UIM/X(TM) - the UNIX market's leading C/C++ GUI development system - is proving popular with the UNIX development community. The new code generator is targeted at software developers who want to either: 1) incorporate Java deployment in their C/C++ environment; or 2) migrate their existing Motif applications to Java.
Packaged as a free add-on to UIM/X, Instant Coffee addresses two core developer requirements. First, it gives developers the ability to deploy on any Java-enabled platform from a single source base. Second, it gives them the ability to migrate their legacy interfaces to new platforms. Offering full support of the AWT component set, Instant Coffee provides developers with the quickest route possible to having working Java GUIs.
According to Mike Foody, president of Visual Edge(r), "As a provider of leading visual development tools for the UNIX and Windows environments, we are finding Java an excellent opportunity for us to leverage our core expertise in a new and rapidly growing market. Moreover, by `Java-enabling' our software early on, we have been able to give our existing UNIX customer base a clear migration path to Java, using the tools they know and love. The bottom line is that we view Java both as a means of protecting our large installed base and as a way of attracting many new customers."
Instant Coffee - when used with UIM/X and Visual Edge's Cross Platform Toolset(TM) - provides Java developers with a sophisticated, mature GUI development environment, so they are assured of the highest level of productivity. The maturity of the environment means that they have all the features they have come to expect of industry-leading UIM/X: WYSIWYG interface layout, callback editing, graphical class browsing, graphical class construction, the ability to add their own classes to the palette, interactive subclassing, etc. This means that developers can focus on creating their application and building classes for reuse, not on overcoming the "limitations" of their development environment.
Combined with UIM/X's ability to graphically construct GUI classes, Instant Coffee enables developers to interactively create reusable Java classes that encapsulate all the necessary layout, behavior and AWT event handling code. Once created, classes can be dragged and dropped onto the palette for instanti ation. This unique ability means that developers can build their interfaces in true object-oriented style - which results in cleaner code, fewer bugs and reduced development costs for any single application/applet, as well as across applications/applets.
Visual Edge Software, Ltd. is a market leader in design, development and support of standards-based, cross-platform "programmability" technology. Visual Edge's award-winning product, UIM/X, is the dominant Graphical User Interface (GUI) development tool for CDE/Motif. The company's products are marketed worldwide through OEMs, distributors and ISVs.
Visual Edge's corporate headquarters are located at
3950 Cote Vertu, St-Laurent, Quebec, H4R 1V4 Canada.
Tel: (514) 332-6430
FAX: (514) 332-5914.
The Company's US office is located at
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014.
Tel: (408) 973-7823
FAX: (408) 973-7250.