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http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/WebStarterKit/
http://www.1701software.com
http://delaneyrm.com/fpPlugin.html
http://www.ohanaware.com/appwrapper/
http://thezaz.com/blog/2013/08/announcing_zirconkit_for_xojo.html
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Xojo, Xojo Cloud, and Heartbleed
To address the issues with the "Heartbleed" security flaw, Xojo, Inc. has posted two important articles about the issue. For those who create apps with Xojo, read this:
http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2014/04/xojo-apps-and-heartbleed.php And those who use Xojo Cloud should read this:
http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2014/04/heartbleed-and-xojo-cloud.php Product: Xojo, Xojo Cloud, and Heartbleed
Platforms: All
Website:
http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2014/04/xojo-apps-and-heartbleed.php Website:
http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2014/04/heartbleed-and-xojo-cloud.php ChartView Control 1.3
Chart View is a modern charting solution for all your Xojo projects.
It includes several Chart types such as column, line, area, bar, combo charts, scatter, pie, and doughnut.
Chart View offers a very high level of customization. Chart View uses advanced drawing techniques to anti-alias all drawing on Windows and Mac OS. Every part of the Chart View has been highly optimized for performance. The Chart can now be animated on Mac OS and Windows when loading new data.
Product: ChartView Control 1.3
Platforms: OSX/Win
Price: 79€
Website:
http://www.jeremieleroy.com/products/chartview.php mySalesAgent Released
mySalesAgent is a Mac-only App which makes sure you will never miss the Mac App Store sale you are waiting for again. It offers a clean, white iOS7-like interface in which the user can search for iOS Software, iPad-only Software, Mac Software, and eBooks available on Apples Stores. Just search for items which you want to purchase when they reach your targeted price. Set your price and forget about it. The mySalesAgent will inform you via OS X Notification Center Messages and/or via Email when an item reaches the targeted price.
Product: mySalesAgent
Platforms: OSX
Price: Free
Website:
http://www.schneppi-software.de/ IP in Menubar 4.4
MonkeyBread Software Releases IP in Menubar 4.4, an application to show the current IP address in the menubar. This small application runs in the background and shows the current IP address of your Mac in the menu bar. There are options available to customize the appearance of the menu entry. The IP address is updated regularly. Switch on the Router option if you are behind a router or gateway. You can still see your local IP address in the menu.
Product: IP in Menubar 4.4
Platforms: All
Price: Free
Website:
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/IPinmenubar.shtml Intelligent Subnet Calculator
Written with Xojo, Intelligent Subnet Calculator is a tool for:
Advanced Subnet Calculation (Binary/Hex View, Tiny Mode) Cisco Access List Builder (adding drag and drop import capabilities on v1.2.0 right now)
ARIN Whois Lookups
Geolocation Searching by IP
Intelligent Subnet Calculator is available on the Mac App Store or on the website.
Product: Intelligent Subnet Calculator
Platforms: All
Price: $13.99
Website:
http://www.intelligentsubnetcalculator.com/ TaskTime4 v5.1.5
TaskTime4 is a reliable and versatile time tracking and billing solution. With TaskTime4 you can track any number of clients and any number of projects for each client. Create invoices that can be emailed, printed, and saved to disk. Since you can have more than one project open at a time it is easy to switch between projects on the fly. Tracking expenses has never been easier.
Product: TaskTime4 v5.1.5
Platforms: Mac
Price: $20
Website:
http://www.ttpsoftware.com/ XojoNews publishes daily Xojo news updates
XojoNews has been relaunched with a new look and a new format. XojoNews covers cross-platform development news, with a particular focus on Xojo. Whether it's blog updates, third-party control updates, forums, training videos or seminars, it will all be covered on XojoNews, with regularly daily updates.
XojoNews also includes an RSS feed so you don't have to keep checking the site. Or subscribe to the free XojoNews Roundup mailing list, and receive a weekly recap of all the news, straight to your Inbox every Sunday morning, in a clean and easy-to-read format.
Product: XojoNews
Platforms: All
Price: Free
Website:
http://www.xojonews.com/ Automation Suite for VMware Supports Multiple Monitors
F.W.Roller and Associates LLC, cross-platform business software developers and Enterprise Resource Planning consultants, announced availability of Automation Suite 2014 Release 1 for VMware, which includes vmCLIpboard, vmProcessStrobe and vmProcessStrobeWeb. vmCLIpboard enables building, managing and automating the execution of VMware Command Line Interface commands from Windows, OS X and Linux. vmProcessStrobe and vmProcessStrobeWeb enable viewing, stopping and running processes inside of VMware virtual machines from Windows, OS X, Linux and any smartphone, tablet or computer with a web browser.
The latest release of Automation Suite for VMware supports multiple monitors so the location, position and dimensions of each window will be retained between each run. If the arrangement or resolution of the monitors changes between runs, previously open windows will be intelligently placed so that they are fully viewable. Otherwise they will appear precisely where they were in the previous run.
Core functionality is free and may be used indefinitely.
Product: Automation Suite 2014 Release 2 for VMware
Platforms: All
Price: $199 (suite), $99 (single product)
Website:
http://fwRoller.com/Downloads MBS Plugins 14.1 Released
The MBS plug-in comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the Real Studio development environment with 2,000 classes featuring over 51,000 documented functions. Our plugins support all three platforms Mac OS X, Windows and Linux with all project types desktop, web, and console.
For Mac OS X, MapKit classes using the open source MapKit framework were added. While Apple offers a MapKit framework directly, it's only available for 64-bit application.
On Linux, the LinuxProcessMBS class was added to show processes with details.
The SQL Plugin got a couple of improvements. The SQLPreparedStatementMBS class has been rewritten with new methods to bind parameters by name. You can now decide to raise exceptions for errors in the SQLDatabaseMBS class. The SQLDateTimeMBS class is now working better with existing date objects.
Other updates include the barcode plugin, more CoreImage functions, and improved Cocoa file handle and printing functions. DynaPDF has been updated to version 3.0.32.87, LittleCMS to version 2.6.
Product: MBS Xojo and Real Studio plugins 13.5
Platforms: All
Price: $29-$299
Website:
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml Light Blue 5
Photography industry favourite Light Blue, desktop software to run a photography business, has been updated with a host of new features to help make business admin that much more simple. Light Blue 5 keeps track of your contact list, shoots, workflows, sales and expenditure, all in one program. Light Blue is desktop software that runs on a Mac or PC, but it also syncs your data to an online account when you have a network connection. The release coincides with updated iPad and iPhone apps being available in the app store. The updates includes over 300 tweaks and improvements to make Light Blue even better. Light Blue 5 is made with Xojo.
Product: Light Blue 5
Platforms: All
Price: £295 + VAT
Website:
http://www.lightbluesoftware.com/ XjPrint
IveBeenThinking Software's XjPrint is an application to help document your project for clients and code review. XjPrint for Xojo enables you to produce professionally styled color-coded printouts of your project source code that are ideal to:
Prepare your code for Code Reviews Produce paper or electronic documentation of your Xojo source code
Locate bugs, and identify areas for improvement
Use samples of code in your proposals, technical briefs, and presentations
Impress your clients, managers, or colleagues with the professionalism of a XjPrint printout while explaining a certain point
XjPrint can be downloaded for a free 15 day evaluation period.
Product: XjPrint
Platforms: OSX/Win
Price: $19.95
Website:
http://www.rdsisemore.com/xjprint/ Xojo 2014 Release 1 and Xojo Cloud
Xojo 2014 Release 1 and Xojo Cloud, our one-click cloud hosting solution, are now available. Xojo 2014 Release 1 greatly improves overall IDE performance and layout editor performance for webpages with a lot of controls. It contains 107 improvements, 20 changes and 6 new features, including:
MoviePlayer uses AVFoundation on OS X to support Mac App Store. New If operator for single-line If statements that can be used as expressions.
New Crypto functions for DER and BER conversion.
CancelBuild IDE Script command.
Added WebTextField.CueText property.
WebContainers scroll properly on mobile devices.
Added HeaderPressed and HeaderStyle properties to WebListBox.
Added TargetRemoteDebugger constant to know when the remote debugger is being used.
Much improved tab behavior within IDE.
Also shipping is the much anticipated Xojo Cloud. The best way to build web apps is now also the best way to host them. Xojo Cloud is:
Secure: You can't afford to be hacked. When it happens, it's costly. Our state-of-the-art, industrial-strength, multi-tiered security is woven into the core of every Xojo Cloud server. Easy: It can take days to set up a server and get it configured properly. Xojo Cloud servers require zero configuration. And with just one-click, your apps are deployed.
Maintenance-Free: Servers require maintenance. Not so with Xojo Cloud servers. We maintain and back up your server for you saving you time and money.
Developing, testing and deploying your web app has never been so easy! Learn more at
http://www.xojo.com/cloud Product: Xojo 2014 Release 1
Platforms: All
Price: Free IDE (deployment of built applications requires a one-time fee, $100-$995, depending on target)
Website:
http://www.xojo.com/download MBS SOAP Kit 2.3 for Xojo With this SOAP Kit, you can parse the webservice description file (WSDL) and generate source code for all the methods, constants and classes defined in your webservice. You add this code to your project together with additional source code provided from MBS. Now you can call the webservice methods like any other method in your code. The new versions adds a new sample project for VAT service of European Union, improves handling of arrays and some keywords. The generated code now contains Clone methods, Copy and Value constructors for easier usage.
Complete SOAP solution for professional Xojo (Real Studio) users Parses the description of your webservice as WSDL.
Out SOAP Utility generates for you:
Classes for each data type in the WSDL
Modules with constants defined in the WSDL
Modules with methods to call WSDL functions synchronously and asynchronously
Includes shared code for common tasks:
Error handling
Verify WSDL matches between Client and Server.
XML creation and parsing
All source code generated for your application is not locked or encrypted.
Product: MBS SOAP Kit 2.3 for Xojo
Platforms: All
Price: 999 Euro
Website:
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/SOAP/ New Xojo PostgreSQL Book Published
Eugene Dakin has released a new Xojo book,
I Wish I Knew How To... Program PostgreSQL with Xojo Desktop . This book lowers the steep learning curve for this industrial database and PostgreSQL is able to easily handle complex transactional loads and multi-users. There are over 70 working examples that are fully explained in the book text, which has more than 350 pages.Some of the many topics in the book are:
Joins Transactions
Alias
CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
Reports
Prepared Statements
Tested on Windows and Mac OS's Desktops
And more...
Product: I Wish I Knew How To... Program XML with Xojo in Windows and I Wish I Knew How to... Program Xojo Desktop and SQLite books
Platforms: All
Price: $8.99
Website:
http://great-white-software.com/rblibrary/ ChartPart 4
CULLY Technologies, LLC is proud to announce the updating and the release of ChartPart project to version 4.
ChartPart is a charting tool written completely in Xojo, intended for Xojo developers to use within their commercial or non-commercial applications when they are in need of simple charts and graphs. ChartPart is a subclass of the Xojo canvas control, and creates Bar, Stacked Bar, Line, and Pie charts to be used in Xojo applications.
New features are:
Multiple series, each with multiple values to be charted. Previous versions only allowed one series. New chart type: Stacked bar
Can now chart negative values in bar, line, and stacked bar chart types.
Series label and location options.
More value label options and options for the location of the labels.
Note: This version breaks backwards compatibility. Please fully test your chart generation carefully.
Product: ChartPart 4
Platforms: All
Price: Free
Website:
http://cullytechnologies.com/products/chartpart/ GlucoAide v1.1.5
ToThePoint Software Releases GlucoAide, a Macintosh application designed specifically for people with diabetes. With GlucoAide users can easily track and graph their blood glucose tests as well as track their weight on a day by day basis.
The program allows people with diabetes to keep food and exercise logs along with a handy journal. GlucoAide can store links to diabetes related resources such as websites, documents, folders, email addresses, etc. In addition, diabetes team contact information and medication information can be stored.
Data input is quick and easy. Works with mmol/L and mg/dL. The demo version will run for 20 days after which users will need to purchase GlucoAide from the Apple App Store to continue using it.
Product: GlucoAide v1.1.5
Platforms: OSX
Price: $8.99
Website:
http://ttpsoftware.com/thankgoodnessWP/gluco/ Font Sleuth v2.4.4
Font Sleuth is designed to make locating that perfect font for a project as quick and easy as possible. Font Sleuth is not intended to replace sophisticated font management software such as FontExplorer X or Suitcase Fusion 2. Because these font managers have more complex functionality they are priced considerably higher than Font Sleuth.
But many people do not need all of the the bells and whistles of a high priced font manager. If what you need is a quick and simple way to choose that perfect font on the fly, along with some basic font management features, Font Sleuth is the answer.
font character display on main window (show/hide with disclosure triangle) fixed preference saving
improved Group Editor controls
interface tweaks
manual slide show controls added to display window
display window makeover
Product: Font Sleuth v2.4.4
Platforms: OSX
Price: $14.99
Website:
http://ttpsoftware.com/thankgoodnessWP/font-sleuth/ DataViewer for Xojo Developers
DataViewer is a collection of objects for Real Studio/Xojo that you can easily incorporate into your own applications to give SQL Query functionality for SQLite and MySQL databases along with Data Export facilities. It is available to purchase for use within your own software or alternatively with Full Source Code. Once purchased their are no restrictions on use.
Connect to any SQLite or MySQL Database Very small Footprint. < 5Mb
Incorporate Easily into your Own Apps
Objects Window showing Tables and Columns
Drag and Drop from the Objects Window to the Query Window
Double Click Tables and Columns to Copy to Clipboard, Paste into Query
Results Grid can be customised for Font, Size, Stripe Colour and Line Type
Results Grid can Switch between 'Fit to Grid' and 'Show Horizontal Scrollbar'
Auto Highlighting of SQL Keywords (Caps, Bold, Coloured - or Any Combination)
User Definable Keywords List
Each SELECT reports Time Taken
Export Results Data in Tab Delimited, CSV or JSON Formats
Save and Load SQL Scripts
One Click for Record Count, any Table
One Click to Fetch 20 Records for Quick Query
One Click to Fetch All Records
Insert a SQL Template
Reactive Results List - Auto 'Fit to Grid' or 'Show Horizontal Scrollbar'
Results List now inside nside a Tab Control: Future Use
SQL History List - Double Click to Recall
Windows Sizes and Positions Saved on Exit
List View Configurations Saved on Exit
Product: DataViewer for Xojo Developers
Platforms: All
Price: £50 (standard), £150 (Pro with source code)
Website:
http://bit.ly/1lZqmdB BKeeney Software Inc. Acquires Fireye PDF Classes for Xojo
BKeeney Software Inc. has acquired the Fireye PDF classes for Xojo and Real Studio. These PDF classes represent years of quality work and fill a need in the Xojo developer community in regards to the creation of PDF documents. BKeeney Software will spend some time modernizing the classes to conform with the new requirements for Cocoa and rerelease for sale once the work is completed. These PDF classes will also enhance our Xojo-related developer products, particularly Formatted Text Control and BKeeney Shorts.
Asher Dunn, the original developer of the Fireye PDF classes said, "I am happy that my work was highly valued by the community. I think Bob and his staff at BKeeney Software will do a great job maintaining and enhancing the PDF classes for years to come."
All existing customers will receive version 2 for free. An email will be sent to all registered users with instructions on how to upgrade to the BKeeney version. Once a new version is released existing customers will be able to upgrade at a discounted price. At this point, pricing has not been determined.
Product: FireEye PDF classes
Platforms: All
Price: N/A
Website:
http://www.bkeeney.com/allproducts/pdf-classes/ RAGE Software Releases EverWeb
Toronto-based RAGE Software today introduces EverWeb, its fully featured website designer for Macintosh. EverWeb builds on the ease of use of Apple's discontinued iWeb website builder. EverWeb brings the familiar iWeb interface with new, modern features such as mobile websites, drop down menus, built in search engine optimization, image slideshows and much more. Using modern HTML5 and CSS3, EverWeb websites are faster, leaner and compatible with all major desktop and mobile web browsers.
Since Apple announced that iWeb would no longer be developed, users have been looking for something as easy to use with new features they need to build modern websites. EverWeb takes all the technical challenges out of designing a website, publishing it online, and attracting new visitors. Using modern HTML5 and CSS3, EverWeb websites are faster, leaner and compatible with all major desktop and mobile web browsers.
With EverWeb, you can use one of the professionally designed templates or start a website completely from scratch. Built in widgets let you add design shapes, social media integration, image galleries, image slideshows, contact forms and more. The built-in HTML Snippet widget lets users add virtually anything to their EverWeb site.
EverWeb comes in two versions. A standalone version that can be used with any web hosting service and costs $79.95 USD. EverWeb can also be purchased with one-click publishing that includes the software, web hosting, and custom email addresses. EverWeb + One-click publishing starts at $99.95 USD.
Product:
Platforms: All
Price: $80-$100
Website:
http://everwebapp.com/ Two New Xojo Books Published
Eugene Dakin has released two new Xojo books,
I Wish I Knew How To... Program XML with Xojo in Windows andI Wish I Knew How to... Program Xojo Desktop and SQLite .The fist book is over 200 pages and has 50 example programs which cover 15 chapters on XML such as Unwritten rules, Comments, Child sections, XML Documents, Reading, Editing, Writing, XQL (XML Query Language), XSLT, CData, Schema, SOAP, and more. There's also info on connecting databases, displaying data in multiple formats, making the information tailored to the reader, adding security through schemas and more. With Xojo's ability to work on multiple operating systems, using XML adds to the already diverse Xojo
environment.
The second book is over 300 pages, greater than 70 example programs which cover over 20 chapters explaining topics such as Joins, Thread and Progress Bar, Transaction, Alias, Encryption/Decryption, CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete), Reports, and much more.
Product: I Wish I Knew How To... Program XML with Xojo in Windows and I Wish I Knew How to... Program Xojo Desktop and SQLite books
Platforms: All
Price: $8.99
Website:
http://great-white-software.com/rblibrary/ MBS Xojo Web Starter Kit Reaches 1.1
The MBS Xojo (Real Studio) Web Starter Kit is a starting point for building your Web Applications with Real Studio or Xojo. Version 1.1 is a free update for existing users.
Especially our new Web Signature Kit allows you to easily capture signatures on a tablet device with your web application. You can of course simply use it as a drawing area, too.
New in Version 1.1:
* Added Web Signature Kit project.
* Commented out Print commands. They are useful in standalone, but cause problems in cgi mode.
* Improved code to handle database. Now the app launches when no database is found.
* Added WebLoadBalancing example code
* Added System Information page.
Existing features of our Web Starter Kit:
* Database Support including REALSQLDatabase, MySQLCommunityServer, CubeSQLServer and SQLDatabaseMBS. Other databases can be added easily.
* Simple User Management for Admins and normal users.
* Login Panel.
* Auto login, so people don't need to login each time.
* Collects Exceptions and JavaScript Errors in database and displays them to Admin..
* Allows logging to text file and database and displaying them.
* SQL Console with download of database and query result as CSV file.
* Session management for admin to see what users do..
* Chat Window.
* Creates Backup of database.
* Object browser and memory statistics.
* Messages for Admins to/from users.
* File Browser.
* Shows how to cache images/files to save memory.
* and much more...
You can use the Kit as a foundation of your new web application or simply copy the parts you need to your own web application. This Kit is the result of putting together all the goodies we developed in the last two years for various web applications. Things we believe everyone could need in their own solution. And of course in the next few years we will add more functions depending on user requests.
The Web Starter Kit requires Real Studio 2012 or newer and a license of the MBS Xojo (Real Studio) Plugins. The Kit uses a couple of plugins.
Product: MBS Real Studio Web Starter Kit
Platforms: All
Price: $149
Website:
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/WebStarterKit/ Xojo Web Application Hosting
1701 Software, Inc. is proud to announce the general availability of our Xojo web application hosting services!
We use Xojo every day to build beautiful web based applications for our customers. We decided we could help the community at large by providing a service that understands the needs of Xojo apps.
Many people have gone searching for the web host who understands what makes Xojo special and unique. Many have become frustrated with poor support, inadequate libraries, incompatible versions, or restrictive policies that make shared hosting a nightmare. Going to a VPS is a wonderful improvement but requires a lot of time and patience as you learn the Linux command line and various server tools.
Now you can rely on a webhost that gets you. We offer fully managed private VPS servers that are optimized for Xojo. Everything out of the box is ready to run your Xojo app. In fact we install an example app on your box as soon as it's ready to go to demonstrate the speed. We use the latest technologies like solid state disk drives which make your apps fly. You can even choose from North American or European datacenters as we know many Xojo users hail from across the pond.
Last but not least the price is affordable. Our basic no frills developer plan is $15/month and includes 512mb of ram. If you require MySQL, PostgreSQL or email hosting you should look to our business plan at $25/month which gives you 1024mb of ram. Both plans offer two months free on a yearly payment schedule. Both plans allow you to host as many domains, Wordpress blogs, and Xojo apps as you like.
Product: Xojo Web Application Hosting
Platforms: All
Price: $15-$25/month
Website:
http://www.1701software.com fp Plugin 7.3
fp Plugin 7.3 adds the function fpPowerMod which can raise a square matrix to a very large integer power modulus an integer which also can be very large.
Using a custom fp multi-precision engine, fp Plugin for Xojo adds six new data types, BigInteger, BigFloat, BigComplex, BigFraction, BigPoly, and BigMatrix. Except for available memory, there is no limitation on the size of a BigInteger.
BigFloat is a multi--precision floating point number. You can set both the internal precision and the decimal output precision for BigFloat, with no limitation except for available memory.
BigComplex is composed of two BigFloats.
BigFraction represents num/den where num and den are BigIntegers.
BigPoly represents a polynomial with BigFraction coefficients.
BigMatrix represents a matrix with BigFraction elements.
fp Plugin itself allows you to construct programs which can handle the six new data types much like doubles and integers are handled. To a large extent the new data types can be freely used with the +, -, *, and / operators, and can be used in comparisons. And most of Xojo's functions have been overloaded to take the new data types, where it makes sense to do so. The added 7th data type is ComplexVector, which holds an array of complex numbers. Additional functions use the Laguerre method to find for a polynomial all its roots (complex or real) to any chosen precision.
Product: fp Plugin 7.2
Platforms: All
Price: Free
Website:
http://delaneyrm.com/fpPlugin.html Ohanaware improves App Wrapper with added support for Xojo
App Wrapper is the tool that Ohanaware use to package their applications for the Mac App Store & their web site. App Wrapper is a simplified approach to performing meanial tasks that are required in order to distribute applications for Apple's Mac App Store and OS X Mountain Lion. Version 2.2 now includes a new Icon editor and several bug fixes.
Version 2.2 of App Wrapper includes a new Icon Editor, allowing more control over icon generation and updates the icon code to the latest version. It also improves support for Xojo 2013r2 and an improved version editor, not to forget numerous bug fixes.
App Wrapper simplifies the process of Code Signing, Sandboxing, Compressing applications (via OS X Installer or Zip file), generating Retina Compatible High Resolution icons, and Help Documentation preparation. Reducing the time required to prepare applications for distribution via the Mac App Store or OS X Mountain Lion.
Code signing is required for both the Mac App Store & OS X Mountain Lion. App Wrapper's Code signing engine is capable of code signing helper apps, frameworks, plugins & AppleScripts. Sandboxing is required for the Mac App Store. App Wrapper 2 features a new GUI interface to simplify the specification of Entitlement keys and their values. It includes tools to help validate a Sandboxed application and to track down Sandbox violations.
App Wrapper can add High Resolution ICNS files to the application bundle, or it can generate High Resolution ICNS files from almost any transparent image. App Wrapper also features a 'Document Icon Maker' that can generate (AHIG conforming) High Resolution ICNS files using the Application icon and a simple identifier. App Wrapper uses High Quality scaling to retain as much detail when generating icons at smaller sizes. When creating Retina compatible applications, App Wrapper can generate HiDPI ICNS files (dependant on the specified Minimum OS).
App Wrapper can add a Help folder or Help file into the application bundle, and add the correct keys to the plist. Also featured is a Help Validator which will check the help documents for simple XHTML errors, broken links, missing images and other common errors.
App Wrapper features functionality to add importable and exportable UTIs to an application, it includes a function that can generate a matching UTI from a document type. This enables developers to easily add support for "Document Packages".
Many required plist keys can be specified using the App Wrapper interface. For more advanced plist editing, App Wrapper includes a simple plist editor.
App Wrapper features GUI options for configuring the Apple About Box. Included in the App Wrapper help is code for Real Studio developers to use, that will display a genuine Apple About Box.
App Wrapper automatically saves the settings, restoring them when the application is re-opened in App Wrapper.
App Wrapper was made with Xojo (formally known as Real Software's Real Studio) and App Wrapper was used on itself, to generate a Retina compatible icon, validate and include the help, configure the about box, codesign the bundle and then to create the Zip compressed file.
Product: App Wrapper 2.2
Platforms: OSX
Price: $49.99
Website:
http://www.ohanaware.com/appwrapper/ ZirconKit for Xojo
Everybody who has written a custom control knows every single one of them needs some common work to get going. The ZirconKit Foundation is a free open source set of classes designed to make custom control authoring easier. The ZirconControl class is an automatic zero-flicker canvas that also handles retina scaling and appearance notification, to name a few. Also includes methods for drawing focus rings, adjusting color brightness, drawing stretched and patterned pictures, and detecting full keyboard access. If you're writing a custom control, this is a good foundation to build from, and there is plenty more room for this package to grow.
ZirconSwitch
Built on ZirconKit, this is an iOS replica switch control. This control is fully animated -- with the ability to turn the animation off -- and very customizable. Supports custom captions, colors, positioning, and sizing. And, for the record, this is not the same control as used in the Xojo IDE. Built from scratch, this control supports Retina displays, animates nicer, and is more flexible than the Xojo IDE control.
ZirconSwitch is available as a free demo. The control will fully function in debug builds, but will be completely invisible and inoperable in built applications. A licensed version can be purchased for $10, and allows use in an unlimited number of applications under development by the purchaser. Both demo and licensed versions ship as encrypted classes.
ZirconBreadcrumbs
ZirconBreadcrumbs is a massively flexible path control. It can be fully themed to match any application, supports Retina displays, and supports both icons and captions per cell. Displaying filesystem navigation -- or any navigation for that matter -- is a piece of cake now.
ZirconBreadcrumbs is available as a free demo. The control will fully function in debug builds, but will be completely invisible and inoperable in built applications. A licensed version can be purchased for $25, and allows use in an unlimited number of applications under development by the purchaser. Both demo and licensed versions ship as encrypted classes.
Product: ZirconKit / ZirconSwitch / ZirconBreadcrumbs
Platforms: All
Price: ZirconKit (free), ZirconSwitch ($10), ZirconBreadcrumbs ($25)
Website:
http://thezaz.com/blog/2013/08/announcing_zirconkit_for_xojo.html
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