Developers may want to check out Znippetizer-X, a new tool designed to help programmers, writers, scientists, lawyers and other folks that need to quickly sort, organize and categorize things.
Developed with the REALbasic editing environment, Znippetizer-X has a small global floating window (with a “Z” in it) where you can drag any text. Any items dragged there are stored in a database and grouped. All new items are stored in the currently selected Snippetgroup, and can then later on be moved to any other group.
By clicking on the “Z,” the Znippetizer-X windows zooms and you get access to the groups and lists of items. You can drag any item from the list to any other application that can receive a text drag. You can zoom any snippet, select parts from it, and copy from it. You can drag text files to the Znippetizer-X window and also paste new snippets into it. You can also edit a snippet in the close up window. For ordering info surf on over to the Kagi-Code 66 Web site.
And in other developer related news …
Intelli Innovations, developers of business and Internet tools for the Mac, has introduced the final version of ProSQL 1.0, its local and remote database management software for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.
ProSQL offers users the ability to directly access the tables and data in their database, display and search that information, and generate reports without requiring any knowledge of SQL query syntax or database engines, according to Paul Scandariato, chief technology officer at Intelli Innovations. Advanced users can utilize standard SQL syntax to perform queries from within the “SQL Console” or automate their database using “SQL Script Builder,” ProSQL’s integrated scriptwriter and debugger. What’s more, data can also be stored and retrieved locally using ProSQL’s integrated single-user database engine.
ProSQL 1.0 is available immediately for US $189.95. Designed for users of free database systems, ProSQL Personal Edition, available for $89.95, supports mySQL, PostgreSQL, ProSQL, and REAL databases only, along with limited reporting and administration capabilities. The full version is designed for users of commercial database engines. For more information, go to the ProSQL home page. ProSQL requires a Power Mac with Mac OS 8.6 or later.
The final release of the SQLBoss Series 1.0 is finished and ready for download, according to MacTech magazine . SQLBoss Monitor is a tool for managing the content of Web enabled databases.
Electric Fish has announced two new products. One is CWCVS 2.4.1, a CodeWarrior version control plug-in that provides access to the GNU CVS system from inside the CodeWarrior IDE. CVS is a POSIX-based version control system and CVS clients are available on many platforms, including the Mac. CWCVS lets Mac developers use CVS with CodeWarrior without “arcane” command line arguments or scripts. Version 2.4.1 has been Carbonized and Aquafied for Mac OS X and fixes various bugs.
Electric Fish has also released CWProjector 3.4.1, a shareware version control plug-in for Metrowerks CodeWarrior. It lets you use MPW’s Projector for source control without leaving the CodeWarrior IDE. Version 3.4.1 has also been Carbonized and Aquafied.
SuSE Linux, the open source solutions provider, has released SuSE Linux 7.3 PowerPC Edition. It comes with eight CDs containing a Linux operating system and more than 2,000 applications. SuSE Linux 7.3 PowerPC Edition can be obtained directly from SuSE.
Brian Hall, Mac developer and linguist, has released the Blugs List Management Engine 1.1, an alternative to the Mac OS List Manager and DataBrowser. Blugs offers C and Pascal interfaces to CodeWarrior and MPW static libraries. Both 68K and PowerPC Macs are supported. A Carbon version is available, and the “classic” libraries are compatible back to System 7. Version 1.1 features a number of API (application programming interface) enhancements, chief among them being scroll bar widgets and a basic notification callback mechanism, Hall said.
OpenBase International is shipping OpenBase SQL 7.0.2, the latest version of their SQL database for Mac OS X and other platforms. The update comes with the new OpenBase 7.0 interface.
Carbon Events Plugin 2.0 — a $10 shareware product — is now available. The latest version adds fully proxy icon support, including proxy icon dragging, window popup menu support, window FolderItem support and window modified support. There’s also now Standard Alert Sheet support, which shows a standard alert as a sheet, and is configurable. Carbon Events Plugin 2.0 also adds support for Ask Save Changes & Discard Changes sheets and Basic Put File sheets.