ESPRESSO! Developer is a third party Interface Builder object palette that provides a suite of extensions to existing App Kit and DB Kit objects, as well as providing new objects that increase the object-oriented development capabilities of the environment. ESPRESSO!Developer supports Objective C methods under Test Interface mode but also provides its own language that is very easy to learn and can be mastered in days. FEATURES INCLUDE: Support of DB Kit's database independence; apps developed with ESPRESSO! Developer will recompile on any database with a DB Kit adaptor. Developing applications with ESPRESSO! requires no prior knowledge of the App Kit; this feature allows you to train programmers while they develop mission critical apps. No royalties or licensing fees; applications developed with ESPRESSO! Developer compile into independent applications that do not require ESPRESSO! Developer to run. TEMPLATES: Templates for NEXTSTEP text fields and DB Table Views. They do data validation and view formatting: money date/time character field text field floating point field integer field OBJECTS! OBJECTS! OBJECTS!: ODModule lets you easily define qualifiers without coding, sort order of the data in your DB Table view and specify the loading sequence of your data ODPickField is a convenient object that lets users choose from a large number of items without cluttering the screen and slowing down the application since it loads the data from the database only upon request and keeps it in memory ODDragView provides the icon-dragging behavior that a number of graphical applications include (move or copy data from one location to another) but is not explicitly supplied in Interface Builder ODMultiView saves screen space by allowing the display of various windows over the same window area (switch views). Used extensively throughout NEXTSTEP, ESPRESSO! now offers an object that enables designers to create overlaid views graphically LANGUAGE ESPRESSO! Developer provides a fourth generation language. It is easy to learn, can be mastered in days. An API is available for further customization. Objective C methods and ESL (ESPRESSO! Script Language) functions can be used jointly in the development of apps and much more... If you would like additional information on this and other Professional Software product, please contact: Valerie Birk Professional Software 591 North Avenue Suite 4 Wakefield, MA 01880 (617) 246 2425 (617) 246 1443 1-800-246-4664 U.S. & Canada espresso@logibec.com INSTALLATION PROCEDURES FOR DEMO SOFTWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE TO INSTALL ESPRESSO! DEVELOPER, FOLLOW THESE STEPS: 1. In the File Viewer, select your home directory. If it doesn't already contain a subdirectory called Apps, create one with the New Folder command, and name it Apps. 2. In the File Viewer, select the file ESPRESSO_Demo.pkg. Double-click its icon. The Installer application will launch, displaying a panel labeled ESPRESSO!... 3. Click the Install button in the upper left corner of the panel. Another panel appears, labelled Install In. 4. In the Install In panel's browser, select Apps in your home directory. Click OK. 5. A confirmation panel appears. Click Install. All the files from this package are automatically copied into the Apps directory in your home directory. -------------------------------------- Professional Software, based in Wakefield, MA has been dedicated since 1989 to providing and promoting innovative development tools such as ESPRESSO! for the NeXT marketplace. ESPRESSO! and ESPRESSO! Developer are trademarks of Professional Software, Inc. All other trademarks, registered trademarks are not the property of Professional Software, and belong to their respective owners.