SCRIPTING & APPLICATIONS
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appgen-demo-nos2 Last Update: 03/02/97

AppGen NOS2 - This is a demonstration version of AppGen for Newton OS 2.0. AppGen allows you to build your own Newton applications with ease. AppGen version 3 is an application generator, enabling users to easily generate their own custom tailored data-collection applications for Apple's Newton PDA. Data can be saved to internal memory or external PCMCIA memory cards; searched using Newton's standard "Find" facility, and sent to other computers for further processing via the Newton Connection Kit. AppGen allows users to generate scrollable data entry screens populated with any number & combination of the following field types: Popup, Numeric, FreeForm, Date, Phone, Currency, Time, Fraction, Stopwatch, External Lookup and more!

Bee-one for NTK Last Update: 01/10/98

Bee-one is relational database adaptor for database applications developed under the 4th Dimension platform. The latest release of Bee-one to NTK is a beta add on which allows Newton OS 2.0 users to create packages from a Bee-one developed application using the Newton ToolKit. Note: Use of this product requires files developed with Bee-One's relational database applications, available at the Bee-one website. Credit: Ludovic Durand-Texte.

bits Last Update: 03/02/97

Bits - A set of NewtonScript functions for manipulating bit data. These functions are freeware, but I retain copyright. If you use them, please drop me a note or card, and put a line in your docs or about box that Bits! is copyright (c)1994 S.Koren. The functions are wrapped in a demo program that requires SteveWeyer's Newt/RunNewt. Slurpee the bits.mac or bits.txt (DOS) file to your Newton, then start Newt and tap on the Expr button to build the demo. NOTE - The demo is quick and dirty and is NOT elegant code. It does work, and is there only to test/demo the bits functions.

BugTrap 1.5 Last Update: 02/11/98

BugTrap 1.5 helps both developers and end users track down the cause of program bugs and crashes. If you're having trouble communicating with a program's tech support, just install and run BugTrap, reproduce the error, and send the resulting created "Note" to the developer. The idea of BugTrap is provide users a way of giving developers an accurate log of a crash occurring on their Newton. Rather than sending the developer a backup of their Newton, BugTrap is a realistic substitute for the developer hooking the problematic system up to NTK for debugging. Tactile Systems believes 90% of the problems existing in packages can be fixed with the information BugTrap provides. Read the included README file carefully before using BugTrap.  Credit: Robert Bruce, Tactile Systems. 

chart Last Update: 03/02/97

Chart - This application contains a prototype for a line chart view. You may use this prototype in your application free of charge. I would be interested if you build anything cool. Chart is copyright 1994 by Chris Christensen (chris2x@eworld.com). Takes up 5k once installed.

dbpanel-0.91 Last Update: 03/02/97

DbPanel 0.91 - DBPanel allows the user to set the trace, breakOnThrows, and printDepth debug globals without having to type into the inspector window. The simplest thing to do is to run DBPanel and then run the app under test. As long as that app isn't based on a floating view, the floater should remain accessible. The floater can be moved by dragging so as to avoid obscuring the interesting parts of the app underneath. I wrote DBPanel after seeing a similar app that saved one from having to find a pause in the inspector output. I took the idea a little farther, adding the breakOnThrows and printDepth globals and a viewIdleScript that keeps the checkboxes in sync if you do change the values by typing in the inspector.

errorinfo-0.11 Last Update: 03/02/97

Error Info .11 - This is a simple program to diplay Error infomation for Newton OS 2.0. If your newton has latest error infomation, program use that at executing. So you dont not need input at that. Install both "ErrorInfo.pkg" and "ErrorCode.pkg", and Tap to use them.

internals-pkg-and-source Last Update: 03/02/97

Internals pkg and source code - When first starting Newton development I fiddled around with some basic principles, like lists. ProtoTextLists seemed pretty interesting, but the sample was a little too simple. So I extended this code a little, cleaned it up and discovered/learned a lot during this work. I must say though that I wrote this a month ago, did some major Newton development after that, relooked at the code again yesterday, and cut at least one third of the code and slots! I hereby give this code away for free, not because it's a great wonderful tool (far from), but because it might give other novices some help.

lisp-0.5 Last Update: 03/02/97

LISP 0.5 - LISP 0.5 for the Newton is an interpreter for a subset of the LISP language. LISP is a functional list-processing language that supports recursion. It is the language of choice for artificial intelligence applications, and later dialects such as Common LISP and Scheme are currently in active use. The version of LISP implemented by this package is approximately a subset of any modern LISP. We assume that the user is familiar with some dialect of LISP or has found a textbook to explain the rudiments. Includes 22 built-in functions, including integer arithmetic and the ability to load definitions from Notes folders. Freeware.

mac-to-win-converter Last Update: 03/02/97

Mac-to-Win Converter - The Mac to Windows Project converter is a Macintosh application that converts Newton applications developed of the Mac to Windows format.