Prominare Designer, an OS/2 PM programmer's Rapid Application Development
tool for creating fully featured GUIs for OS/2, has been launched by
Prominare Inc., of Canada.

Prominare Designer allows the developer to create visual interfaces for an
application in a matter of minutes without having to write any source
code. This productivity gain remains high throughout the development of
the application, even as new visual interface elements are added.

Prominare Designer generates code for multiple class libraries and multiple
compilers, and offers the capability to generate code across platforms,
e.g. OS/2, Windows 3.1, and Windows NT, all from one tool. This feature
makes the process of developing for multiple platforms easy.

Acting as an extended resource editor, Prominare supports all versions of
OS/2, including Warp. Its inherent flexibility enables the power of C and
C++ to be fully exploited, with the added benefits of intelligent code
generation. Programmers can construct compact, efficient code without
unnecessary overheads or proprietary modules.

Programmers can use one interface to create both the resources and source
code for PM applications. The resource editing capabilities of Prominare
are backwardly compatible with all versions of OS/2. This offers unique
facilities in the areas of custom controls and PM Control Extensions
(PMCX), facilities which are lacking in other tools.

Prominare supports all OS/2 PM controls including multimedia (MMPM/2) and
Pen for OS/2.

Another impressive ability is that of Prominare-created applications to
easily conform to individual companies' programming standards, coding
conventions and selected level of CUA compliance. This ability to allow
programmers to modify Prominare's source code generation rules ensures
that the source code generated conforms with company naming conventions
and coding standards.

This capability is essential for speeding up programming in major companies
which are developing large applications, as the code is in a form that
their programmers already understand.

Matt Smith, Prominare Designer architect, said, "Prominare speeds the
process by removing unnecessary generation phases. When the visual design
for the application is modified, Prominare adds source code for only the
parts that have been modified since the last generation operation was
carried out.

"Prominare's inherent intelligence enables the application developer to
change the look and feel of the interface without having to reprogram the
actions of individual controls. The application developer can add his or
her own source code to that generated and Prominare ensures that the
application developer's source code remains untouched the next time a
change is made to the visual design, even when new source code based on
the changes is added.

Prominare Designer has a suggested retail price of $699 (US) and can be
ordered through Indelible Blue, Programmer's Paradise, Egghead Software,
OS/2 Express, ImageSoft in the US. In the UK, it can be order through
Microtransfer and OneStop OS/2. A complete list of qualified resellers can
found through Prominare's WWW server at
http://www.prominare.com/prominare.

Further detail on Prominare Designer can be found through Prominare's WWW
server or by sending email to designer@prominare.com.

Prominare is the Latin word which means "to drive forward," and Prominare
Designer allows developers to do just that.

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