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Apple Ships Translation Manager Software to Developers - 01/1993
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Path: sdcc12!network.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: [email protected] (Gar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.announce Subject: Apple Ships Translation Manager Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: 25 Jan 93 00:40:36 GMT Sender: [email protected] Organization: Apple Lines: 100 Approved: [email protected] (Comp.sys.mac.announce Moderator) NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu Follup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc [ this press release was trimmed by the moderator ] MOVED OVER PR NEWSWIRE AT 11:30 AM, EST, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1993. Contact: Cindy McCaffrey Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-1578 Apple Ships Translation Manager Software to Developers Macintosh Easy Open Simplifies Opening Files from Other Programs, Platforms CUPERTINO, California -- January 4, 1993 -- Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the Macintosh (Easy Open Developer's Kit, an extension to System 7 and a translation manager application programming interface (API) that provides Apple developers with the ability to enhance their applications or translation systems to open and convert documents on Macintosh personal computers, regardless of the availability of the applications that created the files. Designed to simplify access to information from a variety of applications and across computing platforms, Macintosh Easy Open makes opening and converting documents as easy as any other basic Macintosh task. Once incorporated into third-party applications or file translation systems, Macintosh Easy Open provides users with options for accessing and manipulating documents quickly and easily. Apple developers and their customers will appreciate that their applications require no modifications to take advantage of most Macintosh Easy Open features. "Macintosh Easy Open is a powerful tool for getting to information regardless of where it came from," said Charlie Oppenheimer, director of marketing for Apple's Macintosh Software Architecture division. Macintosh Easy Open provides users with a number of ways to access Macintosh and non-Macintosh files. For example, when a user double-clicks on a document that normally couldn't be opened because the application that created it is unavailable, Macintosh Easy Open intercedes and searches for applications and file translation systems that are capable of opening the document, and lists them for the user. Once the user selects an alternate application, Macintosh Easy Open transparently manages the conversion of the document using the application's internal translation capabilities or by using specialized translation software. "DataViz has adapted its entire MacLinkPlus library of file translators, so Macintosh Easy Open will always offer users an application to open "foreign" documents whether they came from a Macintosh or a personal computer," said Dick Fontana, president of DataViz, Inc. By incorporating a standard API, Macintosh Easy Open provides Apple developers with unique translation-management services. These services can be integrated into their applications or translation systems to provide transparent data conversion whenever opening, copying, pasting, or publishing data from one format to another. While Macintosh Easy Open does not perform any data translation itself, it effectively manages access to third-party translation systems and applications, which perform the actual translation. The Macintosh Easy Open extension also features added descriptive information about documents, including non-Macintosh files, and color icons in the Open and Save windows, making it easier for users to determine document types at the Finder level. The Macintosh Easy Open Document Converter, which comes with Macintosh Easy Open, is a system utility that works with third-party translators to allow users to convert a document from one file format to another, without opening the document. With this feature, files can be converted easily and quickly by simply dragging file icons to the Document Converter icon. Availability The Macintosh Easy Open 1.0 DeveloperUs Kit is available to developers for $150 U.S. by contacting the Apple Programmers & Developers Association (APDA), Apple's mail-order service for developers, at 1-800-282-2732 in the United States, or 1-800-637-0029 in Canada. From other international locations call 1-716-871-6555, or contact the country APDA representative. APDA may be contacted electronically through the following addresses: AppleLink: APDA America Online: APDA CompuServe: 76666,2405 Internet: [email protected]