REALbasic 4.5 Now Available
REALbasic 4.5 Makes Creating Software Fun and Easy, Improves Support for Mac OS X, Adds Powerful New Graphics and Multimedia CapabilitiesAUSTIN, Texas (July 17, 2002)— REAL Software announced today the availability of REALbasic 4.5, the powerful, easy-to-use tool for creating your own software for Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Windows. This new version of the award-winning software includes dramatically enhanced multimedia tools, powerful new graphics capabilities, substantially more flexible database features, and more productive IDE.
“REALbasic 4.5 is, by far, the best version of REALbasic ever, especially for Mac OS X users,” said Geoff Perlman, president and CEO of REAL Software. “We’ve combined what users have been requesting with the technology we know we need for the future.”
“The increasing adoption of Mac OS X and the growing number of applications available for the platform presents a strong business proposition for developers, ” said Ron Okamoto, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “We’re excited that REALbasic is creating such a powerful tool for creating applications for all Mac developers.”
New features and capabilities in REALbasic 4.5 include: new vector graphics engine; over eighty new functions for QuickTime; more flexible and powerful ListBox with resizable columns and drag-to-reorder rows; enhanced support for Mac OS X; plus support for MySQL in the Professional Edition; and more.
Thousands of people worldwide have developed database systems, utilities, productivity tools, and games using REALbasic. Whether in business, education, or science—or just to have fun—anyone can use REALbasic to create software. Programmers can share their compiled applications for use with Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows 98 through Windows XP. They can give what they make to anyone, create shareware, or sell it commercially.
REALbasic pricing starts at $99.95, with upgrades starting at $29.95. REAL Software offers academic and volume discounts. In addition to US English, REALbasic is available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Japanese.
About REAL Software
For everyone who seeks the flexibility to create their own software, REAL Software provides REALbasic, a powerful, easy-to-use software development tool for Windows and Macintosh. REAL Software, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. For more information visit www.realsoftware.com or call 512.328.7325.
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