************************************************************************ N E W U T I L I T I E S Volume 02 By Brad Carlton The following is a list of utilities recently released or soon to be released, compiled from the pages of PC Week and InfoWorld. ************************************************************************ OS/2 2.1 by IBM delivery postponed from January until March 1993 Windows 3.1 with 386 Enhanced mode support, more SVGA & CD ROM drivers 32-bit version of Windows & DOS code named Chicago due in 18 to 24 mos. Essentially a scaled-down or "lite" version of Windows NT and "Cairo" IBM DOS 6.0 due in mid-1993 after MS-DOS 6.0 ships Incorporates the Workplace Shell graphical interface of OS/2 2.x Microsoft has posted on CompuServe a list of 20 bugs in Access along with work-arounds for the bugs, says none cause data corruption Excel 4.0 Scenario Manager for Windows by Microsoft due in first quarter Tool kit lets users collaborate on budgets and business modes 1-2-3 for Windows 2.0 by Lotus due in first half of 1993 With "Chronicle" worksheet management technology Paradox for Windows by Borland due in January Database ported to Windows from DOS SerView by Ornetix Technologies, Ltd. will be demonstrated at NetWorld Emulates NetWare 2.2 supporting 100 users for $295 in a 40K TSR Forest & Trees 3.0 for Windows by Channel Computing Inc. released Database front-end with easier interface & new EIS development tools PageMaker 5.0 for Windows & Mac by Aldus due first half of 1993 Features numeric-control palette for incrememtal rotation ShareView Plus for Windows by ShareVision Technology due in 1993 Videoconferencing at up to 15 frames per second available for the Mac Common Ground for Windows and the Mac by No Hands Software due in 1993 Universal font solution for sharing and printing documents Fractal Design Painter 2.0 for Windows by Fractal Design due February Easier to use, image & design features and liquid media Astound for Windows by Gold Disk Inc. will be released in 1993 Business-presentation graphics due in January on the Macintosh Authorware Professional 2.0 for Windows & Mac by Macromedia available Cross-platform support, object authoring and media management VoiceOver for WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS by Rational Data Systems shipping Adds voice annotations to documents Estimator 4.2 for DOS by G2 Inc. released Project-management estimation with enhanced reporting and display CV/ICEing for Microsoft CodeView 4.0x by Periscope Co. Inc. due January CodeView add-on for a wider fange of breakpoints such as I/O & memory ObjectView 2.0 for Windows by Matesys Corp. shipped in December Windows application-development tool with interractive code debugger LAN Server Watch 1.1 for Windows by Brightwork Development Inc. shipping NetWare server monitor LAN Automatic Inventory 3.0 for Windows by Brightwork Dvlpmt. released Easier to use than the previous DOS version LAN Workgroup 4.1 by Novell Inc. due January 1993 Eases administration of TCP/IP access on NetWare LANs Network Scheduler 3 1.1 by Powercore Inc. due in January Group scheduling with X.400 support for DEC TeamLinks LAN systems NetWare InPlace Upgrade Utility 1.0 by Novell available for FREE Turns an existing NetWare 2.x server into a 3.x server Support On Site for Networks CD ROM by Computer Library shipped October CD ROM technical support database from multiple vendors Boss Document Manager for Windows by Boss Logic Inc. due in March Combines document management with basic workflow automation on LANs Progress 6.2M NLM by Progress Software Corp. available Cross-platform data access for NetWare and NetWare Lite XPress Librarian for Windows by Emerald Systems due January 14th Backup & storage management supports Windows for Workgroups on Novell Corporate General Ledger 4.1 for Unix by Fourgen Software released New reporting and auditing features SmartStream for Unix by Dun & Bradstreet Software available now Unix-based data-analysis tool with Financial Stream Analysis & InterQ UIM/X 2.0 for Unix by Visual Edge Slftware Ltd. due second quarter '93 User interface development tool builds front-end apps for databases DataFlex 3.01 for Unix by Data Access Corp. due January 1993 Database and fourth-generation language similar to the DOS version HyperGen for FrameMaker for Unix by Frank Steams & Assoc. available Automatically creates hypertext links in FrameMaker documents Informix 6.0 for Unix by Informix Software Inc. due mid-1993 Unix database with multithreading and handles more users Personal Access 2.0 for Windows by Spinnaker Software Corp. available Data-access and reporting tool for DB2, Ingres and NetWare SQL Rumba for the VAX (for Windows) by Wall Data Inc. due February 1st Windows-based PCs can access Ultrix and VMS apps. on a VAX host Power Toolboxes for Windows by hDC Computer Corp. available Power Launcher subset button bars that "float" horizontal or vertical SmartPad for Windows by Softblox available Button bars that appear to be part of the affected application WinMail 1.5 for Windows by Finansa due in January Windows-based E-mail for Novell contains a dialog box interface FactsLine for Windows by Ibex Technologies Inc. released Easy-to-use, data-driven interface for building fax-on-demand apps. Image Assistant 1.0 for Windows and Macintosh by Caere Corp. available Cross-platform color image-editing package, easy but powerful PixFoto 1.1 Lite for DOS by PixoArts released in November 1992 Stripped-down version of PixoFoto 1.1 image-editing package (24-bit) WinBeep for Windows by Fourth Wave Technologies Inc. available Sends messages from PC to alphanumeric pagers over a standard modem SoftPC 3.0 pruduct family by Insignia Solutions due in January Runs DOS & Windows applications on a Macintosh GFA-CAD for Windows by GFA Software Technologies available First Windows CAD package for less than $100 Freelance and 1-2-3 for OS/2 by Lotus scheduled to ship early 1993 32-bit upgrades to the 16-bit versions exploit the Workplace Shell PagePlus 2.0 for Windows by Serif Inc. due this spring $59.95 full-featured desktop publisher with built-in color separation PageKeeper for Windows by Caere Corp. now shipping Document/image manager combines scanning with text retrieval Terminal Plus with FAXit for Windows by Future Soft Engineering released Communications and facsimile lets users attach voice to faxes Statgraphics & Plus vers. for DOS by Manugistics Inc. released December New interface including mouse support, Windows version 2nd half 1993 firstCASE for Windows and OS/2 by AGS Management Systems released Client/server project-management tool with an SQL database Amorph for Windows and DOS by Kontrax Canada Inc. available Special-effects transitions known as "morphs" like in "Terminator 2" Discovery TrueType Pack for Windows by Agfa Corp. shipping 46 TrueType text & clip-art fonts & document templates for Windows 3.1 Color Tools for OS/2 by Time Arts Inc. available now Multimedia application development tool builds graphics screens SyStat 5.01 for Windows bySystat Inc. released in November Statistical software with graphical interactive aids ProMenu for Windows by Cain International Inc. shipped in November Makes it easier to navigate nenus in multiple applications