Builder Xcessory is a WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") visual development environment for user interfaces. Builder Xcessory has an extensible palette of user interface (UI) objects with which you construct your interface, and includes the following features:
· Generates source code in the high-level programming languages UIL, C, C++, ViewKit, and Java.
· Integrates with your existing development environment. You can use SunSoft Workshop, SGI Developer Magic, DEC FUSE, or stand-alone components such as Purify, ClearCASE, XRunner, CodeCenter, ObjectCenter, RCS, or SCCS.
Using Builder Xcessory, you interactively create your application's graphical user interface using
Builder Xcessory also has specialized editors to simplify working with the various Motif and Java layout objects by visually representing abstract constraints, attachments, and records. You can directly manipulate these layouts. For example, to connect the resize behavior of a pushbutton to the size of its parent window, select the pushbutton attachment with the mouse and drag it to the edge of the container. When you change an object's attributes, whether it's a layout record or a background color, you see the result immediately.
Builder Xcessory takes advantage of the object-oriented nature of today's user interface systems, Motif and Java AWT. While you develop your interface, Builder Xcessory helps you
Rather than building an interface from pushbuttons and scrollbars, you work toward building your application from dialogs and screens. Builder Xcessory simplifies creation of new UI classes and saves them in locations accessible to all developers in your group and in your organization. You can extend these classes by subclassing.
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