MetaCard
MetaCard is a cross platform application development and multimedia authoring tool for Windows 3.1/95/98/Me/NT/2K/XP, UNIX, and MacOS 7/8/9/X. MetaCard's powerful, customizable editor and high performance scripting language make it the easiest way to build graphical applications, Computer Based Training, multimedia presentations, and hypermedia documents.
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Supported Technologies
AIX,
HP/UX,
Linux,
Macintosh,
Silicon Graphics IRIX,
Solaris/Sun OS,
Windows 95/98/ME,
Windows XP/2000/NT
Software
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Pricing
Users (# of seats)
995 to discounts for multi-user licenses
info@metacard.com
303-447-3936
Additional Product Information
The 2.4 release of MetaCard Corporation's award-winning cross-platform GUI application and hypermedia environment for Windows 3.1/95/98/Me/NT/2K/XP, MacOS 7/8/9/X, and UNIX/X11 workstations now helps developers be even more productive. Not just another expensive and complex application
development environment that requires extensive programming with a
third generation language, MetaCard's Very High Level Language (VHLL)
and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) make producing high
quality, high functionality applications faster and easier than ever
before.
MetaCard can also be used to prepare on-line help and computer-based
training (CBT) packages. The multiple-card metaphor and
hypertext-linking capability makes it natural for producing on-line
reference manuals. As an example, the complete documentation for the
MetaCard environment itself is available on-line in MetaCard stacks.
Press and end-user response to the product has been highly favorable.
UNIXWorld magazine named MetaCard one of the 10 Best Products of 1992,
and MetaCard was a finalist in SCO's Product of the Year contest in
1993. SunWorld magazine says "... once users have come up to speed
with the package, it becomes a must-have UNIX utility, allowing fast
prototyping, easy interactive presentations, and simple custom apps."
MetaCard 2.0 was one of SCO World Magazines Hot Products for 1996, and
MetaCard 2.1 was selected as one of the Top 10 Software Products of
1997 by IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (Jan/Feb 1998 issue).
Key Features
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Easy to use yet powerful interactive GUI development
environment with an integral interpreted scripting language.
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Instant portability to all supported platforms: no conversion
required.
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Built-in Internet support allows downloading content from HTTP servers
dynamically and posting results back to them. No browser required.
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Very High Level Language (VHLL) features such as associative arrays,
regular expression pattern matching, and message passing support
creation of high functionality applications with fewer lines of code.
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Custom (user-defined) properties for all objects with get/set
callbacks support object-oriented development.
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Interactive GUI script debugger and profiler shorten development
times required to produce high-quality applications.
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Text editing tools that support multiple typefaces, sizes and
colors, subscript and superscript, automatic scrolling, search,
sort, and hypertext links. Import and export HTML format text.
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Object (vector) graphics with properties that can be set from the
scripting language for dynamic data display.
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Import and play back sounds and QuickTime, AVI, MPEG, and FLC movies.
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MetaCard for UNIX systems includes a complete set of full 24 bit color
image editing/painting tools. Import screen snapshots directly into
MetaCard with the snapshot tool, or import images in GIF, JPEG, BMP,
and many other formats.
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Card transition visual effects and double-buffered object
manipulation and animation are available on all platforms: no
special hardware or software is required.
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Object architecture, scripting language, and external procedure call
interface are source compatible with Apple Corporation's HyperCard.
Import HyperCard 1.2 and 2.X stacks in raw binary, BinHex and
MacBinary formats. Convert SuperCard projects to run on Windows systems
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Free Starter Kit version allows creation and distribution of small
applications without requiring a MetaCard license.