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From: wlj1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Wayne L Jebian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: AppMaker and Prototyper
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Date: 23 Jul 90 20:18:00 GMT
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Summary:Appmaker all the way!

I'm posting this for a friend, whose account has been killed by the University,
so this is positively not my responsibility....

from Rens Troost (formerly rt2@cunixb.columbia.edu)

I've been using appmaker, and am very pleased with it. There were a few bugs in
the generated code (Think C with TCL) but they were easily fixed; you can
modify the templates with resedit, and customize the output to your heart's 
delight. I wish they would clean a few things up, perhaps allow you to bring
objects to the front and rear, but it's a damn good product.

For those hacks out there, Bowers (the manufacturer) will provide documantation
for their template language, so the program can be <<<easily>>> modified to
produce code in real C++, ADA, lisp, or whatever you speak. This is not
advertised, but I like it a lot... I'm modifying the program now to work with
my own query language.

If you want to get this, wait a few months: a new release is scheduled and it
seems they will be charging for the upgrade....

have fun!

I am in no way connected to bowers development or AppMaker, aside from
being a satisfied customer.

-Rens Troost.