[ANN] New Plugins and Tutorials from So Smart Software

[Eric Chatonet]

Here it is a PR which will be released the day after tomorrow but I  
think this great list had to be the first to know :-)

So Smart Software (http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/) today announces  
the availability of three new plugins for the Revolution family of  
software development tools (www.runrev.com). These new plugins  
provide additional features that support smart projects reports,  
windows management and real time access to sixteen tutorials stacks.  
The plugins come with help stacks in French and English and are  
available for Mac OS and Windows XP.

"In fewer than 5 months, our tool kit has grown a lot. Now thirteen  
plugins are available, supporting a wide range of programming  
necessities for beginners and advanced users. At the same time, we  
decided that "giving fish" is a good idea but teaching people how to  
fish is an even better one. That's the reason why we have released  
sixteen tutorials and this is only the beginning!” said Eric   
Chatonet of So Smart Software.

Tutorials Picker 1.0 - Real time access to the So Smart Software  
tutorials

Tutorials Picker interfaces with the So Smart Software website in  
order to display all available tutorials directly from the web. By  
using it Rev users are sure to always have access to the last updates  
and the new releases.
Tutorials Picker provides automatic notification of new releases,  
shows which tutorials you have already visited, which tutorials have  
been updated since your last visit, etc.
Broadband Internet recommended. English only.

The tutorials already available deal with the following topics:

How to display and manage Answer Dialogs
How to display and manage Ask Dialogs
How to build and manage dynamic menus
How to manage tabbed buttons
How to manage user waiting time
How to drag and drop for files and folders
How to drag and drop images and different ways to store images
How to manage HTML lists on-the-fly
How to manage contextual tooltips on-the-fly
How to magnify images and only images
How to change card dimensions
How to install brushed metal appearance on all platforms
How to manage "Snap to" scrollbars
How to fix stack decorations (titlebar appearance)
How to ask for a password
How to use table fields

Report Picker 1.0 - Programming archiving plugin

Report Picker creates smart reports on your projects and keeps them  
in its library.
Contents specifications (scripts, global variables and properties,  
objects properties, custom properties, etc.)
Reports management, powerful search tool, export as text function, etc.
Bilingual help stack included. Identical appearance on all platforms.

Windows Picker 1.0 - On-screen windows management plugin

Windows Picker lets you "dock" any window and call it up on-screen  
again with a click.
Storage in 3 categories : stacks, scripts/property palettes and IDE  
tools.
Specification of colors, possible sound and visual effects.
Bilingual help stack included. Identical appearance on all platforms.

This announcement brings to thirteen the number of free Revolution  
and Dreamcard plugins available from So Smart Software. For further  
details, screenshots and downloads, please visit http:// 
www.sosmartsoftware.com/

About So Smart Software

Located in Paris, France, So Smart Software is an outstanding French  
team of ergonomists, computer artists and programmers grouped around  
Eric Chatonet. With over twenty years of experience in Xtalk software  
and interactive media development, they create specialized built-to- 
order applications in various fields: management, multimedia,  
Internet, etc, that combine an incomparable design, exemplary  
ergonomics, rapid product development and 100% reliability on  
Windows, MacOS or Linux platforms.

More information about So Smart Software can be found by visiting  
their website at http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/ or contacting:

Eric Chatonet
So Smart Software
24, Bd de Port-Royal
75005
Paris
France

Main Phone: (33) 433-317-762
E-mail: eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com