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    09-Oct-93  05:08:45
Sb: Software and GWINDOWS
Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
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 DELMAR ANNOUNCEMENT                                  DELMAR ANNOUNCEMENT

                      ADAPTING SOFTWARE to G-WINDOWS

 To help programmers who would like their offerings to run under G-WINDOWS
 I'm making the following offer.  I will adapt their software to G-WINDOWS
 without any charge.  There is a limitation; the adaptation cannot require
 major effort on my part.

 An example of what can be done is VIEWFAX which I wrote for ETHAFAX - a fax
 program being written by Joel Hegberg.  VIEWFAX was demonstrated at the 4th
 Annual Atlanta CoCoFest (see message #81804 on Delphi from John Reed).
 VIEWFAX takes the information from ETHAFAX and displays it in a G-WINDOWS
 window.  As demonstrated at Atlanta, VIEWFAX opened a full sized window
 and the fax was viewed as it was being written.  In actual use, VIEWFAX
 will open an ICON with the message 'working'.  When the fax is finished, the
 message will change to 'waiting'.  The user may view the fax at his conve-
 nience by selecting the icon.  Of course, if he wishes he may view the fax
 even while it is being 'written'.  When Joel finishes ETHAFAX, I expect to
 write a separate front-end for G-WINDOWS for him.

 An understanding of the process may be useful.  I was provided with a source
 code sample showing how the information was being written to a K-Windows
 screen.  I adapted this code to G-WINDOWS.  Since I didn't have all the code,
 I made it a stand alone program but it can just as well be included in the
 ETHAFAX code.  This will be the programmer's decision.  A test is included to
 determine whether G-WINDOWS is running, permitting the program to take alter-
 nate action if it isn't.

 My terms are simple.  The programmer may distribute the code with his package
 at no charge.  I retain the copyright for this portion of the code.  Credit
 for the G-WINDOWS portion of the code to be given me.  If the programmer
 sells his program through dealers/distributors, I have the option of carrying
 the software at terms no less favorable than that given other dealers/
 distributors.

 My motives are altruistic in that I believe this effort will benefit the
 OS-9/OS-9000 community as a whole.  It is my contribution to supplement the
 efforts of others working to publicize OS-9/OS-9000 by providing them with
 more software they can demonstrate.

 Anyone wanting to follow up, please contact me.

 Phone    - 302-378-2555
 FAX      - 302-378-2556
 DELPHI   - EDELMAR
 CIS      - 76576,3312
 Internet - EDELMAR@delphi.com
          - 76576.3312@compuserve.com

 Ed Gresick
 DELMAR CO
 PO Box 78
 Middletown, DE  19709