Re: Last Version of TML Pascal II (Complete Pascal II)

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

This is the original press release of Complete Pascal 2.0, maybe
somebody are interested.

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Complete Technology, Inc. Announces
COMPLETE Pascal Version 2.0

Denver, Colorado:  Complete Technology, Inc. announced the release of
COMPLETE Pascal version 2.0 today.  This new compiler upgrade will
begin
shipping on June 5th, 1991.

COMPLETE Pascal 2.0 upgrades many of the features found in Complete
Pascal
1.0 (TML Pascal II), with major emphasis placed on the graphic based
resource
editor.  We believe this upgrade makes COMPLETE Pascal the most  up to
date
and full featured Pascal development environment now available  for
the Apple
IIGS computer, states Vince Cooper, president of Complete
Technology.

COMPLETE Pascal 2.0's new resource editor now fully supports
virtually  every
resource type defined for the Apple IIGS.   New resource importing
features
make it possible for a user to incorporate resources from various
outside
sources, as well as to re-use resources created for use in other
applications
created with the integrated editor.

The new resource editor contains full graphic Icon and Cursor
Editors,
support for Picture controls, List controls, and several string
controls  not
supported by earlier versions of the software system.  All string
editors
have been rewritten making them simpler for a programmer to create
and edit
all types of string controls.  In particular the Alert/Error  String
editor
now fully supports all available options, including custom  window
sizes and
replacement strings.  In addition, COMPLETE Pascal 2.0's  resource
editor
allows most of the newly supported controls to easily be  added to a
window's
content control list without any additional work on  the programmer's
part.

The Cut and Paste features of the new resource editor have also been
considerably enhanced.  Programmers may now have multiple resource
forks  open
on the desktop and freely copy resources between them.  When pasting
a
resource or super resource from another file all duplicate control ID
numbers
are changed in the receiving file so that no items are  overwritten.
Deleting
a super resource such as a window and its  associated controls or a
menu and
its associated strings now causes all  dependent controls to also be
removed
from the file.

A new Import feature added to COMPLETE Pascal 2.0's resource editor
now
allows a programmer to attach a Code Resource to a program.  We have
also
added a "CallCode" procedure to the CTIUtils library which allows the
user  to
easily call the installed code resource.  This new feature now makes
it
possible to easily take advantage of assembly language subroutines
from
within a COMPLETE Pascal 2.0 program.  The import feature also allows
the
addition of user created resources, sound resources, and resource
types  that
are as of yet undefined.

A new Hex/Ascii viewer now allows the user to view resource
definitions  that
are not editable using the COMPLETE Pascal resource editor.  Clicking
on
undefined resources in the editor will now automatically bring up the
viewer
so that a programmer may determine the type and content of the
resource.

Several known bugs in both the compiler and the resource editor have
also
been repaired making COMPLETE Pascal 2.0 the most problem free and
enjoyable
programming environment produced by Complete Technology.  We  have
also added
some new demo programs to the disk showing how to use the  printer and
other
devices from within a Pascal program, as well as  how to  create and
use data
files from the generic Pascal file system.

New documentation will be shipped with all upgrade orders.  Our manual
has
been updated to include all of the new features found in Pascal 2.0,
and  at
the request of a large number of product owners is now bound in a
large  3-
ring binder which easily remains open to the correct page while on
your  desk.
We believe you will find our new manual to be complete and much
easier to
use.

The COMPLETE Pascal 2.0 upgrade is available for only $34.95 plus
$7.00
shipping and handling to those individuals and organizations that
elected  to
become part of Complete Technology's support and update system for
TML's
former clients.  Those that did not elect to become part of the
support
system may still obtain COMPLETE Pascal 2.0 for $59.95 plus $7.00
shipping
and handling.  Lab Pack and Network version owners may also  upgrade
by
calling Complete Technology for details.