NAME:

XVT Portability Toolkit XVT Development Solution for C++ (DSC++)

3.2 XVT Development Solution for C (DSC) 4.0

 

VENDOR:

XVT Software Incorporated

4900 Pearl East Circle

Box 18750

Boulder, CO 80308

(800) 678-7988 (inquiries)

(303) 443-4223 (voice)

(303) 443-0969 (fax)

Email: info@xvt.com

WWW: http://www.xvt.com/

 

SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:

XVT comes as either a C-language or C++ (called Power++) library. The C solution has bundled with it an interactive design tool and code generator. The C++ solution includes a user interface layout tool (XVT-Architect). XVT provides printing support, drag-and-drop, portable help, portable bitmap support (palette control provides up to 24 bits of color), powerful portable typeface handling capability, and all the standard widgets (including toolbar, status bar, and tables) In addition, Power++ comes with the Rogue Wave product Tools.h++ (Tools.h++ provides 135 extra general-purpose classes).

 

OPTIONS:

Source Code (call) XVT Spreadsheet $1125 ($650 for PCs) XVT Graphical Extensions $1600 ($895 for PCs) SUPPORT: Free (with updates) for one year. After that, call for pricing.

 

COMMENTS:

XVT is the original PIGUI software. They seem to provide pretty solid support for all the platforms (and, there's a lot) that they support. In addition, the current incarnation of their C++ toolset is generally agreed to be substantially better than their original entry. XVT is receiving major applause for changing their PIGUI approach to be more consistent with the rest of the marketplace. They are getting away from a least-common denominator approach (check-out their portable help for an example of strides in this area) and they are providing more complete packages with fewer optional extras (e.g., XVT now bundles their layout tool with their products). XVT was founded in 1987.

 

WHAT THE USERS SAY:

The user's have said that the manuals are good and extremely well organized and that the Designer's test mode actually tests the logic (a really helpful feature). Their tech support is also reportedly pretty good ("wonderous", says one user). In the arena of software development, one user says "...at the end of 2 weeks we had a fully-functional [medium-sized] application on Mac and MOTIF", he goes on to say that the the user-interface was redesigned half way through. Power++ is said to be a fantastic improvement over their old C++ product (Design++).