From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com (Conrad Geiger - Manager, International NeXT User Groups)
Newsgroups: biz.next.newprod
Subject: Intuitive Edge Announces the Reporter Suite of Applications
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:18:54 GMT
Reply-To: user_groups@next.com (Conrad Geiger)

News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Monty Zukowski, Intuitive Edge(TM), (614) 299-2781,
monty@IntuitiveEdge.com

Intuitive Edge Announces the Reporter Suite of Applications -
January 8, 1992-- Intuitive Edge announces the release of the
Reporter suite of applications which run on the 2.0 release of the
NeXTSTEP(TM) OS.  The programs are Reporter, ReporterBuilder and
ReporterLimitedVersion.

Main features include:

  -Info Items: easily created, dynamically loadable modules which
   provide information for documents with all three programs;

  -Quick and easy management of "Question and Answer" databases and
   in-house bug reports with Reporter;

  -Bug reporting made easy for your pre-release application testers
   with ReporterLimitedVersion.

Info Items form the core of the Reporter applications by providing
information such as the date, version number or memory configuration.
Info Items can be text strings or dynamically loadable objects.
These modules are easy to create and give you flexibility in
controlling the content of documents.  When first saved, each
document can have a designated group of Info Items automatically
inserted at its end.  For instance, if you use Reporter mainly for
customer support, you can have a "QA" group containing the current
version number of the software, the date, and the document number as
the default group.  Every document created would then by default have
that information inserted into it upon saving.

Reporter uses Info Items to help you create and maintain a database
of documents for use with Digital Librarian(TM).  Three uses of
Reporter include customer support through question and answer
document databases, in-house bug reports and updates, and tracking of
personal insights and ideas.  Reporter is specifically designed to
prepare directories of RTF files for use with Librarian.  With
Librarian, people will be able to search for answers to their
questions in your "Questions and Answers" directory (as an
indexed Librarian "target") before calling you, saving both parties'
time and money.  To organize and maintain these document databases
Reporter can generate filenames for new files, add information to the
end of new documents, append messages to every file in a directory,
and keep a style dictionary for commonly used font and ruler
combinations.

ReporterLimitedVersion is a freely distributable bug reporting
application which communicates with your pre-release software via
Info Items.  Once you configure ReporterLimitedVersion with your Info
Items using ReporterBuilder, you can send it out with your testing
software.  The Info Items in ReporterLimitedVersion communicate
directly with the software being tested, giving you whatever
information you need to debug and improve your product.
ReporterLimitedVersion provides document handling, information
insertion, and NeXTmail(TM) document preparation.  This allows the
bug report to be sent as NeXTmail directly to you.

ReporterLimitedVersion will not crash when your test
program does so your testers will still be able to send in bug
reports.  An Info Item which receives all error messages would give
you an idea of why your program crashed.  ReporterLimitedVersion
makes it easy for your customers to give you the information you
need.

A brochure is available by mailing "info-Reporter@IntuitiveEdge.com".
The Reporter programs come as a package and are available on the
upcoming Electronic AppWrapper(TM) from Paget(TM).  For
information about the Electronic AppWrapper, send email to
"aw@paget.com".

Intuitive Edge, located in Columbus, Ohio, develops objects and
applications for NeXT(TM) computers as a registered NeXT developer
and is available for contract work.

Intuitive Edge is a trademark of Intuitive Edge.  NeXTSTEP, NeXTmail,
and Digital Librarian are trademarks ofNeXT Computer, Inc. Electronic
AppWrapper and Paget are trademarks of Paget Press, Inc.