From: etmrhey@bcrosby7.ericsson.se (Ron Heijmans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: FED-CASE (was:Re: Looking for Flowcharting Programs)
Keywords: C,CASE,flowchart
Date: 17 Aug 92 08:51:20 GMT
Organization: Heijmans & Joosen software development


Hello,

Unbelievable I was impressed on the amount of responses on my
news reply. There are a large number of serious amiga users in
the world!! I can not answer them all in person, so I thought
I would send you all a preliminary copy of our product info.
For all you out there that still would like to have more info
Do not hesitate to get in contact with us. 
The product is currently being beta tested in the mean time 
we are trying to find a publisher/distributors.

                        Thank you all for your reponses,

			      Ron Heijmans.


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            Product info for FED-CASE(c)
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What is it about?

FED-CASE(c) for the Amiga is a software tool that can assist
the design of software.

FED-CASE(c) consists of a graphical environment
to design flows the  flowchart editor and a source code
generator that generates C source code.

FED-CASE(c) package consists of a clearly written manual and
the software.
The software can run on any amiga.
FED-CASE(c) can run under all available Amiga operating
system releases. FED-CASE(c) is full compatible with Amiga OS 2.x,
and will have the same look and feel in OS 1.2 and upwards.

FED-CASE(c) is easy to use and has logical symbols to define
the design.
Because of the fact that FED-CASE(c) represents the design
in a graphical way the designer has a better overview
of the function he/she is designing.
A lot of companies are designing their products from flowchart
sequence diagrams, these diagrams are drawn manually
with the aid of rulers.
Using the FED-CASE(c) flowchart editor will cut down
their design time.

With the build in printer facilities they will get a better
documentation of their product.
One other benefit of using the tool is that maintenance
costs will decrease considerably.

Figures from earlier researches point out that 25-40% of all
costs made in software engineering are maintenance activities.

Although FED-CASE(c) is running on amiga computer systems,
the generated code can be used to be compiled for any other
C compiler on any computer system.

Features:

The flowchart editor offers a graphical environment
to the designer that gives him the possibility to create
flowcharts.  All symbols are on display.
A number of functions are implemented to edit the flowchart
(insert, move, delete, connect, undo, etcetera).
A main part of the function can be accessed by menu,
keyboard short-cut or on display gadgets.

A text editor enables the designer to add text to the symbols.

The print option makes a paper copy of the flowcharts.
The flowcharts are divided into chapters so that
good documentation is guaranteed.

An ARexx interface enables the user to define macros within the
flowchart editor. A large number of ARexx-options are available
to define these macros.

The paper copy can also be made in such a manner that it is
possible to use company paper with headings.

A very good hypertext function supports the designer
through the jungle of system functions, structures, etcetera.
This implies that the designer does not need to have a pile of
system documentation on his desk.
The selected items can be inserted in the text belonging to a symbol.

There is also the possibility to split the functionality of
the design over several flowcharts and/or designers.
Also existing code or libraries can be used.

FED-CASE(c) is a fully localized application.
This means that it can be adapted to any kind of
natural language.

FED-CASE will determine what kind of video system it is running
on. It will switch to the appropriate system (NTSC/PAL).

The package comes along with a number of localized languages,
but it can be easily adapted to any other language by the user.

It is possible to invoke the code generator from the flowchart
editor and view the results in your favourite text editor.

The FED-CASE(c) code generator generates C-source code according
to the C source code definition. This is including the
declaration and prototyping part of the source code.
The code generator will automatically do the type casting.
An auto-comment function will take care of commenting the C source
code with all kind of helpfull information. The source code
generator will take care of the includes and put all the required
includes into the source code.

So you can generate code for any C compiler on any
target machine.
It is possible to generate source code for a C compiler
on an UNIX operating system or a PC operating system.

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|    Ron Heijmans,                                            |
|    Heijmans & Joosen Software development group             |
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