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Macromedia Shockmachine

**Shockmachine** is a runtime application from **Macromedia** to run Shockwave content offline without the need for a web browser. It works with the Macromedia Shockwave Player plugin.

## Product history

Shockmachine is a derivative of Macromedia Director Player and was used for the distribution and playback of Shockwave-based content developed with Macromedia Director, particularly games. Minimum requirements in 2000 were a PC running Windows 95 with at least an 8-bit graphics card, or a PowerPC-based Mac running at least Mac OS 7.6.1.

### Release

Shockmachine was announced at the 1999 Macromedia International User Conference in San Francisco on May 24 and was launched in the following summer. 7 games were included with Shockmachine in the form of digital "cartridges", each averaging about 300 KB. Additional games were made available through Shockwave.com. Features included unlimited save, enhanced playback and zoom and a personal entertainment center operated by **Shockwave Remote**, which was included with both Shockmachine as well as Shockwave Player 7. Shockmachine was available on a CD-ROM for US$19.99. It was soon repriced to $2.99 and later became a free download from the Shockwave website.

### Discontinuation

Adobe Systems shut down the website after its acquisition of Macromedia in December 2005. Adobe then began to rebrand all of Macromedia's products, such as Adobe Director and Adobe Shockwave. Adobe stopped selling Director on February 1, 2017. Support for Shockwave ended on March 14, 2017. In February 2019, Adobe announced that all remaining support for Shockwave on Microsoft Windows would be officially discontinued, effective April 9, 2019.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia's Shockwave.com unveils Shockwave Remote and Shockmachine, Macromedia. 1999-05-24. Archived 1999-10-09.
2. ↑ Macromedia creates Shockwave unit, CNET. 1999-05-24.
3. ↑ Shockmachine help, Shockwave Shop. Archived 1999-11-28.
4. ↑ Macromedia Flash SWF File Format, Library of Congress. Accessed 2018-06-26.
5. ↑ Adobe Is Killing Contribute, Director, and Shockwave by msmash, Slashdot. 2017-01-27.
6. ↑ End of Life (EOL) for Adobe Shockwave.

## External links

* Shockmachine overview by Macromedia at Shockwave.com (archived 2000-06-19)
	+ Shockmachine download and installation instructions (archived 1999-11-28)
	+ Using Shockmachine (archived 1999-10-10)
* Macromedia Shockmachine at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Shockwave 8 and ShockMachine by Evan Kleiman at Low End Mac (2000-07-11)
WinHelp Office 4

**WinHelp Office 4** was the second major version of the WinHelp Office suite, released by Blue Sky Software in November 1996 for business users of RoboHELP 4. It superseded WinHelp Office 95 and was succeeded by WinHelp Office 5.

## References

1. ↑ Blue Sky aids HTML-based help-function developers by Jim Balderston, *InfoWorld*. 1996-11-18.
2. ↑ WinHelp Office, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1996-10-19.

## External links

* WinHelp Office (4) at Blue Sky Software (1996-10-19)
* WinHelp Office 4 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHelp Enterprise 9

**RoboHelp Enterprise** was the first version of the server-based application for enterprise users of RoboHelp 9, released by eHelp Corporation in 2001. It was succeeded by RoboHelp Enterprise 2002.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise 2002, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2001-11-09.

## External links

* RoboHelp Enterprise (9) at eHelp Corporation (archived 2001-05-16)
* RoboHelp Enterprise 9 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Extension Package

A **Macromedia Extension Package** (**MXP**) is a package format for delivery of extensions or plug-ins that expand the features of Contribute, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, or Flash. A Macromedia Extension Installation (MXI) file is used to handle the installation process.

Installed extensions can be managed with Macromedia Extension Manager. In December 2005, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems. The software utility was renamed to Adobe Extension Manager and its functionality was expanded to support Adobe Creative Suite applications, which includes Bridge, InDesign, InCopy, InDesign, and Photoshop. The .mxp package format was superseded by Adobe Zip Format Extension Package (.zxp) in Extension Manager CS5.5.

## References

1. ↑ The Macromedia Flash Exchange, Flylib.com. Accessed 2020-09-14.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Installing Extensions and Components by James English, *Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source*. 2004.
3. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
4. ↑ What Is a ZXP File? by Tim Fisher, Lifewire. 2019-09-22.

## External links

* MXP file extension at File-Extensions.org
Macromedia Flash Player 7

**Macromedia Flash Player 7** (codenamed *Mojo*) was released by Macromedia on September 10, 2003.

## New features

* Supports progressive audio and video streaming (HTTP).
* ActionScript 2.0 was introduced, providing an object-oriented programming language for developers. V2 Components replaced Flash MX's components, being rewritten from the ground up to take advantage of ActionScript 2.0 and formally adopt object-oriented principles.
* Ability to create charts, graphs and additional text effects with the new support for extensions (sold separately), high fidelity import of PDF and Adobe Illustrator 10 files, mobile and device development and a forms-based development environment.
* Last version for Windows 95/NT4 and classic Mac OS.

## History

In 2004, the "Flash Platform" was introduced. This expanded Flash to more than the Flash authoring tool. Flex 1.0 and Breeze 1.0 were released, both of which used the Flash Player as a delivery method but relied on tools other than the Flash authoring program to create Flash applications and presentations. Flash Lite 1.1 was also released, enabling mobile phones to play Flash content.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash Player 7 at Macromedia (archived 2003-10-01)
* Archived Flash Player versions at Adobe
* Macromedia Flash Player 7 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHELP 2

**RoboHELP 2.0** was the 2nd major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released in September 1993 by Blue Sky Software.

## Features

RoboHelp 2 was advertised with over 100 new features, including support for the Windows 3.1 Help Engine and an Error Wizard to detect bugs before compiling.

## Version history

* **RoboHELP 2.5** was an upgrade released in early 1994 that supported Microsoft Word 6 and Word for Windows 2.0. It added the ability to insert bitmap graphics with hotspots into help windows.
* **RoboHELP 2.6.1** was released in May 1994 and included a Help Compiler, so that a separate development environment was no longer needed.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Products, *ComputerWorld* p.106. 1993-08-23.
2. ↑ Blue Sky sharpens Windows tools by Melinda-Carol Ballou, *ComputerWorld* p.65. 1993-05-31.
3. ↑ Code generator aids multivendor shops by Melinda-Carol Ballou, *ComputerWorld* p.68. 1994-02-21.
4. ↑ RoboHelp is definitely worth the price by Paul Speranza, *InfoWorld* p.101. 1994-05-16.
RoboHelp Office X4

**RoboHelp Office X4** was the tenth major version of the RoboHelp Office suite, released by eHelp Corporation in early 2003 for business users of RoboHelp X4. It superseded RoboHelp Office X3 and was succeeded by Macromedia RoboHelp Office X5.

RoboHelp Office Pro X4 was a server-based version for enterprise users.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise, Blue Sky Software. Archived 2003-04-13.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office X4 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2003-08-24)
	+ RoboHelp Office Pro X4 (archived 2003-10-02)
* RoboHelp Office X4 at the Adobe Wiki
SWF

**SWF** is the file format exported from professional versions of Macromedia Flash for playback by Flash Player. The content can range from simple animations to complex applets and games with interactivity scripted in ActionScript. Source files from which SWF files are authored and generated are in **.fla** format.

## History

The file format originated at FutureWave Software as **.spl** files that could be played back with FutureSplash Player. The company was then acquired by Macromedia. FutureSplash then became Macromedia Flash. All versions of Flash Player are backwards compatible with the original .spl files.

The term "SWF" originated as an abbreviation for **Shockwave Flash**. The backronym **Small Web Format** has also been used to avoid confusion with a different technology, Shockwave, with which SWF is associated. There has been no official resolution to the initialism "SWF" by Adobe, which acquired Macromedia in December 2005.

## References

1. ↑ News, FutureWave Software. Archived 1996-11-05.
2. ↑ Mark Schaeffer. "Adobe Flash CS3 Professional How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques", Adobe Press. ISBN: 978-0-13-270129-7.
3. ↑ SWF Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
Jennifer Niederst. "Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference", O'Reilly Media, Inc., p. 438. ISBN: 978-0-596-00196-4.
5. ↑ John Dowdell (2007-07-27). "SWF" stands for...?. *JD on EP*. Adobe Blogs. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19.
6. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash File Format (SWF) Specification License at Macromedia (archived 2005-07-30)
	+ Macromedia Flash 7 file format (SWF) Specification FAQ (archived 2005-07-29)
	+ What is Flash File Format (SWF) SDK? (archived 2000-08-15)
* SWF and AMF Technology Center at Adobe
	+ SWF File Format Specification, Version 19 (PDF, 2012)
	+ Stage 3D
	+ Adobe SWF Investigator at Adobe Labs (2013-05-22)
* SWF at the Adobe Wiki
* SWF at Wikipedia
Macromedia FlashCast

**Macromedia FlashCast** was a Flash-based portal service that was developed by Macromedia for early mobile devices.

## Product history

Flash Cast was first released by Macromedia in 2004. Macromedia was then acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005. The product was renamed **Adobe Flash Cast** and was released in 2007. In 2010, it was superseded by Flash Platform runtimes.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
2. ↑ Adobe FlashCast comes to America making content easy for mobile subscribers by Ryan Stewart, *The Universal Desktop*, ZDNet. 2007-03-28.
3. ↑ Got an HTTP 301 response at crawl time | Redirecting to..., Adobe Systems. Archived 2010-12-23.

## External links

* Macromedia FlashCast at Macromedia (archived 2004-10-30)
* Adobe Flash Cast/ 2 at Adobe (archived 2007-02-19 / 2008-02-14)
	+ Flash Platform runtimes (archived 2010-06-28)
* Adobe Flash Cast at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash Player 2

**Macromedia Flash Player 2**, released on June 17, 1997, was the first version of Flash Player from Macromedia after its acquisition of FutureWave Software.

## New features

* Mostly vectors and motion, some bitmaps, limited audio
* Support of stereo sound, enhanced bitmap integration, buttons, the Library, and the ability to tween color changes

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Rides the FutureWave by Kristi Coale, *Wired*. 1997-01-06.
2. ↑ Macromedia buys Futurewave to add Flash to Shockwave, Computer Business Review. 1997-01-08.

## External links

* Archived Flash Player versions at Adobe
* Macromedia Flash Player 2 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Director 6

**Macromedia Director 6** is the sixth major version of the Director multimedia authoring environment, released on May 27, 1997 by Macromedia. It was also bundled into Macromedia Director 6 Multimedia Studio and Macromedia Authorware 4 Interactive Studio.

## Product history

Director 6 was initially announced for release in March 1997, but was delayed after significant bugs were discovered in a technical review.

**Director 6.5** was released on May 11, 1998 and added QuickTime 3 support, PowerPoint integration, and Java applet creation. It was also available as part of Director 6.5 Multimedia Studio.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Ships Director 6 Multimedia Studio, Macromedia. 1997-05-27. Archived 1999-02-03.
2. ↑ Macromedia Announces Availability of Director 6 Multimedia Studio Delayed to Next Quarter, Macromedia. 1997-03-11. Archived 1999-02-03.
3. ↑ Macromedia Announces and Ships Director 6.5 Upgrade, Macromedia. 1998-05-11. Archived 1999-05-08.

## External links

* Director 6 at Macromedia (archived 1997-03-29)
	+ Director 6 Multimedia Studio (archived 1997-03-29)
	+ Director 6.5 product info (archived 1998-06-12)
* Macromedia Director 6 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Generator 2

**Macromedia Generator 2** is the second major version of Generator, released by Macromedia in on October 4, 1999. It supported Flash 4 and 5-based files. It was also included as part of Macromedia Flash 5 Generator Studio.

## Product history

The Enterprise Edition was shipped on June 7, 2000 and initially had a street price of US$30,000, but was repriced to $2,999 on April 10, 2001. The Developer Edition was priced at $999 per server.

### Discontinuation

Macromedia discontinued sales of Generator 2 on December 31, 2002. Support ended in June 2003; the last update was version 2.6.

Macromedia sought to migrate users to Macromedia Flash MX, but Generator 2 was discontinued without having added support for Flash MX. Developers found an alternative through JGenerator, an open-source Java application from JZox which offered similar functionality with support for Flash MX. On December 11, 2003, Macromedia signed a licensing agreement with JZox, which no longer sells JGenerator.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Generator 2 ships, delivers open enterprise solution for dynamically generated graphical web content, Macromedia. 1999-10-04. Archived 2000-01-19.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 What is Macromedia Generator?, *Macromedia Flash Enabled. Flash Design and Development for Devices* by Christian Cantrell et. al. ISBN: 735711771. 2002-05-17.
3. ↑ Macromedia Flash 5.0 and Generator 2.0 by Judy Qiu, Indiana University Bloomington. 2002-01-30.
4. ↑ Macromedia Generator 2 Enterprise Edition by Jay Munro, *PC Magazine UK*. 2000-09-19.
5. ↑ Macromedia ships Generator 2 Enterprise Edition, Macromedia. 2000-06-07.
6. ↑ Macromedia Generator FAQ, Macromedia. 2001-04-13.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Macromedia Generator FAQ, Macromedia. 2003-06-21.
8. ↑ What is JGenerator?, *Macromedia Flash Enabled. Flash Design and Development for Devices* by Christian Cantrell et. al. ISBN: 735711771. 2002-05-17.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 JGenerator with Flash MX, JZox. Archived 2004-04-14.
10. ↑ Macromedia Generator by oshats, Experts Exchange. 2006-04-13.

## External links

* Macromedia Generator 2 at Macromedia (archived 1999-11-27, 2000-08-23, 2002-08-03)
	+ Macromedia Flash 5 Generator Studio (archived 2001-01-24)
* Macromedia Generator 2 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Director Multimedia Studio

**Macromedia Director Multimedia Studio** was an early "Studio" software suite from Macromedia.

## Release history

### Version 1

Version 1 of the suite was released on February 6, 1995:

* Macromedia Director 4
* MacroModel 1.5
* Macromedia SoundEdit 16 1.0 (for Macintosh)
	+ Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 3.0 (for Windows)
* Adobe Premiere 4.0

### Version 2

Version 2 of the suite was announced on March 4, 1996 and shipped later in the month:

* Macromedia Director 5
	+ Macromedia Shockwave for Director
* Macromedia Extreme 3D
* Macromedia xRes 2
* Macromedia SoundEdit 16 2.0 plus Deck II (for Macintosh)
	+ Sonic Foundry Sound Forge XP (for Windows)

### Version 6

Subsequent versions were renumbered to identify the included Director application, starting with Macromedia Director 6 Multimedia Studio.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Announces Director Multimedia Studio--Windows and Macintosh, Macromedia. 1995-02-06. Archived 1999-09-09.
2. ↑ New Macromedia Director Multimedia Studio 2 Offers the Best Multimedia Products, at the Best Price, Macromedia. 1996-03-04. Archived 1999-09-10.
3. ↑ Macromedia Ships Director 6 Multimedia Studio, Macromedia. 1997-05-27. Archived 1999-02-03.

## External links

* Director Multimedia Studio (2) at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-27)
* Macromedia Director Multimedia Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4

**Macromedia Dreamweaver 4** is the fourth major version of Dreamweaver that was released by Macromedia on November 27, 2000. An advanced version was sold as Dreamweaver UltraDev 4.

It was also included in the following suites:

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio
* Macromedia Web Design Studio
* Macromedia Web Learning Studio

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio now available. 2000-11-27. Archived 2001-01-23.

## External links

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 at Macromedia (archived 2001-01-24, 2002-02-01)
	+ Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 (archived 2001-04-13)
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHELP 4

**RoboHELP 4.0** was the 4th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released in November 1996 by Blue Sky Software. It was also available as part of WinHelp Office 4.

## References

1. ↑ Blue Sky aids HTML-based help-function developers by Jim Balderston, *InfoWorld*. 1996-11-18.
2. ↑ WinHelp Office, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1996-10-19.

## External links

* RoboHELP (4) at Blue Sky Software (archived 1996-10-19, 1997-02-04)
	+ RoboHELP 4 Key Features (archived 1996-10-19, 1997-02-04)
	+ Frequently Asked Questions about RoboHELP (archived 1996-10-19)
* RoboHELP 4 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* RoboHELP 4.0 by Michael P. Deignan at ITPro Today (1998-02-28)
* Blue Sky's RoboHelp generates three-in-one help files by Steven Oppenheimer, *InfoWorld* (1997-06-02)
* New RoboHELP 4 Supports WinHelp, HTML-based Help, Documentation and Web sites, *ComputerWorld* (1997-05-12)
NeXT

**NeXT, Inc.**, later **NeXT Computer, Inc.** and **NeXT Software, Inc.**, was an American computer hardware and software company that was founded by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs. Based in Redwood City, California, the company developed and manufactured a series of computer workstations for higher education and business markets.

## History

After being ousted from Apple in 1985, Jobs established NeXT and bought aboard several former co-workers. NeXT introduced the first NeXT Computer in 1988, and the smaller NeXTstation in 1990. The NeXT computers experienced relatively limited sales. However, their innovative object-oriented NeXTSTEP operating system and development environment (Interface Builder) were highly influential and became the future foundation of macOS.

In early 1992, Jobs called Marc Canter, who himself had been ousted from MacroMind-Paracomp before it became Macromedia. Jobs asked Canter to develop for NeXTSTEP. However, Canter declined because NeXT only had monochrome computer models that did not support color at the time.

On December 20, 1996, Apple announced that it would acquire NeXT and Jobs was back at Apple. The NeXTSTEP operating system was adapted into Mac OS X.

## References

1. ↑ What Are Some Great Stories About Steve Jobs?, *Forbes*. 2011-10-06.
2. ↑ Apple Computer, Inc. agrees to acquire NeXT Software Inc., Next Software. 1996-12-20. Archived 1997-04-12.
3. ↑ NeXT: Apple’s Right Choice by Jonathan Ploudre, Low End Mac. 2001-05-07.

## External links

* NeXT official site (archived 1997-04-12)
	+ Apple Computer and NeXT Software Merger (archived 1997-04-12)
* The Best of NeXT Collection by Kevin Ford
* The NeXT Computer Historical Site by Simson Garfinkel
* NeXT Computer at Low End Mac
* NeXT Computers at Microcomputer.org.uk
* The NeXTonian at Rixstep
* NeXTComputers.org
* NeXT at the Apple Wiki
* NeXT at the Adobe Wiki
* NeXT at the NeXT Wiki
* NeXT at Wikipedia
Macromedia Flash MX 2004

**Macromedia Flash MX 2004** is the seventh major version of Flash that was released by Macromedia on September 10, 2003. It featured the first implementation of ActionScript 2.0. It was also packaged with Macromedia Studio MX 2004 and Macromedia eLearning Suite 2004.

## Professional version

**Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004** was included with premium editions of Studio MX 2004. Among its additional features was support for online forms and video support through the new .FLV file format.

## Legacy activation

Adobe Systems, which had acquired Macromedia in December 2005, disabled the activation server for legacy Macromedia products on December 15, 2012. Users who wish to activate Flash MX 2004 after this date will need to follow this procedure.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
2. ↑ Activation error | Macromedia branded products, Adobe Systems. Archived 2013-10-10.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash MX 2004 at Macromedia (archived 2004-01-05)
	+ What’s the difference between Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004? (archived 2003-12-06)
* Macromedia Flash MX 2004 at the Web Design Museum
	+ Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and ActionScript 2.0
* Macromedia Flash MX 2004 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Fireworks 2

**Macromedia Fireworks 2** is the second major version of Fireworks, released by Macromedia on March 15, 1999. It was also included as part of Macromedia Dream Team and Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia ships Fireworks 2, Macromedia. 1999-03-15. Archived 1999-05-08.

## Source

* Macromedia Fireworks product info at Macromedia (archived 1999-05-08)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks 2 FAQ at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-01)
* Macromedia Fireworks 2 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash Player 4

**Macromedia Flash Player 4** was released by Macromedia on June 15, 1999.

## New features

* Saw the introduction of streaming MP3s and the Motion Tween feature.

## History

Initially, the Flash Player plug-in was not bundled with popular web browsers and users had to visit Macromedia website to download it. By 2000, Flash Player was being distributed with all AOL, Internet Explorer, and Netscape Navigator browsers.

## External links

* Shockwave & Flash Players at Macromedia (archived 1999-10-23, 2000-06-21)
* Archived Flash Player versions at Adobe
* Macromedia Flash Player 4 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Drumbeat

**Macromedia Drumbeat 2000** was a web development environment that allowed users to build data-driven web applications through a visual drag-and-drop interface.

## Product history

Drumbeat 1.0 originated in 1997 from Elemental Software in Carlsbad, California.

Drumbeat 2.0 shipped on June 2, 1998. An early corporate customer was Hewlett-Packard which bundled Drumbeat 2.0 with their HP NetServer line.

Drumbeat 2000 shipped in March 1999. Elemental followed up with **eStore Builder for Drumbeat 2000** to support the growing market of internet retailers.

### Acquisition and discontinuation

On July 6, 1999, Elemental entered into an agreement to be acquired by Macromedia within 45 days in exchange for 625,000 shares of Macromedia stock worth approximately US$24 million. Macromedia bundled Drumbeat 2000 with eStore Builder in an **eCommerce Edition**.

On May 8, 2000, Macromedia announced that a new product, Dreamweaver UltraDev, would become a replacement product for Drumbeat 2000.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elemental Software Ships Drumbeat 2000, *Information Today* vol.16, no.3. 1999-03.
2. ↑ Elemental Software ships Drumbeat 2.0, MacTech. 1998-06-02.
3. ↑ HP Bundles Elemental Software's Drumbeat 2.0 With Netserver Line, *Enterprise Systems Journal* vol.16, no.3. 1998-07-15.
4. ↑ E-Commerce, No Coding by Gary Gunnerson, *PC Magazine*. 1999-07.
5. ↑ Macromedia - Drumbeat FAQ, *Information Today* vol.16, no.3. 1999-03.
6. ↑ Macromedia buys Elemental Software, CNET. 2002-01-02.
7. ↑ Drumbeat 2000 rolls out e-commerce capability in a hurry by Steve Graves, *Government Computer News*. 2000-05-10.
8. ↑ Macromedia introduces Dreamweaver UltraDev, Macromedia. 2000-05-08. Archived 2000-06-19.

## External links

* Macromedia Drumbeat 2000 at Macromedia (archived 1999-10-09, 2000-08-15)
* Drumbeat/ 2000 at Elemental Software (archived 1998-12-02 / 1999-09-22)
* Macromedia Drumbeat 2000 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Drumbeat 2000 & eStore Builder by Jeffrey Allan at Cyber Aspect (archived 2000-10-28)
* Drumbeat users beaten as Macromedia discontinues product and tech support by Ed Foster at *InfoWorld* (2000-05-22)
* The Drumbeat 2000 & Macromedia Saga by Rick Curtis at Princeton University (2000)
* Elemental Software Pounds Out Another Edition of Drumbeat by Scott R. Garrigus at Web Review (1999-03-19)
* Drumbeat adds polish by James R. Borck at *InfoWorld* (1999-02-08)
* A Review of Drumbeat - a product by Elemental Software by Steven Wynkoop at Database Journal (1998-09-01)
* Creating Dynamic Web Pages with Drumbeat by Wes Thomas at Web Review (1998-02-27)
Macromedia Director Player

**Macromedia Director Player**, formerly **MacroMind Player**, is a runtime application originally developed by MacroMind for playing back multimedia files created by MacroMind Accelerator or Director.

## Product history

The software began as **VideoWorks Player** for playing back MacroMind VideoWorks files on Macintosh computers. After VideoWorks Professional became Director 1.0 in 1989, the player became known as MacroMind Player.

MacroMind Windows Player was introduced separately from Director 3.0 in 1991 and required Microsoft Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions to run. A utility called Gaffer allowed Director movies to be converted to a format that could be played back through the Windows Player, which was updated to version 1.2 with Director 3.1. It included an option to create self-running "Projectors". Additional players were developed for 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, FM Towns, IRIX, OS/2, and OS-9 (no relation to Apple).

**Director Player for Windows** (DPW) 3.1.3 was released by Macromedia with improved performance and functionality that finally achieved parity with the Macintosh version. DPW gradually increased in functionality until it replaced Director's own legacy codebase, starting with Macromedia Director 7. The functionality of Director Player was also implemented by Macromedia Shockwave Player, which could be played back from within a web browser.

## References

1. ↑ Making A Self-Running Animation by Randal L. Kottwitz, *The Power User's Manual: Over 1000 Hints & Tips for the Macintosh*, p.139. 1986.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 An Unofficial Brief History of Director by Luke Wigley, Lingo Workshop. 2017-01-27.
3. ↑ Microsoft to jump start extensions by Nico Krohn, *InfoWorld*. 1991-08-12.
4. ↑ Macromind announces products, acquires Farallon software by Jeanette Borzo, *InfoWorld*, p.13. 1991-11-18.
5. ↑ Director 3.1 adds QuickTime, Lingo functions, Accelerator by Doug and Denise Green, *InfoWorld*, p.81. 1992-11-02.
6. ↑ Director for Windows upgraded to Mac level by Kelley Damore, *InfoWorld*, p.17. 1993-05-31.

## External links

* Digital Content Format: Macromedia / Adobe Director (Shockwave) Windows Projector at University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* Macromedia Director Player at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash MX

**Macromedia Flash MX** is the sixth major version of Flash that was released by Macromedia on March 15, 2002. It was also available as part of Macromedia Studio MX.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia ships Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia. 2002-03-15. Archived 2002-05-21.
2. ↑ Macromedia Studio MX now available, Macromedia. 2002-05-29. Archived 2002-06-04.

## See also

* Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX
* Macromedia Flash Player 6

## External links

* Macromedia Flash MX at Macromedia (archived 2002-06-08)
* Macromedia Flash MX at the Web Design Museum
* Macromedia Flash MX at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Generator

**Macromedia Generator** was a server-side application that was developed by Macromedia to automatically generate graphics from Flash-based templates.

## Product history

Originally named **Flash Generator**, the program ran on JRun and used Macromedia Flash 3 files as templates. Flash Generator entered into public beta testing in May 1998. It was released as Macromedia Generator on August 17, 1998. Once automated, it could build on the templates with provided data to generate animated GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs, QuickTime movies, and Flash files for Macintosh or Windows computers. It also supported building charts.

Macromedia Generator 2 was released in October 4, 1999 and supported Flash 4-based files. The Enterprise Edition initially had a street price of US$30,000, but was repriced to $2,999 on April 10, 2001. The Developer Edition was priced at $999 per server. It also worked with Flash 5 and was included as part of Macromedia Flash 5 Generator Studio.

### Discontinuation

Macromedia discontinued sales of Generator on December 31, 2002. Support for Generator ended in June 2003; the last update was version 2.6.

Macromedia sought to migrate users to Macromedia Flash MX, but Generator was discontinued without support for Flash MX. Developers found an alternative through JGenerator, an open-source Java application from JZox which offered similar functionality with support for Flash MX. On December 11, 2003, Macromedia signed a licensing agreement with JZox, which no longer sells JGenerator.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Releases Flash Generator beta by Scott Clark, Internet News. 1998-05-20.
2. ↑ Macromedia Ships Generator, Macromedia. 1998-08-17. Archived 1999-02-19.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 What is Macromedia Generator?, *Macromedia Flash Enabled. Flash Design and Development for Devices* by Christian Cantrell et. al. ISBN: 735711771. 2002-05-17.
4. ↑ Went to a Macromedia Generator by Jason Kottke. 1999-11-09.
5. ↑ Macromedia Generator 2 ships, delivers open enterprise solution for dynamically generated graphical web content, Macromedia. 1999-10-04. Archived 2000-01-19.
6. ↑ Macromedia Generator 2 Enterprise Edition by Jay Munro, *PC Magazine UK*. 2000-09-19.
7. ↑ Macromedia Generator FAQ, Macromedia. 2001-04-13.
8. ↑ Macromedia Flash 5.0 and Generator 2.0 by Judy Qiu, Indiana University Bloomington. 2002-01-30.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Macromedia Generator FAQ, Macromedia. 2003-06-21.
10. ↑ What is JGenerator?, *Macromedia Flash Enabled. Flash Design and Development for Devices* by Christian Cantrell et. al. ISBN: 735711771. 2002-05-17.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 JGenerator with Flash MX, JZox. Archived 2004-04-14.
12. ↑ Macromedia Generator by oshats, Experts Exchange. 2006-04-13.

## External links

* Flash Generator product info at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-02)
* Macromedia Generator 2 at Macromedia (archived 1999-11-27, 2000-08-23, 2002-08-03)
	+ Macromedia Flash 5 Generator Studio (archived 2001-01-24)
* Macromedia Generator at the Adobe Wiki
Proprietary software

**Proprietary software**, also known as **non-free software**, or **closed-source software**, is computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes software patent rights.

## References

1. ↑ Saraswati Experts. "COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH C++", Saraswati House Pvt Ltd, pp. 1.27. ISBN: 978-93-5199-877-8. Retrieved on 29 June 2017.
2. ↑ AUUG, Inc.. "AUUGN", AUUG, Inc., March 2003, p. 51. Retrieved on 29 June 2017.

## External links

* Proprietary at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
* Proprietary software at Wikipedia
Tek-Tools

**Tek-Tools** was the original developer of Kawa, before it was acquired by Allaire Corporation in November 2000. The name is derived from the Polish equivalent of Java, which itself is an alternate name for coffee.

## History

Tek-Tools was founded in 1993 in Dallas, Texas. In 2010, Tek-Tools was acquired by IT management company SolarWinds for US$42 million. Some of the Tek-Tools staff moved on to found Symphonic Source.

## References

1. ↑ Allaire Corporation acquires Kawa IDE by XML Guy, The Server Side. 2000-11-13.
2. ↑ Information about TEK-TOOLS, Tek-Tools. Archived 1997-06-02.
3. ↑ SolarWinds sweeps up SRM vendor Tek-Tools by Dave Raffo, IT Knowledge Exchange. 2010-01-27.

## External links

* Tek-Tools official site (archived 1997-06-02, 2010-04-07)
* Tek-Tools at the Adobe Wiki
* Tek-Tools Software at Wikipedia
RoboHelp X4

**RoboHelp X4** was the 12th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released by eHelp Corporation in early 2003.

## Editions

* RoboHelp Office X4
* RoboHelp Office Pro X4
* RoboHelp Office Pro for .NET X4
* RoboHelp for Word X4

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp X4.1 and JavaHelp by TechcommJohn, Adobe Support Community. 2007-05-09.

## External links

* RoboHelp Family (X4) at eHelp Corporation (archived 2003-06-08, 2003-02-16)
* RoboHelp X4 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flex Builder

**Macromedia Flex Builder** was an integrated development environment (IDE) that was released by Macromedia for application development on the Flex platform.

In December 2005, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems,
which released Adobe Flex Builder 2 as a successor based on the Eclipse IDE.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

## External links

* Macromedia Flex Builder at Macromedia (archived 2004-08-23)
* Flex Builder 1.5/ 2 at Adobe (archived 2006-05-02 / 2006-07-05)
* Macromedia Flex Builder at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver 2

**Macromedia Dreamweaver 2** is the second major version of Dreamweaver, released by Macromedia for Macintosh and Windows on December 7, 1998. It was also included as part of Macromedia Dream Team and Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia ships Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio and Dreamweaver 2, Macromedia. 1998-12-07. Archived 1999-11-10.

## External links

* Dreamweaver 2 at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-02)
	+ Dreamweaver 2 release notes at Macromedia (1999-01-30, archived 1999-04-29)
	+ Dreamweaver: what's new in 2? (archived 1999-04-29)
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHELP 1

**RoboHELP 1.0** was the first version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released in January 1992 by Blue Sky Software.

## Features

RoboHELP functions appear as a customizable floating palette of tools in Microsoft Word for Windows. It generates RTF files of formatted source code that can support context-sensitive help with hypertext links and cross references for the Windows 3.x Help System.

## Product history

RoboHELP was created by Gen Kiyooka at San Diego-based Blue Sky Software, which first announced RoboHelp in October 1991 for US$350 and required Word for Windows 1.0 and at least one development environment (Microsoft SDK 3.0, Borland C++ 2.0, or Zortech C++ 3.0) to compile the source code into Windows help files. However, when it shipped in the following January, the price rose to $495 and minimum requirements were revised to specify at least Word for Windows 1.1.

Blue Sky Software filed for the "ROBOHELP" trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on March 30, 1992. As RoboHELP became the flagship product of Blue Sky Software, the company changed its name to eHelp Corporation on April 4, 2000.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pipeline: Shipped, *InfoWorld* p.13. 1992-01-20.
2. ↑ Windows Help Authoring System by Blue Sky Software, *InfoWorld* p.95. 1992-05-04.
3. ↑ Pipeline: Announced, *InfoWorld* p.24. 1991-10-28.
4. ↑ ROBOHELP, *Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office* p.252. 1992.
5. ↑ Blue Sky Software, Worldwide Leader in User Assistance Software, Emerges with New Name, *eHelp Corporation*., Business Wire. 2000-04-04. Archived 2017-02-26.
Macromedia Director 8

**Macromedia Director 8** was the eighth major version of the Director series of multimedia authoring environments, released by Macromedia in March 2000 as part of Director 8 Shockwave Studio.

## Features

New features included:

* Cast Manager can sort media elements by name, size, dates, type, and comments.
* Property Inspector provides context-sensitive access to multiple sprite properties.
* More precision control with Guides, Sprite Locking, Zoom, and Pasteboard Stage Views.
* Built-in Multiple Curve Vectors can generate high quality shapes with very little memory usage.
* Lingo Scripts can be linked to be edited and launched from a separate text or source-code editor.

## Product history

* **Version 8.0** was announced on February 14, 2000 and shipped on March 22, 2000.
* **Version 8.5** shipped on April 24, 2001 as part of Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio. Updated features included Flash 5 integration and support for developing scalable 3D content.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macromedia ships Director 8 Shockwave Studio for magnetic web sites and multiuser communities, Macromedia. 2000-03-22. Archived 2000-05-11.
2. ↑ Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio new features, Macromedia. Archived 2000-08-17.
3. ↑ Macromedia announces Director 8 Shockwave Studio for creating magnetic web sites, Macromedia. 2000-02-14. Archived 2000-03-01.
4. ↑ Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio now available, Macromedia. 2001-04-24. Archived 2001-04-28.
5. ↑ Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio New Features, Macromedia. Archived 2001-04-13.

## External links

* Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio at Macromedia (archived 2000-03-02, 2000-06-20)
	+ Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio (archived 2001-05-04)
* Macromedia Director 8 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Macromedia's Director 8 makes Shockwave publishing easier by Jimmy Guterman at the *Chicago Tribune* (2000-03-23)
Rob Burgess

**Robert Kenneth Burgess** is an Canadian business executive, and the last chairman of Macromedia before it was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.

## Career

Burgess served as CEO of Alias Research from 1992 to 1995. After Alias was merged with Wavefront Technologies, Burgess became the president of the combined Alias|Wavefront company. He later became senior vice president of Silicon Graphics, which had acquired both companies.

### Macromedia

Burgess joined Macromedia on August 28, 1996 and became president on November 1. He was CEO from 1997 to 2005, after which Stephen Elop succeeded him as CEO.

## References

1. ↑ Board of Directors, Macromedia. Archived 2005-09-07.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rob Burgess Named President of Macromedia, Macromedia. 1996-08-28. Archived 1999-09-10.
4. ↑ How will Stephen Elop fare at Microsoft? by Eric Lai, *ComputerWorld*. 2008-01-11. Archived 2008-01-15.

## External links

* Rob Burgess at Macromedia (archived 2003-12-17)
* Robert K. Burgess at Forbes (archived 2010-03-27)
* Robert Kenneth Burgess at Bloomberg (archived 2016-08-05)
* Rob Burgess at the Adobe Wiki
* Rob Burgess at Wikipedia
RoboHELP 6

*Not to be confused with Adobe RoboHelp 6, released in 2007.*

**RoboHELP 6.0**, also known as **RoboHELP Classic 6.0**, was the 6th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released in 1998 by Blue Sky Software. It added support for Windows 98. It was also available as part of RoboHELP Office 6.

## References

1. ↑ "The Complete Help Authoring Solution" by Blue Sky Software, *InfoWorld* p.81. 1998-07-06.
2. ↑ RoboHELP Classic 6.0, *Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools for the Professional Programmer* vol.23 p.15. 1998.
Macromedia FreeHand 8

**Macromedia FreeHand 8** is the ninth major version of FreeHand.

It was released by Macromedia for Windows and Macintosh on February 17, 1998 and was also included as part of the Design in Motion Suite.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Ships FreeHand 8 and Design in Motion Suite for Windows and Macintosh, Macromedia. 1998-02-17. Archived 1999-02-18.

## External links

* FreeHand 8 at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-01)
	+ FreeHand 8 product info (archived 1999-02-19)
	+ FreeHand 8 design center (archived 1999-05-08)
	+ FreeHand 8.0.1 updates & downloads (archived 2000-06-15)
	+ Design in Motion Suite (archived 1998-12-05)
* FreeHand Support Center Downloads : Updaters at Adobe
* Macromedia FreeHand 8 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Macromedia updates design tool at CNET (1998-01-16)
* Design in Motion packs FreeHand 8.0 for Web page creation by William M. Frazier at GCN (1998-05-04)
Macromedia Studio MX Plus

**Macromedia Studio MX Plus** was a software suite released in February 10, 2003 by Macromedia as an intermediate update to Macromedia Studio MX. It was succeeded by Macromedia Studio MX 2004 in September 2003.

## Applications

* Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
* Macromedia Fireworks MX
* Macromedia Flash MX
* Macromedia FreeHand MX (NEW)
* Macromedia ColdFusion MX Developer Edition (Windows only)
* Macromedia Contribute (Windows only) (NEW)
* Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit Special Edition (Windows only) (NEW)

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Studio MX Plus delivers integrated developer tools, Macromedia. 2003-02-10. Archived 2004-02-12.
2. ↑ Macromedia Studio MX 2004 now available, Macromedia. 2003-09-10. Archived 2003-10-08.

## External links

* Macromedia Studio MX Plus at Macromedia (archived 2003-04-01, 2003-08-01)
* Macromedia Studio MX Plus - box pack - 1 user Specs at CNET
	+ Macromedia Studio MX Plus - upgrade package Series Specs
* Macromedia Studio MX Plus at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash Player 6

**Macromedia Flash Player 6** (codenamed *Exorcist*) was released by Macromedia on March 15, 2002.

## New features

* Support for the consuming Flash Remoting (AMF) and Web Service (SOAP).
* Supports ondemand/live audio and video streaming (RTMP).
* Support for screenreaders via Microsoft Active Accessibility.
* Added Sorenson Spark video codec for Flash Video.
* Support for video, application components, shared libraries, and accessibility
* Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX, also released in 2002, allowed video to be streamed to Flash Player 6; otherwise the video could be embedded into the Flash movie.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash Player 6 at Macromedia (archived 2002-04-05)
* Archived Flash Player versions at Adobe
* Macromedia Flash Player 6 at the Adobe Wiki
PICT

**PICT** is a graphics file format introduced on the original Apple Macintosh computer as its standard metafile format. It allows the interchange of graphics (both bitmapped and vector), and some limited text support, between Mac applications, and was the native graphics format of QuickDraw.

The PICT file format consists essentially of serialized QuickDraw opcodes. The original version, PICT 1, was designed to be as compact as possible while describing vector graphics. To this end, it featured single byte opcodes, many of which embodied operations such as "do the previous operation again". As such it was quite memory efficient, but not very expandable. With the introduction of the Macintosh II and Color QuickDraw, PICT was revised to version 2. This version featured 16-bit opcodes and numerous changes which enhanced its utility. PICT 1 opcodes were supported as a subset for backward compatibility.

Within a Mac application, any sequence of drawing operations could be simply recorded/encoded to the PICT format by opening a "Picture", then closing it after issuing the required commands. By saving the resulting byte stream as a resource, a *PICT resource* resulted, which could be loaded and played back at any time. The same stream could be saved to a data file on disk (with 512 bytes of unused header space added) as a PICT file.

With the change from QuickDraw to the Quartz imaging model in Mac OS X, PICT was dropped in favor of Portable Document Format (PDF) as the native metafile format, though PICT support is retained by many applications as it was widely supported in Classic Mac OS.

Recent versions of Adobe Photoshop, starting with CS5 in 2010, can only open bitmapped PICT files and can no longer save files in PICT format.

## PICT versions

The PICT format has 2 different versions:

* PICT 1 format: The original format allowed only up to 8 colors — 6 from the Apple logo, plus black and white. Designed for the original monochrome Macintosh computers, it supported black-and-white bitmaps as well as basic objects which could be output from the original release of MacDraw.
* PICT 2 format: This updated format supported 4, 8 (color or grayscale), 16, and 24-bit RGB color. 32-bit color PICTs could be output with an alpha channel, but CMYK color was not supported. Vector object support was also enhanced.

## Compression method

With QuickTime 2.0 (a multimedia framework created by Apple Computer), bitmapped PICT files could be compressed using JPEG compression or any other QuickTime compressor.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The PICT file format, Prepressure. Accessed 2020-03-29.

## External links

* *Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw* at Apple (1994)
	+ Legacy Document: Opcodes in Pictures
* Macintosh PICT File Format Summary at FileFormat.Info
* PICT at Just Solve the File Format Problem
* PICT at the Apple Wiki
* PICT at Wikipedia
RoboHelp Enterprise 2002

**RoboHelp Enterprise 2002** was the 2nd major version of the server-based application for enterprise users of RoboHelp 2002, released by eHelp Corporation in late 2001. It superseded RoboHelp Enterprise 9 and was succeeded by RoboHelp Enterprise X3.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2002-10-17.

## External links

* RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2001-11-09)
* RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 at the Adobe Wiki
Mark Stephen Pierce

**Mark Stephen Pierce** is one of the co-founders of MacroMind, the predecessor of Macromedia, which was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.

Pierce entered the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at the age of 14. During the 1980s, Pierce collaborated with Jonathan Gay on *Dark Castle* at Silicon Beach Software. Pierce has since founded Super Happy Fun Fun, the publisher of *Return to Dark Castle*.

## References

1. ↑ Marc Canter's Work and Careers by Chris Jacques, *Intro. to Multimedia*. Archived 2006-04-23.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ The making of Dark Castle : An excerpt from The Secret History of Mac Gaming by Richard Moss, Gamasutra. 2018-03-22.
4. ↑ Mac Classic Updated – Return to Dark Castle by Christian Cawley, *Device Magazine*. 2011-02-27.

## External links

* Mark Stephen Pierce at Super Happy Fun Fun (archived 2015-02-22)
* Mark Stephen Pierce at the International Mobile Gaming Awards (archived 2007-01-03)
* Mark Stephen Pierce at the Internet Movie Database
* Mark Stephen Pierce at MobyGames
* Mark Stephen Pierce at the Dark Castle Wiki
* Mark Stephen Pierce at the Adobe Wiki
Stephen Elop

**Stephen A. Elop** is an Canadian business executive, and was the last CEO of Macromedia for less than a year when it was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.

Elop became president of worldwide field operations at Adobe. His resignation from Adobe was announced on June 15, 2006, though he committed to staying with the company through the end of the year. In January 2008, Elop joined Microsoft as president of its business division.

## References

1. ↑ Management Team, Macromedia. Archived 2005-05-27.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 How will Stephen Elop fare at Microsoft? by Eric Lai, *ComputerWorld*. 2008-01-11. Archived 2008-01-15.
4. ↑ Stephen A. Elop, Adobe Systems. Archived 2005-12-07.
5. ↑ Adobe Announces Resignation of President, Worldwide Field Operations, Adobe Systems. 2006-06-15. Archived 2006-07-15.

## External links

* Stephen A. Elop at Adobe (archived 2006-08-24)
* Stephen Elop at LinkedIn
* Stephen Elop at Twitter
* Stephen Elop at the Adobe Wiki
* Stephen Elop at the Microsoft Wiki
* Stephen Elop at Wikipedia
RoboHelp Office X3

**RoboHelp Office X3** was the ninth major version of the RoboHelp Office suite, released by eHelp Corporation in late 2002 for business users of RoboHelp X3. It superseded RoboHelp Office 2002 and was succeeded by RoboHelp Office X4.

RoboHelp Enterprise X3 (later renamed RoboHelp Office Pro X3) was a server-based version for enterprise users.

## References

1. ↑ New Name, Same Great Software, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2003-04-02.
2. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2002-10-17.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office X3 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2002-10-17)
	+ RoboHelp Enterprise X3 (archived 2002-10-17)
* RoboHelp Office X3 at the Adobe Wiki