
Product announcement...
Finally! Render HTML Documents
in JavaTM
Despite its power and elegance, Java has been frustrating to Web
developers who frequently need tools long taken for granted in the world of desk-top
publishing. Tasks as basic as wrapping text within a panel and flowing it around
inserted images require extensive programming in Java and are generally accomplished
instead in HTML pages.
Now, JDocTM from EarthStones provides the Java classes
necessary to render HTML documents entirely within a Java applet or application.
With JDoc you can:
- Read an ordinary HTML file.
- Translate most common
HTML tags, including font attributes, hyperlinks, images, forms, and tables.
- Wrap text within a column.
- Flow text around inserted images, text boxes, tables, and forms.
- Extend HTML with
HTML+TM tags to provide added features (such as desktop-publishing style
wrapped image captions and text boxes as well as conditional inclusion) while still
allowing the page to be read as ordinary HTML for non-Java applications.
- Take advantage of JDoc's AutoResTM features to automatically
size all page elements for the viewer's screen resolution, thus maintaining a consistent
look on any browsing system.
Accomplish all of this without programming.
- Use an ordinary HTML editor (such as Microsoft®'s FrontPageTM)
to create the HTML files you wish to display.
- If desired, edit the files to add HTML+ extensions.
- Edit and display JDoc's master (HTML) page containing the JDoc applet tag.
And Java programmers and developers can use and extend JDoc's classes as
they would any other Java class library.
New in Version 1.1:
- Now makes entensive use of Java's multithreading to speed document
rendering.
- Built in registration checking allows developers to produce evaluation copies of their software which must be registered and
can be granted a time-limited, temporary license.
- JDoc panels can now be deployed in graphic as well as
standard document mode to display a single image source file rather than an HTML
document.
- The class library has been generalized to permit creation of Java
applications as well as applets.
- Software now includes JDocViewerApp, a Java console application
which runs on your local computer and functions as a mini-browser for viewing local files
as well as HTML documents located anyware on the internet.
Also from EarthStones
Check out JSiteTM,
EarthStones' companion product, which extends the power of JDoc from a single HTML
document to an entire website.
Pricing and Availability
Available now. Price: $295. Check EarthStones' website for
details regarding licensing.
Under Development
The following enhancements to EarthStones' java products are
currently under development:
- Taking advantage of new features in Java 1.1, JDoc and JSite
objects are being rewritten as JavaBean components, making them even easier to configure
and deploy.
- Exploiting Version 1.1's object streaming capacities, an object
server is under development which will allow deployment of "thinner" client
applets.
- New document features include support for multiple-column page
formats and box elements extending beyond column boundaries.
Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Microsoft and FrontPage are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
JDoc, JSite, HTML+, and AutoRes are trademarks of EarthStones.