August 2008
Icetips Utilities
In the next two weeks we are planning at least one release of the Icetips Utilities but there could be two. The first one will include new source files and updates to the documentation.
The second release will include more documentation updates and a new Clarion class that we developed for the Build Automator. This second build should also include some new templates including a template for global hotkeys.
We are also working on what we call the Icetips Core Library which is a growing library of functions written in Visual C++ and compiled into a dll. This is kind of our own runtime library where we will put functions that make sense to do in C rather than Clarion for various reasons, one for example is that we do not need to worry about prototypes or structures or stuff like that because that is all included.
Icetips Password Manager
This is a cool little tool that we have been using for a while. While not strictly a developer tool, it certainly helps keep track of all those logins and urls that we use every day to do our business. Certainly something that developers use like everybody else! We will release this tool into both subscriptions next week (August 18 - 23) and hope you will find it as useful as we do!
September 2008
As we get closer to September we will post more details about what we will be working on next month and when to expect new releases. There will also be a beta release of a brand new dictionary tool (we don't have a name for it yet!) that has been in the pipelines for quite a while. We expect to release that product in October.
There will be a new build of the Build Automator released sometime in September, probably closer to the end of September. It will include a new action to compile installs created with InstallAware and an action to delete registry keys. We have several other actions that we would like to add, but we have not decided yet exactly which ones will be in the September update.
-- Arnor Baldvinsson
