REAL Software (Expo booth 3261) today announced , its developer tool for creating both Mac and Windows applications. Version 5 will include better support for Mac OS X 10.2 including drawers, brushed-metal windows, and toolbars. It will also include new Internet communications capabilities, team collaboration functions, and a new two-pass compiler with new language features, smaller applications, and an improved debugger as well as a tool for converting Visual Basic projects. Upgrades start at $30, while basic versions of the full application start at $100. It will ship next month.

Later in the first quarter REALbasic 5 customers will receive a "free update with enhanced database features. It will include a new database engine with improved SQL support, enhanced reliability, and much greater flexibility. They will also receive a new Oracle plug-in providing connectivity to Oracle 9i."

In addition to US English, REALbasic is available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Japanese from International distributors.

by MacNN Staff