Astec Ltd has launched the UIM/X graphical user interface builder builder from Visual Edge Software Inc of Quebec onto the Japanese market, and sales are to begin on February 1. UIM/X automatically generates C source code based on Motif, conforming to standard specifications for C so that the code is extremely portable. Astec claims an 80% world share for UIM/X of the market for Motif-based interface builders. Other features include a built-in C interpreter, enabling changes in the user interface to be executed simultaneously with the application, WYSIWYG editor, and full use of all of the OSF/Motif toolkit. The product is available on Sparcstations and on X-terminals supporting XMiNT. OpenWare/Motif for Sparcstations, jointly developed with Ascii Corp, is the version of Motif being used, and it will be also sold by Astec. Astec is well-known as a leading edge Unix house in Japan, and as the local distributor of Centerline Software’s Saber products.
