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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


CONTACT: BlackBoxFramework Chair
CONTACT: BlackBox Framework Chair


Company: BlackBoxFramework.org
Organization: BlackBox Framework Center


Email Address: BlackBox <main@blackboxframework.org>
Email Address: chair@blackboxframework.org


Website URL: http://blackboxframework.org/
Website URL: http://blackboxframework.org/




'''BlackBox Component Builder Release 1.7'''
'''BlackBox Component Builder 1.7 Released'''




International, 2016-09-16 - Good news, the most recent version of BlackBox Component Builder is now 1.7. Written in Component Pascal it follows the tradition of Pascal/Modula-2/Oberon languages. The BlackBox Component Builder runs in Windows and Linux/wine.
International, 2016-09-16 - The BlackBox Framework Center is pleased to announce the release of BlackBox Component Builder version 1.7 for Windows and Linux/Wine. A detailed change list is available from http://blackboxframework.org/stable/blackbox-1.7-changes.html.
 
Release 1.7 contains fixes for all known issues since 2013, when BlackBox Component Builder was handed over to the community. It also contains significant enhancements such as Unicode support for identifiers in the Component Pascal language, better localization support and automatic recompilation of a set of subsystems. The new release can be downloaded from http://blackboxframework.org/.


BlackBox Component Builder is an innovative IDE (integrated development environment)  
BlackBox Component Builder is an innovative IDE (integrated development environment)  
originally developed by Oberon microsystems of Zurich, Switzerland. Besides efficient compilation and modern software engineering features such as garbage collection, strong typing, and object orientation, it is unique that it allows program execution within the IDE itself; without starting an external operating system process. This provides for very efficient compile-load-execute cycles, comparable with scripting languages. It also enables simple interfacing to built-in components.
originally developed by Oberon microsystems of Zurich, Switzerland. Written in Component Pascal, a member of the Pascal/Modula-2/Oberon family of languages, it features efficient compilation and modern software engineering concepts such as garbage collection, strong typing, object orientation and reflection. BlackBox Component Builder is unique in that it allows program execution within the IDE itself; without starting an external operating system process. This provides for very efficient compile-load-execute cycles, comparable with scripting languages. It also enables simple interfacing to built-in IDE components.
Each component is a module; a unit of compilation and a unit of execution. It is document centered, but not exclusively.  It provides easy access to form and view subsystems which can be embedded in a document. All modules are fully described in their own document.
BlackBox is module based; a module is the unit of compilation and loading. Modules are used for implementing commands, background actions, libraries, graphical components and persistent documents. All module interfaces are fully described in the included help system, which also includes many tutorials.
 
Release 1.7 contains fixes for all known issues since 2013, when BlackBox Component Builder was turned into an open source project. It also contains significant enhancements such as the localization of the framework to different languages (e.g. Cyrillic, Chinese), full Unicode support for identifiers in the Component Pascal language and automatic recompilation of a set of subsystems. The new release can be downloaded from http://blackboxframework.org/.




ABOUT BlackBoxFramework.org
ABOUT BlackBox Framework Center


BlackBoxFramework.org is run by the BlackBox Framework Center, an international community of volunteers dedicated to maintaining and improving the BlackBox Component Builder. Current executive members are from the Australia, Austria, China, Germany, Great Britain, Russia ans US. The BlackBox Framework Center was formed in 2013 and started its work on version 1.7 in 2014. For more information, see http://forum.blackboxframework.org/.
The BlackBox Framework Center is an international community of volunteers dedicated to maintaining and improving the BlackBox Component Builder. It operates blackboxframework.org, a BlackBox source code repository, an automated build engine, an issue tracker, center and community forums and a wiki. Current executive members are from the US, the UK, Germany, Austria, Russia, China and Australia. The BlackBox Framework Center was formed in 2013 and started its work on version 1.7 in 2014. For more information, see http://forum.blackboxframework.org/.


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Latest revision as of 17:35, 20 September 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: BlackBox Framework Chair

Organization: BlackBox Framework Center

Email Address: chair@blackboxframework.org

Website URL: http://blackboxframework.org/


BlackBox Component Builder 1.7 Released


International, 2016-09-16 - The BlackBox Framework Center is pleased to announce the release of BlackBox Component Builder version 1.7 for Windows and Linux/Wine. A detailed change list is available from http://blackboxframework.org/stable/blackbox-1.7-changes.html.

Release 1.7 contains fixes for all known issues since 2013, when BlackBox Component Builder was handed over to the community. It also contains significant enhancements such as Unicode support for identifiers in the Component Pascal language, better localization support and automatic recompilation of a set of subsystems. The new release can be downloaded from http://blackboxframework.org/.

BlackBox Component Builder is an innovative IDE (integrated development environment) originally developed by Oberon microsystems of Zurich, Switzerland. Written in Component Pascal, a member of the Pascal/Modula-2/Oberon family of languages, it features efficient compilation and modern software engineering concepts such as garbage collection, strong typing, object orientation and reflection. BlackBox Component Builder is unique in that it allows program execution within the IDE itself; without starting an external operating system process. This provides for very efficient compile-load-execute cycles, comparable with scripting languages. It also enables simple interfacing to built-in IDE components. BlackBox is module based; a module is the unit of compilation and loading. Modules are used for implementing commands, background actions, libraries, graphical components and persistent documents. All module interfaces are fully described in the included help system, which also includes many tutorials.


ABOUT BlackBox Framework Center

The BlackBox Framework Center is an international community of volunteers dedicated to maintaining and improving the BlackBox Component Builder. It operates blackboxframework.org, a BlackBox source code repository, an automated build engine, an issue tracker, center and community forums and a wiki. Current executive members are from the US, the UK, Germany, Austria, Russia, China and Australia. The BlackBox Framework Center was formed in 2013 and started its work on version 1.7 in 2014. For more information, see http://forum.blackboxframework.org/.

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