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Graphical User Interface SDK

Chilkat Software Inc. released the downloadable Chlikat SDK 1.0 in January 1999.

This new, downloadable SDK will allow you to develop Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for your game that incorporate custom artwork and animations. The Chilkat SDK also provides visual components (C++/DirectX) which you can use to compose an application's interfaces. These include managers (row-columns, bulletin boards, clip windows, and so on) and primitives (labels and line edits). Animation classes exist so that visual components can use an animation anywhere a static bitmap might be used. Bitmap classes automatically handle pixel-format conversion, so games can run in any pixel format. Other features include a library that works with palette-sets, image tables to organize bitmaps and animations, and a wide variety of other classes.

The Chilkat SDK supports Windows 95/98/NT, DirectX 5.2 and 6.0, Borland and Microsoft compilers, and Microsoft DirectShow. It also supports MPEG and .AVI. It's licensed on a per-product, royalty-free basis. Pricing is set at $495 for a commercial single-product license, $95 for a shareware developer single-product license, and $45 for a non-commercial license.

Chilkat Software Inc.
Lisle, Ill.
(312) 953-3949
http://www.chilkatsoft.com

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