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Stuff ToolKit version 1.1 is shipping !
Stuff ToolKit™ is a 4th Dimension plug-in that allow to use Aladdin Systems Stuffit Engine directly from 4th Dimension programming language. Stuff ToolKit is a replacement to Stuff4D, a defunct product originally published by Foresight Techonologies.This page gives informations about the features, system requirement, licensing, pricing, ordering, tech support, download sites and future enhancements of Stuff ToolKit.
The current version of Stuff ToolKit is only available for the MacOS version of 4th Dimension, but a Windows version is expected (see future enhancements ).
With Stuff ToolKit you can:
- stuff and unstuff files using Stuffit, ZIP or BZip compression algorithms
- encrypt stuffed files
- verify stuffed and/or encrypted files
- mount and unmount disk images in several formats
- decompress other non Stuffit compressed files
- decode most encoded files
For more details, have a look at Stuff ToolKit's Manual
Stuff ToolKit comes in two versions, a "light" version not including the Stuffit Engine, and a "Pro" version including Stuffit Engine.
BY DOWNLOADING STUFF TOOLKIT, YOU AGREE TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
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Operating System
The current version of Stuff ToolKit only works on Macintosh computer running System 7.5 and above.
Stuff ToolKit runs with all versions of 4D from v3.5 (5.5 french).
A Windows version of Stuff ToolKit is under development. For more info, please contact stuff-toolkit-windows@cquest.org
Stuffit Engine™ requirement
Stuff ToolKit comes in two versions, a "light" version not including the Stuffit Engine, and a "Pro" version including Stuffit Engine.
Stuff ToolKit Light cannot run without the help of Stuffit Engine from Aladdin Systems, Inc.
If Stuffit Engine is not installed on your computer, we recommand you to install one of Aladdin's products (like "DropStuff") which will install an unregistered version of Stuffit Engine.
Stuff ToolKit Pro doesn't need that Stuffit Engine be installed because Stuffit Engine is integrated directly in Stuff ToolKit Pro plugin.
All technical support regarding Stuff ToolKit is done by email: stuff-toolkit-support@cquest.orgA dedicated mailing list is also available. To subscribe to this mailing list, just send an email to: stuff-toolkit-talk-on@ lists.cquest.org, tu unsubscribe to this mailing list, just send an email to stuff-toolkit-talk-off@ lists.cquest.org using the original email with which you subscribed to the mailing list.
Stuff ToolKit web site is available at: http://www.4d-toolkits.com/stuff/
Stuff ToolKit is using a new kind of "no-hassle" license. I tried to keep the good points in the famous classical "no-hassle" and remove the bad points. It is still "no-hassle" in the way that you don't need to get license numbers each time you deploy an app that uses Stuff ToolKit and the protection system will not cause you nighmares.Stuff ToolKit development license is yearly subscription based. Your development license is granted for one year and renewed every year. This covers (at least) the costs relating to tech support and all product maintenance.
Stuff ToolKit minor and major upgrades are free of charge as long as you have renewed your development subcription license. This will allow to reduce what I call the "version numbering slavery". In fact, you'll be able to get new features as soon as they are implemented, which is not the case when minor upgrades are free and major ones are not. This "version numbering slavery" forces the plug-in developer to keep some new features for the next major release instead of immediately providing them.
The protection is based on license numbers that allows you to develop using Stuff ToolKit during your annual developper license subscription. When used in interpretted mode, Stuff ToolKit check the subscription limit date included in your license number. If your subscription has expired, it will run in demo/evaluation mode during 30 minutes. When used in compiled applications, this subscription limit date is not checked allowing the deployed versions to run with no date limit.
Stuff ToolKit does not come with unlimited deployment. This partly caused the major troubles with the classical "no-hassle" license as introduced by Foresight Technologies several years ago. To avoid all the "hassles" of deployment licenses (serial numbers or other protection schemes), the deployment is honnest based. You are asked to get additional deployment licensed when needed even if there is no enforcement built in the product itself. The yearly subscription includes a large number of deployment licenses, so this will not be a real issue for 90% of the developers. An OEM agreement is available if your deployment needs are above the one included in the yearly subscription. You can to contact the author or your distributor to get more details about this OEM agreement.
Should you have any question regarding this new license, I recommend you to read the License Agreement or contact me directly by email.
A discount of 25% will be offered until June 1st 2000 as a "competitive" upgrade to all registered Stuff4D licensees.Please contact one of Stuff ToolKit vendors (see list below) for more details.
Stuff ToolKit Pro™ Development License
- Stuffit Engine included in the plugin
- 1 year development subscription per developer
- 50 deployments included$195 / year
Stuff ToolKit Light™ Development License
- Stuffit Engine not included in the plugin
- 1 year development subscription per developer
- 50 deployments included$95 / year
Stuff ToolKit™ Deployment Licenses
above 50 deployments, please contact the author or your local distributor
You can order Stuff ToolKit thru the following vendors:
USA
France
Germany
Japan
Switzerland
Worlwide / Online
A Windows version should be available as soon as Aladdin ships a Windows version of Stuffit Engine (expected soon).Other compression algorithm (like gzip) will be added.
More low level access to Stuffit Engine will be added allowing full management of Stuffit archive files content (adding a file to an existing archive, expanding parts of an archive, etc).
Should you have any feature request, please send them directly to the author...
Written & © by Christian Quest -28-Mars-2000