The Claw Introductory Edition includes a portion of the complete Claw interface. An introductory version of the Claw application builder is also available.

The Introductory Edition is available free of charge for evaluation and non-commercial development purposes. There is no time limit on the use of this introductory edition as long as it is not used for commercial development purposes; commerical evaluations are limited to 30 days.

We have provided versions of the Claw Introductory Edition tailored for specific compilers to make it easy to try Claw. The complete edition of Claw comes with versions for all of the supported compilers, an installation tool that makes it easy to install Claw for a specific compiler, as well as documentation on the simple changes needed to produce a custom version of Claw for any Ada 95 compiler.

Programs created with the Claw Introductory Edition (including the introductory version of the Claw Application Builder) are compatible with the complete version Claw.

The Claw Introductory Edition includes six complete example programs. The example programs include examples of most of the important functional areas in Claw: Windows, Controls, Dialogs, Tools, and Canvases. Since the implementations of the different varieties of these items are rather similar, the introductory edition includes only a few examples of each item.

What's new in the Claw Introductory Edition, version 1.30

The following features have been added to the Claw Introductory Edition, version 1.30 (as compared to the Claw demo 1.2):

• Scroll bars
• Trackbars
• Predefined bitmap loading
• Converted bitmap loading
• Basic directory (folder) operations
• Basic registry operations
• Basic socket operations

To see what is new in the complete edition of Claw 1.3, click here.

Installing the Claw Introductory Edition

The Claw Introductory Edition includes support for four compilers:

• Janus/Ada 3.1.1d or later
• GNAT 3.12 or later
  (Note: GNAT 3.13 and 3.14 contain a bug that prevents compiling the standard Claw source code. If you are using either of these versions, be sure to download the special version of the Claw Introductory Edition that includes a workaround for this problem.)
• ObjectAda 7.1.2 or later
• Rational APEX version 3.0.2 or later

Installing the Introductory Claw Application Builder

The Claw Introductory Edition includes support for four compilers:

• Janus/Ada 3.1.1d or later
• GNAT 3.12 or later
  (Note: GNAT 3.13 and 3.14 contains a bug that prevents compiling the standard Claw source code. If you are using either of these versions, be sure to download the special version of the Claw Introductory Edition that includes a workaround for this problem.)
• ObjectAda 7.1.2 or later
• Rational APEX version 3.0.2 or later

Complete directions for installing the Introductory Claw Application Builder are found in the CBLDREAD.TXT file, included in the .ZIP file. Click here to read the installation instructions.

Previous versions of the Claw Introductory Edition

Need an older Claw Demo or Claw Introductory Edition version for some reason? Click here.

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