Developer Tools for Helix

D E V L O P E R T O O L S

Many Mac applications include a script Dictionary accessible to AppleScript commands. This allows you to automate application functions. Helix RADE does not include one, though it is possible, with AppleEvents, to enter, retrieve, or delete information within Helix Collections. Below are some scripts and third-party applications that may be of interest to Helix users.

Helix Mods Template Microsoft Word template used for tracking modifications to a Helix Collection.

DataGate Transparently intercepts and translates Helix database inquires initiated from Web browser without disabling local Collection access.

Helikeschat A beautiful Panther-inspired, multi-threaded, network chat program can be deployed across local- and wide-area networks from a Helix Collection.

Helicidae Benchmarker Perform timed tests with various Helix configurations.

Helix Maintenance Manager can cycle both Helix utilities and launch scripts in response to messages. It can mount and unmount a server and save a backup copy before running.

CallHelix is useful if you wish to write AppleScripts that communicate with Helix Collections via AppleEvents.

Helix Icon Arranger an AppleScript that brings the icons in a Helix Relation back into the center.

MacDashboard Convert mountains of data into graphs and indicators to easily spot trends.

HeliMail Server Send and receive email with Helix databases.

HeliPort Access data in Helix Collections from any platform without being limited by browsers.

Qilan provides a scalable solution for delivering content over the Web.

Osmosis ACGI (asynchronous common gateway interface) that enables internet/intranet clients to communicate with and transfer data between Helix Collections.

Osmosis Gateway enables telnet clients or other front end applications to communicate to a Helix Collection over an IP connection.

Dual-Processor Script OS X script to enable single processor on DP configurations to improve Helix performance in Classic.

Helix Expert Tools 4.5 was included with Helix Express 4.5.0. The read me files and resources may be of value to some Heix users.

Boolean Calculator Visual display of complex Boolean queries.

Tumult HyperEdit A lightweight HTML editor with a preview pane that displays the web page live as you type.

WebMerge generates static Web pages from exported database files.

Mergemill for quickly generating web pages and easily reformatting data exported from databases.

HTML Tidy corrects HTML code by closing unfinished or misplaced tags and delimiters.

US Zip Codes text file containing 39,126 United States zip codes with corresponding city and state.

Area Codes Displays US city when area code is typed into a field.

Easy Errors quickly find out about what a particular error means on the Macintosh.

ResEdit is a utility intended for use by developers to manipulate resources within a file.

Can Combine Icons Combine artwork and/or existing icons to build new ones for your favorite folders and files.

Iconographer is a 32-bit icon editor.

Script Debugger Script Debugger is a complete replacement for Apple's Script Editor. It offers no limit on script size as well as powerful editing, debugging and dictionary tools... more than 30 features.

BBEdit can open text files much larger than the SimpleText limit of 32 Kb and includes extensive search and replace functions. Suitable for editing Web pages.

FreeCCS Free credit card software.

YOAP prints landscape or portrait calendar year in selected fonts.

starQuiz Paperless, customizable classroom quiz.

Note Merge Opens, displays and saves a Word mail merge document. The script as shown uses the third paragraph of the document as the file name which is then deleted from the document.

Find and Rename Renames file with text on Apple Clipboard. Archive includes sample Helix Collection that saves HTML files with titles from database.

Launch Server Answers the dialogs as Helix is restarting with a log file. Also, every time the Launch Server script is fired, it adds a time of restart to a file (created with Simple Text) called Database Restarts.

Growth Display Used for incorporating data from Helix into a formatted graph.

DST Script/Spring Resets Date/Time Control Panel if the computer is up and running at the moment.

DST Script/Fall Resets Date/Time Control Panel if the computer is up and running at the moment.

Stripper removes 68k or PPC code from a fat application.

AppleScript Resources
AppleScript for Mac OS 9