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During the final phases of development for ZAF 5, some components may
not yet be fully ready for unrestricted use in applications.  Where
necessary, these components are disclaimed below.  Developers should
review this listing to make informed decisions before including these
objects in their code.  Unless noted otherwise, disclaimed components
will be completed during the ZAF 5 beta cycle.



Beta 3 -- March 8, 1997
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GENERAL
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Documentation - Reference documentation incomplete, other docs
                unavailable.  Regular updates will be posted (more
                frequently than code updates.)

Libraries -     Source code only.  Object code must be built by user.
                Object code will not be supplied until release-candidate.

Unicode -       Limited testing.  Expect complete testing by beta-4.
                


PLATFORMS
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Windows -       Limited windows 3.x testing.  Well tested on Win 95 and NT.

Motif -         Not yet tested on SCO, UnixWare.  (Primary testing completed
                on HPUX, Solaris, Irix, AIX, Dec Unix, Linux.)

DOS -           Not available.  Currently in late-stage development.
                Beta planned one month after release of ZAF 5.

Macintosh -     Same.

OS/2 -          Not available.  Beta planned two months after release
                of ZAF 5.

Curses -        Not available.  Beta not yet scheduled.

NEXTSTEP -      Not available.  Discontinued for ZAF 5.



COMPILERS
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Windows -       DLLs supported for 32 bit only.  This will not change.
                Microsoft 16 bit will not compile.  Microsoft has allowed
                this compiler to become out of sync with ANSI standards.
                IBM has received only cursory testing.
                Symantec support is user-supplied and not Zinc supported.

Motif -         Watcom makefiles (watcom.mak) are currently not working
                on QNX.



OBJECTS
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Chart -         Not yet included.  Available in later beta.

Image -         Cannot yet load image from executable.  Planned after ZAF 5.0.

Printer -       Not planned for ZAF 5.0.  Planned for first update.



DESIGNER
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General -       Executable only.  Source code not available.
                Current version is incomplete but beta ready as is.
                Designer-only beta versions scheduled weekly until release.


UTILITIES
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Convert -       User-defined data will not be copied to new dat file.
                (Derived objects are converted.)
