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Mac OS X Developers The Omni Group Ship Memory Management Tool, OmniObjectMeter 2.0 Offers OS X application developers a solution to common programming problems Seattle, Washington -- May 6, 2002 -- The Omni Group, developers of Mac OS X applications and game ports, announce OmniObjectMeter 2.0, a tool aimed at Cocoa developers that provides an easy way to track and solve common memory management coding mistakes. Developers need to be certain that memory is not being used by objects that no longer need it. After an object has served its function, it should be disposed of or its memory will be "leaked". When an object is not correctly detached from the application, or "de-allocated", memory space is wasted and the application can become slow or crash. OmniObjectMeter offers an effective way to seek out these memory leaks, multiply deallocated objects, and improve an application's performance. Rather than searching through thousands of objects in a system, developers can use ObjectMeter to quickly detect the problematic code. Complex and time consuming code reviews can be done in minutes with OmniObjectMeter, ultimately resulting in more robust applications. OmniObjectMeter allows developers to easily find and fix memory leak situations, rather than wasting days searching for them. Technical Features * Displays allocated blocks, allocation events for each block and the stack trace responsible for each allocation event. * Allows you to easily match retain events with their corresponding release events. * Tracks allocation event information for deallocated objects on a category-by-category basis. * Displays the memory allocation events (or any other event type) for a category in a hierarchical tree formed from the stack trace responsible for each event. * Integrates with Apple's Project Builder IDE to allow developers to open specific source files from ObjectMeter. * Integrates with Cocoa's built-in "zombie" support to easily locate invalid usages of deallocated objects (and then determine the reason for their premature deallocation). * Allows easy location of code that allocates large numbers of temporary objects, allowing developers to optimize their memory usage. OmniObjectMeter 2.0 Licensing and Pricing More information and a free trial download are available at http://www.omnigroup.com/developer/omniobjectmeter/ OmniObjectMeter 2.0 retails for $149.00. About The Omni Group: The Omni Group, founded in 1993, develops Mac OS X applications and ports games to OS X. The Omni Group has produced OmniWeb, the only web browser built specifically for Mac OS X, and the winner of two 2001 Apple Design Awards. Other Omni Group products include OmniObjectMeter, a memory management tool; OmniGraffle, a symbolic drawing program; and OmniOutliner, an outlining and organizational tool. OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner have been bundled on Apple Power Macs and PowerBooks since January 2002. The Omni Group is located in Seattle, WA. More information on The Omni Group is available at www.omnigroup.com. __________________________ Please visit our sponsors: RadGad(sm): The Place for Useful Gifts & Gadgets.(sm) http://www.radgad.com/, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 877-5-RADGAD MacTech(r) Magazine: The journal of Macintosh technology and development http://www.mactech.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 805-494-9797 DevDepot(sm): Your Source for RAM, Technical & Developer Products http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 877-DEPOT-NOW To submit a posting to MacDev-1, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. To subscribe to MacDev-1, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". MacTech, Developer Depot, RadGad, and Xplain Corporation are not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in this message. News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>. --
