Shareware Review - March 98

 

Product: Visual LISP (not to be confused with the AutoDESK product!)

Author: Western Sierra Software Works!

Contact: 1-800-772-1881

 

Visual Lisp is a full featured AutoLISP editor that will help you design and develop AutoLISP routines.  Visual LISP has  several built in tools that will aid in controlling your open and closed parens, quotes and two master dialogue boxes to manage your variables and  control your functions.  Along with all of the usual editing features that make a product Windows 95 compliant, the variable master and function master dialogue boxes make this an excellent AutoLISP programmers tool.

The variable masters dialogue box will show the programmer what variables are in use in the current file.  If you have the need to place a variable in your current files routine, the programmer simply needs to open the variable master to locate and select the variable, click on that variable and that will install the variable on the current line.

Just as easily as you can place variables into the text line, you can place functions into the routine using the function master.  The function master will place AutoLISP functions in your lisp routine and it will also place the required parens.  The function master will also place, in uppercase text, the functions arguments that will need to be addressed by the programmer.  By breaking down each of the AutoLISP functions into categories, Visual LISP makes setting up, maintaining  and managing an AutoLISP routine clean and easy.

The version of Visual LISP that I downloaded approximately one and one half years ago, was a full version freeware application and is the version used for this review, the release is 1.0.  The version that I found for download is a demo version with all of the save, copy and paste functions disabled.

Visual Lisp may be ordered  for $50.00 at 1-800-772-1881 (voice), or 1-800-582-8000 (fax). Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Checks or Money Orders may be sent to:

Western Sierra Software Works!
P.O. Box 629000
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

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