<s>
Claris	B-Application
Resolve	I-Application
was	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
flesh	O
out	O
their	O
software	O
suite	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
Claris	O
wanted	O
to	O
introduce	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
application	O
,	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
buy	O
an	O
existing	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
not	O
particularly	O
difficult	O
,	O
as	O
Informix	O
had	O
essentially	O
abandoned	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
version	O
of	O
WingZ	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Claris	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
non-exclusive	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
changing	O
the	O
interface	O
to	O
conform	O
to	O
their	O
new	O
"	O
Pro	O
"	O
line	O
of	O
product	O
's	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
they	O
released	O
it	O
at	O
the	O
MacWorld	O
Expo	O
Boston	O
on	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
1991	O
,	O
as	O
Resolve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resolve	O
also	O
contains	O
object-oriented	B-Language
,	O
MacDraw-like	O
drawing	O
tools	O
for	O
combining	O
illustrations	O
,	O
clip	O
art	O
,	O
text	O
,	O
charts	O
and	O
numbers	O
in	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resolve	O
also	O
included	O
WingZ	B-Application
scripting	O
language	O
,	O
renamed	O
Resolve	O
Script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resolve	O
also	O
offered	O
3D	O
charting	O
that	O
Wingz	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
bring	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resolve	O
failed	O
to	O
gain	O
significant	O
market	O
share	O
due	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
which	O
also	O
stopped	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
becoming	O
popular	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claris	O
suggested	O
existing	O
Resolve	O
users	O
to	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
module	O
of	O
ClarisWorks	B-Device
.	O
</s>
