<s>
Framework	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
(	O
x86	O
)	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
compatibles	O
with	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
integrated	O
products	O
,	O
Framework	O
was	O
not	O
created	O
as	O
"	O
plug-in	O
"	O
modules	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
windowing	O
workspace	O
representing	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
metaphor	I-Application
that	O
could	O
manage	O
and	O
outline	O
"	O
Frames	O
"	O
sharing	O
a	O
common	O
underlying	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	O
could	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
predecessor	O
to	O
the	O
present	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
window	O
metaphor	O
:	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
all-in-one	O
package	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
PC	O
platform	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
typography	O
on	O
the	O
display	O
and	O
printer	O
output	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
integrated	O
interpreters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ValDocs	O
,	O
an	O
even	O
earlier	O
integrated	O
suite	O
,	O
and	O
actually	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
original	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
of	O
1984	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
of	O
1982	O
,	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Epson	O
,	O
a	O
complete	O
integrated	O
work	O
station	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
previous-generation	O
Zilog	B-General_Concept
Z80	I-General_Concept
CPU	O
and	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
and	O
"	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
"	O
typography	O
on	O
the	O
monitor	O
and	O
printing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
before	O
Framework	O
,	O
its	O
close	O
rival	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frame	O
types	O
included	O
containers	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
filled	O
up	O
with	O
other	O
frames	O
,	O
empty	O
frames	O
which	O
could	O
become	O
other	O
type	O
of	O
frames	O
based	O
on	O
user	O
input	O
,	O
formulas	O
embedded	O
in	O
them	O
or	O
program	O
output	O
targeting	O
them	O
,	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
frames	O
,	O
flat-database	O
frames	O
and	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
graphic	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
Framework	B-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
also	O
produced	O
the	O
Framework	B-Application
II	I-Application
Runtime	O
and	O
the	O
Framework	B-Application
II	I-Application
Developer	O
's	O
Toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	B-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
produced	O
in	O
1988	O
–	O
1989	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
Framework	B-Application
IV	I-Application
emerged	O
as	O
the	O
last	O
Ashton-Tate-released	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
was	O
able	O
to	O
successfully	O
capture	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
market	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
setbacks	O
regarding	O
Ashton-Tate	O
'	O
s	O
flagship	O
product	O
dBASE	B-Application
,	O
Borland	O
bought	O
Ashton-Tate	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
sold	O
Framework	O
to	O
Selections	O
&	O
Functions	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
Framework	B-Application
V	I-Application
(	O
Framework	B-Application
5	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Selections	O
and	O
Functions	O
introduced	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
features	O
—	O
mainly	O
features	O
required	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
office	O
suite	O
from	O
becoming	O
out-of-date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Framework	B-Application
VII	I-Application
(	O
Framework	B-Application
7	I-Application
)	O
introduced	O
long	O
file	O
names	O
,	O
the	O
Euro	O
symbol	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
pictures	O
in	O
Framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	B-Application
VIII	I-Application
(	O
Framework	B-Application
8	I-Application
)	O
introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
JPEG	O
and	O
.BMP	O
files	O
and	O
to	O
load	O
such	O
files	O
into	O
Framework	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
frame	O
types	O
with	O
compiled	O
executable	O
code	O
,	O
the	O
current	O
versions	O
,	O
9	O
and	O
10	O
,	O
Framework	B-Application
IX	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Framework	O
X	O
,	O
which	O
run	O
in	O
virtual	O
mode	O
on	O
a	O
thunking	O
platform	O
includes	O
a	O
dynamic	O
link	O
library	O
file	O
(	O
.FWL	O
)	O
that	O
contain	O
32	O
bit	O
flat	O
memory	O
GUI/API	O
code	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
called	O
by	O
FRED	O
as	O
a	O
function	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
host	O
operating	O
system	O
accepting	O
parameters	O
and	O
returning	O
a	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
program	I-Application
was	O
superior	O
in	O
its	O
day	O
,	O
offering	O
true	O
3D	O
capability	O
,	O
where	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
could	O
form	O
an	O
outline	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
"	O
opened	O
"	O
to	O
reveal	O
a	O
separate	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
frame	O
types	O
—	O
a	O
feat	O
of	O
sheer	O
convenient	O
function	O
never	O
again	O
seen	O
and	O
further	O
enhanced	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	O
's	O
built-in	O
interpreter	O
,	O
the	O
FRED	O
(	O
Frame	O
Editor	O
)	O
computer	O
language	O
,	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Lisp	B-Language
eval	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	O
works	O
on	O
most	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	B-Application
7	I-Application
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	O
95/98/ME	O
or	O
on	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
9	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
but	O
not	O
in	O
Windows	O
9x	O
or	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framework	B-Application
VIII	I-Application
,	O
Framework	B-Application
IX	I-Application
and	O
Framework	O
10	O
runs	O
in	O
a	O
thunking	O
virtual	O
machine	O
platform	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
