IRIS ViewKit is a C++ application framework designed to simplify the task of developing applications based on the IRIS Indigo Magic user interface toolkit. IRIS ViewKit promotes consistency by providing a common architecture for applications and improves programmer productivity by providing high-level, and in many cases automatic, support for commonly-needed operations.

All user interface components in ViewKit are C++ classes, which provide a well-structured object framework for OSF/Motif. Code written in ViewKit is dramatically smaller and easier to understand and maintain than its Motif equivalent. In addition, the ViewKit architecture encourages you to develop self-contained objects that you can re-use in multiple applications.

This product provides both end-users and developers on IRIX 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 with the same version of IRIS ViewKit that was shipped with the IRIX 6.5 release. This includes the latest enhancements to the ViewKit application framework such as VkCmd and VkVisual. This release should make it easier for developers to use the new features provided by the latest release of ViewKit and still support end-user systems which are running older versions of the IRIX operating system.