Free download Crystal FLOW for C++

Crystal FLOW for C++

4.59
Crystal FLOW is valuable for reviewing C/C++ source. It has: Flowcharts, Rich Trees, Visio/JPEG
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User rating
6.7/10
6 votes
License
Shareware
OS
Windows
Developer
Version
4.59
Language
English
Release date
14 June 2010

Editor's review

A successful application may require a complex level of coding and most of the developers first design a pictorial representation of the overall layout of the program. If an existing application has to be edited or modified, the already existing code of the application needs to be interpreted by the developer in order to make the necessary changes. Again, it would be better if the overall layout of this code is drawn out in the form of a flowchart, but it may be too complex and cumbersome in case of complicated codes. In such a case, a powerful application that can perform the task of drawing out the flowchart will serve the purpose best and thus you can avoid any bugs in the application being worked on. Crystal FLOW for C++ v.4.59 can perform such tasks on the fly and represents your program codes in an easy to understand flowchart.

Crystal FLOW for C++ v.4.59 ultimately helps the developer to speed up his/her task of application development. You can evade the requirement for allocation of time and resources involved in charting out the entire code in a step by step format. The powerful program supports real time synchronization of codes and flowcharts simultaneously while browsing and the pictorial flowcharts can be easily exported in a number of image formats like JPEG, BMP and VISIO formats. If you need to develop these flowcharts with sufficient explanations for a wider audience, you can easily add comments in the same and thus, you can produce self explanatory flowcharts with code, comments or both. Apart from mere line wrapping and indenting of large lines of codes, the program can also do formatting of the whole codes in an automated manner, thus requiring minimum manual effort from the user.

Crystal FLOW for C++ v.4.59 overall, gets a good score of three and a half rating points on the scale of five for its efficiency in designing easy to understand flowcharts for complex codes.

Publisher's description

Understand Code in Less Time
Create Flowchart from Source Code. Get a clear view of the code with Flowcharts.
Inherited legacy code?
A new member of the team?
You will be up to speed in significantly less time.
Verify correctness of function logic. Detect errors. Use Flowcharts for faster Code-reviews.
Multiple flowchart flavors – level, optimal, loop and conditions, area wise.
Code & Flowchart Synchronization while browsing
Comment flowcharts for a wider audience.
Export flowcharts to BMP/JPEG/VISIO formats.
Code-only, Comment-only and Code+Comment flowcharts.
Print large flowcharts in a single page.
Code is Easy-to-read:
Auto-Formatting of Code and Comments. Not just indenting and line wrapping.
Line up object-names in successive declarations.
Line up assignment operators in assignments.
Split and indent long expressions as per operator precedence
Transform hard-to-read code into very readable code.
Improved code readability. Detect errors easily
Other features
Rich Call/Caller Trees, Class Trees, Include/Include By Trees, Paths - Function/File/Class/Project Level, lPremium Code/Comment Browsing
Project Level - Word/Object/Modified Object/Regular Expression/Lexical Search
Software Metrics - McCabes, Halstead
HTML documents -source+comments (Javadoc like!). No need to maintain documents - just comment the code using Crystal REVS editions. Cross-reference for all identifiers, Color Coded Metrics.
Import VC++. Visual Studio.Net, Borland projects
Language Extensions, Keil Compiler Support
SCC Integration
Editions:
DataFlow: Rich Trees, Object DataFlows, CallFlows, Flowchart inline expansion, Add-On - document generation
Docs: Comprehensive docs with flowcharts, Trees, Source Code & full browsing.
Professional: Features of all editions + Rich Trees, Object/Stack Size, Data Dependency, Custom Symbols, Source Code Publisher, Batch output;
Add Ons -> Document Generation, Command Line Mode
Crystal FLOW for C++
Crystal FLOW for C++
Version 4.59
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User comments

Jason Taylor
It is saving me a lot of time in understanding a large project I have inherited. An excellent tool!
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