LAGUNA HILLS, CA, Sept. 14, 1992--As part of the company's milestone
introduction of the Elite/400 family of PC-to-AS/400 connectivity
products, Network Software Associates, Inc. (NSA) today announced two
powerful software development toolkits which greatly simplify the creation
of PC-based Windows front-end Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for AS/400
applications.

The HLLAPI Toolkit for Windows is used to create front-end Windows software
using IBM's High-Level Language Application Programming Interface
(HLLAPI). "The HLLAPI Toolkit for Windows conforms to the new Microsoft
Win HLLAPI standard," said Martin Smith, NSA's product line manager. "It
automatically translates AS/400 host displays into objects recognized by
Microsoft's Visual BASIC."

The second toolkit, called the APPC Toolkit for Windows, creates Windows
front-ends using IBM's LU6.2 Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
(APPC) API. "With either of these timesaving development kits, it becomes
a straightforward task to provide PC users with an intuitive Windows-based
interface to AS/400 applications," said Mr. Smith. "In fact, the interface
can be set up such that the PC user does not even need know that he is
connected to an AS/400 host."

Both of the new toolkits include a built-in "screen converter" which
translates the AS/400 display screens into Visual BASIC "forms", the basic
structure used within the Visual BASIC object-oriented programming
language. "With these powerful toolkits, an AS/400 main menu can actually
be converted to Windows in a matter of seconds," added Mr. Smith. "That
can sometimes represent an entire day's programming effort."

In addition to PC-to-AS/400 applications using the Elite/400 family of
emulators, both of the toolkits can also be used to create GUI front-ends
for PC-to-mainframe applications via NSA's DynaComm/Elite family of 3270
and APPC software for Windows PCs.

The HLLAPI Toolkit for Windows and the APPC Toolkit for Windows are each
priced at only $495, which is considerably less than comparable
development kits on the market. Both toolkits will be available for
customer delivery on October 30, 1992.

NSA is headquartered at 39 Argonaut, Laguna Hills, CA 92656. Phone: (714)
768-4013 or (800) 352-3270

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