XTREE UPGRADE SUPPORTS WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS;
           ADDS PROGRAM LAUNCHING AND OTHER FEATURES
           
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA.  -- Jan. 12, 1993 -- XTree Company announced 
that XTree for Windows 1.5 will not only support Microsoft Windows 
for Workgroups, but will contain a new Windows tool for menuing, 
scripting and program launching, edit and print features and drag 
and drop source capability. 
  Expected to ship in late February, the product will retail for a 
price of $99 (U.S. ).  
  This means that XTree for Windows users can "share," or make 
available their drive(s) and directories to other members of their 
workgroups.  Data can be shared in read only, read and write or 
conditionally (based upon password).   Moreover, shared drives and 
directories on other workgroup PCs can be accessed with XTree for 
Windows.    
  XTree for Windows will also provide support for Microsoft's 
messaging application program interface (MAPI), giving users the 
ability to select one or more files and mail them as attachments to 
other users on Windows for Workgroups networks.     
  Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and Network DDE (NetDDE) are also 
supported by XTree for Windows 1.5 through macro scripts in a new 
feature to be included with the upgrade -- a program launching 
utility.  This will let users in Windows for Workgroups-based 
networks share information in real time with other DDE applications.
  This new Windows tool for menuing and scripting provides movable 
or fixed "toolbars" which can be used with specific applications.  
Each icon on the toolbar can perform  functions such as launching 
applications, network log-on, file saving, etc.  Functions can be 
defined by the user with a complete Visual Basic-compatible 
scripting/macro language and can even be executed on a 
time-scheduled basis.
  This new program launching feature in XTree for Windows can even 
act as a replacement for Windows' Program Manager, giving the user 
greater control over desktop operations.   
  The new upgrade will also contain an enhanced Windows version of  
XTree's popular edit and print features.  Any preferred editor may 
be installed and used.  The print command allows binary, text or 
graphics files to be selected and printed or viewed and printed.   
Tree and directory windows may also be printed. 
  Another exciting addition to the XTree for Windows upgrade is a 
drag and drop source capability, enabling files to be dragged 
outside of  XTree and dropped onto other applications supporting 
this capability, such as Norton Desktop, Microsoft Windows 3.1 and 
Print Manager.
  In announcing XTree's support for Windows for Workgroups, Bob 
Kimball, XTree's vice president of marketing said, "XTree has always 
been responsive to the suggestions of its users.  Our support of 
Windows for Workgroups makes obvious sense and is an extension to 
our expertise in traditional file and disk management."