DSE SOFTWARE PUBLISHING &
                       SOUTHEAST SOFTWORKS ANNOUNCES

                                "VB/EXTENDER 1.0"

                    for Microsoft(R) Visual Basic for Windows

     CHARLOTTE, NC. -- June 22, 1993 -- DSE Software Publishing in
     cooperation with SouthEast SoftWorks announces the release of
     VB/EXTENDER 1.0, a powerful extended function library for Microsoft
     Visual Basic for Windows.

     VB/EXTENDER 1.0 includes such routines as full bit manipulation (Is
     Set, Toggle, Clear, etc) for integers as well as long integers, ASCII
     Character testing, low level DOS routines to allow you access to many
     DOS interrupts previously not available to VB programmers, Get Version
     functions (DOS, Windows, OEM), Date and Time functions in numerous
     formats, Drive and File information, in and out port functions,
     'LPrint' function, Shifts, Rotates, Swaps, etc.

     Even after all of these routines VB/EXTENDER includes 3 Dimensional
     graphics output routines!   You can now add the professional look to
     your program that you have been wanting!   Full Shadowing, Full Color
     control and never having to manipulate the forms settings at all!

     STANDARD FEATURES

     ASCII Testing Routines - IsItAlpha, IsItAscii, IsItAlnum, IsItCntrl,
       IsItLower, IsItPrint, IsItPunct, IsItSpace, IsItUpper,
       IsItHexDigit, IsItDigit, IsItGraph.

     Disk Routines - FlushDiskBuffers, SelectDisk, GetCurrentDisk,
       GetVerifyFlag, SetVerifyFlag, GetDefaultSectPerCluster,
       GetDefaultSectSize, GetDefaultNumClusters, GetDefaultDriveType,
       GetDrvSectPerCluster, GetDrvSectSize, GetDrvNumClusters,
       GetDrvType, GetDrvSize, GetDefaultDriveSize, GetBootDrive,
       GetClustersFree, GetDriveFree, GetDirectory, GetMediaType.

     Hardware Routines - Get80x87, GetProcessorType, KeyboardType,
       NumFloppies, NumComports, NumLPTs.

     Operating System Routines - GetDosVersion, GetOEMVersion,
       GetOEMSerial, GetWinMode, GetWindowsVersion, GetTasksRunning,
       GetFreeHeap, GetLargestBlock, GetDosEnv, GetWinDir, GetSysDir,
       GetExeUsage, GetExePath.

     Date and Time Routines - GetSystemDate (Numerous formats),
       GetSystemTime (Numerous formats).

     File Routines - GetFileSize, GetFileDate, GetFileTime,
       GetFileAttributes, SetFileAttributes, GetCFileTime, GetCFileDate,
       SetCFileDateTime.

     Manipulation Routines - BinS2I, BinS2L, Bytes2Int, HighByte,
       LowByte, HighWord, LowWord, Int2Long, MaxI, MinI, MaxL, MinL,
       MaxS, MinS, MaxD, MinD, SwapI, SwapL, SwapS, SwapD, IsEvenI,
       IsOddI, IsEvenL, IsOddL, LRotI, RRotI, LRotL, RRotL, LShiftI,
       RShiftI, LShiftL, RShiftL, BitSetI, BitClearI, BitToggleI,
       BitSetL, BitClearL, BitToggleL, IsBitSetI, IsBitSetL, Int2BinS,
       Long2BinS, SwapBytes, SwapWords, IsPrimeI, ToggleBitsI,
       ToggleBitsL, OctS2I, OctS2L, HexS2I, HexS2L.

     Windows Routines - lbTaskList, lbScroll, lbFindFile, floatWindow.
       normalWindow, RebootSystem, RestartWindows, QuitWindows.

     Windows Graphic Output Routines - Draw3dText, DrawArc, Draw3dArc,
       DrawEllipse, Draw3dEllipse, DrawRect, Draw3dRect, DrawRRect,
       Draw3dRRect, DrawPie, Draw3dPie, DrawChord, Draw3dChord.

     Misc. Routines - LPrint, Inp, Out, InpW, OutW, PrintInit, PrintStat,
       BLPrint, HalfTone16, HalfTone256.

     AVAILABILITY

     VB/EXTENDER 1.0 sells for $24.95 and includes DLL files compatible
     with VB/WIN 1.0, VB/WIN 2.0 and VB/WIN 3.0, a disk-based User Guide
     tutorial, Windows(R) compatible online help file, and demos.

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