Advanced Software Technologies Inc. Partners with Microsoft to Provide First VBA-Enabled Design and Re-Engineering Tool — GDPro

Business Wire, June 25, 1998

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998--Advanced Software Technologies, Inc. (ASTI), a developer of object-oriented software design and re-engineering tools headquartered in Highlands Ranch, Colo., today announced that it will incorporate Microsoft(R)'s Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) into its flagship product, GDPro.

"As the first company to provide an object-oriented, VBA-enabled design and re-engineering tool, we worked closely with Microsoft to successfully incorporate this popular application into GDPro," said Greg Schottland, president of Advanced Software Technologies, Inc. "Continued integration with Microsoft's developer tooto help meet the needs of object-oriented deveoftware development tool to incorporate this ill be available later this summer.

"As a leader in object-oriented development tools, Advanced Softwact manager for VBA at Microsoft Corporation. "Weminent provider of such tools."

GDPro,a button. GDPro also lets developers document, maintain, and re-engineer existing code for which no formal design blueprint exists.

GDPro provides the most complete Unified Modeling Language (UML) notation support of any tool available. It also supports the Rumbaugh/OMT and Use Case design methodologies.

GDPro allows iterative "round-trip" engineering without the use of code markers -- a unique advantage for professional developers based on a proprty and reverse-engineering capacity for existi GDPro features are available to Windows 95 users. Introductory pricing starts at $2,495. The price includes a hypertext-based on-line help system and tutorials. onal distributors. Advanced Software Technolociated.

   CONTACT:  Advanced Software Technologies Inc.
              Greg Schottland, 303/470-8427
              greg@advancedsw.com
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