Business Services Industry

Micrografx Showcases New Development Kits At Microsoft Office and VBA Solutions Conference; Previews Monaco, a New Intelligent Graphics Development Platform

Business Wire, Oct 9, 1998

RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Micrografx(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:MGXI), a global leader in enterprise graphics software announced today that the Company will exhibit at the first-ever Microsoft(R) Office and VBA Solutions (MOVS) Conference and Expo. The conference, held in Los Angeles, October 11-15, 1998, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, is intended to show the latest technology for creating powerful visual applications with Microsoft Office and Visual Basic for Applications.

During the conference, Micrografx will showcase the Micrografx FlowCharter(R) Developers Kit, used today by many of its customers and partners to create rich, custom solutions.

Micrografx will also preview the upcoming release of its new intelligent-graphics development platform, code named Monaco. The new platform consists of comprehensive extensibility and customization capabilities with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supporting Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

Corporate developers, creating enterprise data-processing applications for internal use, and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), creating commercial applications, will benefit from Micrografx development platforms. By leveraging the extraordinary research and development investments that Micrografx has invested in world-class graphics technologies, developers can quickly create powerful and intelligent graphical applications without having to develop, test and maintain their own graphics engines.

Visit the Micrografx booth 208 to experience the benefits of Micrografx technology as a development platform for enterprise solutions.

About Micrografx, Inc.

Micrografx (Nasdaq:MGXI) is recognized as a global graphics software leader, focused on graphics-oriented enterprise software; specifically in three categories: corporate graphics, process management and network design. Award-winning software is available in as many as 10 languages, serving a worldwide audience. Organizations around the globe have standardized their operations on EnterpriseCharter(tm), Micrografx FlowCharter(R), Micrografx Graphics Suite(R), ISOCharter(tm), NetworkCharter(tm), Simply 3D(R), Optima(R), Webtricity(tm), Micrografx Designer(R) and Picture Publisher(R). Celebrating its 16th anniversary, Micrografx has its U.S. headquarters in Richardson, Texas, several U.S. development offices, seven international subsidiaries, and four international representative agent offices.

For more information about Micrografx powerful and intelligent graphics software, contact 800/733-3729or visit www.micrografx.com.

About the Micrografx Chili for Children(tm) Cook-Off

For more information about the Micrografx Chili for Children(tm) Cook-Off, the technology industry's premier fund-raising event benefiting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, visit www.micrografx.com/chili.>