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Sherry Harwin
Catalyst Development Corporation
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Catalyst Releases Version 2.1 of Award Winning Software

Yucca Valley, CA, January 8, 1998 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP custom controls for Visual Basic and other VBX/ActiveX supported products, today announced the availability of version 2.1 of Catalyst SocketTools.

The new version contains an additional five controls rounding out this robust suite of controls to eighteen. All of the controls include VBX and 16-bit Active X versions supported under Visual Basic 3.0/4.0 and 32-bit ActiveX versions supported with any compatible development environment, such as VB 4.0/5.0, Visual C++ 4.x Or later, Delphi 2.0 or later, and Optima++ 1.x. All Windows platforms are supported, including Windows NT 4.0.

SocketTools includes the following components:

  • Audio Player
  • Domain Name Service
  • File Transfer Protocol
  • Finger Protocol
  • Gopher Protocol
  • Image Viewer
  • Internet Control Message Protocol
  • Mail Message (MIME)
  • Network News Protocol
  • Post Office Protocol
  • Remote Access Service
  • Remote Command Execution
  • Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • Telnet Network Terminal
  • Terminal Emulator
  • Time Protocol
  • Web Browser
  • Whois Protocol
  • Windows Sockets

Each control hosts a large number of properties, events, and methods. Each control is highlighted in a sample that clearly shows how the protocol is used with simple and easy-to-follow code that can be re-used in development projects. All samples are designed to be useful utilities that highlight the power of the control, yet can be part of a programming arsenal of tools for use on the Internet.

Instructions for downloading Catalyst SocketTools is emailed within one hour of the order being processed and costs $247. A full featured evaluation copy is available for download from our web site. The package comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and is free of runtime licensing or royalty fees.

Catalyst Development continues its goal of empowering programmers with the knowledge and the products to easily integrate their applications or intranets with the Internet.