Developer's Library Now Provides Windows Access to VENDINFO Data

Parker, Colorado -- June 9, 1995 -- Rams' Island Software today releases
version 1.10 of VendLib, a software library that allows developers to
build VENDINFO access into their applications. The new version includes a
royalty-free DLL, which provides very convenient access to VENDINFO
information for Windows applications. Windows products such as BBS
systems, file upload processors, and disk catalogers are obvious
candidates for this capability. Software vendors and CD-ROM publishers may
also find this a convenient way of incorporating VENDINFO automation into
their own package-handling and database-construction software.

VendLib v1.10 also has several internal improvements, and provides new
mechanisms that should allow software products to be compatible with
future versions of the VENDINFO file-format standard.

In addition to the new DLL, this version includes source code for C/C++,
and a static-link library for use with Borland C. Direct support for both
Pascal and Basic are under development.

VendLib is an integral component of the VENDINFO system used throughout the
shareware industry. VendLib itself is a retail product, however, with a
price of $50 including one year of updates and support.

VENDINFO is a system for conveying software product information and
distribution permissions from the author to distributors and users. A
standard file format allows a VENDINFO.DIZ file to carry extensive
information in a compressed, efficient form. VENDINFO provides
unprecedented capabilities for

    o  Communication of product information and distribution policies
       from author to distributors and users.

    o  Enforceable distribution policies.

    o  Automation of many aspects of package handling by shareware
       distributors of all types, including sysops, disk vendors, and
       CD-ROM publishers.

Basic VENDINFO packages (shareware and freeware) include:

    VNDINF10.ZIP -- VENDINFO.DIZ standard and information
    VNDNFO12.ZIP -- VENDINFO Toolkit (editor, processor)
    VNDVUE11.ZIP -- VendView end-user's viewer.
    VNDUTL12.ZIP -- Utilities and frequently-updated data files.

VENDINFO information and tools are available electronically from Rams'
Island Software (see below) and from many other sources, including:

    CompuServe ASP (lib 5), UKSHARE (lib 12), and EDFORUM (lib 2)
    Ziff-Davis Interactive
    Public Brand Software BBS
    ASP CD-ROM, PsL CD-ROM, SDN and ADN BBSes

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