CRESCENT ANNOUNCES NEW OLE COMPONENT VERSIONS OF ITS ENTIRE PRODUCT FAMILY

CRESCENT'S OLE COMPONENT PRODUCTS EXTEND AND ENHANCE CAPABILITIES OF VISUAL
BASIC 4.0

Bedford, Massachusetts, September 12, 1995 -- The Crescent Division of
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) today announced the
availability of the OLE Custom Controls (OCX) versions of its full product
line. These OLE component products support 16-bit and 32- bit programming
environments, are compatible with both Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 and
Microsoft Windows 95, and provide support for OLE 2.0. Crescent's OLE
components will enable corporate developers to build increasingly
sophisticated business applications in their language of choice -- Visual
Basic.

"Visual Basic users have eagerly awaited the availability of Version 4.0,
particularly because of the many new enhancements designed to boost its
enterprise development capabilities," said Jennifer J. Bergantino,
director of the Crescent Division. "Likewise, the Crescent customer base
has expressed great interest in the OLE component versions of all our
products, so they can more easily build robust, 'run-the- business'-type
applications. We look forward to continuing to partner with Microsoft to
deliver the powerful tools and components developers need to build more
rigorous corporate applications in Visual Basic."

NEW OLE COMPONENT PRODUCT VERSIONS

Crescent's OLE component family includes the following products:

PowerPak Pro*- upgraded to Release 2.0

PowerPak Pro is a complete, tested and fully supported 'best-of-breed'
suite of professional Visual Basic tools, providing professional
development tools, OLE controls, source code management, deployment tools,
and focused support for the integrated package. PowerPak Pro includes
products from Desaware, VideoSoft, Apex, WhippleWare, StarBase, New
Technology Solutions, and Crescent.

EnQuiry*- upgraded to Release 2.0

EnQuiry is the easiest point and click solution to SQL query building and
data-bound control layout. As an add-in application to Visual Basic,
EnQuiry eliminates the time-consuming tasks of database form layout. With
EnQuiry, query generation, query preview and form layout have become a
single speedy process.

QuickPak Professional*- upgraded to Release 4.0

QuickPak Professional is the most comprehensive toolset of custom controls,
subroutines, utilities, and sample code for developing Visual Basic
applications. Whether users are just starting with Visual Basic, or are
experienced programmers, QuickPak Professional will increase coding
productivity dramatically and ensure users won't have to "re-invent the
wheel" when engaged in component- based applications development.

NetPak Professional*-upgraded to Release 2.0

NetPak Professional is a comprehensive collection of Novell NetWare and
Microsoft Windows networking functions and controls that allow users to
add advanced networking capabilities to applications. Everyone from novice
Visual Basic users, to developers of networking applications, to network
administrators, can use these tools immediately. These services will save
low-level coding for network access and operations, so developers can
spend their time more productively on other aspects of application
development.

PDQComm*- upgraded to Release 3.0

PDQComm is the only complete library of custom controls, subroutines, and
functions for serial communications within the Visual Basic programming
environment. PDQComm extends and enhances significantly the MSComm control
shipped with Visual Basic, and provides both low-and high-level serial
communications services. For applications that require serial
communications, PDQComm can dramatically reduce development time and
overhead.

XRef*- upgraded to Release 2.0

XRef adds professional application management tools to the Visual Basic
programming environment. Using XRef, developers can document and more
efficiently manage complex applications, saving hours of tedious and
time-consuming work. Aimed at mid-level and advanced Visual Basic
programmers, XRef is particularly critical to managing team development
projects.

QuickPak Scientific*- upgraded to Release 3.0

QuickPak Scientific is a comprehensive library of subroutines and functions
for numerical and statistical analysis that will save users significant
time and programming effort. Each routine provides a flexible and easy way
to solve analytical problems in the development of scientific,
engineering, market research, financial market analysis, and other
technical applications.

PRICING

Through Crescent's Upgrade Price Protection Program, customers who have
purchased the VB3/VBX versions of its products between June 26 and
September 30, 1995 can upgrade to the corresponding OLE component version
free* through November 30, 1995. PowerPak Pro users who are part of the
Enhanced Support and Software Maintenance (ESSM) program are also eligible
for the free* upgrade. For all other users, specific upgrade pricing can
be found in the following table:

 Product                 U.S. Suggested       Upgrade
                           Retail Price         Price
                         --------------       -------
 PowerPak Pro                    $1,395          $695
 EnQuiry                           $395

PACKAGING

To afford users the maximum flexibility in a mixed 16- and 32-bit
deployment environment, these new Crescent products will be packaged with
all the following in each box: VBX controls (16-bit, by definition);
16-bit OLE Custom Controls (OCX); and 32-bit OLE Custom Controls. In the
case of QuickPak Professional and PowerPak Pro, the 32-bit version of the
comprehensive DLL library will also be included.

AVAILABILITY

Crescent's component-oriented products, QuickPak Professional, NetPak
Professional, PDQComm, XRef and QuickPak Scientific, will ship on a phased
roll-out schedule during the month of September. Visual Basic 4-compatible
versions of Crescent's client/server and corporate- oriented tools,
EnQuiry and PowerPak Pro, will reach the market in November.

*Free upgrades require a $20 shipping and handling fee, and are available
directly from Crescent. The free upgrade to PowerPak Pro requires a
current subscription to the Enhanced Support and Software Maintenance
(ESSM) program.

Progress Software Corporation,
14 Oak Park
Bedford, MA 01730, U.S.A.
 
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