For Immediate Release Contact: Felix Cruz REXX SuperSet/2 Product Manager SofTouch Systems, Inc. 405/947-8085 Compuserve: 72274,3102 Internet: fcruz@softouch.com http://www.softouch.com New version of REXX SuperSet/2 (tm) supports Object REXX for OS/2 (tm) REXX SuperSet/2 2.0 for OS/2 Oklahoma City, OK -- SofTouch Systems is excited to announce the REXX SuperSet/2 Version 2.0 is available for general delivery. REXX SuperSet/2 is SofTouch Systems' first product to support the new Object version of the popular REXX procedural program included with OS/2. REXX SuperSet/2 provides the REXX programmer with the most extensive set of "classic" REXX external functions available from a single source. Over 300 external functions in seven DLLs are registered to the REXX processor supplied with OS/2. These external functions can be used in TCP/IP, NetBIOS, EHLLAPI, LANServer and Warpserver and CPIC environments. REXX SuperSet/2 Version 2.0 supplies new REXX classes to create external objects. The new classes are: o Named Pipes server and client objects o TCP/IP sockets server and client objects o NetBIOS server and client objects o CPIC server and client objects o FTP server and client objects o OS/2 semaphores encapsulated as objects o OS/2 VIO functions encapsulated as objects Each of these object packages is supplied as a System Object Model (SOM) Dynamic Link Library (DLL). Because they are supplied as objects, the programmer can make full use of them by subclassing and inheriting from them to create their own Object REXX customized objects. According to Rick Jones, president and CEO of SofTouch Systems, "The SOM objects technology in REXX SuperSet/2 allows a greater range of functionality to be encapsulated and a simpler programming interface to be used. This reduces the effort needed by the programmer to use and learn the objects and their interfaces. The result is smaller programs and shorter application development times," Jones added. REXX SuperSet/2 improves the programmer's productivity because it organizes the classic REXX extensions by environment, establishes a consistent function syntax, and provides examples for every REXX function. A 650 page product manual describes the functions, their syntax, and lists examples from real working programs. REXX SuperSet/2 includes an on-line version of the product documentation as well. The REXX SuperSet/2 Version 2.0 supports all versions of OS/2 2.x, 3.0, and Warp 4.0. Object REXX and OS/2 Warp 4.0 are required to use the new REXX SuperSet/2 object classes. With this release, SofTouch Systems is dropping the requirement to license runtime DLLs. According to Jones, "Our customers urged us to drop the runtime license charge because it was too time consuming to administer and monitor DLL usage. By dropping the runtime DLL charges, the market's acceptance of REXX SuperSet/2 will increase significantly," Jones said. "Application developers will now know in advance how much their REXX development projects will cost and no longer have to manage the number of runtime licenses used in their company," he added. With this release, SofTouch Systems is announcing REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition and REXX SuperSet/2 Personal Edition. REXX SuperSet/2 - Professional Edition consists of the 300 classic REXX external functions, the classes for creating new networking objects with Object REXX, and the printed and on-line documentation. REXX SuperSet/2 - Personal Edition is a subset of the REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition. It is intended for use by the casual home user interested in using REXX for personal use. It includes the complete documentation and examples but does not include the networking DLLs (TCP/IP, NetBIOS, LAN Server/Warp Server, CPIC, and EHLLAPI functions) or the new networking Object REXX classes. REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition lists for $249 for a single-user developer license and $79.95 for the single user license. SofTouch customers may purchase REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition for $199 and REXX SuperSet/2 Personal Edition for $69.00. Registered REXX SuperSet/2 Version 1.0 customers may upgrade to REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition for $49.00. There is no upgrade to the REXX SuperSet/2 Personal Edition. The deadline for upgrading to REXX SuperSet/2 2.0 is May 30, 1997. Anyone buying REXX SuperSet/2 1.0 between now and May 30, 1997, is eligible to upgrade to the REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition for $49.00, plus shipping and handling, with valid proof of purchase. SofTouch Systems' Workstation Division is a provider of disk, file, and desktop management utilities for the OS/2 operating system. Established in 1983, SofTouch Systems is located in Oklahoma City, OK. OS/2 is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation. Object REXX is a trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation. #### SS20PR.TXT