Press Release

Total Visual SourceBook Offers Superior Code Library

VIENNA, VA – January 30, 2002 — FMS announced the release of Total Visual SourceBook, the best-selling professional source code library and code repository, now supporting Access 2002, Office XP, and Visual Basic 6.0.  With more than 90,000 lines of code, Total Visual SourceBook provides the most extensive professional source code library available for VB/VBA developers.

Total Visual SourceBook provides an extensive library of well-tested and documented original source code that can be inserted directly into applications and used royalty-free. Over 160 classes and modules are available. The source code is organized in our exclusive Code Explorer which makes it easy to view and find the code needed. Integrated with the VB/VBA development environment, Total Visual SourceBook inserts code directly into the current project. It also features a code repository to store and manage your own code.

Total Visual SourceBook includes Enterprise-ready features to allow an entire development team to share a central code library. Developers can even lock their code so others cannot modify it. Junior developers can easily and safely leverage the knowledge and work of senior team members. The Source Code Exchange (SCE) feature supports code sharing when not connected to the network. Simply package any code from Total Visual SourceBook into an SCE file, then email your SCE file or put it on your website for other developers.

“SourceBook is a well-designed code repository filled with solid VB code that you'll definitely reuse in your other projects,” says Rama Ramachandran, Visual Studio Magazine Buyer's Guide reviewer. “What makes SourceBook valuable is not only the quality of the code, but the ability to add your own code routines, share them with your coworkers, and annotate existing code routines with your comments.”

“Total Visual SourceBook is not a jumble of code collected from newsgroups or articles,” said Luke Chung, FMS president and founder. “All the code is carefully designed and written by our team of Microsoft MVPs specifically for this product with special care to make sure the programming styles and documentation are consistent. This allows developers to easily use our code in their own applications. By using a couple modules or classes, this product easily pays for itself. Total Visual SourceBook is simply the ultimate code library that makes development teamwork much easier.”

Product Information and Availability

Total Visual SourceBook   http://www.fmsinc.com/products/sourcebook

Total Visual SourceBook supports Access/Office 2000, Access 2002/Office XP, Visual Basic 6.0, and any VBA host. A royalty-free runtime license is included allowing developers to include its code in their applications for distribution.

Pricing is $399 per license, $1,299 for five licenses, and $8,999 for 25 licenses. Upgrades from previous versions are $249. Larger quantity discounts are available by contacting FMS. Total Visual SourceBook is also part of the Total Visual Developer Suite.

Total Visual SourceBook can be purchased directly from FMS, corporate resellers, and international distributors. All FMS products offer a 30-day money back guarantee.

 About FMS

Founded in 1986, FMS is a privately held software firm located in Tysons Corner, Virginia. FMS is the world’s leading developer of products for Microsoft Access developers, and a top vendor of products for the Visual Basic, SQL Server and Visual Studio.NET communities. With tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries, FMS customers are comprised from a variety of public and private organizations including 90 of the Fortune 100. Committed to innovation and quality, all FMS products are developed by an in-house team of experts including several Microsoft MVPs, published authors, and conference speakers. FMS is a Microsoft Certified Partner, a Microsoft Independent Software Vender (MSDN ISV) and a member of the Association for Competitive Technology.

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