Create!form International Adds Double-Byte Character Set -DBCS- Support for Asian Languages.

Business & High Tech Editors

New Double-Byte Capability Enhances Create!form's Document Output

Management Products to Help Asian Companies

Streamline Business Processes

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002

Create!form International, Inc., a leading global provider of software products that streamline and e-enable output formatting and delivery of business documents, today announced that Create!form products now incorporate double-byte character sets (DBCS) support for Eastern languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

This will enable companies with interests within Asian markets to reduce dependence on pre-printed forms and streamline their business processes through Create!form's e-forms and output management solutions. Create!form currently serves more than 3,500 customers in over 50 countries worldwide.

Create!form President and CEO, Kurt Mueffelmann, said, "Adding double-byte capability to Create!form products opens an expansive new market for our document output management systems. We can now serve the Asian market more effectively by providing native language support, using the same robust e-forms and output management products that have been so successful throughout the rest of the world. DBCS capability also enables current customers with Asia Pacific operations to extend the value of our output formatting and automated e-delivery and digital archiving products throughout their global enterprises."

Western-language alphabets and special characters found on standard keyboards are represented by a single byte (EBC, DIC, or ASCII). However, because of the sheer number of characters in Asian languages, two bytes are required to provide enough binary combinations to represent them all, hence the term, double-byte.

A wide variety of Create!form products now include double-byte capability, including solutions for OS/400, Windows, and J.D. Edwards environments.

Create!form International will be demonstrating their products and new double-byte functionality during Quest Asia, the J.D. Edwards User Group Conference, in Bangkok, Thailand, October 9-11, 2002.

About Create!form International

Founded in 1987, Create!form International develops and markets a full suite of electronic form and document management systems that provide powerful output and delivery capabilities for businesses ranging from small desktop accounting packages to large scale ERP applications. This software enables companies to streamline their document management processes and reduce their reliance on pre-printed paper forms. Create!form's solutions can be implemented quickly, without the need to reengineer existing systems. With headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; and regional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific; the company boasts an extensive partner network that supports customers in a variety of markets including manufacturing, distribution, health, government, finance, insurance, and education. Create!form has more than 3,500 customers in over 50 countries, including Hallmark Cards, Farmers Insurance, Baxter Healthcare, Dow Chemical and Harley Davidson. For more information, visit www.createform.com.

Create!form is a trademark of Create!form International, Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. J.D. Edwards, JDE and OneWorld are trademark of J.D. Edwards World Source Company in the United States and other countries. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.