Diamond Head introduces ImageBASIC for FileNet.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1997--AIIM

Combines Power of FileNet's Complex Imaging & Workflow Solution

With Flexibility and Open Standards of ImageBASIC

Diamond Head Software, Inc. today launched ImageBASIC for FileNet, the only complete component development environment for rapidly developing customized FileNet (NASDAQ: FileNet) workflow and imaging applications. The applications developed can be integrated with new and existing FileNet installations.

A 16-bit VBX version ships next week, and 32-bit ActiveX Controls will ship in May. Both versions will be demonstrated at AIIM in New York, April 15 - 17.

Recognizing that businesses require increasingly customized applications with sophisticated features, Diamond Head developed ImageBASIC for FileNet to open and extend the FileNet development environment. The new ImageBASIC components integrate natively with FileNet's Image Management Services and WorkFlo software by encapsulating every important functionality of the FileNet WorkFlo Application Libraries. Complete system information is exposed and access is provided to FileNet indexes, annotations and optical disk information. For the first time, FileNet developers have all the tools necessary to easily and rapidly develop complete, customized solutions using Microsoft Visual Basic and other high-level programming languages.

"Many companies that have implemented imaging systems in the past are now attempting to extend access and control of the stored images to other users in various functions," said David Yockelson, vice president at META Group. "ImageBASIC for FileNet provides a comprehensive ability to customize and extend existing imaging systems and integrate image management services easily with other applications."

This release marks a significant expansion of Diamond Head's core offerings, as well. The company, which introduced ImageBASIC in 1993, is credited with pioneering the use of Microsoft Visual Basic and VBX's for the development of customized imaging applications. ImageBASIC for FileNet extends ImageBASIC's rapid development capabilities into the installed base of FileNet users, allowing customers to leverage their current investment, while taking advantage of the most complete component-based development environment on the market.

Initial market research conducted by Diamond Head indicates a significant pent-up demand among corporate developers and the leading systems integrators who deploy FileNet solutions. These users need a more complete, more powerful and faster component development environment. Early users have confirmed that ImageBASIC for FileNet cuts development time dramatically.

The first full production-level deployment of ImageBASIC for FileNet, an installation of 200 seats developed by Ernst & Young for a large financial services firm, demonstrated the power of the product to enable rapid development and deployment of custom solutions.

"I accomplished in three hours what I'd been unable to do in the last two months with FileNet's toolkit," said Steve Chen, a consultant with Ernst and Young's Management Consulting Group.

Diamond Head recently benchmarked ImageBASIC for FileNet using a sample application that performs queries against a FileNet Image Management Services server. The test measured the amount of time queries took using ImageBASIC for FileNet and then FileNet Corporation's own VBX's.

"ImageBASIC for FileNet outperformed FileNet's own VBX's by over 400%," said Bill Burke, president of Diamond Head Software. "Any company with even one employee who spends all day retrieving images from a FileNet system should redevelop their applications using ImageBASIC for FileNet. They'll recoup their investment based on the time savings alone."

Unique Features

ImageBASIC for FileNet gives Visual Basic developers access to new functionality in the FileNet WorkFlo Application Libraries. These features include: -- Complete entry into FileNet's security system. Developers can easily add, edit, and delete users, groups and user members as well as update user groups and user passwords. -- Unrestricted access to FileNet's printing and faxing capabilities, enabling page-level printing. If a user needs to review only one page of a 100 page document, the system can be designed to retrieve just that page, instead of the entire document, as FileNet requires. -- Full exposure to complete system information including document class, key and index fields.

Diamond Head's toolkit lets developers automate customized FileNet applications that manipulate folders, security, workflow workspaces and queues, as well as print and fax queues and server pre-fetch. Most functionality additions can be accomplished with a single line of Visual Basic code.

Developers can also easily incorporate many other technologies into their FileNet applications using other ImageBASIC components. Users can add OCR, bar code, handprint, and/or mark sense recognition, full-text indexing, and forms processing functionality, or build powerful capture systems that support all ISIS scanners as well as the new Hewlett-Packard Network ScanJet 5, to meet the precise needs of their users.

Pricing and Platforms Supported

The 16-bit VBX version of the ImageBASIC for FileNet suite costs $6,000 per toolkit. The 32-bit ActiveX control version of ImageBASIC for FileNet will cost $6,000 per toolkit. Windows 3.x, 95 and NT are supported platforms. VBX's run only in 16-bit environments. ImageBASIC for FileNet is compatible with Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 and higher; Visual Basic 5.0 only supports 32-bit environments. Diamond Head offers developer and reseller programs designed to support the needs of FileNet Valuenet partners, systems integrators and developers. -0-

Diamond Head Software, Inc., develops programming tools and foundation applications for document imaging and workflow Its products are used by corporate and government developers, OEMs, system integrators and vertical software developers. The company is headquartered in Richardson, Texas, has offices in New York and San Francisco, California, and has a European technical support office in the Netherlands.

ImageBASIC is sold worldwide via a network of authorized distributors and resellers. Plus there are hundreds of systems integrators around the world that are experienced in the use of ImageBASIC who are available to help customers achieve the customization and integration services they require. For more information about ImageBASIC, please call [phone] or 800-428-6657, send an e-mail to info @ dhs.com or check out our WEB site: www.dhs.com .

ImageBASIC is a registered trademark of Diamond Head Software, Inc. FileNet, Image Management Services and WorkFlo are trademarks or registered trademarks of FileNet Corporation. Other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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