.NET Programmers Free Tool Give-Away Promotion Starts

Hunter Stone released Version 1.0 of their long awaited .NET programmers tool WCE (Web.Config Editor and Composite Viewer) and also officially announced a promotion allowing users to get WCE for free.

Columbia, SC -- May 1, 2002 -- Today, Hunter Stone released Version 1.0 of their long awaited .NET programmers tool WCE (Web.Config Editor and Composite Viewer). WCE gained notoriety during the recent Microsoft TechEd 2002 convention in New Orleans where over 4,000 free certificates were distributed at the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET booth and the Fault Tolerant Enterprise Products Division of NEC Computers booth.

Unfortunately, as sometimes happens in the software industry, only the Release Candidate 1 version of WCE was available during the TechEd convention. WCE Version 1.0 is now available for download at www.HunterStone.com and the following .NET focused websites are giving away a promotion code good through August 1st, 2002 for a 100% discount towards WCEs $50 purchase price; ASPfree.com, Dot42.com, DotNet-fr.org, DNJonline.com, DeveloperFusion.com, OrcsWeb.com, TConsult.com., TripleASP.net and VisualASP.com.

According to Todd Walker, Chief Technology Officer of Hunter Stone, There is a significant learning curve to .NET programming. WCE helps slightly flatten that curve in the neighborhood of Web.Config files." Web.Config files are XML files storing literally dozens of configuration settings pertinent to ASP.NET and the .NET engine. Multiple web.config files are applied to subweb configurations in a hierarchically inherited manner such that child .config files can supercede parent configuration settings. A byproduct of this wonderfully flexible architecture is complexity.

WCE is a tool for easy modification of Web.Config files and a very powerful composite XML viewer for debugging and trouble shooting hierarchical inheritance. WCE provides the programmer with a full GUI interface incorporating predefined drop-down lists, tables, and radio buttons for complex configuration settings as well as a surprisingly easy to use but very powerful Composite Viewer which can meld several .config XML files into a single XML view representing the full cadre of current settings for any targeted subweb.

Why is WCE being offered for free through August 1st, 2002? Frederick Volking, Vice President of Marketing for Hunter Stone explains, Hunter Stone is not a software product company but rather a Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in custom .NET software solutions. After our programmers fought through a few situations without a tool, they decided WCE was the only solution. So WCE was originally built for internal use, but eventually it made sense to make it available to the developers who need it most."

What people are saying about WCE:

We are pleased to see Hunter Stone release the Web.Config Editor. We think that it will be a useful addition to the toolsets of Visual Studio .NET and ASP.NET developers." -- Robert Green, Lead Product Manager, Developer Platform and Evangelism, Microsoft.

Hunter Stone's WCE is a great tool. It's a must have for anyone administering a web.config file." -- Scott Watermasysk, President, TripleASP.Net

This is a must have for any developer or administrator doing .NET. Saves tons of time and also ensures the .Config files maintains the properly formatted XML. Our administrators love this tool." -- Steve Schofield, Owner/Creator, ASPfree.com

About Hunter Stone

Hunter Stone is a Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in custom .NET software development of business applications. Founded in late 2001 Hunter Stone is aligned with Microsoft and has formed alliances with ProExchange and NECs Fault Tolerant Enterprise Server Division.

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Information:

            Frederick Volking -- VP of Marketing - fvolking@HunterStone.com