Some hot news off the Aussie DevCon press

Hello, dear friends! We have a good news for you!
We are glad to inform you that our company has joined to 3rdParty Companies, which give prizes for participants DevCon 2008.

We give 17 products, total of prizes - 31!

Here the list of prizes: (all prices in USD)
1. xWordCOM $149
2. xAccess Manager $129
3. xDataBackup Manager Pro $129
4. xQuickFilter (offer #1) $99
5. xQuickFilter (offer #2) $99
6. xMouseGestures (offer #1) $99
7. xMouseGestures (offer #2) $99
8. xRuntimeStyle Manager (offer #1) $89
9. xRuntimeStyle Manager (offer #1) $89
10.xNotes Browse-Form (offer #1) $79
11.xNotes Browse-Form (offer #2) $79
12.xPathManager (offer #1) $69
13.xPathManager (offer #2) $69
14.xPrettyAbout (offer #1) $69
15.xPrettyAbout (offer #2) $69
16.xToolTipPro (offer #1) $69
17.xToolTipPro (offer #2) $69
18.xFText (offer #1) $59
19.xFText (offer #2) $59
20.xTimers (offer #1) $59
21.xTimers (offer #2) $59
22.xInactivity (offer #1) $49
23.xInactivity (offer #2) $49
24.xDigitalClock (offer #1) $49
25.xDigitalClock (offer #2) $49
26.xTipOfDay (offer #1) $49
27.xTipOfDay (offer #1) $49
28.xWhatsNew (offer #1) $49
29.xWhatsNew (offer #2) $49
30.xTipHotKey (offer #1) $39
31.xTipHotKey (offer #2) $39

Official page of DevCon prizes: DevCon Prizes 2008. But unfortunately our products still is not here…

Moreover, from 30th May to 10th June we give 40% discount for all our products.

Best regards,
Alexander Ivanovsky

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SetupBuilder 6.8 — May 2008 Hotfix — Build 2245 (May 28, 2008)
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FIX : [SB#805271] IDE: The command-line compiler failed with a GEN1091 error.
CHANGE : IDE: Remove the “Command” entry field from the “Create File Association” dialog and File Extensions Visualizer.

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