SmartDraw.com, the leading provider of easy-to-use business graphics software, announced today the release of VisualScript™XML, the first visual scripting tool for XML. This new technology allows developers to program XML statements into graphical symbols, then simply "drag and drop" the symbols to sketch the flow of a business process. VisualScript then translates that sketch into a working XML script.

VisualScript provides an easy way to create XML prototypes, to propagate new XML standards, and to ensure clean coding practices, according to Paul Stannard, SmartDraw.com CEO.

"VisualScript is a must-have for the XML developer's toolbox," said Stannard. "It picks up where forms leave off, enabling users to express real-world hierarchical and conditional relationships quickly and easily. VisualScript combines data entry with on-the-fly graphical composition…no other product does that."

In addition, VisualScript allows non-technical business people to translate their process knowledge into XML by drawing simple pictorial diagrams, bridging the gap between XML developers and office workers who don't need (or want) to learn the detailed syntax of XML.

VisualScript Key Benefits:

• Define, propagate, and enforce XML standards (ensuring best coding practices) within organization or XML community
• Rapidly prototype and demonstrate XML solutions by quickly "sketching" a process to generate XML
• Represent real-world hierarchy and conditional relationships in ways impossible with forms
• Help non-technical business users translate process knowledge into XML

VisualScript Key Features:

• Program XML statements directly into graphical symbols
• Easy "drag and drop" diagramming with symbols and intelligent connectors
• Build libraries of reusable, pre-programmed symbols to promote own scripting standards
• Automatically insert user-entered data into XML script output
• Support multiple XML standards with same models and templates
• Automatically validate XML scripts for proper syntax

For more information, and to download a FREE trial version of the software, please visit www.smartdraw.com/products/visualscript.

About SmartDraw.com
SmartDraw.com, the leading provider of easy-to-use business graphics software, draws more than 2 million visitors each month, putting it in the top 0.1% of most visited websites on the Internet. Founded in 1994, and recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America, SmartDraw.com offers three products to boost business productivity: the flagship SmartDraw program for creating business diagrams; SmartDraw Photo for managing digital images; and VisualScript XML for visually developing XML. Privately held by its founders and employees, with no debt and no outside funding, SmartDraw.com continues to enjoy a rocketing annual growth rate and a profitable bottom line. For more information, please visit www.smartdraw.com or from the SmartDraw local Reseller.(http://smartdraw.apposite.com.hk)