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July 1, 2010
Issue 169 |
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Dynamic AI V6.4 for Business Intelligence released; features new Calendar report styles, lower costs
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Leading graphic communications company Balmar, Inc. leverages Dynamic AI for fast & easy Business Intelligence |
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Visual DataFlex 2010/16.0 Beta 1 released |
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AJAX Library 2.2 for Visual DataFlex released |
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Recent News Recap |
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Developer Resources: New Portuguese, Spanish language webinars online; Discovering Visual DataFlex Training in Copenhagen |
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Events Calendar: SCANDUC Sep 23-24; Corroboree Oct 6-9; Synergy Mar 30-April 1, 2011 |
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Links & Subscription Information |
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Dynamic AI V6.4 for Business Intelligence released; features new Calendar report styles,
lower costs! |
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Dynamic AI has emerged as an industry-leader in cost effectiveness for highly-scalable Business Intelligence (BI) reporting systems. Dynamic AI's Automated Intelligence features are especially well-suited for SMBs needing advanced BI capabilities due to its ease-of-use and economical cost model.
The newly released Dynamic AI v 6.4 introduces new features that will add many new possibilities to your management and production reporting. The most noteworthy are:
Lower Costs
The new Named User pricing model for server licenses can more than halve the cost of an entry level server license! (Read the details about about Named Users vs. Concurrent User).
Even simpler dashboard building
Report and dashboard design is even more end-user friendly with Version 6.4 adding more point-and-click, drag-and-drop design features that make the task of creating information Dashboards easier than ever! Just select from the list of individual report elements - one click and its done! Dashboards can now also include the new Calendar based display formats.
Calendar reports with conditional formatting
Dynamic AI version 6.4 introduces a new Calendar-style report format. Designed for presenting information by periods of time in a flexible month calendar format, the results can be used interactively as with any other Dynamic AI report format, complete with drill-down to underlying detail, user defined selection, etc. Calendar reports can be built into dashboards, sent via e-mail, and more.
The calendar presentation is based on grouping data records by date, and if the data selected for the report covers longer periods calendars will automatically provide All, Year and Month options with appropriate levels of detail. Conditional formatting is available with different colors representing differing conditions. |
With Dynamic AI 6.4 users
can generate their own
dashboards and alerts
easier than ever!
Dynamic AI 6.4's new Calendar-
style report format with
conditional formatting.
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New Calculation Capabilities
Many new calculation formulas have been introduced, particularly to support date calculations in the new Calendar formats. There is not much that you might need to know about a date that Dynamic AI cannot calculate for you!
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On-report calculations
These add the ability to add calculations to be performed by Dynamic AI that would normally require that the reports to be exported to a spreadsheet. These include percentage calculations - of Totals or Row/Column, Max/Min, standard deviation, variance, average and calculated column support.
- Cross-report calculations
Named Key-values can be referenced across reports using a simple "Key-Value:Report-Name" identifier. This will enable extensive summarizing and correlation of key values in overall management reporting.
Start using Dynamic AI for fast & easy Business Intelligence today!
With Dynamic AI, your Web browser becomes the window on your world of information. See summaries, dashboards, alerters, reports, drilldowns, forms, pivot tables, lists, interactive queries and more instantly with only a browser, your data and Dynamic AI!
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Leading graphic communications company Balmar, Inc. leverages Dynamic AI for fast & easy Business Intelligence |
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Balmar, Inc. is a leading, award winning graphic communications company specializing in commercial, digital, and web-to-print solutions. Its full service design, mail shop, and fulfillment process completes their suite of services.
Headquartered in Falls Church, VA, Balmar serves their region with a staff of over 200 generating annual turnover of $25 million. Typical customers are associations, corporations, and government agencies in the Washington Metropolitan area and beyond, covering the size spectrum from very small, to extremely large. Balmar is highly respected in their industry, having received a number of prestigious awards for their work.
Robert (Bob) Cergol serves as Balmar's Applications Analyst & Developer, and in this position he is charged with the job of enhancing Balmar's capacity to service customers with the highest quality product and maximum satisfaction, while improving productivity by leveraging its production management software assets. Bob's history with print production systems dates back to 1985, when he developed the Paradigm Printing Production Management System in DataFlex, and Balmar was his first customer and a development site.
Says Bob, "I love the product - Dynamic AI has had a real impact at Balmar by making business metrics so readily available, on-demand, and automatically. I hope it catches on like wild-fire!"
Read the complete story about Balmar's success with deploying Dynamic AI for cost-effective Business Intelligence. |
"Dynamic AI has had a real impact
at Balmar by making business
metrics so readily available,
on-demand, and automatically."
Bob Cergol of Balmar, Inc.
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Visual DataFlex 2010/16.0 Beta 1 released |
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Visual DataFlex 2010 / 16.0 delivers the highly-anticipated data aware and non-data aware grids into the developer's tool box. At this point in its evolution, Visual DataFlex 2010/16.0's grid interface and defaults are robust and mature thanks to the efforts of several developers that have contributed so much during the Alpha testing phase.
Visual DataFlex 2010 / 16.0's rich set of new capabilities give developers extensive control over the look and behavior of an application's grid. There are two samples in the Beta 1 release that exemplify the new grid's features and characteristics.
The samples can be loaded in the Visual DataFlex Studio right from the Start Center to make it easy to view the code and see the available properties. Take a look for yourself, there's a lot to experience!
Other highlights of the Beta 1 release:
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Studio wizards now generate code using new grids
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A pre-release version of the AJAX Library version 2.2 is included (see story below)
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Includes the latest Codejock Xtreme ReportControl (13.4.0)
To fully learn about Visual DataFlex 2010/16.0 and to participate in the testing of this Beta release, please visit the Visual DataFlex 2010 Testing Forum. The forum has the latest information about the release, and provides you with the opportunity to get involved, share your input, and have your questions answered.
Get going now by downloading Beta 1! We're sure you'll be as pleased as we are with the exciting capabilities of Visual DataFlex 2010/16.0. |
The new Visual DataFlex 2010 grid
will provide developers with better
looking Windows applications, many
new grid features, and improved
performance! Download John Tuohy's
recent presentation (PDF)
to
learn more.
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AJAX Library 2.2 for Visual DataFlex released |
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The latest version of Visual DataFlex AJAX Library has been released. The AJAX Library helps developers build Rich Internet Applications (RIA) - fast & easy! This latest version is designed to work with Visual DataFlex 2010/16.0.
New features in this release include:
- Updated themes - Themes are updated with new icons, buttons and other small improvements.
- Expressions - Next to data binding against regular database fields the AJAX Library now supports binding a field to an expression. This expression can be programmed as a published function in the web object on the server which returns the value of the expression.
- New VdfCall API - A new API for making VdfCall's to the server is added to the Visual DataFlex AJAX Library. When working with Data Entry views (and so using the vdf.core.Form) the AJAX calls that are send to the server will usually be handled by the same Web Object and Web Service. If this is the case the new vdfCall method of the vdf.core.Form class can be used to send AJAX calls to the server within a single line of code.
- Data bound server call - One of the difficulties when making AJAX calls to the server is that the AJAX calls are stateless, meaning that each call should contain all the information the server needs to perform the operation. The easiest way to make AJAX calls to the server is by using the vdf.ajax.VdfCall (or the new vdfCall method of the Form), but this class doesn't do any data synchronization. To make this easier, the Visual DataFlex AJAX Library now contains a data bound server call.
- Runtime labels - New vdf.core.Label control provides an easy way to load Data Dictionary labels onto the page.
- Improved DDO structure support - Better support for complex DDO structures and constraints.
- Error details & CollapsePanel - Errors now have a details section that can show error details.
The AJAX Library is included with Visual DataFlex and enables developers to make their web applications more feature-rich and better looking. It includes both the foundation for building AJAX (or Web 2.0 applications), as well as a sample application that shows developers how to do it.
Read more details about the AJAX Library 2.2.
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Recent News Recap |
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The following stories were recently published in e-News:
- Synergy 2011, Orlando, Florida, March 30-April 1, 2011
- Corroboree 2010, October 6-9, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Visual DataFlex 2010/16.0 Alpha 3 build posted
- Spain's Interges Dataware to provide marine industry leader Agenmar with Visual DataFlex powered ERP solution
- Seneca Associates hosts Software Professionals Conference in Amman, Jordan
- Join in our World Cup Football Pool - make your predictions today!
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Developer Resources |
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Access Worldwide publishes the Development Team Blog, numerous Technical
Knowledge Base articles and White
Papers that provide developers with key information about
techniques, fixes and strategies related to building and deploying
Visual DataFlex applications and related software solutions.
We also offer a variety of training opportunities for novice and advanced developers alike.
Peer-to-peer support is available in the Web Forums.
Online Training
Data Access Worldwide offers online training courses for developers worldwide! More about Online Training, including class descriptions, can be found at www.DataAccess.com/Training/Online.
Webinar Library
Recent additions to Data Access Worldwide's Up-to-the-Minute Webinar Library include:
Asia Pacific
Data Access Asia Pacific (DAAP) offers periodic training opportunities in the region. For more information, contact Data Access Asia Pacific Customer Service, or call 03 9761 3644 (Intl: +61 3 9761 3644).
- Don't miss Corroboree 2010, being held in Hobart, Australia on October 6-9! See Events below for details.
Europe
Data Access Europe (DAE) offers various training opportunities throughout Europe in concert with our European partners. For more information about each course, visit Data Access Europe. For personal assistance, send e-mail to Training@DataAccess.nl.
- Visual DataFlex, Visual Report Writer and Electos Seminar, Meise, Belgium, July 20. This seminar is being organized by Oryx. Contact info@oryx.be for details.
- Discovering Visual DataFlex Training, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 6-10. Front-IT is hosting this training session being led by Data Access Europe's Vincent Oorsprong. The 5-day training will be held at the Grand Hotel Copenhagen. Visit Front-IT for more information and to register.
- SCANDUC 2010, Helsingør, Denmark, September 23-24. See Events below for details.
Latin America
Data Access Latin America (DALA) offers Visual DataFlex Professional Certification 2008 in Portuguese and Spanish. Now you can join the community of Visual DataFlex Certified Professional with worldwide recognition! All classes are held at the TECDAW (Technical Education Center Data Access Worldwide) in São Paulo.
North America
Data Access North America now offers a comprehensive training program featuring courses selected and developed specifically to provide developers with the tools necessary to achieve mastery in creating and delivering great applications. To view descriptions of all classes currently offered in North America, please visit DataAccess.com/Training/DANA. For more specific information regarding the classes or to inquire about customized training for your company please contact Sales@DataAccess.com.
- Synergy 2011, Orlando, Florida, March 30-April 1. See Events below for more details.
Training Books
Books about building Visual DataFlex applications and the DataFlex language are available for purchase.
Learn about Visual DataFlex User Groups.
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SCANDUC 2010, Helsingør, Denmark, September 23-24
SCANDUC 2010 will be held September 23-24 in Helsingør (Elsinore), Denmark - a beautiful city just beside the sea and only 2 km from Sweden.
The Conference will be hosted at the Hotel Marienlyst, 4-star-rated property with casino located at the border of the Sound. The beach is located right outside the door and from the hotel it is a short stroll to the forest, the marina, Kronborg Castle and the medieval centre of Elsinore. Elsinore offers shopping and nice cafés in the old streets and alleys.
Be sure to arrive a day early to attend the Training Day on September 22nd, and be sure to stay through for the Surprise Dinner at Kronborg Castle!
Corroboree 2010, Hobart, Australia, October 6-9
 The DataFlex Developers and Users Group (DDUG) will hold Corroboree 2010 in Hobar, Hobart, Tasmania October 6-9, 2010 at the Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel. The DDUG committee are currently putting together an agenda, and finalizing costs, but be assured that the program will as usual be packed full of informative sessions, tips and tricks to enable you to get the very best from Visual DataFlex. Pre-Conference Training courses are also being considered.
Every year the best DataFlex Developers and Users from all around Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia get together for the Corroboree. It's an amazing chance to learn from experts, and network with other developers in the region.
Tasmania is one of the most interesting and diverse of the Australian States. Offering the World Heritage Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair National Park, white-water rafting on the Franklin River, Caving, historic Port Arthur Penal Settlement, and much more.
Visit the DataFlex Developers and Users Group (DDUG).
 Synergy 2011, Orlando, Florida, March 30-April 1
Synergy 2011 will take place in Orlando, Florida on March 30-April 1, 2011. We're organizing an exciting, space-themed event to help take you and your applications to new heights!
This is a rare opportunity that only comes every two years. At Synergy alone will you be able to meet and discuss your thoughts face-to-face with nearly the entire development team behind our family of products and an internationally diverse group of fellow developers.
It's a chance for education, networking, and technology themed fun. We hope you will be able to participate in next year's Synergy 2011!
But that's not all! Don't miss the excursion planned on Saturday, April 2 to visit one of Florida's real treasures - a unique day at the famous Kennedy Space Center! Not only will you have a chance to experience some of the center by foot, watch two in-house IMAX movies about the space program, and do a little shopping for freeze-dried ice cream, you will ALSO get to have lunch with an astronaut and have a behind the scenes tour of this unique state of the art facility! This is going to be cool! Save the date, and join us for this out-of-this-world opportunity.
Learn more about Synergy 2011.
Visit the Events Forum for peer discussion about all events.
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