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October 1, 2003
Issue 41
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Traditional
Weatherwear: "Visual DataFlex has completely transformed
our business."
David Haythornthwaite wears a number of hats as Administration
Manager for clothing manufacturer Traditional Weatherwear
Ltd., makers of the traditional (and now world famous)
Mackintosh raincoat that is part of the portfolio of many
top design houses in Europe and America. Says Scotland
Office Minister Brian Wilson about the Cumbernauld based
company, "Traditional Weatherwear has, with its Mackintosh
label, turned the traditional raincoat into a cutting-edge
top fashion garment."
Responsible for all of the company's IT, health & safety,
and other systems and projects in general that the 110-employee
company relies on to stay on the cutting edge in the highly
competitive clothing and textiles business, Mr. Haythornthwaite
has gained a great appreciation for Visual DataFlex's
RAD toolset features combined with the power of the DataFlex
language.
"Using Visual DataFlex has completely transformed our
business," Mr. Haythornthwaite says.
Visual DataFlex
9.1 Beta released
If you're a Visual DataFlex power developer and can't
wait to try out all the new features VDF 9.1 delivers,
including the integration of WebApp Server, now's your
chance!
"VDF 9.1 signals a milestone in the evolution of Data
Access Worldwide's Windows based products," says DAW President
and CEO Chip Casanave. "Windows and Web application development
and deployment systems are now consolidated into one seamless
environment."
With VDF 9.1, Windows and Web applications now have a
common technical foundation that will keep the two environments
synchronized for all future development and deployment.
These technical changes signal new levels of capability,
efficiency, productivity, ease of use and ease of deployment
for customers. There is a host of new features throughout
the expanded product suite and a significant performance
increase in Web applications. Plus, as an added extra,
Visual DataFlex 9.1 now includes a complete application
for Web content management - Electos.
For complete information about the Visual DataFlex 9.1
Beta-testing program, visit the newsgroup at: news://news.dataaccess.com/dac-public-newsgroups.visual-dataflex-9-1-open-beta.
Be sure to read the Open Beta Program Participation and
Welcome to the New Visual DataFlex 9.1 Open Beta Program
messages to get started.
Introducing
Electos .a Content Management System
Content management systems are software
applications for creating, maintaining, organizing
and publishing website content. Electos runs
on the Visual DataFlex 9.1 Web Application
Server and Microsoft's Internet Information
Server (IIS).
Electos is a Web application - there are
no Windows components to the system. An author's
interface to create content and manage the
system is Microsoft Internet Explorer. By
running in the browser, Electos can be made
available anytime, anywhere without the need
to install special client software.
Using conventional methods of Web publishing,
website content and formatting are bound together
in HTML pages. Using Electos Studio, content
authors develop and maintain information in
a word processing-like environment that runs
in their Web browser. Then, with a click of
the mouse, their information is stored in
a database on a Web server, ready to publish.
The Electos Publisher works in conjunction
with IIS to serve richly formatted Web pages
containing information stored in the content
databases.
Free copy of Electos included with Visual
DataFlex 9.1
For the first time ever, Visual DataFlex
will include ready-to-run application software.
And, the application is free for VDF developers!
As of revision 9.1, each Visual DataFlex development
license will include Electos, a content management
system.
Electos is a perfect choice to accompany
Visual DataFlex 9.1. The VDF development system
has new, integrated Web application development
capabilities and Electos is a Web based VDF
9.1 application. It's also immediately useful
to end-users and it opens a wide range of
opportunities for VDF developers to integrate
the system with their own applications to
create exciting new Internet solutions.
Ready to learn more? Electos is part of the
standard installation of Visual DataFlex 9.1.
Get a preview of Electos (and the very
latest VDF, too!) today by participating in
the Visual DataFlex 9.1 Beta-testing program.
Visit the VDF 9.1 Beta newsgroup at: news://news.dataaccess.com/dac-public-newsgroups.visual-dataflex-9-1-open-beta
and get started by reading the Open Beta Program
Participation and Welcome to the New Visual
DataFlex 9.1 Open Beta Program messages, which
include instructions for downloading the VDF
9.1 Beta build.
Read the complete story about Visual
DataFlex 9 (PDF).
Aberdeen
study rates Pervasive.SQL V8 a superior embedded database
for 'Low IT' environments
Aberdeen Group Inc., a leading IT market analysis
and consulting firm, recently released research that
advises application developers to select databases
carefully and evaluate according to performance, administrative
ease-of-use, minimal downtime, flexibility and cost
of ownership. The research concludes that Pervasive
Software's robust and scalable database engine, Pervasive.SQL
V8, is a superior choice for database users who value
high performance, low cost and low maintenance.
Aberdeen's research found that Pervasive.SQL has
a clear superiority, particularly with regard to maintenance
costs. Pervasive.SQL V8 showed an average 2.5-to-1
superiority in cost of ownership over Sybase SQL Anywhere
Studio V7, 7-to-1 over Microsoft's SQL Server 2000,
and 25-to-1 superiority over Oracle 9i. Pervasive.SQL's
superiority is due in large part to achieving 'near-lights-out'
administration.
The white paper, Low-IT Database Cost-of-Ownership
Study: 2003 Update, is available free of charge
in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
and Japanese for download at http://www.pervasive.com/support/whitepapers.asp
Read the Pervasive Software press
release.
Learn more about Pervasive.SQL
V8 for DataFlex client-server solutions.
Developer
Resources
Data Access Worldwide publishes numerous Technical
Knowledge Base articles and White
Papers that provide developers with key information about
techniques, fixes and strategies related to building and deploying
DataFlex applications.
Latest
Technical Knowledge Base Articles
Below are the latest articles added to the Knowledge
Base by the DAW technical team:
Crystal Reports: INFO:
Information on Crystal 9 and VDF Applications
WebApp Server: ERROR:
80020009 Invalid Web Application
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Events
& Training News
Are you involved with an event or training program
that would be of interest to DataFlex Developers? If so, please
send the event or training program information to e-News@DataAccess.com.
SCANDUC
set for Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct 2-3
The next meeting of the Scandinavian DataFlex Users Conference
(SCANDUC) will be held on October 2-3 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Beca Soft, Data Access
Europe's Channel Partner for Denmark, is coordinating this year's
conference.
The conference's featured speakers from Data Access Worldwide
and sessions include:
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Data Access Europe's Managing Director
Nick Nikijuluw presenting Introducing the New Visual
DataFlex;
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Data Access Worldwide's CTO John Tuohy
presenting VDF for Windows and the Web - Design Overview
and Demonstration;
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Data Access Europe's Eddy Kleinjan presenting
Building Web Application From Scratch With VDF 9.1
plus Introducing Electos;
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Data Access Europe's Vincent Oorsprong
presenting Migrating from WebApp Server 3 to VDF
9.1 Web Application Server;
- Presentations by selected customers from the Nordic countries
demonstrating special features and application development techniques
they have used and want to share with others; and
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An in-depth tour of the new Visual DataFlex
9 Studio.
For registration and additional information, please
contact Beca Soft via telephone at +45 - 35 36 37 77, FAX +45
- 38 26 29 39, send e-mail
or visit their website.
Register for SCANDUC here.
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3rd Annual "Meet Me
in St. Louis" VDF users conference Oct 3-4
The third annual "Meet Me in St. Louis" conference, hosted
by the VDF-Midwest Developer User Group, is scheduled for October
3-4 in St. Louis, Missouri.
This year's agenda will focus on a wide array of topics
designed to educate, challenge and enhance the knowledge base
of beginner and advanced VDF programmers. This year's agenda topics
and speakers include:
- Unveiling the VDF9.1 Product Family, VDF/WebApp
Migration to VDF 9.1 & A Look Ahead at WinPrint in VDF 9.2,
and CrossMerge presentations by Stephen Meeley, Data
Access Worldwide;
- The Hammer and Other Tools by Wil Van Antwerpen, Antwise
Solutions;
- Application demonstrations by Jeff Kimmell of HCSS, Aubrey
King of Data Modes, and Paul Richmond of McFarland Cascade;
- MY SQL by Riaz Merchant, Mertech Data Systems;
- Runtime Validation Engine by Oliver Nelson, Out of
the Box Consulting;
- A Detailed look at the Debugger and VDF Techniques with
Tab Pages by Tony MacKay, Anasazi Software;
- Crystal Reports - Another Look At CDO's and a New Class
by Peter Van Wijk, X-Organize Consultancy;
- VPE Reporting by Michael Salzlechner, StarZen Technologies;
- A Detailed look at the VDF 9.1 IDE by Stephen Meeley
& Dennis Piccioni, Data Access Worldwide;
- Breakout sessions include a StarZen Class Demo, Solving
CRW Issues, Debugger Tips and Tricks, and a MYSQL Driver Demo.
The conference will again be held at the offices of
AAIM Management Association in St. Louis. To register, please
contact Data Access' Mari Doherty by e-mail at mari-d@dataaccess.com
or by telephone at 800-451-3539 x7764. The registration fee is
$100.00.
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Data Access Europe, UK Channel
Partners present VDF 9.1 Day Oct 14
Data Access Europe in concert with its UK Channel Partners
invites developers to attend a special seminar with a Visual DataFlex
9.1-centric theme. Of course this new revision of Visual DataFlex
offers developers many new features and benefits, but the new,
merged environment of Visual DataFlex and WebApp gave Data Access
reason to re-think product strategies and policies, which will
be shared at this event.
Attending this one-day event is free of charge, and will take
place in Birmingham. Registration
is required. For more information, send e-mail to info@dataaccess.nl.
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Data Access Europe presents
VDF 9.1 Day in Frankfurt, Germany Oct 21
Data Access Europe will continue it's special seminar series
about Visual DataFlex 9.1 in Frankfurt, Germany on October 21.
The seminar will give an overview of the new revision of Visual
DataFlex, which offers developers many new features and benefits.
The new, merged environment of Visual DataFlex and WebApp Server
has given Data Access reason to re-think product strategies and
policies, and these will be shared at this event.
Attending this one-day event is free of charge. Registration
is required. For more information, send e-mail to info@dataaccess.nl.
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Data Access Worldwide authorized
training programs
Data Access Worldwide and its authorized training centers
offer developers an extensive array of product training programs
for WebApp Server, Visual DataFlex, DataFlex and Crystal Reports.
Data Access Europe offers programs in a variety of locations in
Denmark, Germany, and The Netherlands.
Read more about U.S.
training programs, training offered by Data
Access Europe, or visit Data Access Brazil's Event
Center for training programs and events offered in Brazil
(Portuguese language).
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