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March
21, 2005
Issue 72
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Synergy 2005 -
Building Connections for the Future! |
Data Access Worldwide's Synergy
2005 Developer Conference is set for June 6-8 at the
Sonesta Beach Resort in sunny
Key Biscayne, Florida, and the agenda is packed with sessions
designed to take your application development skills and
productivity to the next level!
Today Visual DataFlex application developers are connecting in
more ways than ever to develop the synergy needed to remain
competitive in today's market - connecting applications to a wider
variety of data sources, connecting with fellow developers for
their knowledge and insights, and connecting to the world by
building the latest Internet technologies into your Visual
DataFlex applications.
Synergy 2005's Agenda features three days of technically intense
and educationally packed sessions, along with supplemental pre-
and post-conference training sessions, that are designed to assist
you in making the connections you need to give your company's
application development efforts a competitive edge.
Join with Data Access Worldwide's President and CEO Chip Casanave,
CTO John Tuohy and other top product development and technical
staff, including Eddy Kleinjan, Vincent Oorsprong, Stephen Meeley
and John van Houten for expert knowledge and insight about
application development using Data Access Worldwide's software
products. In addition, Ido Millet, an independent Crystal Reports
expert and an Associate Professor of MIS at Penn State University
- Erie, will also be presenting, along with expert developers from
the DataFlex developer community, as well.
Following are the major topics that will be discussed during the
three days of the conference - note that there are still more
sessions to be announced!
Synergy 2005 Agenda
Welcome and DAW Company Direction
Visual DataFlex:
 What’s
New
Introduction
to the new generation of SQL Connectivity
Table
Types and Programming Styles
Extending
Existing Applications to the Web
Building
Complete Application Deployment Installations
Using
WinPrint with Embedded SQL
Advanced
Web Application Server Techniques
Understanding
and Using Structs and Arrays
Developing
in an SQL Environment
Optimizing
development with VDF Studio 11
Deployment
and Application Management
Product
Roadmap - What's Coming in VDF 11.1 and Beyond.
Crystal Reports:
Overview
and What’s New
Using
Crystal Reports
New
VDF application level interface to Crystal Reports XI
SQL-based
reporting with Crystal Reports
Dynamic AI:
Product
and Market Overview
Complete
Product Demonstration
Electos:
Definition
and Demonstration
Integrating
data into Electos websites
Pervasive.SQL:
Overview
and What’s New
CrossMerge:
Overview
and Demonstration
Using
CrossMerge
Succeeding as a Developer:
Business
Panel Discussion
Supplemental Training
Pre- and post-conference training sessions are also offered for an
additional fee. Details about training session topics and costs
are being finalized and will be announced next week.
Registration and Cost Details
Check your e-mail inbox next week for a special Synergy 2005
announcement with complete details for registering, supplemental
training sessions, additional conference sessions and times,
costs, and more!
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Crystal Reports XI - Release Status Update |
Crystal Reports is the world's leading reporting solution that
helps customers rapidly create flexible, feature-rich,
high-fidelity reports and tightly integrate them into web and
windows applications. Data Access Worldwide will begin accepting
back orders for Crystal Reports XI from customers who do not
require the Crystal Reports for DataFlex Connectivity Kit next
week. Please
contact us for Crystal Reports
XI pricing.
Business Objects has included a number of changes to the Crystal
Reports API that affect the Crystal Reports for DataFlex
Connectivity Kit. Customers who require the complete Crystal
Reports for DataFlex solution, which includes the Crystal
Reports for DataFlex connectivity driver that enables reporting
on embedded DataFlex databases will be able to purchase Crystal
Reports with the DataFlex Connectivity Kit as soon as these
changes have been implemented.
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What's New in Crystal Reports XI
New to Crystal Reports XI are improved productivity
features allowing you and your end users to experience
high quality viewing, printing and exporting with less
effort. This release also includes a new edition, Crystal
Reports Server, designed for departmental enterprise
reporting.
Updated
report designer
Accelerate report authoring with an updated
point-and-click designer, new report workbench, nested
hierarchies, "intelligent" charting, and HTML report
preview.
Dynamic
cascading prompts
Minimize report maintenance with automatically updated
pick lists and cascading prompts.
Updated
drivers
Access updated XML, JDBC, IBM DB2 and Exchange data
drivers.
Intelligent
charting
Create charts faster. New drag-and-drop charting and
cross-tabs allow for intelligent charting. Because
variables are approximated when a chart is dropped into a
section, chart design is now faster, easier, and updated
automatically.
Report
export configuration
Enjoy more user-friendly exporting. The report designer
can save export configuration information within the
report itself-end-users don't have to reconfigure the
export each time a report is run.
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Base reports on dynamic values with the dynamic and
cascading prompts feature. (Click
here for larger image.)
Pictures and graphics
can be placed in a report through a link in the
database. (Click
here for larger image.)
Publish perfect reports by previewing how reports will
look before they are published to the web. (Click
here for larger image.)
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Pervasive.SQL Connectivity Kit 3.0 Beta Available |
The Pervasive.SQL
Connectivity Kit 3.0 Beta has been released and is now available
for public beta testing.
The main focus of this new revision is to support the security
features in Pervasive.SQL V8.5 (and 8.6). Be sure to read the
"Database Mode and Security" chapter of the User's Guide for
complete information. In addition to supporting secure PSQL
databases, the 3.0 revision includes the following changes, and
more:
There
are no longer separate revisions of the Connectivity Kit for V8
and prior revisions of Pervasive.SQL. The 3.0 CK is supported on
all revisions of Pervasive.SQL from 2000i though V8.6. Note: We
are currently testing this revision with PSQL V9 to insure
complete compatibility.
Full
paths are no longer stored in the DDFs.
The
CK will default to the highest performance settings unless
otherwise specified in the dfbtrdrv.int file.
We encourage
developers who are currently using this Connectivity Kit to
download the Beta release and test it with your existing
applications. By participating in the Beta testing program, you
can help to ensure that we deliver the best software possible!
View
the Pervasive.SQL Connectivity Kit 3.0 Beta
Readme
Download
the Pervasive.SQL Connectivity Kit 3.0 Beta
software (17.6MB)
Special Notes:
All questions and comments about the Pervasive.SQL Connectivity
Kit 3.0 Beta should be posted in the Data Connectivity newsgroup
at:
news://news.dataaccess.com/archive.data-connectivity
Revision 3.0 requires new registration codes - do not attempt to
apply a 1.x or 2.x code. The beta release will automatically
install the appropriate 3.x evaluation code, even if this
overwrites existing registration files from a prior release.
Due to a bug in Pervasive.SQL version 8.5 and 8.6 the restructure
logic will copy all records two times during restructure of a PSQL
table. This will only happen when running in Database_Mode _and_
running on Pervasive.SQL 8.5 or 8.6. The bug has been fixed by
Pervasive and will be available in an upcoming revision of
Pervasive.SQL. There is also a patch (FTF) available that will
solve the issue for Pervasive.SQL 8.6. If the FTF fix is
installed, the version of Pvsw\Bin\Ntmkde.dll (Windows) or
nwmkde.nlm (Netware) must be 8.60.196.3 or later. The Connectivity
Kit will detect if the FTF is installed and will use the normal
logic (copy once) during restructure.
Download
the
V8.6 FTF (1.7MB Zip)
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Data Access Worldwide Asia Pacific office closed for the Easter
break |
Our office will
close for the Easter break on Thursday March 24, 2005 - 5pm AEST
and will re-open on Tuesday March 29, 2005 - 9am AEST.
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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
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Events & Training
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VDF Special Interest Group in Huntingdon, UK April 9
The next meeting of the VDF Special Interest Group (VDF Sig)
will be held at ASCKEY Data Services, Huntingdon, Cambs UK on April
9. Agenda topics include Visual DataFlex v11 - Latest Release
Features, Electos - A Success Story in UK Government, Focus INet - a
UK Developer Success Story from Pete Mustoe, and more.
VDF Sig was created to provide a regular forum and support for
Visual DataFlex interest in the UK. It mission has subsequently been
extended to cover Visual DataFlex's web-capable sibling, the Visual
DataFlex Web Application Server, and Electos, which is built using
these tools. VDF Sig meets roughly three times per year. For more
information, visit
ASCKEY Data Services.
DAW's Synergy 2005 set for Miami,
Florida June 6-8, 2005
Data
Access Asia Pacific Training Programs
Data Access Asia Pacific offers developers
an extensive array of product training programs for Visual
DataFlex, VDF's Web Application Server, DataFlex, database
connectivity, and reporting including Crystal Reports. Contact
CustomerService@dataaccess.com.au
for more information.
Visit the
Events Newsgroup for peer
discussion about all DAW related events.
Read
more about
North
America and International training programs,
training
offered direct by
Data
Access Europe,
or visit Data Access Brazil's
Event Centre
for training programs and events offered in
Brazil (Portuguese language).
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