|
October 23,
2006
Issue 103
Contents
 |
Crystal
Reports XI Release 2 |
Business Objects has recently
released Crystal Reports XI Release 2 (R2). Crystal Reports XI users should
carefully review the following information to help you understand
the impact Crystal Reports XI R2 will have on your existing
reports and applications:
-
Crystal Reports XI R2 is a new Business Objects product release;
it is not a “hotfix” or “service pack.”
-
This R2 product release is not the
same as the SP2 service pack for Crystal Reports XI that has
been available since early June.
-
The currently available DataFlex Connectivity Kit for Crystal
Reports XI (pre-R2) will not install or function with Crystal
Reports XI R2.
-
As a new release of Crystal Reports, we must adjust the
Connectivity Kit to support the changes in the new R2 host
product. We are actively engaged in this process.
-
If you use Crystal Reports XI for reporting on the DataFlex
embedded database, do not install Crystal Reports R2 until the
appropriate, tested, and officially released Connectivity Kit is
available for it.
-
If you use a DBMS other than the DataFlex embedded database (e.g.
IBM DB2, MS-SQL Server), you may upgrade to Crystal Reports XI R2
using the same migration and validation procedures appropriate to
any software upgrade in a business environment (including the
necessary backups, testing, validation, etc.).
Crystal Reports XI Release 2
is only required in three specific cases:
- If you need Visual Studio 2005
compatibility
- If you need to connect to
universes in BusinessObjects XI Release 2
- If you use a third-party
product that includes a custom Crystal Reports menu.
If none of these cases applies to
you, you do not need to install Crystal Reports XI
Release 2.
We will post further information about Data Access Worldwide's
support for Crystal Reports XI R2 as it becomes available.
Crystal Reports XI R2 for DataFlex,
once released, will only be available on DVD media.
Learn more about
Crystal Reports XI for DataFlex.
For instructions and to download Crystal
Reports XI R2
click here.
Back
to Top
 |
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
Connectivity Kits:
2252-HOWTO: Register your DB2 database in ODBC
Pervasive.SQL:
2247-HOWTO: Use the CK and not store user, password or owner
information in the INTs
Visual DataFlex 11:
2251-HOWTO: Find out if a CRW report was finished
2249-HOWTO: Get the value of a cTextEdit object
2248-EXAMPLE: Using RDC with Crystal Reports 9 in Visual DataFlex
11.1
Web Applications:
2250-HOWTO: Hide the Webservice testpage, WSDLGenerator and
ServicePage
Back to Top
 |
Events & Training
|
|
Data
Access Europe presents "DataFlex Gourmet" Seminar and
15th Anniversary Party, Holland, November 1 |
To kick off November, Data
Access Europe will present "DataFlex Gourmet," a seminar
and 15th Anniversary party for DAE at the Muiderslot in
Holland. This is a seminar-styled event, but with a
unique setting and theme.
For more information and
to register for this event, contact
Info@DataAccess.nl.
|
|
Northeast
DataFlex Consortium,
meeting, Portsmouth, NH,
November 4
|
The Northeast DataFlex
Consortium (NEDC) will hold it's next brunch meeting on
Saturday, November 4th, in Portsmouth, NH. The agenda
includes using revision control software along with "a
couple of tech goodies" such as a new Crystal XI
technique for standardizing reports. All Visual DataFlex
Developers in the Northeast area - whether just visiting
or currently in business in the area – are cordially
invited to attend. For more information, contact
Peter Donovan.
Visit the NEDC at
www.NEDataFlex.com. |
|
DataFlex Developers Day, Frankfurt, Germany, November 14 |
The summer of 2006 is
without a doubt the hottest summer ever, and Data Access
Europe and Data Project want to make sure it is going to
be a very hot autumn in Germany as well!
DataFlex Developer’s Day is scheduled for November 14th
in Frankfurt, Germany, and is geared for
Visual DataFlex developers
(and DataFlex developers as well) who are interested in
learning more about how they can benefit from this
powerful software development tool for building Windows,
Web and Web Services applications.
DataFlex Developer’s Day on the 14th of November in
Frankfurt will be very Visual DataFlex 12 centric, and
includes Data Access Worldwide CTO John Tuohy as keynote
speaker.
But that's not all - also on the DataFlex Developer's
Day agenda are demonstrations of the latest revisions of
Electos and Dynamic AI, both slated for release this
fall, and a presentation on AJAX for Visual DataFlex
(each visitor at DataFlex Developer’s Day will go home
with a special AJAX for Visual DataFlex Kit!).
For more information and to register for DataFlex
Developer’s Day on the 14th of November in Frankfurt,
Germany, contact
Info@DataAccess.nl.
Visit
Data Project GmbH.
|
|
SCANDUC, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 16-17 |
The Scandinavia DataFlex
Users Conference (SCANDUC) will be held in Copenhagen,
Denmark on November 16-17.
SCANDUC 2006 will
feature Data Access Worldwide's CTO John Tuohy
presenting on Visual DataFlex 12, and also leading the
post-conference VDF 12 training on Saturday, November
18th.
Stay tuned to
www.scanduc.com for
further details as they are announced. Note there will
be a special dinner the evening of the 16th, and the
event will be held at the brand new
Adina 4-star apartment
hotel.
SCANDUC 2006 is being coordinated by Ccontact
Charlotte Grønvold of
Front - IT ApS,
a Data Access Europe Channel Partner. |
|
January 25-27, 2007 |
Save the Date! DISD set for January 25-27, 2007
The DataFlex International Software Developers (DISD)
Conference has been scheduled to return to Carson City,
Nevada on January 25-27 2007. Stay tuned to e-News for
more information as it becomes available. |
|
May 16-18, 2007 |
Synergy 2007 - Maimi Beach Resort & Spa - May 16-18,
2007 |
|
May 2008 |
The next European
DataFlex User's Conference (EDUC) has been set to be
held in Moscow, Russia, in May, 2008 (the exact dates
will be announced as soon as they are confirmed).
EDUC 2008 organizer Sergey Natarov says, "EDUC is the
best opportunity for the European DataFlex developer
community to get the in-depth information they need to
excel at building and deploying business solutions
powered by Visual DataFlex. We are looking forward to
meeting our friends and colleagues in Moscow in the
spring of 2008!"
Mark your calendar today and make plans to visit Moscow
and attend EDUC in May 2008.
Visit the
EDUC 2008 website for
the latest information at
www.educ2008.ru. |
Back to Top
 |
Links and Subscription Information |
Back
to Top
|
