Next Virtual Users Group Meeting is May 21

[BDuncan]

The next Virtual Users Group meeting (VUG) is set for May 21 at 10 am PDT.

To preregister (and we'll send you an email to remind you to attend) please sign up here.

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/229104168

This VUG is being sponsored and lead by David Workman, of Data Mosaic http://www.data-mosaic.com/DM/

I'm sure David will post here soon with an agenda and his request for presentations.

[david]

"Fun with Javascript in Servoy 4" by Gregg Pierce

Servoy 4 has made it much easier to take full advantage of the built-in Javascript language interpreter. Though to some extent available in earlier versions, Servoy 4 makes it easy to use some of Javascript's more advanced features, such as Object Prototypes and closures. Let's briefly explore some of the possibilities!

"iBiz Quickbooks Bean" by Jason Pierson

Javabeans are available from many sources, both free and commercially, and can greatly extend the capabilities of your Servoy application with very little javascript coding. You do not need to know anything about Java or writing Javabeans to benefit from them.

To demonstrate how easy it is to do cool things with beans, let's use the IBiz Quickbooks bean from www.NSoftware.com to implement bi-directional communication with Quickbooks in a Servoy applicaiton.

"Getting Down with Form in Dialogs" by Troy Elliott, Data Mosaic (see attached pic)

You don't need any special plugins to do some very advanced things with popup forms. In this demo I will show how to:

- remove window decorations
- fixed floating windows on your desktop
- advanced info panel sidebar

These techniques allow you to implement sophisticated user interfaces and workflows with form in dialogs.

"Offload Heavy Lifting to the Server" by David Workman, Data Mosaic

Processes with a lot of hits to the server can really slow a client down. The login method to our Frameworks is one such beast. In this demo, I will show how we offloaded this process for a huge time savings using Scott's new "Robot plug-in" ( http://www.servoyguy.com/servoy_components/robot_plugin ).

[david]

"Servoy 4: Menu Bar and Jasper plugins" by Scott Butler, Servoy

Servoy 4 includes a couple of impressive new features...for free! A quick rundown of the Jasper and MenuBar plugins using the Servoy 4 IDE.

[david]

Slight change...I will be discussing the following instead of what I posted above:

"Accordion Tabs" by David Workman, Data Mosaic

Accordion tabs can be the answer when you start running out of room to put secondary information. Compared to traditional tab panels, the "tabs" take up the y-axis of space instead of the x-axis making them great for long side columns.

While not as straight forward to code as traditional custom tab panels, once you have your code together chances are that you will rarely need to modify your code in the future.

[martinh]

The next Virtual Users Group meeting (VUG) is set for May 21 at 10 am PDT.

What time is 10 am PDT? Is that some American time?
Please also mention in the future also the Central European Time (which is Amsterdam/Brussels/Paris/Rome/Madrid/...)

[david]

Good point. It will be at 4pm UTC/GMT to be clearer.

Los Angeles - 10am
Washington, DC - 1pm
London - 5pm
Amsterdam - 6pm

I think that's it. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

EDIT: 5pm UTC/GMT
London - 6pm
Amsterdam - 7pm

[grahamg]

Hi David

At the moment we have British Summer Time so 10:00 PDT is 18:00 in UK and I guess 19:00 for those fast Europeans

Graham

[david]

Blarney -- I did get it wrong. I hate time zones. It will be at 5pm UTC/GMT!.

The rest...well, what Graham said.

[popdizzle]

Prizes and Discounts for VUG Members!!

As part of my presentation at the May 21 VUG, I hit up /N Software (www.nsoftware.com) for some sponsorship and they came through for us!

All Servoy VUG members can get 20% off any product at www.nsoftware.com/order using the following promo code:

Promo Code: UAG08

Check out their selection of javabeans and modules. It's quite extensive.

Raffle
Also, they have donated a Red Carpet Subscription that we will raffle off after the VUG. If you read up on their Red Carpet Subscription, it gives one developer an unlimited license to all of their products for a full year. It also gives you premium support. This has a value of $1500 and gives you access to $30,000 worth of software.