Mollyzine - Progress Stuff

PSDN News: PSDN Web Seminar: Using ProDataSets in OpenEdge 10

2005-09-29T10:41:00.000+10:00

Had a customer asking about ProDatasets and the certain aspects of the value of them (including the Passing of multiple Temp-Tables as one parameter). One of things I found is that John Sadd (he wrote the book on ProDataSets - "OpenEdge Development - ProDataSets" (Buy from Amazon or see it online at the Progress Documentation Site) ) is giving a talk over at Progress Software Developer Network (PSDN) website (www.psdn.com). If you are interested in ProDataSets or just on what is coming in OpenEdge 10.1A, go check it out!

PSDN News: PSDN Web Seminar: Using ProDataSets in OpenEdge 10:

"Thursday, 13 October, 2005, 11:00 AM -> 12:00 PM (GMT -04:00) Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada)
https://progress.webex.com/progress/onst... "

The ProDataSet is one of the most significant new features in OpenEdge 10. Join Fellow John Sadd as he presents a summary of the syntax and usage of the ProDataSet, including extended behavior added since Release 10.1A, and provides examples of its use.

Hope this helps, Enjoy,
Molly

PSDN News: Object-orientation and the Progress 4GL in OpenEdge Release 10.1A

2005-09-28T08:14:00.000+10:00

The latest PSDN News is out and Salvador ViÃ±als has a good article on the up and comming 10.1A Object Orientation in the Progress 4GL Langauge.

PSDN News: Object-orientation and the Progress 4GL in OpenEdge Release 10.1A

With OpenEdge 10.1A we will be introducing a number of enhancements to OpenEdge, and to its language, the 4GL. Considering the enthusiastic reception from partners and customers attending Exchange 2005, an important change is the object-oriented extensions to the 4GL, or OO4GL for short. But, we do not like to use this acronym because it may mislead some customers; the use of the OO4GL acronym may set the expectation that the object-oriented constructs are separate and distinct from the 4GL language we all love, and that it replaces it or you may have to migrate to it. That is simply not the case. The object-oriented extensions have been designed to complement the 4GL, and are meant to be combined and integrated with "traditional" procedures, when it makes sense to do so. The object-oriented enhancements extend the core values of the 4GL, not replace them.There is more articles and I will link to them soon.

Enjoy,
Molly

Technorati : 10.1A, OO4GL, Object Orient, OpenEdge, Progress Software
Ice Rocket : 10.1A, OO4GL, Object Orient, OpenEdge, Progress Software

New Service Pack for OpenEdge 10.0B released

2005-09-19T17:53:00.000+10:00

Hi All,

Just letting you know that the latest Service Pack for 10.0B (10.0B03) was released over the weekend and is available for download from the Progress Software Electronic Download Center:

http://www.progress.com/esd

Happy Blogging and Making Progress,

Molly

Technorati Tags : Progress Software, OpenEdge, 10.0B, Service Pack, www.progress.com

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Service Packs Released - 9.1E02 and Dynamics 2.1B01

2005-08-25T13:38:00.000+10:00

Hi Guys,

Just thought I would let you know that 9.1E02 Service Pack for 9.1E (why aren't you on OE10 (just kidding(sort of))) and Dynamics 2.1B01 for Dynamics 2.1B/9.1E (why aren't you on OE10 (just kidding(sort of))).

If your interested in these, go get them at the Download Center (www.progress.com/esd).

Happy blogging and Making Progress,

Molly

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First BigPond, now Microsoft. Is anyone suprised?

2005-07-11T13:53:00.000+10:00

Charles Wright Reports on his Blog that Bigpond are using Google to advertise with there rivals names in the Ad title. I had seen something like this on my new Progress Blog with "Progress Software" in the title but the link went to Microsoft Australia.

When I read Charles latest entry about it, it all made sense. Google have an option to title the ad with the search criteria. Now I have no problem with advertising against rivals searches but to do it with the search title that has nothing to do with the site that is linked to (See the picture below for the results of a search on the MS Australia site for the term "Progress Software"), that's a little under handed.

I guess in some ways I should be honored that Microsoft think enough about Progress that they want to piggy back off our searches. Still underhanded and perhaps my good friend, Frank Arrigo can have a word to the MS Aus marketing department to get this situation fixed up.

Happy Blogging and Progress

Molly

Technorati Tags : Google ads, Microsoft, Progress Software, Frank Arrigo

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Transforming Non-Xml Documents With Xml Tools - This is cool

2005-07-11T11:49:00.000+10:00

Recently Progress Software held its 2005 Exchance World Wide User Conference. One of the most talked about presentations was one about how to use Stylus Studio to transform none XML files to XML. It is now available online. Here is the abstract: Although XSLT and XQuery are adept at handling XML documents, much of the information in an enterprise is not in XML format. During this session we'll demonstrate some of the tools in Stylus Studio that can be used to build adapters for transforming non-XML documents to use both within Stylus Studio and in external applications, especially ones built with OpenEdge. Check it out over at Stylus Studio by clicking here. Happy Blogging, Molly Technorati Tags: stylus studio Progress Software

OpenEdge 10.1A Beta (10.1A1B) only a week away

2005-07-06T13:54:00.000+10:00

Progress Software OpenEdge 10.1A Beta (10.1A1B) only a week away and I can't wait. There are quite a few new features that look really interesting but arguably the most exciting new development is the New IDE that is Eclipse based. (Picture taken from Progress Software beta program website) The IDE is described as such (on the beta site):

Is highly customizable and extensible based on well-defined architectural principals
Follows the precepts of the OpenEdge Reference Architecture
Allows developers to more easily develop the applications they require
Is based on a standard IDE framework which supports new OpenEdge technology allowing developers to access all technologies and methods

The ability to have an IDE that has color coding, statement completing, suggesting the parameters for statements. Has a replacement for the Data Dictionary. It is also Project based that should help to manage your project in one place. Another important feature is the adding the creation of Auditing records and the ability to manage them and report on them. The beta site explains the feature like this: OpenEdge 10.1A provides a basic auditing service that can be easily integrated into any OpenEdge application. As with many of these new services, auditing will combine language features, data management features, and an application controllable policy system. Combined as a service, these capabilities will allow for selective capture of data changes made either through the application or through any other source that can alter data. Yet another feature that a lot of Progress Developers have been after is Object Orientation in the GAL language. The beta site explains it as such: The object-oriented extensions to the Progress GAL provide additional flexibility when writing business logic. They add to the 4GL the inherent benefits of object-orientation, including application robustness that results from strong-typing, increased productivity through encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and in general, application code that is more maintainable. Not sure if there is still time to sign up, but if you want to apply and see if you still could be accepted, go to the Progress Software Beta site. Happy Blogging and Make good Progress, Molly Technorati Tags: /progress software/ eclipse OpenEdge

Small Credit Union uses Progress tech to compete

2005-06-24T18:31:00.000+10:00

The Australian IT section had a great Success story about how a small credit union, Transcomm, was able to leverage SonicMQ (from Sonic Software, on of the Progress Companies) to connect there legacy systems to a third party Internet Banking supplier:

The cost of the platform came in under $150,000, less than half the amount of other systems O'Neill investigated. Other options would have taken about a year to deploy, whereas the NetTeller and SonicMQ set-up took about eight weeks, he says. "Our core banking system can now talk to any system out there."

Happy Blogging, Molly

Mollyzine - Progress Stuff

PSDN News: PSDN Web Seminar: Using ProDataSets in OpenEdge 10

PSDN News: Object-orientation and the Progress 4GL in OpenEdge Release 10.1A

New Service Pack for OpenEdge 10.0B released

Service Packs Released - 9.1E02 and Dynamics 2.1B01

More progress searches with MS ads but with Progress Title. What'd?

First BigPond, now Microsoft. Is anyone suprised?

Transforming Non-Xml Documents With Xml Tools - This is cool

OpenEdge 10.1A Beta (10.1A1B) only a week away

Small Credit Union uses Progress tech to compete