Engineering World 2011

Uniface Product Manager Ton Blankers and Uniface Solution Architect Theo Neeskens will be speaking at Engineering World 2011 on February 5th. Engineering World is a conference for Dutch software engineers. Theme of the conference is: What does "the Cloud" mean for you?

In my presentation I will try to explain the importance of connectivity in the Cloud. That means API's to various applications on the web, but also classic connectivity issues such as database independence and O/S independence.

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Starts:	Saturday February 05, 2011, 09:00AM CET
Ends:	Saturday February 05, 2011, 05:00PM CET
Event Type:	Conference
Location:	Achmea Conferentie Center Handelsweg 2 Zeist, UTRECHT NL
Price:
Website:	http://www.engineeringworld.nl
Industry:	information technology and services
Keywords:	engineering, cloud, seminar, Java, .Net, Microsoft, hardware, SAAS, PASS, IBM, Azure
Intended For:	engineers,ontwikkelaars, software architecten, architecten
Organization:	Sogeti Nederland

Op zaterdag 5 februari 2011 organiseert Sogeti, alweer voor de 4e maal, de Engineering World 2011

Het centrale thema van Engineering World 2011 luidt: "Wat betekent de ‘Cloud’ voor jou?"

In samenwerking met SDN, User Groups en vakverenigingen bieden we een breed programma voor en door Engineers. In één dag ben je weer op de hoogte van de actuele ontwikkelingen binnen het Engineeringvak.

Meer informatie op www.engineeringworld.nl. Aanmelden kan via http://evenementen.sogeti.nl/

iCU2011

Time	Tuesday, May 10 · 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	Online Uniface Virtual Event - www.icu2011.com RSVP on LinkedIn RSVP on FaceBook
More Info	Is Java A Dead End For Enterprise Application Development? Is Java really the best way to develop enterprise business applications? Forrester analyst and former Java developer and architect, Mike Gualtieri doesn’t think so. Application developers must focus the lion’s share of their effort on the business requirements and user experience instead of tinkering with a multitude of plumbing-level Java frameworks. The solution: Application development tools and platforms, such as fourth generation languages (4GLs), that abstract lower-level programming functions to let professional developers focus on business value. Based on his hugely popular and controversial post, Java Is A Dead End For Enterprise App Development, Mike Gualtieri will argue why he thinks it is time for you to choose other application development platforms. 15.00 - 15.15 Dedicated Exhibit, Technical Campground & Networking time 15.15 - 16.00 Breakout Sessions and Q&A 16.00 - 16.15 Dedicated Exhibit, Technical Campground & Networking time 16:15 – 17:00 Breakout Sessions and Q&A 16.00 - 16.15 Dedicated Exhibit, Technical Campground & Networking time 17.15 – 18:00 Closing Keynote Address and Q&A Uniface and Cloud: Right Place, Right Time, Right Product Aad van Schetsen, Vice President Compuware Uniface, will outline why Uniface is the best development tool to help enterprise application developers create great software for Cloud deployment. He will look at how Uniface is performing right now, and at recent changes that have brought Uniface back to growth and position you ideally to take advantage of future opportunities. Speaker: Aad van Schetsen, Vice President, Compuware Uniface 18.00 – until late Dedicated Exhibit, Technical Campground & Networking time

How to put “sort direction arrows“ in column headers

For a grid widget, use the extended trigger ColumnHeader_LClicked. In this trigger you keep track of which field is sorted and in what direction. You can store this in a component variable. The text that is shown in the column header is the text of the label of the field. You can alter the text in a label using $labelproperties (introduced in Uniface 9.3). Labels do not support pictures, but ▲ and ▼ are suiteable characters. Just copy and paste these from MS Word.

If you do not use a grid widget you still can do something similar. 

See the sample for sorting in Grids and "normal" entities.

Mockups and prototypes

What do you use to make a rough sketch of how your User Interface should look like?

I like to draw something on a whiteboard in a meeting. When finished I take a digital photo so I can send the design to the participants. Recently I was told to have a look at an online tool called Mockingbird. I played with it for a little bit and I really like it. Any of you using other tools? Pro's and con's?

A sketch on a whiteboard

Something made with Mockingbird