Object
Support Ready for Alpha Testers
As previously announced, Synergy/DE 8.1 will introduce a powerful
new model for writing Synergy software: Synergy objects. These
objects will be supported with a set of extensions to Synergy
Language that allow classes and objects to be declared and manipulated
within the Synergy/DE environment. An alpha test for the object
support will coincide with the 7.5.3 beta test, starting on
August 12. If you are interested in evaluating Synergy object
support, please let us know.
For more information about Synergy object support, click
here.
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New
Web-Enabled Software Puts Global Beverage Group Back in Marketplace
Forefront
Synergex announced that customer Global Beverage Group (GBG)
has released the Web version of their flagship Supply Chain
Executive (SCE) application. With a customer base of beverage
wholesalers including Pepsi Americas, Viking Coca-Cola, Coors
Distributing Company, and Tropicana, GBG's updated software
provides customers with a complete online order entry system
that drastically streamlines the entire order-to-cash cycle.
Global
Beverage Group's SCE Suite, based on Synergy/DE, is composed
of tightly integrated components that can be tailored to handle
a wide range of operations for companies in the Consumer Packaged
Goods (CPG) industry. With the updated software, companies
can now complete orders (including making payments with a
credit card), send Adobe® Acrobat® PDF invoices, view customers'
payment forms, and view and print past statements—all
online and in real-time. Bob Ballantyne, GBG's Vice President
of Application Services, anticipates upgrading at least half
of his current customer base to the new Web-enabled product.
“By Web-enabling our product, our customers feel we have
breathed new life into the system, which allows them to continue
using it rather than being forced in other directions,”
states Ballantyne.
Read
the press release in its entirety.
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Support
Tech Tip: Displaying a .JPEG File as Background in an Application
Question:
How do we display a .JPEG file as the background in our main
Synergy/DE Windows application?
Answer:
Create
an ActiveX control using Visual Basic with an embedded image
control,
or
Use a
DLL routine written in C. Although this approach gives greater
performance and control over how the image is displayed, support
for each image format must be programmed independently.
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Synergy
Administrators: Increase Productivity with Synergy/DE 7.5
xfServer Monitor Facility
(A
Windows feature)
The xfServer
monitor facility in Synergy/DE 7.5 enables administrators
to find out the file name of each file open, the name of the
user who has the file open, and whether the file is locked.
Administrators can quickly and easily determine who is accessing
their Synergy files, making it easier to manage their Synergy
system. Don't wait…update
today!
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Synergy/DE
Powers Applications Around the Globe ... from Afghanistan
to America Samoa
Approximately 30 percent of Synergy installations
are outside of the United States. Here are two examples …
Laptops loaded with C.I.C.T. Solutions' Synergy/DE-based Business
Processes System (BPS) software recently accompanied the Royal
Marechaussee (Dutch Military Police) to Afghanistan. With
over 240 Dutch Military soldiers now stationed in Afghanistan,
the Royal Marechaussee act as a police force to maintain law
and order in the Dutch camps. They use BPS to track and report
on everything from suspect statements and stolen goods, to
military protocols. “We have so much flexibility with
BPS," raves Louw Hummeling with Royal Marechaussee. “We
plan to start sending these laptops on all of our national
and international engagements.”
Across
the world, Synergy/DE powers the accounting software of American
Samoa's only computer/data processing service bureau, Samoa
Systems. With customers including Chicken of the Sea, Samoa
Systems produces 75 percent of the payroll checks for the
territory's private sector—about 12,000 people. "We're
Synergy now and later," attests Samoa Systems' Jane Hyman,
who likes the freedom Synergy/DE provides to program to her
clients' unique needs. "We're finance across the board—that's
why Synergy/DE works for us. We're part of the United States,
yet not completely homogenous with U.S. tax codes. So we take
the Synergex features and customize them to make our pieces
fit."
Have an
interesting story about Synergy/DE? Drop
us a line!
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Fall
Education at Synergex...Start Planning!
It's time now to plan for the Synergy/DE classes you want
to attend this fall. Prepare for one or both of these classes
in October:
Synergy
Language Essentials Class
October 7 - 11
Gold River, California
Synergy/DE
UI Toolkit Essentials Class
October 14 - 18
Gold River, California
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