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DABS.COM EXPANDS SUCCESSFUL XFSERVERPLUS-BASED E-COMMERCE
MODEL WITH LAUNCH OF DABS FRANCE
BOLTON, England and GOLD RIVER, Calif., May
5, 2004--Following 12 months of development, integration,
and careful planning, Synergy/DE customer dabs.com is taking
its first step in expanding into Europe with the launch of
Dabs France.
As the
leading online consumer technology retailer in the UK, Dabs
is planning to replicate its successful UK e-commerce business
model in Europe, beginning with the launch of dabs.com for
the French market. The site, which can be accessed either
at www.dabs.com/fr
or by visiting www.dabs.com/uk
and clicking on the Tricolor, was launched on April 20,
2004.
Based
on Synergy/DE xfServerPlus technology, Dabs France
is expected to reach revenues in the region of 25m Euros in
its first financial year, finishing the year with a profit.
To read
the entire press release, visit the Synergex
Web site.
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SUPPORT
TECH TIP: SIZE LIMITS FOR UI TOOLKIT TEXT WINDOWS
Question:
I'm using the UI Toolkit routines T_SETUP, T_PUTTXT, and T_EDIT
to create a block of text with a maximum of 2,000 lines that
are 60 characters wide. When users drag the scrollbar to the
bottom of the text block, however, the last visible line is
the 498th line of the text block. Why can't users scroll down
to lines 499 through 2000? Is there a limit to the number
of lines that can be processed with these routines?
Answer:
If you're using Windows 95, 98, or Me, this is due to an edit
control limit. (On Windows, text windows are edit controls.)
These operating systems support no more than 32,767 characters
in an edit control. To determine if the number of characters
in a text block exceeds this limit, add 2 to the line width
(For example, 60 + 2), and then multiply this number by the
number of lines in the text block (For example, 2,000 x 62).
If this number is greater than 32,767, users won't be able
to see the entire text block.
Note, however, that if you're on an operating system other
than Windows 95, 98, or Me, the problem is most likely the
result of a coding error.
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PLATFORM
NEWS: OPENVMS I64 (ITANIUM) PORT PROGRESSING WELL
While
HP has been porting OpenVMS to their Itanium®
architecture-based HP Integrity servers, Synergex has been
working equally hard to port Synergy/DE to this promising
new platform. Both companies are on track to release during
the second half of this year.
In December,
HP released OpenVMS 8.1—an evaluation release that enables
customers to "get a jump on porting their environments
to OpenVMS for Itanium architecture-based HP Integrity servers."
HP is on track to deliver a production release in the second
half of this year. (Recently HP clarified that their release
target is the second half of this year and not June, as we
and other partners interpreted from their earlier schedule
information.)
At the
Synergex Success Partners Conference in March, we delivered
a CD containing a beta version of Synergy/DE for OpenVMS I64
to HP's Itanium ISV program manager, John Egolf, and we are
currently recruiting Synergy/DE beta testers for this new
platform. We plan to coordinate our release with HP's in the
second half of this year.
What are
your OpenVMS migration plans? If you are developing on OpenVMS,
please take a moment to complete this very brief survey
to let us know your migration plans. Also, please let
us know if you are interested in beta testing Synergy/DE
on OpenVMS I64.
See HP's
Web site for OpenVMS I64 overview
information and an OpenVMS to Itanium FAQ.
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WHERE
IN THE WORLD IS SYNERGY/DE NOW?
Helping
Dutch Businesses at the Pump
Netherlands-based
G. van Beek Coal and Oil, Inc. began in the 1930s as a family-run
coal merchant, selling sacks of coal for stoves. Currently
run by the third generation of the van Beek family, the company
still sells coal, but has also added unmanned gas (petrol)
stations to their offerings. These gas stations are open to
all consumers, but are especially designed for drivers who
are driving for work and billing their expenses to an employer.
Thanks to a Synergy/DE-based accounting and stock control
system from High Rise Professional Systems (HRPS), these drivers
can pay for their gas at these stations using a special van
Beek debit card, which is convenient for the drivers, streamlines
invoicing for their employers, and ensures prompt payment
to the gasoline merchants.
Companies
with multiple drivers on the road can supply their employees
with debit cards from Van Beek. When a driver needs to refuel,
he simply swipes his card at one of the van Beek stations.
The gas station's automated system uploads the raw transaction
data by modem to the central office for further processing.
The Synergy application then creates weekly or monthly invoices
for each company. These invoices are paid instantly via direct
debit to the companies' bank accounts.
"Previously merchants had to wait until customers got
around to paying their bills," states Jan Brier of HRPS.
"Now there is no delay between transaction and payment—a
significant benefit to some of the smaller merchants."
The Synergy
application creates these invoices by generating a batch of
transactions in a standardized format shared by all banks in
Holland. This batch can be uploaded at any time using the internet-banking
software provided by the banks. The invoice amounts are then
directly charged to the customers' accounts and the merchant
has the money in his account immediately.
Located in Veenendaal, The Netherlands, High Rise Professional
Services recently migrated their accounting and stock control
applications to Windows, and is currently using the Synergy
XML API for data interchange and Web integration.
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LET
SYNERGEX HELP YOU WITH YOUR MARKETING EFFORTS
Launching a new Synergy/DE-based product?
Planning your next users' group meeting? Let Synergex help
you spread the word.
Recently,
Forward
Computers (FCL) took advantage of this free service to
announce their upcoming users' group meeting. Take a look
at the eCard
Synergex sent on FCL's behalf.
Need help
with your PR or Marketing? Let
us know.
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EDUCATION
LISTINGS
EDUCATION
LISTINGS
June 14-18,
2004, Synergy/DE
Integration Essentials for Advanced Programmers ("Advanced
Synergy/DE Class")--Gold River, California
June 21-25,
2004, Synergy/DE
UI Toolkit Essentials--Gold River, California
October
11-15, 2004, Synergy
Language Essentials--Gold River, California
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