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Online Synergy/DE training now available 24-7 Which version of Synergy/DE should you be using? Synergy/DE 9.1.3 brings increased .NET capabilities; beta test starts in January Spotlight on Synergy/DE 9 VisualSmart, Synergex’s business intelligence solution, to be demoed in New York Support tech tip Synergy-e-Quiz Synergex sales and support holiday hours
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Which version of Synergy/DE should you be using? As applications move forward, they support only newer versions of third-party software and remove support for older versions. It’s not really surprising; it’s all to do with QA and being able to take advantage of newer functionality. There is one area in particular of the Synergy/DE toolset that is constantly moving forward to support newer 3rd party tools, with extended functionality and in some cases bug fixes – and that’s xfODBC. >> click here to read the entire blog |
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Synergy/DE 9.1.3 brings increased .NET capabilities; beta test starts in January The next Synergy/DE release, version 9.1.3, will provide new capabilities for developers creating .NET user interfaces, and it will support new versions of Microsoft and other technologies. Scheduled for release at the end of February, Synergy/DE 9.1.3 will
The beta test is scheduled to start January 15th, and it will run for four weeks. If you are a supported Windows developer interested in these new capabilities, please consider signing up. We need your help in order to ensure a high-quality release. To sign up, contact Synergy/DE HelpDesk Support. |
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| Spotlight on Synergy/DE 9 | |||
A better way to implement dynamic memory Back in 1996, Synergex released version 5.7.9 of Synergy Language, and with it, a powerful and very flexible feature known as dynamic memory. This feature immediately enabled Synergy developers to allow unrestricted processing of data. You no longer needed to pre-size arrays to hold order lines, transactions, etc. The data within the programs could then grow dynamically and was only restricted by the physical capabilities of the hardware hosting the runtime environment. Many developers have utilized these capabilities throughout their code. The coding, however, can be confusing with the repeated use of ^M to reference data arrays and elements. Many developers use parametric macros to simplify the code while editing it. This improves the readability of the code but presents problems when trying to debug, as the macros are not expanded in the debugger, and so developers need to refer back to the actual macro definitions and manually expand them. All dynamic memory is accessed using the ^M function and referenced with the use of memory pointers. When you allocate memory, the function returns a pointer. To access the memory, you reference it via the returned pointer. And when processing is complete, you free the memory, again via the pointer. In the debugger, you can show what dynamic memory allocations are active by issuing the SHOW DYNMEM command. This command lists all allocated memory handles, the size of the allocated data, and the associated memory contents. For example, DBG> show dynmem GBL HANDLE 2 MEM_PROC segment size 11 data Hello World You can store any data within the allocated memory, including pointers to further allocations of dynamic memory. This is a very powerful capability and allows you to create dynamic arrays to hold any required data, including variable length strings. However, it is easy to introduce memory leaks at this point. The code segments below show how this can happen. Our requirement for the example program is to store an unknown number of variable length strings of data. To accomplish this, we create a dynamic memory array and in it store pointers to further dynamic memory segments that store the actual data. The mainline program is very simple. It defines a variable that is used as a dynamic memory pointer. It then calls a routine several times to add variable amounts of data to each element of the array. >> click here to read the rest of the article |
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| VisualSmart, Synergex’s business intelligence solution, to be demoed in New York | |||
“The On-Demand Success Tour” features presentations, lunch, and networking opportunities. As a sponsoring partner, VisualSmart will offer attendees a hands-on look at the newest VisualSmart features, including single sign-on security, scheduled reporting, interactive mashups, third-party data aggregation, and more. VisualSmart travels to New York on January 24, 2008. Synergy/DE customers who are interested in Salesforce or who would like to see the new VisualSmart features are invited to stop by the VisualSmart booth and say hello. Pre-registration for the Success Tour is encouraged, and can be done online here. |
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| Support tech tip | |||
How do I retrieve the pixel dimensions of the button area for a list? The pixel dimensions of the button area for a list can be retrieved by using %U_WINMETRICS to get the D_CLIENT_RECT and D_VISIBLE_RECT coordinates, and then doing one of the following:
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| Synergy-e-Quiz | |||
Curious about the answers to the last round of questions? |
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Windows XP SP3 yields performance gains Microsoft to beef up anti-piracy checks in Vista SP1 Microsoft takes steps to prevent WGA potholes Linux Red Hat finally nears real-time Linux launch Sun Solaris OpenSolaris soon to run on IBM mainframes |
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| Synergex education | |||
January 17, 2008 - 8AM PST - Workbench Highlights* - At your desk Synergy/DE 9.1 Highlights UI Toolkit Composite Windows Synergy Objects Part 1 Synergy Objects Part 2 Synergy Objects Part 3 |
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| Synergex sales and support holiday hours | |||
The Synergex support and sales teams will provide service to customers between the hours of 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST between 12/19/07 - 01/01/08 with the following exceptions: 12/24/07: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PST (Sales will be available at 7:00 AM) If you anticipate needing assistance outside of these hours, please let us know. |
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