Events

Data Access Worldwide and the DataFlex Developers and Users Group are excited to announce further detail for the next DataFlex Asia Pacific Conference (DAPCON) and training which is being held in Sydney, Australia.

Registration will be avialable soon

Dates

Wednesday 20th September - Saturday 23rd September 2017

In total 4 days of trainings and presentations for DataFlex developers in the Australasia Region.
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Venue: Organiser: DataFlex Developers and Users Group, with support by Data Access Worldwide
 

Venue

Rydges World Square, Sydney, click here for their website

Prices

TBA.

We’re looking forward seeing you in Sydney!

Data Access Worldwide and the DataFlex Developers and Users Group are excited to announce further detail for the next DataFlex Asia Pacific Conference (DAPCON) and training which is being held in Brisbane, Australia.

Please register via this link to google forms: Registration form!

Payment is via this link 

Dates

Wednesday 12th October - Saturday 15th October 2016

In total 4 days of trainings and presentations for DataFlex developers in the Australasia Region.
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Venue: Organiser: DataFlex Developers and Users Group, with support by Data Access Worldwide
 

Venue

Royal on the Park, Brisbane, click here for their website

Prices

Conference Package Early-bird A$ 350 (cut-off is August 31, after this date A$ 425)
Conference Dinner, Partners A$ 50
Training, Conference Attendees A$ 100/day
Training, Non-conference Attendees A$ 200/day

Conference Package includes:

Conference Attendance
Welcome Function Thursday 6pm - 8pm
Welcome Gift
Morning/afternoon tea and lunch Wednesday and Thursday
Conference Dinner
Discounted Training

Agenda

We’re looking forward seeing you in Brisbane!

The organising committee,
Julie, Colin, Vicki, Phil, Michael, Raveen & Marco

Data Access Worldwide and the DataFlex Developers and Users Group are excited to announce further detail for the next DataFlex Asia Pacific Conference (DAPCON) and training which is being held in Sydney, Australia.

Registrations are now open!

Dates

Main Conference - 7th & 8th October 2015

Training - 9th & 10th October 2015

Welcoming Drinks & Mobile Webapp Frameworks presentation - 7th October

Conference Dinner - 8th October (venue tba)

Venue

PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney, click here for their website.

Discounted rooms in the conference hotel are no longer available.

However there are many options in the area. From backpacking, to appartments to share and exclusive hotels. See here for a map of hotels near the Park Royal

Prices

Conference Package A$ 350
Conference Dinner, Partners A$ 50
Training, Conference Attendees A$100/day
Training, Non-conference Attendees A$200/day

Conference Package includes:

Conference Attendance
Welcome Function
Welcome Gift
Morning/afternoon tea and lunch Wednesday and Thursday
Conference Dinner
Discounted Training

Agenda

Training

Data Access Worldwide will organise two training days 

DataFlex Reports & Integration

Friday 9 october, by by Vincent Oorspong (DataAccess Europe)

This course explains how you to build a DataFlex Reports report and integrate it in either a Web or Windows application.

Learn how to build a report and what you can do with this, how you can do this, at integration level.

WebApp Development for Mobile/Touch

Saturday 10 October by John van Houten ( DataAccess USA)

This course explains how you can build a user friendly touch enabled web application quickly and easily using the DataFlex Web Application Framework with mobile/touch support.

Learn about the drill-down navigation model, dashboards, responsive web design, advanced search techniques. 

We’re looking forward seeing you in Sydney!

The organising committee,
Julie, Matt, Colin, Vicki, Phil, Michael, Raveen & Marco

The committee of the DataFlex Developers and Users Group is excited to announce further detail for our next annual Corroboree which is being held in Wellington, New Zealand.

Dates
DDUG Conference Dates 16th – 18th October 2014 (half day Saturday)
Welcome Cocktail Party Evening Wednesday 15th October (Partners welcome at the cocktail party at no charge).
Additional Training Sunday 19th October

Venue
Wellington New Zealand at the Quba Quarter, Comfort & Quality Hotels

Prices
Conference Package A$390
Conference Dinner, Partners A$50
Training, Conference Attendees A$100
Training, Non-conference Attendees A$200

Conference Package includes:

• Conference Attendance
• Cocktail Party
• Welcome Gift
• Morning/afternoon tea and lunch Thursday and Friday
• Friday night dinner
• Morning tea Saturday
• Discounted Training Sunday

Agenda
If you have suggestions for a topic or have something that would be of interest please let us know. Formal agenda will be published shortly, topics include: 

DDOs, Constraints and SQL Filters - presented by John Touhy, Chief Technology Officer, Data Access Worldwide

This session will focus on how Data Dictionaries use constraints and provide you with the information you need to take full advantage of filtered record finding. This will touch on how to define constraints, how constraints are managed by the runtime and how to mix SQL filters with DD constraints.

Web Application Deployment - presented by Steve W. Meeley, Vice President Development, Data Access Worldwide

As the excitement about Web Framework applications increases, many developers are beginning to focus on some key concepts in the deployment of web applications. In this session we will cover the basics of DataFlex web application deployment. For this presentation, Stephen will demonstrate deployment using cloud-based Amazon EC2 services and also discuss load balancing using the DataFlex WebApp SPLF Server and web application load testing using automated tools like LoadUIWeb.

Introducing DataFlex 2014 - presented by John van Houten, Senior Software Engineer, Data Access Worldwide

Following the dramatic DataFlex Web Application Framework advances delivered in Visual DataFlex 17.1, many were surprised to see another rich feature list so soon in Version 2014 / 18.0, the latest of DataFlex. John will give an overview of the enhancements, new features and benefits in DataFlex 2014 / 18.

Developing Custom Controls for Web - presented by John van Houten, Senior Software Engineer, Data Access Worldwide

The DataFlex Web Framework of is particularly well-suited for developing on-line database applications. Relevant controls are available in the studio but in practice you may want to use other components in your applications whether you purchase them or develop them yourself. John will show how to integrate custom controls in the web framework.

Using c# code in DataFlex - presented by Marco Kuipers, IT Manager, NCI

You might need to outsource or be given some very specific C# code. How can you use this code in your DataFlex Windows or Web project. In this session we’ll look at how to wrap the C# code into a DLL that can be used in DataFlex via FlexCom.

Moving from Embedded database to MS SQL - presented by Marco Kuipers, IT Manager, NCI

In this session we start with a workspace project using embedded SQL. We briefly discuss the free versions of MS SQL and commence the conversion of the database to MS SQL. After a short demo to show it ‘just’ works, we’ll apply some really cool magic that is now available to us.

What’s new in DataFlex Reports 4.0 - presented by Vincent Oorsprong, Manager Training & Support Data Access Worldwide

A new version of DataFlex Reports is scheduled for release this year and is currently available in beta. Find out how it can enhance your product offering for both the web and Windows.

Developing Applications for Mobile Devices – by Harm Wibier, Software Engineer Data Access Europe

An insight into how to develop applications for mobile devices with DataFlex 18.

Web Security 

New Dynamic AI

VDF Web development do’s and don’ts

DF Reports plugged into Webapp

Web development in VDF18

Training
“Web Application Design for Desktop and Mobile” Conducted by John Van Houten - Senior Programmer Data Access Worldwide.

Preliminary Outline:

• Brief review of WebApp development with DataFlex
• Design considerations for mobile and tablet deployment
• Introduction to Responsive Web Design (RWD)
• How to make your WebApp Responsive – Part 1: Framework API
• How to make your WebApp Responsive – Part 2: CSS
• DataFlex roadmap for Responsive Web Design support

Hotel Accommodation
Comfort & Quality Hotels www.hotelwellington.co.nz. We have rooms reserved at a special rate, just mention that your attending the DDUG conference. For this special deal rooms must be booked by Friday 12th September.
Rooms can be booked as single or double. Rooms in Quality Hotel are bigger than the Comfort Hotel and more comfortable for twin share. Comfort Hotel $137.50 per room night and Quality $184.50 per room night.
The booking form for this exciting conference will be published on our website shortly. We are looking forward to seeing you all in New Zealand.

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The committee of the DataFlex Developers and Users Group is excited to announce that our next annual Corroboree will be held in Bali, Indonesia in November later this year. The conference will run from the 7th to the 9th of November and will feature a range quality presentations around the Data Access product suite and its usage. We have secured an all inclusive conference package including airport transfers, 3 nights’ accommodation and all meals. Pre or post conference training opportunities will also be available, more details soon.

Bali is a delightful part of the world. The people are Hindu and incredibly friendly and honoured by tourists coming to see their paradise. Bali is a province of Indonesia and its main airport is Ngurah Rai Denpasar (DPS). There are many direct flights to Bali, although you might find (especially from Europe or USA), that flying via the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta will save you time and possibly money.

Our resort is on the beach in a lovely area full of restaurants, clothing boutiques and other shops. We are just far enough away from the real hustle and bustle but within 30 minutes walk you are right in the town that never sleeps, if you prefer.

Activities can be booked prior to arrival or at the resort and include surfing lessons, para-sailing diving, as well as cultural trips, white water rafting, elephant riding, monkey forest, play golf in an extinct volcano, cycling etc. So perhaps bring your family and make this a holiday.

Venue

The 2013 Corroboree will be held at the Jayakarta Beach Resort in Seminyak, Bali.  Included in the conference fees this year are 3 nights accommodation at this resort.  Packages for both Single and Twin share will be available.

Conference Details

Fees for the event are as follows:

• $275 per person Conference only (includes all meals but no accommodation)
• $875 for 1 conference attendee + 1 guest sharing accommodation (includes all meals and accommodation)
• $765 per person Conference + single occupant accommodation (includes all meals and accommodation)

All prices are in US dollars.

Registration for the event is now open, and the registration form found here.

Training

Data Access have confirmed that John van Houten will be attending the conference and that a day of training on the Webapp Framework will be available.  

We can confirm that the training will be held on Wednesday the 6th of November

WebApp Framework Training for Corroboree 2013

This course describes the Data Access’s new Web Application Framework and gives a hands-on explanation of how to build sophisticated Web Applications with: user login, data entry views, data entry grids, tree views, modal dialogs, lookup lists, report generation and secure document serving.

In the process the course will explain the underlying technology, client-server application considerations, data synchronization, the framework classes, security considerations, session management, user login and rights management.

Students will build applications using the DataFlex Studio IDE and all code written in the DataFlex programming language using the new WebApp Framework class library. Reports are written using Visual Report Writer and will be integrated into the web application. The course will not teach Visual Report Writer.

A discussion of techniques to extend your application styling and extending the WebApp Framework classes will also be covered.

Is this course for you?

John will be presenting a version of the class that he presented at Synergy 2013. Some of this material was unveiled for the first time at Corroboree 2012. If you didn’t catch it last year, you want to be there. If you attended last year’s session there will be some overlap but it will be a good opportunity to see what’s new in the released product (there are a lot of changes since last October) and to review what you’ve already learned.

Pre-requisites

Knowledge of DataFlex Object Oriented Programming plus a basic understanding of Web Applications will be expected. Students will not need to be experienced in HTML, CSS or JavaScript but a basic understanding of HTML and CSS will be helpful.

Don’t forget!

Students who wish to participate in hands-on exercises must have Visual DataFlex 17.1 installed and running on their machine before turning up for the course. The must also verify that the installed Web Order sample will compile and run in a browser. You should have Internet Explorer 9 or higher installed or any up to date release of Firefox or Chrome.

Training will cost $250 which includes lunch and morning & afternoon tea.  There is no seperate registration process for the training - once you register for the main conference you will be asked by one of the board members if you are also interested in attending training.  If you indicate that you are, then the amount will be added to your invoice.

Agenda

The program for the 2013 Corroboree is now available:

Thursday 7th November

Friday 8th November

Saturday 9th November

We’re generally happy to squeeze in other short topics into the agenda, so if you have one please contact us.

The 13^th annual Corroboree was held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 24^th to 27^th October, 2012.

• The Gold Coast
• Corroboree
• Program
• Training 
• Travel
• Accommodation

The Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is the most popular coastal tourist strip in Australia and is visited annually by millions of domestic and overseas holiday makers. The region is now one of the nation’s fastest expanding regions bristling with highrise hotels and apartments, busy surfing beaches, theme parks and many other holiday attractions.

The conference will be held at the Watermark Hotel and Spa in Surfers Paradise. There will be the welcome drinks on the Wednesday evening, 24^th October, followed by 2½ days of conference sessions from Thursday, 25^th October through to Saturday lunchtime, 27^th October. So save the dates today!

Corroboree

Registrations for the next Corroboree in Surfers Paradise, Queensland are now open.  The membership fee remains $60 and need only be paid once per company.  The conference fee is $400 and payable per attendee.  However register before the end of August and you can pay the $350 Earlybird rate!

You also have the option to pay in advance for partners who attend the Conference Dinner and Welcoming Drinks. This year attendees also have the option to pay for the Thursday night dinner should they wish to dine with conference attendees. Note that pre-paying for Thursday dinner is not required, those who wish to join us and pay on the night are welcome.

Conference fees include:

• Drinks and nibbles on the Welcoming Night party on Wednesday night
• Lunch, Morning and Afternoon Tea on Thursday and Friday
• Morning Tea on Saturday
• Conference dinner (including some drinks) on Friday night

Program

A tentative program for the conference can be found below.  Note that this is subject to change.  If you want to present something, there are still spots available, just let one of the board members know.

Wednesday 24th October

Welcoming Drinks - "Surf’s Up Downunder"

7:00pm at the Watermark Hotel

Thursday 25th October

 Friday 26th October

 Saturday 27th October

Training

The DDUG board is pleased to announce the training schedule for this year’s Corroboree on the Gold Coast. Training will be presented by Harm Wibier from Data Access Europe. Harm is one of the key architects behind the current AJAX classes and the new web development framework being introduced to Visual DataFlex 17.1.

The training will cover the new web development framework and is split, with one day prior to the conference, and an optional day post conference. Details are:

Developing web applications with Visual DataFlex 2012 Web Application Framework
Getting started with the new Framework & developing web applications.

Wednesday, 24th Oct 2012 10:00 – 17.30

Visual DataFlex 2012 Web Application Framework In-depth
How to customise and extend the Framework.

Saturday, 27th Oct 2012 13:00 – 17:00
Sunday, 28th Oct 2012 09:00 – 12:00

Please note the 10am start time on the first days training which should allow those attending from Eastern state capitals to travel on the same day due to the time differences between the states at this time of the year.

The cost of the training per person, which includes lunch plus morning and afternoon tea / coffee breaks, is as follows:

• Web Application Framework, AU$350, or
• Web Application Framework & In-depth, AU$550

Travel

For regional attendees, the Gold Coast is serviced by Coolangatta Airport or by Brisbane Airport via the SkyTrain.

• Qantas
• Virgin Australia
• Jetstar
• Tiger Airways
• Air New Zealand
• Air Asia

For attendees from Asia, Europe and North America the best access is through Brisbane International Airport which has links to Europe and the United States and then via the SkyTrain to the Gold Coast. Air Asia also has limited connectections to Coolangatta Airport from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• American Airlines
• Cathay Pacific
• Delta
• Singapore Airlines

Alternatively check out www.webjet.com.

Accommodation

The conference is being held at the Watermark Hotel and Spa, for details on rates and availability visit their website.

However there is a wide range of hotels available close by catering for all budgets.However there is a wide range of hotels available close by catering for all budgets.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The 2011 Corroboree was held at the Ether Conference Centre in the heart of Melbourne and was a great success!  The DDUG Board looks forward to seeing you all at the next event, which at this very early stage looks like it may be in the Gold Coast in October 2012.

Agenda

Presentations from this years event that have been made available can be downloaded from the links below:

• Visual Data Pump
• Virtualization

Welcoming Drinks

This years Welcoming Drinks will be held at the Elephant & Wheelbarrow pub on Bourke Street on Wednesday the 5th of October.  Starting at 7pm, this event is free for all Dataflex Users and will feature free drinks and nibbles.  The evening is presented by Corroboree 2011 sponsors MessageNet.

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Thursday 6th October

Friday 7th October

 Saturday 8th October

Conference Dinner

The conference dinner will be held on the evening of Friday the 7th of October at the BlueFire Churrascaria Grill in the Docklands area.  Details on the venue can be found on their website.  Included in the night is your meal, and some drinks.  There is a tram leaving from just around the corner from the conference venue going directly to Docklands.  On Friday afternoon we will discuss the best way to go about getting there.

Training

This year we have the opportunity to run a 2-day JavaScript and AJAX training session run by Mike Peat from Unicorn InterGlobal. Mike is well known amongst his peers in the DataFlex community and has made presentations at past Synergy, EDUC and Corroboree events.

As a recent quote from an attendee below will attest this is an excellent opportunity to update your skills and take advantage of Mike’s unique insight on the subject matter.

“I attended the JavaScript training Mike facilitated at the EDUC 2010 conference. The quality and level was very pleasantly intense and Mike’s humour helped staying focused. I can recommend Mike, and in specific this training to anyone that knows a thing or two about JavaScript but needs to know more about the objects, closures and namespaces amongst other advanced techniques.”

The cost of this 2-day course is $550 per person and runs on Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th October following the conference. Bookings can be made on our website.  

The Training will start at 10:30am on Saturday the 8th of October and will finish at approximately 6:00pm.  The following day the training will start at 9:00am and run until 5:00pm.  Further altereations to the running times of the training will be communicated to the attendees directly via email or at the conference.

Accommodation

The Ether Conference Centre is located in a complex which offers two hotel options. Within the complex you’ll find a variety of facilities, including well-equipped gymnasium, heated indoor relaxation pool, the chic and cosy Cocoon Bar, Soul Café, the Louden Kitchen & Grill and 24-hour room service. Convenient airport shuttle drop-offs and pick-ups are also available from the hotel. Other guest facilities include same-day laundry service, valet parking, luggage storage, foreign currency exchange, broadband or wireless internet connectivity, and the most knowledgeable Concierge in town, ready to let you in on all of Melbourne’s secrets or help with anything you may need.

The Swanston Hotel, Grand Mercure - 4.5 stars

Enjoy the beautifully presented Swanston Hotel, Grand Mercure with its spacious and contemporary rooms, including.

• Opening windows for fresh air
• Large screen TVs
• DVD players with a complimentary DVD library
• Pay-per-view movies, 8 Foxtel channels
• Tea and Coffee making facilities
• Iron and ironing board
• Microwaves, toasters, personal safes
• Individually climate controlled air-conditioning and heating

For more details visit their website.

Mercure Welcome Melbourne - 3.5 stars

This popular hotel offers modern, comfortable rooms and terrific value-for-money, with a range of features to ensure a relaxed and happy stay, including:

• Tea and Coffee making facilities
• Pay-per-view movies, 8 Foxtel channels
• Individually climate controlled air-conditioning and heating
• Iron and ironing board
• Superior and Privilege Rooms available for those wanting to upgrade and enjoy more space and amenities.

For more details visit their website.

The annual DDUG Corroboree was held in  Hobart, Tasmania from the 6th to the 9th of October, 2010 at the Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel. Data Access Worldwide have committed to send over a representative to bring us all up to date on the latest developments in the DataFlex world. The DDUG committee are currently putting together an agenda, and finalising costs, but be assured that the program will as usual be packed full of informative sessions, tips and tricks to enable you to get the very best from VDF. Pre-Conference Training courses are also being considered.

Every year the best DataFlex Developers and Users from all around Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia get together for the Corroboree, and this is an amazing chance to learn from some experts in the field, and network with other developers in the region.

Tasmania is one of the most interesting and diverse of the Australian States. Offering the World Heritage Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair National Park, white-water rafting on the Franklin River, Caving, historic Port Arthur Penal Settlement, and much more.

Accommodation

The DDUG Board are pleased to announce that a special room rate has been arranged for Corroboree attendees. The following rates are available for attendees arriving on the 5th October and departing on the 10th October 2010:

• Studio Apartments (1x queen bed) @ $152 per apartment, per night, room only.
• One Bedroom Apartments (1x queen bed) @ $172 per apartment, per night, room only.
• Two Bedroom Mezzanine Apartments (1x queen and 2x single beds) @ $242 per apartment, per night, room only.

Please quote ‘Dataflex Conference, October 2010’ when making a reservation directly with the Hotel, providing credit cards at the time of making a booking. You can contact the hotel toll free on 1800 814 676 or 03 6235 5355, or alternatively via email at reservations@oldwoolstore.com.au. Accommodation facilites and room details can be viewed on their website.

These rates are available up until 30 days prior to the conference. Cancellations made inside 30-days to arrival will attract a cancellation charge equivalent to 1-nights accommodation. All standard bookings terms and conditions apply to all bookings.

Agenda

Data Access Europe have confirmed that Vincent Oosprong will be joining us in person for the event this year. Vincent last attended the Corroboree in Fremantle two years ago. Data Access Worldwide is a leading global provider of Visual DataFlex application development software for Windows, AJAX web applications and web services (SOAP), Dynamic AI business intelligence tools, and the Electos content management system.

Tuesday 5th October

Wednesday 6th October

 Thursday 7th October

 Friday 8th October

 Saturday 9th October

The program is mostly complete, however we can still fit in some presentations if needed.  Anyone who’d like to present something should contact the Agenda Co-ordinator Jonathon Harris.

Training

We are pleased to also announce two pre-Corroboree Workshops at the Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel.

Visual Report Writer Workshop, Tuesday, October 5, 9am-4pm

• Topics include: Learn how to build reports with Visual Report Writer, the new reporting tool developed in/with Visual DataFlex. Learn how to integrate them in your Visual DataFlex applications using the programming API.
• Requirements: Working copy of Visual DataFlex 2010 (v16) installed; Internet Information Server installed.

Visual DataFlex 2010 New Grid Control Workshop, Wednesday, October 6, 9am-4pm

• Topics include: The basics explained; Basic Grids; Cell Control types Checkbox and Combo; Loading Data into the Grid; Navigating Grids; Setting up a data source; Data aware Grids; Static data lists; Manually Filling the list; Calculated Columns; Prompt lists; Using the Field Chooser; Saving and restoring Grid Layout; Changing Colours dynamically.
• Requirements: Working copy of Visual DataFlex 2010 (v16) installed.

To register or for more information regarding these pre-Corroboree Workshops, click here or phone 03 9761 3644.

In October 2009, the Dataflex Developers and Users Group 10th annual Corroboree returned to Melbourne Victoria from 28 to 31 October 2009! It was Victoria where the Corroboree was born on March 2000.

The conference was held at the Rydges Melbourne hotel. It began with Welcoming Drinks on Wednesday the 28th of October 6pm where old and new friends reaquainted themselves in an informal atmosphere, with the formal presentations on Thursday, Friday and closing Saturday the 31th 12pm.

As usual the Corroboree was full of presentations by DDUG members and webinars presented by Data Access Worldwide and Mertech Data.

Full agenda below ...

Wednesday 28th October
7:00pm Welcoming Drinks

Thursday 29th October
8:45am Set up Laptops --
9:00am Presidents Welcome Phil Kirby
9:20am DAC - Webinar # 1 (Visual Report Writer) by Nick Nikijuluw Hosted by Mike McIver
10:10am Open Forum on Webinar # 1 Issues Hosted by Mike McIver
10.30am Morning Tea
11:00am DAC - Webinar # 2 (Integrating Dynamic AI with VDF) by Eddy Kleinjan Hosted by Marco Kuipers
11:45pm Open Forum on Webinar # 2 Issues Hosted by Marco Kuipers
12:00pm CodeJock Chris Spencer
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Taking advantage of new features in SQL 2008 Using VDF Gandalf Hernandez (Mertech)
2:15pm Data Access Roadmap Tom Aczel
2:45pm Q & A DAC direction Tom Aczel
3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:30pm SQL Discussion James Mitchell
4:14pm VPE Library 1.0 from DataAccess Marco Kuipers
5:00pm Day close
7:00pm Informal Dinner

Friday 30th October
8:45am Set up Laptops --
9:00am Open Forum on General VDF Issues Marco Kuipers & Matt Smith
9:30am DAC - Webinar # 3 (Best practices for SaaS applications) by Eddy Kleinjan Hosted by Phil Kirby
10:15am Open Forum on Webinar # 3 Issues Hosted by Phil Kirby
10:30am Morning Tea
11:00am DAC - Webinar # 4 (AJAX) by Harm Wibier Hosted by Matt Smith
11:45pm Open Forum on Webinar # 4 Issues Hosted by Matt Smith
12:00pm AJAX Sam Canone
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Crystal Reports IX, RDC, CDO and native tables Clive Richmond
2:15pm Crystal Reports Mike Macliver
3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:30pm VDF & WebApp & from a Browser back to your desktop. Jonathan Harris & Mahesh Thatipamula
4:15pm Using JSON with Dataflex Matt Smith
5:00pm Day 2 close
7:00pm Conference Dinner - Red Emperor Chinese Restaurant

Saturday 31st October
9:00am New and Improved Classes in Visual Dataflex 2009 Julie Turnpenny
9:45am tips & tricks Phil Kirby
10:30am Morning Tea
11:00am General Meeting - office bearers & new logo
12:00pm Conference Close New President
12.30pm Informal Lunch

The DDUG Corroboree 2008, was held for the first time in Fremantle, Western Australia. The annual event took place from 11 to 13 September, and was preceeded by Training from the 8th to 10th.

The selected venue was, Rosie O’Gradys, and proved to be a great venue for the size of the event.

We had 30 attendees and about half attended also the pre conference training, which included

Discovering COM, Discovering Web Services, AJAX Techniques in Visual DataFlex and Discovering Codejock from Data Access Worldwide and MySQL Training from Mertech Data.

This conference also boosted an impressive guest with 2 Data Access repsentatives on hand in Eddy Kleinjan and Vincent Oorsprong along with Riaz Merchant of Mertech Data.

See agenda below ...

Wednesday 10th September
7.00pm Presidents Welcome Phil Kirby

Thursday 11th September
9.00am Presidents Welcome Phil Kirby
9.15am Data Access Roadmap Tom Aczel
10.15am Morning Tea
10.45am Mertech Product Overview Riaz Merchant
11.30am Version Control, Bug Tracking and Telecommuting Matt Smith
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm AJAX & Web Services VDF 14.1 Eddy Kleinjan
3.30pm EDUC Recap Marco Kuipers
3.00pm Afternoon Tea
4.00pm Open Forum on General VDF Issues Marco & Matt
5.00pm Day 1 closed

Friday 12th September
9.00am Crystal Reporting Mike Macliver
10.00am Web Services Eddy Kleinjan
10.45am Morning Tea
11.15am CodeJock controls Vincent Oorsprong
12.45pm Lunch
1.45pm Tips and Tricks in CodeJock
2.30pm VDF Tools for Eclipse Ola Eldoy
3.15pm Afternoon Tea
3.45pm SQL Performance & Features Riaz Merchant
4.45pm Open forum on SQL related issues
5.15pm Day 2 closed
7.00pm Conference Dinner at Char Char Bull

Saturday 13th September
9.00am Express Connectivity, Embedded SQL & Dynamic AI Eddy Kleinjan
11.00am General Meeting
12.00pm DDUG Developer Showcase
1.00pm Conference Closed
 

After talking about it for many years, the annual DDUG Corroboree finally went across the ditch to New Zealand. In August 2007, Dataflex Developers and Users gathered in Christchurch, New Zealand for what promises to be the best Corroboree yet.

Christchurch is the largest city on New Zealands South Island and has a population of over 360,000 people. Christchurch is an ideal tourist destination due to its proximity to the ski fields and other attractions within the Southern Alps.

The Conference took place at the Chateau On The Park hotel. Located near the city, the Chateau On The Park offers first class facilities surrounded by beautiful gardens.

The conference began with the usual Welcoming Event on the 23rd of August, then the conference being held all day Friday, Saturday and then half the day on Sunday. The DDUG Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday the 26th of August.

DDUG and Data Access Asia Pacific also held a one day of training course on Thursday the 23rd of August with Data Access' John Van Houten presenting a hands on training session in Visual Dataflex 12.1. The class was a hands on introduction to the new 12.1 Visual DataFlex Studio. It ran through a number of samples and exercises that touched on most of the new features in the Studio. Attendees built web projects and windows projects consisting of views, reports, web browser objects and web services (both client and server).

John Van Houten will be a guest presenter at the conference. John was in the development of VDF 12 and demonstrated the latest and greatest from Data Access.

Riaz Merchant from Mertech last visited us at the conference in Yeppoon, joined us again this year via the wonders of the internet. Riaz showed us the latest in database connectivity.

Full agenda below ...

Thursday 23rd of August
9:00 17:00 VDF 12.1 Training John Van Houten
19:00 23:00 Welcoming Drinks

Friday 24th August
9:00 Welcome Matt Smith
9:15 VDF Roadmap John Van Houten
10:45 Morning Tea
11:15 Getting the most out of your DataFlex data source with CONNX ODBC Mike Macliver
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Building Great Looking Applications Fast & Easy John Van Houten
14:15 Bug Tracking Software - an essential tool for any developer Phil Kirby
15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:30 Open Forum
17:00 Close

Saturday 25th August
9:00 The new VDF 12.1 Codejock Menu and Toolbar Classes John Van Houten
10:00 Firefox Extensions - a Web Developers Dream Matt Smith
10:45 Morning Tea
11:15 Getting the most from the VDF12 Studio John Van Houten
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Creating & Parsing XML Marco Kuipers
14:15 XML & Web Services Matt Smith
15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:30 Rolling out SQL - A Case Study Peter Brooks & Riaz Merchant
17:00 Close

Sunday 26th August
9:00 DDUG AGM
10:30 Morning Tea
11:00 Forum
12:30 Close
 

In 2006 the Corroboree returned to Sydney for the third time. The venue for the conference was the Travelodge, and this years guests included Doug Goldner from Data Access Worldwide, and Gandalf Hernandez from Mertech Data.

Presentations included a preview of the upcoming Project Horizon, several on Web App and Web Services, as well as training in SQL.

The Corroboree in 2005 was held in the Central Queensland town of Yeppoon, at the Rydges Capricorn Resort.

Vincent Oorsprong from Data Access Europe and Riaz Merchant from Mertech Data were guests and presentations covered the upcoming changes in VDF 11 and the pros and cons of SQL.

The 2004 Corroboree was held at the Southbank Travelodge, in Melbourne, Victoria from the 25th to the 28th of March.  The conference dinner was held at the iconic Young & Jackson Hotel across the road from the Flinders Street train station.

This conference was also first time an overseas Data Access representative, John Van Houten, presented in person.

Full agenda below ...

Tuesday 25th March
7:00 PM Opening of Corroboree 2004
7:15 PM Welcome from the DDUG President
7:30 PM Cocktail Party (includes drinks & finger food) at P.J. Obrien’s Irish Pub in Southbank

Friday 26th March
9:00 AM Utilising a variety of COM objects in Visual Dataflex Brendan Croese
9:30 AM Quickforms - simple forms printing solution Richard Hogg
10:00 AM Simple integration of address checking and barcoding Richard Hogg
10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Using an ActiveX grid component in your VDF application with embedded SQL James Mitchell
11:45 AM Overview of internet based accounting application in VDF and WebApp. Neil Harker
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Visual Dataflex Studio Part 1. John Van Houten
3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:45 PM SQL stored procedures and embedded SQL. Marco Kuipers
4:30 PM "The Hammer" - Is it really a Sledge-hammer now? Wil Van Antwerpen
 

Saturday 27th March
9:00 AM Visual Dataflex Studio Part 2 (continued) John Van Houten
10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM CDO’s and Crystal Reports Luke Pickering
11:00 AM Interactive RTF Control - an in depth look at intergrating a COM object Matt Smith
11:45 AM VDF, SQL and Crystal (part 1) - "Ultimate flexibility and unbelievable speed" Chris Spencer
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM VDF and wireless applications Sam Cannone
3:00 PM Coffee Break
3:15 PM VDF, SQL and Crystal (part 2) - "How it is achieved!" Chris Spencer
4:00 PM Update from Data Access Worldwide Tom Axcel
4:30 PM Best of DISD 2004 and MMSL 2004 Marco Kuipers
5:00 PM Close of day
7:00 PM Dinner at Young & Jackson Hotel’s Brasserie

Sunday 28th March
9:00 AM Tips and tricks of a hosted internet based accounting application in VDF and WebApp Neil Harker
10:30 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM Electronic Data Interchange Chris Vawser
11:30 AM EzyPay or Camtasia update James Mitchell
12:00 AM A.G.M. 2004 inclusive re-election of several retiring board members
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Close of day
 

The 2003 conference was held in Adelaide, South Australia from March 27 to 30. The conference was held at the offices of Marco Kuiper’s employer, National Credit Insurance.

This conference was also attended by 2 european visitors, Wil Van Antwerpen of Belgium and Nils Svedmyr of Sweden.

Full Agenda Below ...

Thursday - 27th March 2003
7.00 PM - Opening of Corroboree 2003
7:15 PM - Welcome from the DDUG President
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Cocktail Party (includes drinks & nibbles)

Friday - 28th March 2003
9:00 AM - DAW direction for 2003
10:00 AM - Migration to SQL Databases
11:00 AM - Migration to VDF 8
12:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - Label printing with DYMO printer and SDK (using OLE)
2:30 PM - EzyPay. Selling your software like Harvey Norman, 12 months interest free
3:00 PM - Training & Help systems in the new millenium
4:30 PM - Close for day

Saturday - 29th March 2003
9:00 AM - Small business workshop / discussion group. How does support work, software distribution, software development, money / cash flow issues, how do other software developers manage their business, etc.
11:00 AM - The best of DISD
12:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - Store procedures and Triggers
2:30 PM - Software Developers Toolkit on a budget
4:00 PM - Treepad - An alternative to the windows help system
5:00 PM - Close for day

Sunday - 30th March 2003
9:00 AM - Workshop
10:00 AM - 'Problems Solved' Workshop
12:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - AGM Label printing with DYMO printer and SDK (using OLE)
2:00 PM - Close of Corroboree 2003
 

The 2002 conference was held in Sydney, New South Wales at the Menzies Hotel. The conference included discussing, analyzing, work-shopping all things DataFlex/VDF/WebApp. Ranging from the recent licensing issues of VDF8 to report solutions and everything in-between.

The conference also included live presentations from Data Access Corporation’s CEO Chip Casanave and CTO John Tuohy.

Full agenda below ...

Thursday
19:00 Opening of Corroboree 2002 Marco Kuipers & Chris Vawser
19:15 Welcome from the President Neil Hamilton
19:30 - 21:30 Cocktail party

Friday
8:30 - 9:00 Discussion ’DAW Directions’ Marco Kuipers
9:00 - 9:45 Data Access Worldwide Directions Chip Casanave (Web conference: DAW Miami USA)
10:00 - 10:45
11:00 - 11:30 Class building / Multi selection lists Chris Spencer
11:30 - 11:55 XML in VDF 7.2 Neil Hamilton & Matt Smith
12:00 - 12:45 XML Service example in WebApp 3 John Tuohy (Web conference: DAW San Diego USA)
Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 An overview of Data Access Asia Pacific including Visual DataFlex 8 Client License pricing and the new OEM / ISV Programs. Tom Aczel
15:00 - 15:45 The best of DISD 2002 Marco Kuipers
16:00 - 16:45 Tree views in VDF 6.2 Brendan Croese and Luke Pickering

Saturday
9:00 - 9:45 Component-X: A first look Cory Casanave (Web conference: DAT Miami USA)
10:00 - 10.45 Printing alternatives
11:00 - 11:45 List & Label Michael Cooper (Web conference: Toronto Canada)
12:00 - 12:30 VDF7 Flexcom and email Chris Vawser
12:30 - 13:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 AGM Neil Hamilton
15:00 - 17:00 Ask the expert panel The panel, hosted by Marco Kuipers

Sunday
9:00 - 10:45 Workshop: Moving to Client/Server
11:00 - 12:45 Workshop: List & Label
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Workshop: WebApp as XML Service Marco Kuipers
15:00 - 16:30 Ask the expert panel The panel, hosted by Marco Kuipers
16:30 - 16:45 New Board presents itself New Board
16:45 - 17:00 Closing of Corroboree 2002 New President

The 2001 was conference held in Warriewood, New South Wales north of Sydney at the offices of Autosoft. The use of the office was donated by James Mitchell.

The conference was held from March 29 to April 1 with 25 developers attending.

Presentations included webinars by Eddy Kleinjan, Ben Weijars, Stuart Booth and Sonny Falk of Data Access Corporation and Riaz Merchant of Mertech Data.

Full agenda below ...

Thursday March 29th., 2001
Large Room Small Room
7:00pm-8:00pm Welcome Function: Pizza
8:00pm-9:00pm Installing VDF7
Installing Web App Server

Friday March 30th. 2001
Large Room Small Room
9:00am-10:30am Riaz Merchant
Oracle and MS SQL Server with DataFlex Applications
10:30am-11:00am COFFEE COFFEE
11:00am- 12:30am Sam Cannone WAP & Active X
12:30pm-1:30pm LUNCH
Mixed Sandwiches LUNCH
1:30pm-3:00pm Anthony Melman.
TUFware VPE Reports:
TUFware MS Word Mail Merge
3:30pm-4:00pm COFFEE COFFEE
4:00pm-5:30pm Marco Kuipers.
Workshop
’OK WebApp is installed, what now?
5:30pm-7:00pm DINNER
BBQ Chicken, Salad, Bread Rolls. Cake for desert DINNER
7:00pm-8:30pm Eddy Kleinjan & Ben Weijars
P.SQL, MS-SQL, ODBC, etc
8:30pm- 9:00pm COFFEE COFFEE

Saturday March 31st, 2001
Large Room Small Room
9:00am-10:30am Wokshop on Oracle, P.SQL, MS-SQL, ODBC, etc
10:30am-11:00am COFFEE COFFEE
11:00am- 12:30am Stewart Booth, Sonny Falk & Mike Gouker A "sneak preview" of future technology XML/SOAP
12:30pm-1:30pm LUNCH
Mixed Sandwiches LUNCH
1:30pm-3:00pm Marco Kuipers. Web App Tips & Tricks
3:30pm-4:00pm COFFEE COFFEE
4:00pm-5:30pm Peter Brooks & Vicki Curphey
VPE using Starzens VPE4VDF classes.
Annual General Meeting
5:30pm-7:00pm DINNER
Chinese. Cake+ for desert DINNER
Working Dinner for 2001 Executive
7:00pm-8:30pm Panel Discussion:
The Conversion: Console Mode (CM) to Visual Programming - A Panel Discussion
Including CM to Browser oriented. WebApp server and other webbrowser oriented interfaces are normaly not refered to as ’Visual’. The visual group of software is specific related to win32 platforms. Browser oriented is for, handhelds, webenabled television, a great diversion of computer platforms etc. A lot of people are thinking of skipping VDF and go from CM to WebApp.
8:30pm-9:00pm COFFEE COFFEE

SUNDAY April 1st., 2001
Large Room Small Room
9:00am-10:30am Matthew Smith
Inside Data Dictionaries
Worskhop:
VPE 4 VDF Workshop: Oracle & MS SQL, P.SQL. ODBC
10:30am-11:00am COFFEE COFFEE
11:00am- 12:30am
12:30pm-1:30pm LUNCH
Make your own sandwiches. Selection of meats, cheese,
tomatoes,tuna etc LUNCH
1:30pm-3:00pm Tom Aczel
WebApp Server Version 3
A special technical briefing on the new WebApp 3 release. What are the differences? How will the Linux and the NT WebApp Servers work? What’s new in the release? What is JSP? Does the WebApp Server really use JavaBeans? What is process pooling? How do the new WAP templates work?
3:30pm-4:00pm COFFEE COFFEE
4:00pm-5:00pm
 

The very first DDUG conference was held in Corio between Melbourne and Geelong.  The venue for the conference was the Shell Social Club and was held over 2 days, April 28th to 29th 2000.

The conference dinner was held on Saturday the 28th of April at the Gateway Restaurant and the conference accomodation at the Corio Bay Motel.