BlueFinity International , a member of the Mpower1 Group of companies, is pleased to announce the general availability of the latest version of its extensive toolset designed for creating Microsoft .NET-based applications requiring access to MultiValue databases: mv.NET Version 3.5.

The main thrust of the new version 3.5 release of mv.NET is an extensive re-work of the core session management components in order to build upon the already sound basis of mv.NET in the areas of system reliability, performance, resource utilization, scalability and overall robustness.
 
"We think that users will appreciate the effort which has gone into the enhancements to the session management component, as this is a unique and important aspect of the product", explains David Cooper, Lead Developer at BlueFinity International.  "We are starting to see some very large installations going live and the extra features within the session manager will allow them greater flexibility in managing large user communities."

As well as setting the foundation for advanced session management as the product moves forward, mv.NET Version 3.5 marks the start of a significant investment by Bluefinity into Web application development tools for MultiValue developers wishing to use Visual Studio as their application development environment.  It also sets the foundation for the adoption of the new Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technologies introduced in .NET framework 3.0.

With Version 3.5 also comes full support for AJAX within the Web Binding Objects component - a feature which has been eagerly awaited by the market.  This innovation gives MultiValue developers access to a wide range of Web development techniques for improving the look, feel and operation of Web-based applications. "AJAX gives developers a framework for significantly enhancing the usability and interactivity of Web applications," Cooper says.

Although AJAX is not a brand new technological initiative, with the release of Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX framework 1.0, many view it as coming of age.  "mv.NET provides users of Visual Studio with tremendous time and complexity savings when creating AJAX-oriented web applications that access backend MultiValue databases."

A series of other refinements and additional functionality are included within the release.  Visit www.bluefinity.com for a free thirty day evaluation.

Although jBASE applications have been successfully deployed over Multiple Applications Servers, certain idiosyncrasies related to operating systems, performance and recovery of file locks over networked file systems have prompted the requirement to provide an alternative lock strategy for Multiple Application Server deployment. As such, the jBASE Distributed Lock Service is now offered as an alternative mechanism to the networked file system by which locks can be propagate between servers.

The Distributed lock service simply extends the existing lock mechanisms already available within jBASE by the provision of a distributed lock interface.  It can be deployed as a service executing on a dedicated server or, as is more likely, deployed on one or two of the Application Servers in the Multiple Application Server configuration.

The Distributed lock service is provided via a daemon process executing on Linux/Unix systems or as an installable service for the Windows platform. It can be initiated using either the lower case form of the executable, 'jdls', or the jBASE capitalized convention for process daemons, jDLS, (jBASE Distributed Lock Service).
 
The Distributed lock service also supersedes the jRLA, (jBASE Record Lock Arbiter), which provided the shared memory lock mechanism for record locks. Linux/Unix system boot scripts should be modified to initialize the lock mechanism using the jDLS rather than the jRLA executable.
 
Client processes on the Application Servers are configured to connect to the distributed lock service in order to request a lock be taken, request the status of a lock or request locks be released. Once initialized the client remains connected to the distributed lock service for the remainder of the life of the client process, with all lock requests issued and acknowledged through the same connection.
 
For more information, download the jBASE Distributed Locking manual (633 KB). 
 
Please note the Distributed lock service is provided as an integral component of the jBASE 4.1.5 release. It is not available on releases prior to jBASE 4.1.5.

Position Duties:

Responsible for support, development and implementation of inventory tracking application software.

Duties include supporting application by:

• Problem-solving with customers via phone or over the Internet
• Traveling to customer sites to perform installation and training in use of software application;
• Assist in developing training materials, help files and other documentation;
• Writing, programming, application testing, debugging Pick Basic, Visual Basic, Crystal Reports and HTML software; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• 2 years writing, programming, debugging testing and installing software
• 1 year customer support experience in a technical/software support setting
• 1 year experience of training users (ranging from novices to advanced) in use of software applications
• Present self in business-like manner at all times to customer
• Proficient with multivalue database functionality
• Proficient with Visual Basic version 6
• Periodic travel throughout the United States up to 1 to 2 weeks per month
• U.S. citizen
• Able to pass security check

Desired Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science
• Proficiency in D3 (i.e., Pick) multivalue database
• HTML programming knowledge
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Experience with Crystal Reports design
• InstallShield setup and design
• Experience set-up and programming of barcode hardware

Other:

• No relocation assistance available.

Send resume to jobs@aticts.com
Put "Seattle Tech" in the Subject line

Execu-Sys, ltd - Positions Available

Immediate need for PICK/UNIVERSE contractor for long term assignment in the Houston, TX area; must be onsite-telecommuting is NOT an option.

For additional information contact Matt Hart at (800)423-1964 x302 or mh@eslny.com

International Spectrum has announced the dates and locations of the 2008 Conference.

March 31-April 4, 2008
Marriott Newport Beach Hotel & Spa

This year's conference will follow a new theme from previous conferences.  It will include many new software development sessions for your business systems, as well as, showing off the latest and greatest tools in the marketplace.

Join us for sessions on some of the following topics:

• Integrating RFID into your Business
• Working with EDI
• Using PHP and .NET with your MultiValue Business environment.
• OS (Windows/Linux) administration and integration with MultiValue Systems
• As well as many more...

Mark your calendars TODAY!

Register Today, and save $200 on a full conference pass.

I've got a situation where I need to pass some variables from a D3 program into a Perl script, then get a result back into D3 again.

You may pass data through standard in/out streams.

:U BP TEST
001 *
002 data 'string1'
003 data 'string2'
004 execute '!/home/pick/ptest' capturing out
005 for i=1 to 2
006 crt out<i>
007 next i

:U UNIX:/home/pick/ ptest
001 #!/usr/bin/perl
002
003 $s1=<STDIN>;
004 chomp $s1;
005
006 $s2=<STDIN>;
007 chomp $s2;
008
009 print "-$s1-\n";
010 print "-$s2-\n";

:!chmod 755 /home/pick/ptest

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