Presenting at RunRevLive.11

Next week I'll be at the RunRevLive.11 conference in sunny San Jose, California, giving two presentations: Advanced Databases and Extending LiveCode with Java. Here is a brief description for both sessions.

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Advanced databases:
You've just finished a desktop application that stores its data in a local SQLite database. All works well, and now you're asked to make a multi-user version, so that other users can access and update the data as well. Unfortunately, you can't just load the data into a MySQL dataabse and be done with it: your data structures and business logic have to be ready as well!
In this presentation, I'll take a desktop SQLite application and turn it into a front-end for a networked MySQL database. Along the way, you'll get crucial tips to avoid the pitfalls of such a transformation.

Extending LiveCode with Java:
We all love LiveCode for its cross-platform abilities, combined with an elegant and productive scripting language. But the 200-pound gorilla in this space is indubitably Java. In this presentation we will see how we can leverage Java libraries from within LiveCode through process communication.
This allows us to extend our LiveCode desktop applications with Zeroconf discovery, XML schemas, PDF file enhancements and image processing.

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Last but not least, you're invited to drop by the LiveCode Marketplace vendor area and ask me any questions you have regarding the Quartam developer tools for LiveCode. You might even get a sneak preview of Quartam Reports 1.2 :-)

Quartam Reports 1.1.6 Available

This maintenance update to Quartam Reports contains all the enhancements of versions 1.1.1 through 1.1.5, and improves error handling and behavior on MacOSX.

The MacOSX version can be downloaded at: http://downloads.quartam.com/qrtReports_116_MacOSX_Setup.dmg
The Windows version can be downloaded at: http://downloads.quartam.com/qrtReports_116_Windows_Setup.exe
The (expertimental) Linux version can be downloaded at: http://downloads.quartam.com/qrtReports_116_Linux_Archive.zip

Quartam Reports for LiveCode - version 1.1 introduced stretching data fields and relative positioning, added title and summary sections, brought data groups to everyone and extended the Professional edition with barcodes, 2D charts and export to HTML and Excel.
With Quartam Reports, LiveCode and just a little SQL, you can create professional reports - cross-platform and database-independent.

Quartam Reports Webinar

As announced in the revUp 79 newsletter for revAfficionados, I'll be hosting a webinar on Quartam Reports, sponsored by the revSelect third-party extension program.

What can you expect to see?
- a few slides to explain how Quartam Reports can help you revDevelopers
- some examples of what you can achieve with Quartam Reports
- a brisk walkthrough creating a report for an example application
- time for questions and answers at the end

Click here to register and join us on October 6, 2009 at 7pm BST (8pm for most of Europe, 2pm Eastern for US viewers) - if you can't make it, you can always watch the recording a few days later. I'll post the download link once available.