Oct/Nov, 2005
Systems Show update...
Systems 2005

RD Germany will be attending the Systems show in Munich (24-28 October). We will be showing all our latest products including a pre-release version of Omnis Studio 4.1, as well as version 2 of Omnis Studio for SAP solutions™. And we may have some other exciting new products to demo (you'll have to come along to see these ;-). Drop us an email if you intend to come: ge_sales@omnis.net, otherwise we'll see you there!

We are delighted to be joined on our booth at Systems by some of our Omnis partners who have some exciting products on offer.

• A&L GmbH of Hannover will present their products 'Force 4 Flex' and 'Force 4 Omnis', which both allow rapid development of so-called Rich Internet Applications, either for Macromedia Flex or for Omnis clients. More information from: www.richinter.net

• Better Business Software from Weingarten will be showing their powerful, module-based Business Management tool for SMEs, sales organisations, and freelancers. More info from info@betterbusinesssoftware.de

• senex GmbH from Reinheim will introduce version 2 of their proven ERP system called 'senex-wws' which is very suited to highly regulated industries such as food and pharmaceuticals. More info from www.senex.de

Featured Site
PWS

PWS Distributors are a leading UK trade distributor of kitchen components to manufacturers, retailers and installers of fitted kitchens. PWS offer a product range comprising over 6000 ex-stock lines with an emphasis on good design, service, quality and innovation. PWS have used Omnis since 1991 to enhance the capabilities offered by existing off-the-shelf ERP and warehousing systems, integrate systems, introduce electronic workflow and streamline business processes. Omnis enables the company to focus on business requirements rather than technology, with true rapid development, problem free deployment, scalability and reuse through inheritance. Click here for more info about PWS.

NEW  We have recently added a case study to this web site providing more details about the new system implemented at PWS using Omnis Studio. Click here to see the case study.
 
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Omnis at LinuxWorld
LinuxWorld 2005

RD Germany will be attending LinuxWorld Germany in Frankfurt on 15 - 17 November, which according to the organisers is Europe's largest gathering of Linux and Open Source suppliers. We will of course be showing Omnis Studio for Linux and demo-ing how quickly you can build applications for the web using the Omnis web client. We will be joined by some of our partners including senex GmbH and A & L (their details are above, with the Systems info). For further details about the show and to register, go to: www.linuxworldexpo.de

SAP Day 2005 update
The date of the SAP Day 2005 in Frankfurt (as advertised in previous issues of Omnis news and our developer newsletters) has been changed to 5th December, 2005. All other details remain the same. We will be showing Omnis Studio for SAP solutions™ version 2 at this event and would be delighted to demonstrate this to you. Click here to get more info about this free event (ignore the old date 22.09.05), or contact RD Germany for further details. (Note this event will be in German language.)

 
Studio Tech Tip

Did you know: in Omnis Studio (version 3.0 and above) you can access any of the popular database servers using one of the Object Data Access Modules (Object DAMs). Having created an object variable based on a particular database object, you can log on and interact with your database using a common set of methods that encapsulate many of the standard SQL commands. The $logon() method can be used to log on to the host database server, such as:

Do SessObj.$logon(pHostName, pUserName,
   pPassword, pSessionName) Returns #F

SessObj is an Object variable based on one of the DAM objects. There is no limit to the number of session objects that you can create, except the limits imposed by memory resources and server restrictions. Once you are logged into a server, you must create a statement object using the $newstatement() method, such as:

Do SessObj.$newstatement('MySql')
   Returns StatementObj

StatementObj is a task variable of Object type with no subtype which can be used to send commands to the server and process results. See the Omnis Programming manual for further information about the methods you can use with the statement object. You can in fact, subscribe to the Omnis Technical Newsletter and read more about the use of object variables in this month's issue (October 20).