So spot on and eloquently said Bill, that I totally retract calling you a (whatever it was I called you, wish I could remember..).
It was a great time and there isn't a chance that you wouldn't come away from a SAT with some nugget that will more than offset the small cost of attending... Many thanks to Bill and Razzak.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:46 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RBase Indianapolis training > Bill N is so right. These sessions are invaluable for a number of reasons. > This weekend the SAT in Indianapolis enabled us all to: > > - Really understand the new stuff (that seems to be added weekly). > - Be reminded of that old new stuff (that we learned about a year ago, > but never got around to putting into an application). > - Share insights with other developers. > - Work out designs for cool new features or slick uses of existing > features with Razzak and 7 clever developers. > - Be entertained by political "point/counterpoint" between Razzak and > George. (They were as good as Jane Curtin and Dan Akroyd on the old SNL, > although George would never have called Razzak an "ignorant slut.") > > *Just *a few of the highlights of this mini-marathon session for me were: > > - The "on Keypress" EEP settings that you will now find in variable > edit and db edit controls in forms. Wow. > - Getproperty EVERYTHING, and the point of it all while working with > dynamically changing forms. > - A developer's ability to check a check box to suppress pop-up error > messages > - The GROUPINDEX property, that lets speedbuttons behave like radio > buttons, among other things. > - The listview TOPITEM property, that allows smooth, unconfusing > navigation for your users when controls are refreshed. > - The secret code numbers (which aren't secret at all, they've been in > an FTE article for *years*) for what kind of an EEP each EEP is, and > the ability to dynamically change the content of EEPS. > - R> prompt/command line OUTPUT directly to PDFs or Encrypted text > files > - The Samosas, Seekh Kabaab, Panir Pakora, Tikka Masala, and #56 at > the India Garden. > > Please sign up for the next SAT in a city you can get to easily. The > productivity burst you enjoy in even the first few days afterward will more > than make up for the costs of attending. > > Bill > > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Bill Niehaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I want to thank Razzak for his enthusiasm and his examples at the recent >> Indianapolis training session. Between Razzak and input from the other >> participants, I found a number of possible features to incorporate into our >> database to make it easier for the user to find information and make it >> easier to maintain with menu options that can perform multiple tasks. I >> even found a few "older" features that finally rang a bell for me when I saw >> them again during the training. Bill Downall's efforts with organizing the >> event and input from George, Mike, Paul, Tom and Doug made the training >> useful with some lively interaction. >> >> Thanks again to all of the attendees. >> >> Bill >> >> >> >
