Sussex Systems Releases Advanced Examples Version Q2-2002 Featuring Off-Line Capabilities and Microsoft Office Integration.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2002 Sussex Systems, Inc. announced today that they have released the Q2-2002 version of Advanced Examples, the software development and training tool for IBM/Lotus Notes(R) and Domino(R). This new release contains well-documented step-by-step instructions (and the supporting code) for using two popular, but lightly documented features of the IBM/Lotus Notes/Domino system. Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS DOLS Domino Off-Line Services (Lotus/IBM) DOLS Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares ) and the integration of Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. and Lotus Notes/Domino using standards based OLE (Object Linking & Embedding) technology. In addition to detailed instructions on creating full featured applications using these two powerful technologies the latest release includes well documented application code that developers can use to create their own integrated applications. "We recognize it is a fact of life today that the majority of users have standardized on Microsoft Office and therefore it is imperative that we develop collaborative applications (with Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. and Domino) that interact seamlessly with the Microsoft Office Suite applications," said Neil Agate, President of Sussex Systems, Inc. "Another popular user request is to get access to web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. based applications and data when the user is not connected to the network. In this release of Advanced Examples we have given our developers a jumpstart on both of these areas." Creating applications that use OLE allows the developer to exchange information in a Notes database with a Microsoft Office application. For example a sales rep could enter expense data into an expense tracking spreadsheet and that data can be seamlessly exchanged with a Notes record to complete a pre-defined workflow. By integrating DOLS (Domino Off-Line Services) into a Domino application a developer can allow a user to use a web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. application while they are not connected to the server. Therefore in the earlier example the sales rep could access and update their expense report while disconnected from the network. When they re-connect the data will be synchronized with the server based Refers to hardware or software that runs in the server. Contrast with client based. application. Advanced Examples for Lotus Notes & Domino is an interactive collection of fully functional applications designed to show developers how to use both basic and advanced features of IBM's Lotus Notes/Domino as well as provide high quality design ideas. Previous releases (included with all purchases) include topics such as: Lotus Sametime Integration, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , Mobile/Web integration, Shared Calendar application, Sequential Number Generator, Portal Application and many more. The designs are all visible and tips, techniques, and design documentation are provided in a separate searchable help database. For more information on Advanced Examples and a listing of prior releases please see: http://www.advancedexamples.com. Sussex Systems, Inc., a Lotus and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Premier Business Partner, is a Software Services and Consulting Company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD. Sussex helps clients in the planning, design, development and implementation of business-to-business Internet based systems and applications. For more information on Sussex Systems please see http://www.sussex.com. |
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