The Developers Group http://www.richplum.net

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• The Developers Group http//www.richplum.net

21st June, 2005 Meeting POSK, Hammersmith
Group Leader Brian Long http//blong.com
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Agenda

• 100 - 200 Welcome, News Problem Clinic
• 200 - 230 Compression and Decompression
  Steve Wilcox
• 230 - 235 Brief fidget break
• 235 - 315 Introduction to Chrome Derek
  Davidson
• 315 - 335 Tea/coffee biscuits

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• 335 - 405 Introduction to Chrome Derek
  Davidson
• 405 - 410 Brief Fidget Break
• 410 - 510 Portal Builder Why we rolled
  our own web development environment in
  Delphi John Hair
• 510 - 600 Operational Criteria Joanna
  Carter

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News

• Installaware (http//www.installaware.com) have
  kindly donated copies of their software to be
  given away at each of the next few meetings
• 3 Express versions (RRP 55.55)
• 1 Developer version (RRP 195.80)
• Online purchase, employing the crossgrade
  purchase option yields 33 discount on RRP
• MSI-based
• LZMA/BCJ2 compression
• One-click patch creation
• Debugging
• Etc.

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News

• June 29th, 1830-2100pm
• MSDN TechTalk The Essentials of Hack Resistant
  Applications
• By Marcus Perryman at Microsoft London
• https//msevents-eu.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.
  aspx?cultureen-GBeventid118759244
• http//tinyurl.com/dlklt

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News

• Want to win a Smart Roadster valued at over
  15,000?
• Enter the MS smart client competition
• Set up your MSDN Connection profile
• Answer a few questions about smart client
  application development
• Other prizes include an Alienware PC, a Bluetooth
  enabled satellite navigation system, and 5 Axim
  X50v Pocket PCs
• www.microsoftsmartcar.com
• Competition closes 30th June

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• Component devlopment Masterclasses on 5th and 6th
  July in Upavon, Wilstshire
• Delivered by Bob Swart and Brian Long
• Full Win32 day (10am 6pm)
• Full .NET day (10am 6pm)
• Coverage includes
• run time and design time development
• VCL for Win32, VCL for .NET, WinForms and ASP.NET
• Full details at http//www.richplum.co.uk/meeting/
  20050705.pdf

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• Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 launch
  date announced as 7th November 2005

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• Microsoft e-Learning is offering free 90 day
  subscriptions to eLearning courses on VS2005 and
  SQL 2005 until 8 November 2005.
• https//www.microsoftelearning.com/visualstudio200
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• Next meeting on Tuesday, July 18th at Microsoft,
  Reading
• Topics to include
• Upgrading databases
• Migrating data-files to relational databases
• SQL trees
• DotNetNuke Web app development
• Full agenda at
• http//richplum.net/meeting/20050718.pdf

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