Event Chain Reaction – Combining Promoted Events with Commuter Modules

By: Don Bakke

Many OpenInsight developers have discovered the advantages of promoted events and the convenience of commuter modules. Few, however, have understood the incredible power and flexibility that can be achieved when these two are brought together. This presentation will provide the foundation for a more efficient and productive event management methodology. Benefits that will be covered include:

• Management of all events using only the System Editor
• Elimination of event scripts
• Elimination of QuickEvents
• Utilization of user-defined ad hoc events
• Control over the entire event flow

This presentation is oriented toward any developer who wants to simplify and improve their event management techniques. Prior knowledge of promoted events and commuter modules is not required to learn from this presentation, but this is necessary in order to implement the ideas discussed. White papers for each of these topics will be provided for anybody who needs them.

OECGI for Dummies – Bringing OpenInsight to the Web

By: Paul Simonsen

Information systems can rarely exist inside a self-contained box or network. Our databases need ways to communicate to the world at large. Business and technical communities have clearly adopted the internet as the platform of choice for managing these data exchanges. Using the OECGI that ships with OpenInsight, we have an easy to use yet powerful tool that brings the wide world of the internet to our database and back. This presentation will cover the following:

• Basic information on setting up a development and production OECGI environment
• Suggestions on server side data management
• Using the OECGI for web services
• Benefits and differences between OECGI and the latest OECGI2

Anyone who needs to have their OpenInsight data accessible from the internet, whether from a browser or directly from another online application, will benefit from this discussion. HTML and other web technologies are not required to participate and learn.

How Open is OpenInsight? – Connecting Our Database to Other Technologies

By: Kevin Fournier

A tremendous advantage of OpenInsight is that developers can produce comprehensive business applications within its own toolset. However, as the electronic world continues to grow and change, our information systems must be able to interface with different technologies. OpenInsight includes an impressive array of tools and techniques to suit virtually any requirement. This presentation will provide a general overview and demonstration of some of the most useful and important features, which include:

• ODBC – OpenInsight talking to other databases
• ActiveX – OpenInsight talking to other GUI controls
• COM/DLL – OpenInsight talking to other applications
• WinAPI – OpenInsight talking to Microsoft Windows
• XML – OpenInsight talking to virtually everybody

While this topic is oriented toward the end user who is interested in learning ways OpenInsight can be expanded, it is also recommended for developers who want to leverage their application’s inherent power and flexibility. There will be little or no code demonstrations.

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