[ANN] 4D Partner Weekly: Don't Forget to sign up for Summit Lightning Sessions

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June 4, 2009
In this issue:

1. 4D Summit 2009 Weekly Digest
2. New Upgrading to 4D v11 SQL Training Class Added
3. 4D with Cream
4. Tech Note Central
5. Tech Tips
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1. Have you submitted your Lightning Session topic yet?

If not, you could miss your 10-minutes of fame to show off your 4D v11
SQL tip or trick. It's a great way to deliver a short, but
information-packed presentation to other 4D attendees.

Lightning Sessions (or Lightning Talks) are defined by wikipedia, as "a
short presentation given at a conference or similar forum. Unlike other
presentations, lightning talks last only a few minutes and several will
usually be delivered in a single period by different speakers."

Check out the Lightning Session website for a sample video, requirements
and more information. A prize will be awarded to the best session.
Lightning Session topics are due June 12.

http://www.4d.com/summit/lightning_talks.html

Early Bird and Hotel Reservations are being accepted - Register Today!

Don't forget that The 4D Summit is open for early-bird registration,
pre-class sign-up's and hotel reservations are being accepted. For
information on pricing and how to sign up, go to the 4D Summit 2009 web
page.

http://www.4d.com/summit

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2. 4D University - New Upgrading to 4D v11 SQL Added

If you've recently purchased 4D v11 SQL or are looking to upgrade, we
recommend taking Upgrading to 4D v11 SQL. By providing information about
common gotcha scenarios that may occur with plug-ins, components,
subtables, multi-language data conversions, resources, nested
transactions and unicode, we'll put your mind at ease and you'll find
that upgrading is a breeze.

Date: Wednesday, June 17
Time: 10:00AM PST

Space is limited. For more information and to sign up:

http://www.4d.com/support/upgrade11.html

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3. 4D with Cream - Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud is tomorrow!

4D Partners have another chance to share their thoughts and ideas with
other 4D Partners in the next 4D with Cream session. The next session
covers the Tech Note Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud.

http://www.4d.com/support/tnbc_4dcream.html

Did you ever have a potential customer demand that your application run
fast enough with 20 or 200 users, then go back to your office and
realize you only have a few computers to test with? Using cloud
computing, you can rent computers for extended periods of time, paying
just a few cents per hour. This tech note explains how to setup a test
environment using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and gives ideas on how to
prepare your solution to run automatic and realistic user simulations.

Date: June 5, 2009
Time: 10:00AM PST

To learn more about this Tech Note and to join other 4D Partners in
weekly discussions, sign up for the 4D Partner Program. There are many
benefits to becoming a 4D Partner including discounts, Hot Fixes,
participation in Beta Testing and other select "Partner Only" benefits.

http://www.4d.com/support/partner.html
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4. Tech Note Central

http://kb.4d.com/search/assetid=75783
This Week's Topic: SQL Data Types in 4D v11 SQL

With the introduction of SQL into 4D, developers have been granted the
ability to natively modify their database structures programmatically
via SQL’s Data Definition Language. In doing so, developers need to
specify data types that are compliant with the SQL type names. These
types correspond to 4D data types and while the mapping works without a
hitch, there are a few specifics to be aware of.

This is only a sample of the many valuable Tech Notes that are available
to 4D Partners in the 4D Knowledgebase. There are many more advantages
to becoming a 4D Partner. Visit 4D Partner Central for more information.

http://www.4d.com/support/partner.html

Tech Note Resources

* Past Tech Notes (4D Partners can read full Tech Notes) http://kb.4d.com
* Tech Note Spotlight Videos http://www.4d.com/support/tnbc_videos.html
* 4D With Cream (4D Partners) http://www.4d.com/support/tnbc_4dcream.html

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5. Weekly Tech Tips

Here are this weeks Tech Tips:

75772 Replace string may "lose" characters
<http://kb.4d.com/search/assetid=75772>

75764 The Debug Log setting must be explicitly set while the database is
running
<http://kb.4d.com/search/assetid=75764>

75758 Multiple ways of hiding compiler warnings
<http://kb.4d.com/search/assetid=75758>

75755 Avoid a blank On SQL Authentication database method
<http://kb.4d.com/search/assetid=75755>

75221 Organizing Macros
<http://kb.4d.com/search/assetid=75221>



Weekly "What's Hot" Knowledgebase Asset
Check out the most frequently accessed asset from the Knowledgebase. 4D
Partners have the opportunity to post comments on this topic:

75777 User Mode Component
<http://kb.4d.com/search/assetid=75777>
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