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CNX Announces Major Update to Valence 5.2 at POWERUp 2019  Introduces an HTML5-based 5250 emulator along with other expanded functionality May 20, 2019 ANAHEIM, CA. CNX announced at the COMMON POWERUp 2019 spring conference today the general availability of version 5.2+ (“5.2 Plus”) of the Valence Framework for IBM i. Marking the 16th major update since...
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Your IBM i HTTP Server powered by Apache is a powerful web-serving system akin to a bank staffed with multiple fast-working tellers. The AJAX requests coming in from your front-end apps are like customers entering the bank to perform transactions. Each “customer” queues up in an orderly line on a first-in/first-out basis, and is serviced by...
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Just about every business has a situation where users need to perform a single process against multiple items in one pass.  For example, you might have a list of open invoices that you’d like to flag as ready for payment, or a group of inventory items that you would like to transfer out of a special holding...
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Wrapping up 2017 with a simple but powerful tip for Nitro Query grid apps… Very often lists of business data include columns that can be classified as boolean, with text representing values of yes/no, true/false, 1/0, etc.  When you’re creating a Nitro Query grid app that includes such columns, you can make “truthy” values stand out...
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Whether you’re a seasoned SQL pro or just learning the ropes of SQL syntax on IBM i, the SQL parser built into Nitro Query App Builder is an invaluable tool you can leverage to quickly generate a web-based report for your users, or even a file maintenance application containing multiple joined files. SQL-based data sources were introduced in Valence 5.1...
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One of the most common requirements in a modern business application is the need to present users with easily digested summaries of data in list form.  The ability for inquiring minds to quickly and easily drill down into that summarized data to glean specific details where needed is an added bonus.  As such, the Ext JS...
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The tried and true IBM i Query Utility (as accessed via STRQRY or WRKQRY) is mainstay in many IBM i shops.  But it goes without saying that the user interface associated with the configuration and the output of an IBM i Query leaves a bit to be desired. This is particularly true when users must navigate...
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As we prepare for next month’s release of Valence 5.1, we thought it’d be both interesting and useful to summarize some of the blog post contents in a single, categorized list.  From customizing the look and feel of the Valence Portal to tips on back-end and front-end development, there’s likely to be at least one or two blog posts...
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Sometimes the best way to get a business point across to someone, or get them to look at something at all, is to make it insanely easy for them to get where they need to go with a single click. The Valence 5 portal makes it possible to do this with just about any app or...
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Sencha and CNX Partner to Revolutionize App Modernization for IBM i Applications Dramatically improve user experience on IBM Power System servers running IBM i across all browsers and mobile devices May 24, 2016 REDWOOD CITY, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) – Sencha, the company providing a unified platform for designing, developing and testing cross-platform web applications, and CNX, an...
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