Join COMMON in Virginia Beach, VA from October 9 - 11, 2023 for an IBM i educational event. NAViGATE will feature 100+ sessions presented by industry expert speakers, an Expo of leading solution providers in the IBM i space, and limitless networking opportunities to connect with peers and experts to maximize your learning opportunities.

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11-14 June Common Europe Congress 2023

Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, a city known all over the world for its marvelous architecture.

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In this week's session we will cover the new Tab Container utility widget and some of the many new 6.2 form widget features.

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31st Annual NEUGC Conference  

NEUGC is the largest technical conference in New England for IBM i. Don't miss this annual opportunity to learn and network. 

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The COMMON community will gather again in-person to enjoy learning high quality IBM i education, networking with peers, industry experts, and solution providers, and growing together as a whole. Mark your calendars for April 24-27 to join COMMON for education, networking, and scenic views in the Mile High City- Denver!  

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Build Amazing Web Apps on IBM i in Minutes - No Coding Required!

Please check back after February 1st, 2023 for more details on how to join this session.

The 36th Annual WMCPA Conference is in March 2023! CNX will be in the Expo area to answer any questions about Valence and low-code app development on IBM i.

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In this week's session we will cover practical use cases for events and event listeners, which can be fired from within your app or from another app for enhanced functionality. 

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The next Nitro App Builder virtual training session is scheduled for the week of February 20th, 2023.

Please contact sales@cnxcorp.com for more details.

In this week's session we will cover the use of the Spool File Viewer utility widget inside a NAB app. 

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In this week's session we will cover  a recently introduced NAB - New edit grid/form linkage feature and some tips and techniques for making the most out of your form designs and back-end RPG code.

In this week's session we will cover record locking concepts in Valence NAB apps.  We will demonstrate how to set up a file maintenance app that uses back-end RPG toolkit procedures (vvUtility_lockRec and vvUtility_lock, vvUtility_unlock and vvUtility_isLocked) to ensure two users don't attempt to update the same record simultaneously.

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In this week's session we will cover  a recently introduced widget in Nitro App Builder, the Calendar Widget, which can be used to visualize date and time information within your apps. We'll demonstrate how to take physical file records containing date/time fields and plot them as points on the calendar, which users can then click on to get more details and/or edit the record contents.

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In this week's session we will cover several useful topics in Nitro App Builder: Nesting columns inside grids, putting built-in formatters to work, adding a secondary axis for transformed fields in column charts, and exploiting advanced functionality in chart tooltips.

In this week's session we will cover: Valence 6.1 - Nitro App Builder: The tree grid, which is a unique hybrid of both a nested tree and a grid, with each expandable tree level pulling from a different data source.

In this week's session we will cover:

(1) Putting recently introduced form design features to work(2) Creating the equivalent of a side navigation panel into an app

Session's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VQjtPI4vYc

In this week's session we will cover recently added feature that brings unique app-to-app communication abilities to Nitro App Builder. We'll demonstrate how you can have one app call or launch another app, then have the second app send information back to the first app, altering what it shows.

Session's recording: https://youtu.be/ejoEhqnjSx4

In this week's session we'll show you how to create a pre-execution RPG program to drive a data source for a Valence NAB widget.

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In this week's session we'll cover ways to prompt users for more information before calling an RPG program.

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In this week's session we'll be demonstrating how to show routing information on the map widget in NAB.

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COMMON's first ever "hybrid" conference - attend in person or virtually.  CNX will be in the Expo area and presenting Valence 6 in a Monday afternoon session.

In this week's session we'll be demonstrating the new "local data" feature just introduced for grids and edit grids!

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Build a Dazzling Web or Mobile App on IBM i in a Matter of Minutes - No Coding Required!

Join this free Webinar, a part of the Virtual RPG & DB2 Summit!

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In this week's session Richard will walk through the steps needed to secure a Valence instance with an SSL certificate and make the instance available outside of the internal network. Specifically we will:

- Apply for and obtain an SSL certificate from the DigiCert certificate authority

- Upload the certificate to the IBM i and import into the Digital Certificate Manager

- Assign the certificate to a Valence instance

- Modify network NAT and DNS to expose the instance to the Internet

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In this week's session we'll be covering two interesting topics involving data sources in Nitro App Builder: (1) Pulling data from an outside JSON web service to populate a NAB widget, and (2) using the new vvIn_virtual helper function, introduced in Valence 6, through which a widget can apply filters to WITH clauses inside SQL statements.

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In this week's session we'll cover some of the new bells and whistles in Form and Chart widgets as part of the Valence 6 Nitro App Builder release, now available in Beta. We'll demonstrate how you can customize an axis, tweak colors, adjust fonts, configure various styling options, insert images and more.

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In this week's session we'll go over the new features of Valence 6. We'll begin by focusing on all the new features in grids and edit grids, including row and cell editing, new advanced rendering options, and much more.

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In this week's session we'll discuss a new technique for creating PDF documents on-the-fly using Nitro App Builder's Beta Feature "Execute Script" behavior. We'll begin by showing how to enable the Beta feature in Valence, then walk through the process of generating a PDF. 

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In this week's session we'll cover techniques for adding some visual pizzazz to what might otherwise be considered bland business data. We'll begin by showing how to depict time and date-related information in an intuitive, chronological display using Nitro App Builder's Timeline widget. We'll follow that up by demonstrating ways to convey physical address data through the Map widget, leveraging the power of the Google Maps API.