NAViGATE 2023
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.
OCEAN TechCon2023
🌊 Join us at Ocean TechCon23, the West's biggest gathering of IBM i professionals!
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Valence Developer Diaries #033
In this week's session we will be demonstrating the new 'Show Section' and 'Show Previous Section' actions, which can vastly simplify your behavior controls for navigating users from one section or widget to another. We'll also walk through how to use the 'When Shown' and 'When Hidden' section events for additional versatility.
Common Europe Congress 2023
SAVE THE DATE
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.
Watch this space for more information.
Valence Developer Diaries #032
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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NEUGC Annual Conference 2023
i Am The Future
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.
POWERUp 2023
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!
Summit Lunch & Learn: CNX Valence - Build Amazing Web Apps on IBM i in Minutes with Rob Swanson
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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.
WMCPA - Midrange Technical Conference
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.
Valence Developer Diaries #031
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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Nitro App Builder training
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.
Valence Developer Diaries #030
In this week's session we will cover the use of the Spool File Viewer utility widget inside a NAB app.
ACCESS PREVIOUS RECORDINGS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUkBdgKVhG53LmkbaRZAVG42eREUA7cl-
Valence Developer Diaries #029
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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.
Valence Developer Diaries #027
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.
Valence Developer Diaries #026
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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.
Valence Developer Diaries #025
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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.
Valence Developer Diaries #024
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.
Valence Developer Diaries #023
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
Valence Developer Diaries #022
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
Valence Developer Diaries #021
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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Session's recording: https://youtu.be/QGlLhx8CP9w
Valence Developer Diaries #020
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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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Valence Developer Diaries #019
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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 NAViGATE
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.
Valence Developer Diaries #018
In this week's session we'll be demonstrating the new "local data" feature just introduced for grids and edit grids!
Access Session's Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6hHnqNr9s
Join session: https://zoom.us/j/310637589?pwd=ajEzR3hEVTQ4WVJGRnFKTE56RFNxdz09
Build a Dazzling Web or Mobile App in Minutes!
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!
Webinar Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GxJnTus3TxOlhSWCiWC4xg
Valence Developer Diaries #017
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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
Valence Developer Diaries #016
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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.
Access Session's Recording: https://youtu.be/trzcMgjiD2U
Valence Developer Diaries #015
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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.
Access Session's Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTaAqFJIavg&feature=youtu.be
Valence Developer Diaries #014
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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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