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On-Demand BCD Product Webinars

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Introducing WebSmart Mobile for Rapid Mobile Web Development

View this webinar to see how WebSmart Mobile makes it faster and easier to develop RPG or multi-platform PHP mobile web apps that run on iOS, Android and other popular mobile platforms. WebSmart's templates give IBM i programmers the jumpstart they need and the IDE gives them the flexibility to create any type of mobile web app.

WebSmart Mobile is included in WebSmart ILE and PHP, BCD's rapid desktop and mobile web application development tools.

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Web GUI for IBM i Green Screens: Modernize Faster with New Presto 4.5

Presto was already the fastest way to web enable and modernize your IBM i green screens, but it just got faster with new version 4.5. In this recorded webinar, Marcel Sarrasin, BCD's Product Manger, will show you how Presto instantly gives your green screens a web GUI with no source code changes required, and how to extend the functionality beyond the 5250 datastream. You'll also see the key new features, including significant performance improvements, automatic subfile styling and a Visual Editor palette that makes it easier to add UI elements.

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Jumpstart Your IBM i Web App Development and Experience WebSmart Mobile

WebSmart helps you rapidly create new IBM i PC and mobile web applications and overcome web development obstacles. In this webinar, you'll see how WebSmart's templates jumpstart PHP or RPG web app development and features that reduce the time needed to create any type of web app. You'll also see a live demo of how to create IBM i mobile web apps with WebSmart Mobile.

WebSmart is the only rapid web application development tool that gives you the choice between two editions: open source and multi-platform PHP or IBM i-centric RPG ILE. Both editions also include WebSmart Mobile.

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How to Mine IBM i Report Data and Extract it to Excel

Learn how EZ-Pickin's helps you save time, reduce printing costs and make better decisions by:

  • Converting IBM i spool files to Excel spreadsheets, PDF and other formats.
  • Extracting and mining data from virtually any type of report or database file.
  • Turning reports into live interactive views to analyze, summarize and graph data.
  • Emailing or archiving reports automatically or manually.
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5 Reasons Why RPG Programmers Succeed at Developing Web Applications with WebSmart

RPG programmers should be your go-to people for developing web applications on the IBM i. They know your system and your business rules inside out. Unfortunately, due to a lack of web experience or time, web development projects often get assigned to other IT staff or get outsourced. This doesn't have to be the case.

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Learn How an RPG Pro Gave New Life to 1,000s of Green Screens Using a Web GUI

Most modernization projects involve hundreds or even thousands of screens. Do you have time to make even small changes to each screen to give them a web GUI? If you use Presto like Arkansas Data Services (ADS) does, you won't have to! In this recording, Richie Gadberry, ADS Programmer, will show you how he used Presto to breathe new life into a green screen app that was causing them to lose sales.

In the second portion of this session Marcel Sarrasin, BCD's Product Manager, will show you how Presto helped other organizations modernize their green screen applications and the different approaches they took.

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See How WebSmart PHP Reduces The PHP Learning Curve

Moving to web programming can be daunting for anyone. There's a whole new programming paradigm to learn, not to mention different languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. View this webinar to learn how the following WebSmart PHP features help you overcome those obstacles and reduce the PHP learning curve: Intelligent Templates create the PHP and HTML code for you; Productivity tools facilitate coding HTML and PHP; Tight integration with the IBM i and DB2; Wizard to call RPG and COBOL programs; A pre-configured APACHE web server instance.

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5 Ways to Efficiently Use Spreadsheets with IBM i Data

Is your IT staff's time being wasted with never-ending requests to get IBM i data into or from spreadsheets? Do you use inefficient and error-prone processes such as re-keying or copying and pasting IBM i data into spreadsheets? View this webinar to learn more about five ways you can use BCD products to get IBM i data into or from spreadsheets more efficiently.

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Getting Started with WebSmart PHP for Rapid IBM i or Multi-Platform PHP Development

This technical webinar is designed to help new WebSmart PHP users succeed as quickly as possible by giving a tour of the IDE and showing a demo of creating an application, changing the HTML and calling an RPG program. It's also useful for anyone considering System i PHP development who wants a more in depth look at the product.

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Getting Started with WebSmart ILE for Rapid IBM i Web Application Development

Would you like to see how to get started with WebSmart ILE? New WebSmart ILE users and people considering WebSmart who want a technical overview benefit from this webinar that walks you through rapidly creating System i web apps with WebSmart and reviews the key features and also shows you the key steps to succeeding with it.

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Getting Started with Clover Query for Real-Time Web Reports

This technical webinar gives a detailed look at the key features of Clover by showing you a demo of creating web reports, drill downs, graphs and dashboards. This webinar is useful for people who are new to Clover and for anyone considering a real-time System i query and reporting tool who wants a more in depth look at the product.

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Getting Started with Nexus Portal for Secure Web Access to Enterprise information

New Nexus Portal users and people considering Nexus who want a technical overview benefit from this webinar that walks you through creating a portal with Nexus and reviews the key features and also shows you the key steps to succeeding with it.

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Getting Started with Catapult for Automated Report and Document Distribution

This technical webinar gives a detailed look at the key features of Catapult by showing you a demo of distributing reports as PDF, splitting them and reviewing how to archive reports to the web and converting them to spreadhseets. This ondemand webinar is useful for people who are new to Catapult and for anyone considering automated report and document distribution who wants a more in depth look at the product.

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