Did You Know – ClientSetup

That you can push the OpenInsight ClientSetup out to each workstation on the network.

Each workstation that accesses an OpenInsight application requires several libraries and supporting MSI packages to be installed.  Revelation have published a new technical article that presents several methods to prepare new workstations using the ClientSetup.exe program provided in the OpenInsight directory.

OpenInsight should be installed and shared from a network folder before following the guidelines listed.  If you have not already installed OpenInsight please refer to the installation instructions and then return here to setup additional workstations.

Please Click here to learn more.

Mobile Devices – A Market On The Move

In the final quarter of 2010, for the first time, sales of handheld mobile devices – defined as smartphones and tablets – exceeded sales of “conventional” connected devices, such as desktop systems and laptops. Although the overwhelming majority of businesses continue to run their essential operations (ERP and CRM) on desktop GUI devices, most client-facing software development in the last decade has focused on internet applications, targeting web browsers running on these conventional systems. With the ascendancy of the handheld mobile device (with their different form factors and varying communication and processor speed), these internet applications will have to change to accommodate the different environment at the same time they grow in importance.

Grouping together smartphones and tablets as “handheld mobile devices” blurs the very large differences amongst the devices in this group, and obscures – but in no way remedies – the problems with building software that works well with all of them. These differences fall into three categories: form factor, connectivity, and software.

READ ON…

New Introduction to OpenInsight Training Course Format

With an increased and growing interest in OpenInsight application development, I am pleased to announce that RevSoft UK are now in a position to offer the Introduction to OpenInsight training course at a budget price.  This will provide anyone new to OpenInsight with an opportunity to gain some valuable product and application development knowledge usually within the tight training budgets that that many people are having to maintain at the moment.

Unlike our premium offering which is presented by a highly experienced OpenInsight application developer who can go off topic and get application specific, this budget level training course will closely following the published Introduction to OpenInsight course agenda in a classroom style setting.  Of course, our usual premium level training workshops are still available for those of you with specific requirements and who wish to undertake training within the context of your specific application or proposed project.

Please drop me a line if you are interested in registering your interest for the next Introduction to OpenInsight training course to be held in Ealing, London in a few weeks’ time.

Thanks,
Martyn.

Trauma Database Improves Remote Access with New Web Interface

Clinical Data Management facilitates data entry with Revelation’s OpenInsight for Web
By Joyce Wells, DBTA

Clinical Data Management (CDM) is a company headquartered in Colorado, USA,  that provides clinical information database software, enabling medical institutions to report and compile data on patient care.  Established in 1986 by Skip and Beverly Tinnell, Registered Nurses, CDM has made a commitment to improving the quality of patient care by providing state-of-the-art, user-friendly products, and as a result, its software is used by over 350 government agencies, hospitals and clinics nationwide and also internationally.

CDM’s flagship product, TraumaBase, is a trauma care registry used by healthcare providers to input data for collection by corporations and government agencies as well as for the evaluation of care by the medical teams themselves.  Details such as a trauma patient’s initial vital signs, how fast treatment is begun, and other aspects of a patient’s care from the point of arrival at a medical facility are all recorded in the TraumaBase database. Read On…

OpenInsight 9.3.1 Now Available!

Overnight the OpenInsight 9.3.1 upgrade was posted to the WORKS area for all WORKS members to download.  Please contact me if you are not a WORKS member and wish to find out more about this great release.

This latest version includes O4W Mobile Extensions and a brand new data connector for Ladybridge’s OpenQM Multivalue database.

• OpenInsight for Web (O4W v1.3) – This latest version of O4W includes additional integration with the new Banded Report Writer, new support routines for RSS feeds and a brand new ‘ad hoc’ report builder.  In addition, the release includes a number of additional mobile enhancements such as a mobile specific menu and report output.  Through O4W’s integration with jQuery Mobile (the companion library to O4W’s jQuery), web pages can be created using “finger friendly” user interface elements and design.
• OpenInsight for QM Data Connector (OI4QM) – The OI4QM data connector enables MultiValue application developers to fully utilise the QM database from Ladybridge Systems Limited.  Using this dedicated data connector, Windows GUI and Web 2.0 interfaces can be quickly created without any change being required to an existing QM database.

“With this latest release, we’re proving our commitment to our Revelation and MultiValue community”, said Mike Ruane, President/CEO Revelation Software, “They asked us for a connection to QM from Ladybridge, and we listened. Our users also gave us a list of enhancements and suggestions for the Banded Report Writer, and we’ve taken care of them as well.”

Also included in the OI 9.3.1 are a number of patches and enhancements for the Banded Report Writer, Table Builder, and Database manager.

“Mobile computing is an essential requirement for any application development”, said Robert Catalano, Director of Sales, Revelation Software. “We are empowering the MultiValue community with one of the best mobile computing toolkits on the market that is affordable, familiar to MV developers, and connects to their existing database with no change.”

I would like to thank all of the developers involved in this release and also to our army of beta testers who provide their time and invaluable feedback.

OpenInsight 9.3.1 Coming ‘VERY’ soon!

Revelation Software are now very close to releasing OpenInsight 9.3.1 and please watch this blog for further news about the release over the next few days.

Although this is a point release that follows the main recent 9.3 release, this new version features the usual enhancements and fixes and a brand new data connector that will enable MultiValue developers to interface OpenInsight with Ladybridge’s QM database.  Already well tested during the beta cycle, this new connector will feature in a new commercial solution from Stage7 – watch out for more news on that right here and as it breaks.

As well as the QM connector, this new release sees 8 customer lead enhancements to the Banded Report Writer, 15 enhancements to O4W including support for ad hoc reporting, rss maintenance, mobile features (including a separate graphing library, run report function for mobile reports, etc) and much more.  The release also sees some fixes for ARev32, OpenInsight’s .NET functionality, fixes requested by you through the suggestions and bug tracker on revelation.com and work on the BFS / Connectors.

Those of you who are WORKS members will be able to download, review the full readme detailing the changes and take advantage of this new release very soon.  Please contact me if you are not a WORKS member and I will gladly email you a copy of the readme file so that you can see what you are missing out on and learn more about the new features that will no doubt be helpful and enhance your OpenInsight applications.

OpenInsight 9.3.1 Beta 2 released.

Overnight, Revelation have posted the latest beta for OpenInsight 9.3.1 to the beta website.  This new beta release addresses the items as outlined on the website, as well as enhancements to OI4QM (for Ladybridge’s QM database) and OI4D3 (Tigerlogic’s D3), being two of OpenInsight’s dedicated MultiValue database connectors.

In Development – OpenInsight 9.3.1

OpenInsight 9.3.1 is currently in beta testing and it is planned to be released in early March 2012.  The 9.3.1 release of OpenInsight will provide the following new components:

1. OpenInsight for Web (O4W v1.3)
   O4W v1.3 includes additional integration with the new Banded Report Writer, support routines for RSS feeds, and a new “ad hoc” report builder, along with a number of additional mobile enhancements such as mobile-specific menu and report output.  Through O4W’s integration with jQuery Mobile (the companion library to O4W’s jQuery), web pages can be built using “finger friendly” user interface elements and design.  For a preview of this interface click here to view some screen images of Megamation Systems DirectLine Mobile application.
2. OpenInsight for QM Connector
   The OI for QM connector provides the ability to connect with the OpenQM Database from Ladybridge Systems Limited.

Also included in OpenInsight 9.3.1 are a number of patches and enhancements for the Banded Report Writer, Table Builder, Database Manager, SQL Connector and Arev32.

ISV Catalogue and General Discussion Forum

As many of you will know, the WORKS discussion forum has been O4W driven for sometime.  That same format has now been used to rebuild the open discussion forum on www.revelation.com using O4W.  I really like the new format and I hope that you also find it better than the old Lotus Notes solution.

Continuing with the O4W theme and the US website, Revelation have also rewritten and updated their ISV Catalogue using the O4W toolset.  I am currently working on updated product information for the Sprezzatura Freeware and other chargeable utilities that we offer for the catalogue and Revelation are also offering any OpenInsight VAR the opportunity to have their OpenInsight based application/s listed on the page.  Please contact info@revelation.com should you wish to have your application featured.

DirectLine Mobile by Megamation Systems

O4W is fast becoming the tool of choice for OpenInsight developers who need to extend their applications to the web.  These solutions consist of full desktop browser based solutions, through to solutions for small handheld devices like smart phones.

Megamation Systems  have used O4w to create a solution for such devices and Revelation have recently published some images of the handheld solution.  This is a great example of how O4w can be used to address a modern business need. You can view the example screens by clicking here.