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Holiday Sales - 25% off! 9-Dec-2002 -- Arnor Baldvinsson Through the month of December we are offering 25% discount on selected items:  Icetips Previewer
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Don't miss this excellent opportunity to spice up your applications! Icetips Newsletter 9-Dec-2002 -- Arnor Baldvinsson Our December issue is finally out. We have been so busy that we didn't get around to get the November issue out and October kind of fell through the cracks! Not a subscriber? Why not? It's free:) Click here to sign up. Clarion 6! 6-Dec-2002 -- Arnor Baldvinsson Bob Zaunere, CEO of Softvelocity, has just announced that an Early Access release of Clarion 6 (previously known as Clarion 5.6) is scheduled to ship during the week of December 16, 2002. The Early Access release is primarily for third party developers who need to update their products for the new version. Zip Code Database 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta If you need a database of zip codes for either the U.S. or Canada, take a look at zipcodedownload.com. Kevin Erskine reports, "I just bought [it] for $29.95 and am very pleased... I have already incorporated the data into 3 of my existing applications." S.C.A. templates updated 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
The S.C.A. Micro Templates have been updated with new features and bug fixes. These templates
are one of the best deals you'll find: they sell for US$15 for the entire package.xFText version 2 released 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
SealSoft has released version 2.0 of their cool xFText product. With xFText, you can display any
text on the frame of your app - perfect for displaying user information, such as the
licensed user name, or sign-on name. xFText sells for US$39. Free upgrade for registered users.New List & Label demo 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
Solace Software has a
new demo for version 9 of List & Label. List & Label sells for $225 - $685.Internet Traffic Report 19-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Did you ever have one of those days when half the internet seems down? Or maybe you can't get to a site that you know SHOULD be up... check the "Internet Traffic Report" at internettrafficreport.com. It can be fun to see which routers are available (and which aren't) and their current response times. FREE PowerSearch with gFileFind 13-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
For a limited time, Gitano Software is offering a free copy of PowerSearch when you buy
gFileFind,
now on sale for $49.95. You can search files and folders, create lists of certain files,
write your own utilities, and more.Click on the Logo or Photo Photos and logos shown on this page are generally internet links... just click on a logo or photo to jump directly to the related website or article. New SQL Reference 5-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Arnor has reorganized the Icetips SQL webpages a bit and added a new page, the Icetips SQL Reference. Check it out! We welcome any contribution to our Icetips SQL pages. If you have any tips or links that you find useful, please email us at sql@icetips.com with any information you have. Better SQL 23-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson Dan Pressnell has added another valuable article to our growing collection of SQL articles. He has written classes and interfaces to access the drivers directly. The code is available for download from Dan's site. New freeware: BlinkFlash 5-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
SterlingData just released some new freeware,
BlinkFlash. It's an extension template which puts a "blinking attribute" on a control
and an unlimited number of controls-per-window to blink.Sale: gCal only $49.50 5-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta
Gitano Software is running a sale on their best-seller,
gCal.It includes 9 calendars, a date calculator, a control calendar, time picker, 35 date/time functions, and more. On sale now for 50% off. ExpressFlash Sale 1-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta
SterlingData is running a sale on
ExpressFlash thru November 2. ExpressFlash allows you to export data from both Outlook AND
Outlook Express. But the sale is only for mailing list subscribers... so if you haven't subscribed
to the SterlingData mailing list, now might be a good time. ;)Availability 26-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson We at Icetips Software will be away Monday and Tuesday, October 28 and 29. We will not be able to access email until Wednesday. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. ThinkData releases OutlookFUSE 15-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson ThinkData (www.thinkdata.com) has released OutlookFUSE, which 
provides a native COM automation interface to Microsoft Outlook using Clarion 5.5. ThinkData
is working on COM interfaces to QuickBooks and WinFax for release in the future.
Translate Icetips 6-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson You can now translate all main pages at Icetips to German, Frence, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese using google.com translation tools. 
We have put flag buttons on the right hand menu bar for easy access. Just click on the
flag and the page will be translated into the corresponding language!Availability 7-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson Due to a family emergency Icetips Software will be closed Monday, October 7 - Thursday, October 10. We will not be able to respond to emails during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Icetips Newsletter 1-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson The first Icetips Newsletter was sent out on September 30. To view it online, click here. Fill out our Notify me form to receive notification of future newsletters. Sale extended thru Oct. 1 1-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson We have extended the 20% off sale of all Icetips products one more day, through October 1. We're doing this because our credit card processing company was offline for a few hours on the evening of Sept. 30, making it difficult for some people to complete their orders during the sale period. You can also order Icetips products through ClarionShop. The sale prices have been extended there, as well. |
Holiday Schedule 20-Dec-2002 -- Arnor Baldvinsson Icetips Software will be closed on December 20-22, 24-26, 31 and January 1, 2002. We wish everbody a Merry Christmas and hope this will be peaceful and joyful Holidays for all:) New Bulletin Board 18-Dec-2002 -- Arnor Baldvinsson We have installed a brand new Bulletin Board at Icetips. The Board will be used for support for our products, and technical help to our customers. We will also use it for communicating with alpha and beta testers of new products and new releases of products. Clarion wins RADrace AGAIN! 18-Dec-2002 -- Arnor Baldvinsson 
The star-race-team of RADventure,
Erik Pepping and Peter Rakke, has
succeeded in winning the prestigious RADrace two years in a row, an
unprecedented event. They used Clarion 5.5 Enterprise Edition in
combination with RADventure tools.
The competing teams used various tools, such as Magic, Visual Studio .NET and Borland Delphi. EasyExcel v.2 released 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
IngaSoftPlus has released version 2.0
of it's popular EasyExcel product. The new version includes new methods for charts, lists, comments
and more. EasyExcel v.2 sells for US$129, with a $39 upgrade for previous users.New specialty graphics 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta
Gitano Software has released four new sets of graphics for use in your apps:
IconsXP Specialty Groups.
These are not icons, but are high resolution images that can be resized using any standard
graphics program.Each set sells for US$29.95. CapeSoft in Beta 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
Alright, it's not CapeSoft that's in beta, but three of it's products are (two of them new).
Replicate and Office Inside are new products currently in beta testing, and File Manager 3
is also in beta. Also, the latest version of "Hyperactive" was released on Dec. 2. For more
information, see the CapeSoft news page.Determining Gender with Clarion 19-Nov-2002 -- Dave Harms Inspiration can come from the strangest sources. 
An automatic complaint letter generator sends Geoff Robinson on a quest to create a
gender guessing function using regular expressions. Part 1 of 2. More Gitano IconsXP 19-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
The second in a series of icon packages is now available from
Gitano Software.
This new package contains 180 new images in ICO and GIF format for $19.95.New Search Engine Info 19-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta A new file and search engine discussion is now available. It is a collection of advice to help you focus on marketing techniques for search engine optimization and placement (software author advice also). Includes an online and RTF version, available at www.encouragersoftware.com Click on the Logo or Photo Photos and logos shown on this page are usually internet links. New template for XP Look 5-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta
SCA has added a new template to their template set.
XP Controls Enable will enable most controls to have the"XP look" when ran on an XP 
machine that's set to use XP themes.FECUG: 10 Years 5-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
Congratulations to the Far East Clarion Users Group in Khabarovsk, Russia. They celebrate
their 10-year anniversary on November 6.Calling Stored Procedures 5-Nov-2002 -- Dave Harms In this series of articles, Ayo shows how to call a stored procedure in SQL,
pass a parameter,
and (hopefully) get results from the stored procedure. Part one focuses on preparing the
application by splitting it into DLLs. Part two covers a template you can use to call stored
procedures. ImageEx review 15-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson Read an excellent review of 
ImageEx from SolidSoftware on the ClarionShop review site.
Check out other ClarionShop reviews at their
review site.
Online Credit Card Processing 5-Oct-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Thinking of using an online credit card processing service? Check out www.regshare.com. This site compares the available credit card processing services, without making any recommendations. It's a great source of info! Marketing Moment: Will you take my money? 1-Oct-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Please, please. I want to give you my money. I'd like to buy your product. I really like it. Can I please, please, please have it? How easy is it for your prospective customer to buy from you? Do you make them beg (or the internet equivalent), before you'll let them give you money? What do I mean by that, and what can you do to make buying easier? Read more about it XP Menubar 1-Oct-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Looking to add a little style to your software? The CVO XP Menubar will add the XP-Suite type of 
menubar to your app quickly and easily (and it's free! Well, almost;) Once again Microsoft has changed the
look-and-feel of the menus in OfficeXP and now you can add this new style of menu to your Clarion program.
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INN Bio: Nik Johnson 24-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta For this week's Icetips News Network featured bio, we bring you: Jolly Old Saint Nik! Well, the Clarion version, anyway. 
A former aircraft wing inspector and distillery VP, he certainly could qualify as
a relative of St. Nick, now, couldn't he? He's worked in flying through the air
(just like Mr. Claus), and certainly a distillery makes people happy (just like Mr. Claus).
Well, OK, maybe a stretch, but it's still a great bio.
And don't miss the picture at the end: Nik, Tom Hebenstreit, Jim Kane and Andrew
Guidroz, all looking their best. ;)Read more about it Displaying Clarion dates in Excel 20-Dec-2002 -- Dave Harms
If you have a CSV file or other data that contains an unformatted Clarion date, and you
wish to view the date in Excel, you'll need to convert the Clarion standard date to an
Excel date. Here's how you do it. INN Bio: Mike Gorman 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta This week, the Icetips News Network is pleased to feature a rather well-known Clarion programmer 
who claims "I don't do software development". Riiiight...
he also says "data is executed policy and therefore the definition of data is
the essence of corporate policy". Hmmm.... well, don't think it's all serious,
Gramps manages to make fun of quite a few things along the way, including my
husband's hairline. <g>Read more about it SQL and more SQL 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta
The latest issue of Clarion Magazine includes not one, but two articles on SQL.
One is about securing remote database connections with SSH tunneling, the other is
about the new Windows PostgreSQL.Thanksgiving table shot 3-Dec-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Here's a shot of Kevin Erskine's table set for Thanksgiving: (Beautiful, isn't it?) 
Click on the photo to see it enlarged INN Bio: John Christ III 19-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta This week, we are pleased to present a bio from an ex-engineer and ex-New Yorker 
who now spends his time enjoying programming in Clarion and warmer weather.
This man has hobbies I can identify with, and food shots our resident Cajun will applaud.Read more about it Why isn't MY information included on Icetips? Have you asked yourself that question? The answer is simple: you haven't told me about it. <g> Send an email to susan@icetips.com with your news or press release, and I'll add it to our news page the next time I update it. INN Bio: Alexander Ivanovsky 5-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta This week, the Icetips News Network is pleased to present our first bio from Russia! 
A Clarionite since forever, this developer is now known for his involvement in third-party tools.
When he's not using Clarion, he's spending time with his family and taking photos, many of
which you can see in this bio (don't miss the ones at the end).Read more about it Halloween pics 1-Nov-2002 -- Susan Pichotta 
We've posted a few of our Halloween pictures
for friends and family to enjoy.New product from Sealsoft 22-Oct-2002 -- Arnór Baldvinsson
Sealsoft has just released a new product called
xFText. It is a combination of Clarion and C++ code that enables Clarion developers to
put text anywhere on the appframe window. The price is US$ 39.00 and it is compatible with
Clarion 5 and Clarion 5.5, ABC only.INN Bio: Jim Kane 15-Oct-2002 -- Susan Pichotta This week, the Icetips News Network is pleased to present a bio that many have requested. One of the most well-known and 
technically able programmers among us, he's actually a
Harvard-educated dentist and retired Air Force officer.He has a dry sense of humor which I enjoy, and it comes through in this interesting bio (even if listening to him talk about programming gives me an inferiority complex ;). And he has some great stories, too. Read more about it Resume Help 5-Oct-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Working on your resume? The Resume Center at Monster.com has some good tips. INN Bio: Bronwyn Barson 1-Oct-2002 -- Susan Pichotta Back to the far south (and we don't mean Texas!), this week's INN Bio features 
a different kind of Clarionite. She may not write programs with Clarion, but
her work is vital to Clarion's biggest third-party vendor, and as such, she's known to many
people in the Clarion community. A former legal secretary, now an "impersonal assistant", she
keeps ClarionShop on track.Read more about it How to ignore a template 1-Oct-2002 -- Dave Harms In his recent series on "ignoring" the ABC templates, Steve Parker documented the
ABC class methods he uses most. In this article he explains how to
discover which ABC methods might be of particular interest to you.Previous INN Bios Missed the previous bios? You can read them in our other Archives. |
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