Microsoft Windows Cloud Desktop Vendor Choice
Windows Desktop in the Cloud Every so often some technology or provider comes along with a piece of tech that just works. This has prompted this post. The problem -: a customer wants to host some desktop technology in the cloud. Plenty of solutions, some I have used...
Quickly build a MySQL REST API in minutes for your Application
rest api A long time since I posted. Strange times as we are all in lock down. Not a huge difference for me as I generally work from my home office, but the peace and quiet, no planes and few cars is a pleasant change. Fortunately, software projects do continue and...
Software Testing Tools
Yet again we have been exposed to a software platform upgrade that we assumed would not change existing behaviour. A very foolish viewpoint.. We also released a lot of new functionality on top of the new platform, compounding the number of changes and the release of...
Add Colour to Openxava
Colouring a Label in OpenXava based on a Field Value OpenXava takes the pain of screen layout and consistency away from you. Yes, there are various ways of grouping and using tabs, dropdowns etc. but they are all coded from the entity definition. This is a huge...
OpenXava and MySQL
Changing OpenXava Database OpenXava takes me back a few years to the days of modelling your application and generating out the database and application. This was the domain of the now defunct CASE tools. OpenXava uses the Java Persistence API, via Hibernate to access...
The End of Oracle Reports
Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.3 It has been a slow death, though Oracle Reports will still be supported by Oracle until 2020 (12c Release2). There was RPT, then ReportWriter and then Reports, probably the biggest nightmare was Reportwriter but that is history now. With the...
Oracle Docker Containers
Why Docker? I recently came across two new interesting technologies. Docker and Chatbots. One, of them Docker, was a means to get to Oracle Intelligent Bots, but that is for another day. This post is about Docker. Probably, like many, you have heard and read about...
Oracle APEX Testing
Why Test Software? If we do not test software we quickly create annoyed customers. Years of experience tells us that every line of software code can result in a bug. Java programmers tend to create unit tests for their software. An excellent practice but one which is...
Zoho Mail Tracking
Before I start to describe how to use email tracking in Zoho there is an excellent Zoho document here This post is a result of a session with the Zoho Support team, who I can throughly recommend. So what was my problem? Zoho Mail Tracking detects if a sent email has...
Oracle Forms 12c in the Cloud
Oracle Forms 12c in the Cloud A new project needs a new computer - well that was always the way to go during corporate times. No longer. As a small business, cash flow and budget are top of the list. But, starting a new project with Oracle Forms 12c we needed a...
Cut and Paste – the new 4GL?
With the rise of the Citizen Developer, which Gartner defines as someone 'who creates new business applications for consumption by others using development and runtime environments sanctioned by corporate IT' (we can debate..), I find it strange that software...
Bank and Credit Cards with Zoho Books
Bank and Credit Cards with Zoho Books Now this maybe a tad left field but when I spend a while trying to figure something out that is blindingly obvious I think I should at least share the experience. I am currently setting up Zoho CRM Plus and Zoho Books. This is a...
Apple Mac Screen Grab – Set Default File Format
Apple Mac Screen Grab Defaults A quick tip for those using a Mac. I needed to grab a screenshot and save it as a PDF - it was for an error and the support department I was using insisted on a PDF screen shot. I have used the various screen grab keys on the Mac for...
Oracle Cloud Trial
Oracle Cloud Trial For many years if you wanted to try any Oracle technical software you could download it from otn.oracle.com. The situation has not changed for on-premise software but, unless you have been hiding for the last year, the world has...
Social Media does not replace face to face meetings
Just by chance yesterday I received an email from the meetup site about a group based in Richmond who were launching an event on 6th October - Richmond New Technology group. The aim is to promote West London as a site for Tech Entrepreneurs who might like to avoid the...
Customizable ColorSchemes in Oracle Forms 12c
So this is how the 'New Features in Oracle Forms 12c' presentation mentions the new Customizable ColorSchemes in Forms 12c. Thanks to Michael Ferrante, Oracle Forms Product Manager for the updates. As ever, the devil is in the detail. Many years ago I was...
Oracle Forms 12c New Features – GET_RECMGR_STATS
I have seen and heard many presentations on Oracle Forms 12c new features. They all mention GET_RECMGR_STATS as a new feature, but so far have yet to see anyone use this new built-in. To start the ball rolling I created a simple form to see what is returned in the 6...
Oracle BI Cloud Service Data Sync
It is no great surprise that all the major vendors are pushing cloud solutions. With an affiliation to Oracle and recent attendance at the Irish Oracle Usergroup i am seeing a lot of what Oracle is working on in the cloud. Company wise we are working with Oracle to...
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