[NEWS] LassoSoft Newsletter, July - Lasso Sale, LDC Sponsors, Lasso Training

[Kerry Adams-2]

LassoSoft Newsletter
July, 2008
<http://www.lassosoft.com/Company/Newsletter/index.lasso?9366>

Lasso Developers,

In less than two months we will be hosting the annual Lasso Developer
Conference (LDC) in Chicago, IL.  We've had the opportunity to see what
the presenters have put together for this year's conference, and we can
say that the attendees are in for a real treat.  For more information
about this year's conference, please visit us on the web at LassoSoft.com

We're excited to announce two new sponsors for the 2008 LDC: Anu
Internet Services Ltd., and Canadian-Printers.ca Inc.  You can read more
about these sponsors in this month's newsletter.  We'd also like to
remind everyone that there is a pre-conference Lasso training class,
Lasso Cookbook, being offered this year.  This is a great opportunity to
prepare yourself for the materials that will be covered over the course
of the conference.

Last but not least, we're offering special savings on every one of our
products through the end of the month.  If you've been waiting to
upgrade, or looking to purchase a new Lasso license, this is a great
time to do so and save some money while you're at it.

Happy Coding,

The LassoSoft Team

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This month's newsletter has the following topics:

- Savings On Every Lasso Product!
- Lasso Conference Sponsor Spotlight: Anu Internet Services Ltd.
- Lasso Conference Sponsor Spotlight: Canadian-Printers.ca Inc.
- Lasso Cookbook 1.0 in Chicago
- Improvements to ListSearch.com
- Tips of the Week

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Savings On Every Lasso Product!
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$100 Savings On All Lasso Professional Server 8.5 Products:

Lasso Professional Server 8.5 includes many great features which will
make your life easier including native Intel support for Macintosh,
support for Oracle, PostgreSQL, OpenBase, SQL Server, and ODBC, built-in
AJAX features, LDAP, Shell support, new email features, and more.

$100 Savings On Chart FX for Lasso 8.5:

Chart FX, by Software FX, is the leading charting solution for
enterprise developers wishing to add data visualization capabilities to
their applications. Lasso developers can make use of many of the Chart
FX for Lasso features, including borders, 2D & 3D, rotation &
perspective, transparency & anti-aliasing, labeling, gradients,
constants, series attributes, customized legends and many more.

$50 Savings On All Lasso Studio Products:

Lasso Studio is a powerful development tool for Lasso Professional, and
contains many features that simplify the process of programming
data-driven Web sites. The Lasso Studio authoring environment is
integrated within the IDE interface, and is instantly launched whenever
the IDE application is started.

Every purchase comes with 60 days of FREE support, full documentation
and everything you need to get up and running.  To take advantage of
this special savings opportunity, please visit our online store
<http://store.lassosoft.com/>

Questions? Our Sales Team can be reached at 888-286-7753 or
sales@...

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LDC Sponsor Spotlight: Anu Internet Services Ltd.
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Anu Internet Services is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Lasso
Developer Conference in Chicago, USA this September 18 - 21, 2008.

Since 2000, Anu has been providing Lasso web hosting solutions.  Chris
Wik, director of Anu, said "We are proud to sponsor the premier event
for the Lasso community.  This is a great opportunity for us to
demonstrate our services and expertise, and to learn about new
technologies and methodologies from seasoned Lasso professionals."

Anu have been hosting Web sites 1996 and specialize in supporting
dynamic, scalable server infrastructure.  They strive to provide a
personal approach to customer relationships; their services are highly
customized to meet individual requirements.  In addition, Anu hosts and
maintains the European download mirror for all Lasso products.

LassoSoft would like to recognize and thank Anu Internet Services for
their support and participation in this year's event.

For more information, visit Anu on the web at <http://www.anu.net/>
   
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LDC Sponsor Spotlight: Canadian-Printers.ca Inc.
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Canadian-Printers.ca Inc is proud to announce its sponsorship of the
Lasso Developer Conference in Chicago, USA this September 18 - 21, 2008.

LassoSoft would like to recognize and thank Canadian-Printers.ca Inc for
their support and participation in this year's event.

For more information, visit Canadian-Printers.ca on the web at
<http://canadianprinters.ca/>

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Lasso Cookbook 1.0 in Chicago
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Long-time Lasso user and LPA member Tami Williams is presenting Lasso
Cookbook 1.0 in Chicago the day before the Lasso Developer Conference.  
The 2-hr seminar provides a review of problem-solving techniques for
Lasso programmers. Attendees will receive a CD containing each of the
recipes presented in class. No prior Lasso experience is necessary.

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A at the University Center Conference
Chicago (http://www.universitycenter.com/)
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Cost: $199.00

Topics Include:

    * Query String: Using information passed in the URL to search a database
    * Using an Inline to Populate a Valuelist
    * Detecting & Handling Different Browsers
    * Creating, Reading, and Deleting cookies
    * Passing Arrays from Page to Page Using Sessions, Using Forms
    * Creating HTML Tables with Alternating Row Colors
    * Creating HTML Tables with Alternating Column Colors
    * User Feedback: "Required Form Fields Missing" Error Messages
    * Saving Shopping Cart Items in an Array (instead of in a database)
    * Storing Connection and Environment Information in Variables:
Examples and Reasons Why Its a Good Idea
    * Debugging Tips using the Error Console and Site Admin Utility
Errors "Log_Critical"


Tami Williams has been teaching Lasso development since version 3. An
experienced trainer and professional database and web application
developer, she started her Lasso and FileMaker consultancy Creative
Computing in 1990. The Lasso community knows her best for her Lasso
Fusebox core files, and for the many Lasso developer tools and custom
tags available at her web site.

Among the many Lasso projects she has developed are sites for Cornell
University, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology), Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of
Chicago, Macy's and Apple Computer, Inc.

For more information or to register, visit the Creative Computing web
site <http://www.asktami.com/training.html>

tel: [phone]

email: training@...

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Improvements to ListSearch.com
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The ListSearch.com site has been redesigned for better usability.  The
big changes are that all messages are now shown in a complete thread,
the site now defaults to showing a listing of recent messages, filtering
options have been improved, and the site now does Google search for full
text searching.  Please let us know what you think of the new site.

For more information, visit <http://www.ListSearch.com>

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Tips of the Week
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The latest tip of the week discusses the transition to destination-based
sales tax in Washington (and other states) and some strategies you can
use to calculate sales tax based on zip code.

Destination-Based Sales Tax

<http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080620>

Other recent tips of the week include:

Inline Parameters: How an inline processes its parameters and how an
array of common parameters can be used to make your code easier to maintain.

<http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080620>

Comments, corrections, or ideas for future tips of the week are
appreciated and can be sent to documentation@...

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