Posted for Bob Markowitz at BlueFinity International:

For anyone wondering about connecting to an MV DBMS from .NET, here is
an opportunity to learn about it at no cost. BlueFinity will be
presenting a Friday June 23rd morning seminar in Saddle Brook, New
Jersey to discuss and demonstrate mv.NET, their .NET integration
product. They will be discussing how BlueFinity's products can help
developers to integrate any MultiValue database with Microsoft’s .NET
framework and SQL Reporting Services. The presenter will be David
Cooper, the Chief Architect of the products.

mv.NET provides a solution for creating and/or enhancing any
MultiValue database application via integration to Microsoft .NET for
web, web services and/or rich applications. It is integrated with
Microsoft Visual Studio to provide a potent rapid application
development environment.
http://www.bluefinity.com/mvnet_3.html

They will also be demonstrating BlueFinity’s new Reporting Services
Data Connector (RSDC). RSDC supports the full feature set of
Microsoft's SQL Reporting Services product!
http://www.bluefinity.com/rsdc.html

Date & Location:
June 23, 2006
Saddle Brook, New Jersey, USA at the Saddle Brook Marriott.
Duration:
10:00am - 12:00pm, and yes there is a free lunch served at 12:00

To register contact Bob Markowitz at bob.markowitz (AT) bluefinity (DOT) com.

Nebula Research and Development is a worldwide Distributor for mv.NET.
For online demonstrations, free evaluations, and consultation,
contact:
mv.net@ removethisNebula-RnD.com.

I was at the presentation. It was given by Dave Cooper of BlueFinity,
who is the chief developer for the product, and he really seemed to know
his stuff - mv as well as .NET.

He demonstrated the basic mv.NET setup, and explained and showed the
binding objects and their integration with ADO.NET. He also showed us
how it would work with MS Reporting Services. The product really
integrates well with Visual Studio.

I was really impressed by his interest in people's suggestions for the
product.

What surprised me was that a number of the attendees had no experience
with .NET at all yet. I can feel for them, since I balked at the
switchover for a long time. But after having done so, I can say it is
definitely worth the effort. Over the past few months I've even written
Web services and Windows services for clients mv applications - things I
would never of even attempted prior to .NET. VS.NET took care of all the
plumbing, and all I needed to do was add my own application specific
logic. I'm happy I made the switchover.

If anyone is interested in .NET development for mv, I think mv.NET is
definitely worth a look.

Sholom

Tony Gravagno wrote:

sh wrote:


As indicated in a recent blog posting, I choose to work with companies
based on the dedication and competence of the people as well as the
company. David continues to impress me as a real professional, and he
considers all input carefully. He is one of the reasons I do business
with BlueFinity, and one of the reasons why I believe in mv.NET and
its future in this market.



I'm not surprised at all. .NET is a whole new world and its
constantly evolving. It's difficult for people to find the right
place to hop on the train, so to speak, especially if they haven't had
experience with OOP or networked technologies. It's for this reason
that I offer to partner with VARs who want to use .NET but they aren't
yet comfortable with everything that means. We also offer training
through one of our partners (Microsoft sends their people there to get
training for their certification). We're planning mv.NET-specific
training for those who are familiar with .NET.


Agreed. People are welcome to have a look at my new blog postings on
mv.NET (and DesignBais):
http:// removethisNebula-RnD.com/blog/category/tech/mv/mvnet/
More material to follow as time permits, which isn't often.

Tony
TG@ removethisNebula-RnD.com