VAST developers should run to Eric Clayberg's talk on advanced VAST programming at StS 2004 - Register today!

Advanced VisualAge Programming
presentation
Eric Clayberg: Instantiations
Wednesday 4:00:00 pm to 5:30:00 pm

Abstract: Eric Clayberg, Sr. Vice President of Product Development for Instantiations, Inc., was Executive Vice President of Objectshare Systems, Inc. and Vice President of Development for ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. He is the primary author and architect of over a dozen commercial Smalltalk add-on products including the popular VA Assist Enterprise and WindowBuilder Pro product lines. He has a BS from MIT and an MBA from Harvard.

Bio: This presentation will cover several advanced VisualAge Smalltalk topics including advanced GUI techniques, complex configuration management and development tool (browser) enhancements. Some of the specific topics to be covered include: callbacks & event handlers, attachments, hiding source, complex subapp configurations, version renaming, etc.

Topics will include:

• Advanced GUI Techniques
• Widget Callbacks & Event Handlers
• Using Pointer Motion
• Using Timers & Delays
• Determining Key State
• Attachments
• Morphing
• Complex Configuration Management
• Hiding Source
• SubApp Configurations
• Version Renaming
• Locating Dependent Configs
• Development Tool (Browser) Enhancements
• Extension API
• Subclassing TextSelectionManager
• Hooking KeyPress in Text Widgets
• Enhanced Text Menu

See you in Seattle!