posted by Administrator on 04/19/2006 at 9:50 AM from the Announce department

OK, we know our meetings are usually announced a few hours in advance, or with luck, a few days. But on the heels of our last meeting, where Jack des Bouillons showed us some very interesting benefits of using SOAP in place of many traditional client server operations, we've decided to try announcing even earlier! Our next meeting is May 20th, and we'll be meeting at a new location in Pasadena (address below). At the SoCal4D May meeting, we're going to take a look at the 4D Widgetizer. The Widgetizer is a 4D Developer toolkit that allows you to take an existing 4D form and turn it into a widget, quickly and easily. You won't have to waste a lot of time tweaking graphics or setting up CSS code; just drag the widget object onto your form, publish, and presto, you have a working widget! This is a Partners-only resource, so those of you who aren't 4D Partners might want to come take a look and see what you might be missing! Desktop widgets are appearing on thousands of computers daily, performing functions ranging from server monitoring to information management to RSS feeds and much more. With 4D, you can bring rich, interactive functionality directly to your desktop in widget format. Whether you're working on Windows or Mac 4D has you covered, with support for both Yahoo! Widgets and Apple's Tiger Dashboard. We're going to be meeting at a new location this month. The full info: May 20th, 2006 Doors open 9:30am, meeting from 10am-Noon Castle Press 1222 N Fair Oaks Avenue Pasadena, CA 91103 Questions to justin@justintimebusiness.com. We look forward to seeing you there!