With this issue of the Advantage, we continue to focus on how to work with BASIS technology. Chief Technical Officer John Schroeder wraps up his two-part tutorial on debugging with the BBj® IDE. Schroeder also details how to tune code with the Performance Analyzer. Director of Marketing Greg Grisham examines the use of Microsoft Terminal Services for wireless technology, while Supervisor of Engineering Nick Decker describes new ways to work with sockets. Additional information includes a demonstration of BBj ODBC/JDBC for the web, the new features released in BBj 2.02 and the latest on Java 1.4.1. These, plus profiles on New Leaf Distributing and the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, along with regular columns, Road Scholar and TRZ, show how the features and functionality of BASIS technology continue to enhance the performance, reliability and speed of today's business applications.

Look Out – Here Comes Tomorrow!
by Nico Spence
Director of Sales Nico Spence describes the benefits of BASIS technology and presents an overview of the Q3-Q4 Advantage.

FEATURES

PRO/5 TURNS OVER NEW LEAF
by Elisabeth Monaghan
When New Leaf Distributing needed to improve its online ordering application, they turned to BBx® developer Response Computer Group for assistance.

VISUAL PRO/5 PAVES THE WAY FOR NEW ORLEANS VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU
by Elisabeth Monaghan
Planning any event is challenging. For event planners considering New Orleans for their destination, the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau offers a comprehensive destination management application written in Visual PRO/5®.

USING THE NETBEANS BBj IDE TO DEVELOP AND DEBUG – TUTORIAL PART II
by John Schroeder
CTO John Schroeder completes his tutorial on using the BBj® IDE to develop and debug programs.

FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS IN BBj 2.02
by Greg Grisham
In October, BASIS released BBj® 2.02. The ".02" denotes a maintenance release, but a number of the features in this release are directed at performance and memory management.

GOING MOBILE WITH MICROSOFT TERMINAL SERVICES
by Greg Grisham
Director of Marketing Greg Grisham describes how BASIS Customers can extend the functionality of their applications by applying newer technology, such as wireless, to character applications.

TUNING YOUR CODE WITH THE PERFORMANCE ANALYZER
by John Schroeder
With Visual PRO/5® 4.0 and BBj® 2.01, BASIS released the Performance Analyzer, a utility designed to aid in analyzing code for performance bottlenecks. In this article, CTO John Schroeder explains how the Performance Analyzer works.

NEWS

GEORGE HIGHT ATTENDS PREMIER AUTOMOBILE SHOW WITH AUDEV AND SCHLEUPEN AG
CEO George Hight joined Audev General Manager Jos Schrier and Schleupen AG Sales Manager Klaus Hastreiter at Automechanika, Europe's premier auto show. There, Audev demonstrated its latest version of CAR IT, an auto dealer management solution that runs on Visual PRO/5®.

NEW LICENSE MODEL

MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND TECHCON2003

	COLUMNS PROGRAMMERS' PLATFORM by Nick Decker Many times in the past, BASIS has written about using TCP/UDP sockets in PRO/5®, Visual PRO/5® and BBj®. In this column, which is new to the Advantage, Nick Decker takes sockets in a different direction - writing a socket client that communicates with pre-established servers using pre-defined protocols. ROAD SCHOLAR JOURNALS by Cathy Sweet, sales associate for Descore, John Schroeder, Gale Robledo and Laurence Guiney Cathy Sweet recounts BASIS's Canadian Distributor, Descore's, annual spring conference. CTO John Schroeder describes the BBj® training and workshops he conducted during the third and fourth quarters of 2002. Account Manager Gale Robledo recaps her travels with John Schroeder and Vice President of Engineering Kevin King to the OSAS reseller conference, and Account Manager Laurence Guiney describes the trip he and Greg Grisham made to the SCO Group's GeoForum event. WHAT'S BREWING WITH JAVA Sun Releases JVM 1.4.1 by Greg Grisham Greg Grisham details some of the latest enhancements of Sun's JVM 1.4.1
	COOL STUFF by Greg Smith BASIS Webmaster Greg Smith launches the maiden voyage of this column with his explanation of BBj® JDBC/ODBC for the web. TECH RESOURCE ZONE This column addresses common questions regarding some of the new printing capabilities offered by BBj®.

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