Newsletter Issue 2nd Quarter 2016

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Vitec Nice uses Monarch to migrate 2.5m lines of RPG to .NET

Vitec Nice specializes in insurance software used throughout Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. This application has about 2.5m lines of code and includes about 2500 programs. Vitec Nice has been successfully selling this green-screen app for years. However, the character-based green-screen was rapidly becoming an impediment to acquiring new customers. This is the story of how Vitec Nice used ASNA Monarch to migrate its large IBM i RPG app to .NET.
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The power of CodePen.io's JavaScript playground

Online JavaScript "playgrounds" make learning JavaScript, HTML, and CSS easy and fun. This article provides a quick overview of the JavaScript playground CodePen.io and what it can do for you.
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Windows 10 free upgrade expires on July 29

The Windows 10 free upgrade expires on July 29, 2016. While the price for an upgrade after that isn't known, it's generally assumed to be about $200. If you have Windows 7x or 8x, you're silly not to upgrade!
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AVR for .NET and .NET 2.0-3.5 Framework support

Microsoft ending all support for the NET 2.0 Framework on April 12, 2016. In the near future, ASNA will be dropping support for .NET Framework 2.0-3.5 in ASNA Visual RPG for .NET.
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Google map API requires a key now

The Google map API now requires a free key--even for development purposes. This article explains the impact of and the exception to the new rules, as well as showing you how to use ASNA Mobile RPG's DdsGMap control with a Google API key.
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