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WebFOCUS Active Technologies:Continuing Innovation
Kyle HacheySystems Engineer
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Continuing Innovation: Formats, Interactivity, Visualization
Active ReportsActive Dashboards
Active FlashSWF Format
Active PDFInteractive Content
Enhanced VisualizationActive Charts
Enhanced InteractionsSWF and HTML Formats
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Active Technologies Platform: Benefits
Truly Portable Connected and Disconnected Browser, Computer, Mobile Device
Really Simple to Use 95% of most commonly used Excel functions “Single Click” UI paradigm Slice, dice and share Simple to develop
Robust HTML, SWF, PDF Reports, Charts, Dashboards
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Active Technologies HTML: Enhanced Functionality
Advanced Transformations: Grid, Pivot, and Chart/Rollup Tools
Customization: Show/Hide Menu Options, Customize Pagination Bar
Global Filter: Dynamically filter across all report components
Trial version: Available without license
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Enhanced Dashboard Creation Capabilities from IA
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Enhanced Interactions via New Filter Controls
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Active Technologies for Adobe Flash® Player
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High Level Overview of Flash Platform
SWF is popular for highly branded and interactive applications
SWF combines vector graphics and animation effects in applet like applications SWF is a pre-compiled binary file Uses ActionScript which is based
on EcmaScript Action Script 3 -- very much like
Java or C# Flash Player is a browser plug-in
Flash Player 9 is JIT like Java Virtual Machine
10 times faster than prior engines Installed on 98% of PCs
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Is Flash Obsolete: It is not only about Flash – It is Flash AND HTML5 Silvelight JavaFX
What HTML5 Means to Web Designers and Developers CSS 3 Local Storage Websockets
Focus on Media and Performance by Vendors Video: Apple plays H.264 video through the QuickTime player, while Adobe encodes it
and uses the hardware accelerators. 75% of video on the internet is in Flash. Speed: QuickTime + HTML5 outperforms Flash only on MAC/Safari, because MAC
does not allow Adobe to take advantage of the hardware acceleration. On all other platforms Flash performs faster.
The Real Issue: Can some of the apps/ads/etc. be re-written in HTML5 plus Java Script? How can we deliver the best user experience Is there going to be universal support
Flash vs. HTML5
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What They Are Saying
"HTML5 is still a standard in progress and the makers of it say it will be five to ten years at least before it's done, so it's too early to make any comparisons at this time," a Microsoft spokesperson says. "Silverlight will still be necessary as it provides more advanced features -- such as a richer and faster programming model (C#), 3-D, and out-of-browser capabilities. With those features, Silverlight will ultimately provide a richer Internet experience.“
"HTML5 faces many challenges," says Dave Story, vice president of developer tools at Adobe. "The browser market remains highly fragmented, and incompatibilities between browsers reign. The HTML5 timeline states that it will be at least a decade before the evolving HTML5/CSS3 efforts are finalized, and it remains to be seen what parts will be implemented consistently across all browsers. In the meantime, the Flash platform will continue to deliver a ubiquitous, consistent platform that enables ever richer, more engaging user experiences.“
Sun vice president James Gosling, often considered the father of Java, says JavaFX "has much more advanced rendering, performance, and behavior than HTML5."
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Active Technologies for Adobe Flash® Player: Benefits
Advanced ChartsEnhanced StylingTransitional effects
and animationsEasy Conversion:
Reuse existing report or dashboard
No Additional Tools or Software to build interactive dashboards
Leverage existing tools, skills and knowledge
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Active Technologies for PDF: Benefits
PDF Functions: Save and share from Adobe Reader menu
Active Functions: Interactivity, Charts and Animations
No browser plug-in needed
Print only the Filtered Content
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Enhanced Visualization: 38 New Chart Types
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Report Painter
Active Content Development: Simplieifed Workflow in IA
InfoAssist
Document Composer
Demo
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Active Dashboard Example We Will Create
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Open InfoAssist to Create Active Dashboard
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Create First Chart
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Add Second Chart and Resize
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Add Third Chart and Position All
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Change the Chart Types: Stacked Bar, Doughnut, Area
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Change the Format to Active Flash
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Add Global Filter to Active Dashboard
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Run and Interact with Active Dashboard
Thank You!
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