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Dataworks
monthly newsletter - 6th edition
Welcome
to this second issue of 2004. As the days are getting longer,
the evenings brighter and with a hint of spring in the air,
mother nature is not the only one that's busy producing new
creations.
Projects
for Garrett Engineering/ Honeywell, Aventis Pharma, the Waterford
Regional Hospital, Dawn Pork & Bacon, WIT, Tekpak, Castit
and more filled our schedule this month. Here is a small selection
of current projects reflecting the range of expertise. 'The
Leading Edge' technology news this month is about 'remoting'.
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 The
Scheduling System developed for Garrett Engineering's
injection moulding facility, which was installed back in
November is already proving to be a success. The
application, now only 3 months down the line, is yielding
price cutting results. The ability to schedule in a more
effective manner, increased control over what is required
in the production area and better visibility resulted in
a dramatic decrease for potential downtime.In
their continuous efforts for cost cutting & streamlining
processes, Garrett Engineering/ Honeywell has commissioned
Dataworks to develop a number of new systems. An inspection
system, a customer support system to track quality issues
and a monitoring system for the health & safety department
are some of the new applications currently in development
at Dataworks for Garrett.
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Tekpak
website goes live
The innovative Wexford and Leeds (UK) based manufacturer
and distributor of packaging solutions (cartoning machines,
wrappers, product feeders, robotic loaders and PET bottle
blowers) has just launched its new site. Developed by Dataworks,
the Tekpak
website features extensive information about their various
areas of expertise and products as well as an interactive
3D preview of automatic carton loading & erecting
systems. 3D models were assembled and animated by our sister
company, Rell Studios, rigorously following sketches and plans
supplied by Tekpak. The 3D demo uses an external text file
to load text dynamically into the presentation. This allows
the presentation to be tailored very quickly and easily for
a particular client for off-line use by Tekpak.
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New
software developments by Dataworks include the development
of system configuration wizard for a complex Shop Floor
Information System . The wizard is being developed in .NET
using a distributed architecture and will provide easy configuration
of an extremely comprehensive system in an intuitive, step
by step fashion. The wizard, developed for a renowned global
eyeware company, includes graphical representation of the
system configurations as you go to facilitate ease of use.
The
setup & configuration can be followed visually in the
schematic view. "This new tool will greatly simplify
the configuration of the system and will aid its rollout
globally" says Liam Curham, Director at Dataworks.
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Remoting
A distributed application is one where different parts of the application
run from different locations. With .Net Remoting Microsoft have
given developers an easier means of programming their own distributed
systems. To program a distributed application, the use of these
3 components is needed:
1 The
client component - This would typically be a form of user interface
but it could also be an automated system.
2 The
server component - This has all the logic/processing that the application
needs to be done e.g. database updates business rules etc. There
are 3 types of server component. A Single Call object. This acts
as a stateless function library and is the preferred option as it
is easier to scale up with. A Singleton Object, this is a single
object that is shared among all clients. A Client Activated object,
this acts as a normal object with properties and methods.
3 The
server host - This is an application that's responsible for listening
to requests from the client and passing them on to the server component.
The client and server components would typically be written by the
developer. The host server could also be written by the developer
but would more likely be a piece of packaged software such as IIS
or Microsoft enterprise service. These are often called middleware
servers. They usually provide more than just hosting, they can perform
load balancing and security services.
More
information can be found at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/introremoting.asp?frame=true
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