Runtime Revolution Announces Third Free Programming Conference

Online conference on 28th May to be presented by Klaus Major of Major-K. The free software accompanying the conference is now available for download.

Edinburgh, Scotland (PRWEB) May 25, 2005 -- Runtime Revolution (www.runrev.com) and major-k (www.major-k.de) announce the line-up of the third free online programming conference for Revolution users. The conference will take place at 15:30 GMT on 28th May 2005 and will be presented by Klaus Major of major-k and covers how to use controls. In common with other conferences it will be moderated by Jacqueline Landman Gay of Hyperactive Software (www.hyperactivesw.com).

The conference starts with a moderated session which will focus on the learning objectives, it will be followed by an open session where attendees can ask questions. Topics covered in this conference include:

- An introduction to the types of controls

- Important properties to use when developing controls

- Using icons on buttons

- Check boxes, radio buttons and tabbed buttons

- Fields, including how to import and export text files

- Scroll bars and progress bars

- Graphics

- Using the set command

The conference is free and open to all, including those who are using the free trial edition of Revolution. Details of this conference, the fifteen others in the series and the free sample stack can be found at: http://support.runrev.com/scriptingconferences/

Participants are advised to download the latest version of Runtime Revolution from: http://www.runrev.com

About major-k

Founded in 2004 major-k (www.major-k.de) offers custom software development, training, mulitmedia services and consultancy. Specialising in 'every day' software and custom solutions for all needs, our customers include universities, companies and individuals.

About Jacqueline Landman Gay

Jacqueline Landman Gay is president of HyperActive Software (http://www.hyperactivesw.com), and has been providing custom programming solutions for clients world-wide since 1987. She is a recognised expert in Revolution and other xtalk programming languages and her work has been published in several disk/book bundles. She also has extensive experience in online conferences having moderated the scripting conferences on AOL for many years.

About Runtime Revolution

Founded in 1997, Runtime Revolution focuses on bringing user-centric software development to all major platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Unix. Products include Revolution Dreamcard, Studio and Enterprise, and Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor. The company is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more information on Runtime Revolution, please visit the company on the web at http://www.runrev.com/.

For more information, or to arrange a product review please contact:

Dr Rod McCall

Runtime Revolution Ltd

15-19 York Place

Edinburgh

EH1 3EB

email: rodmc@runrev.com

telephone: +44 (0) 870 747 1165

fax: +44 (0) 845 458 8487

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