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Please read on for information on our October meeting:

WMSUG - Grand Rapids
Date:  October 23, 2007, TUESDAY (NOT Wednesday) - TUESDAY - TUESDAY - TUESDAY - TUESDAY - TUESDAY - TUESDAY - TUESDAY - TUESDAY
Time:  8am coffee and rolls, 8:30am presentation
Place:  English Hills Golf Club, 1200 4 Mile Road, Grand Rapids, MI

WMSUG - Kalamazoo (I94UG)
Date:  October 25, 2007, Thursday
Time: 8am coffee and rolls, 8:30am presentation
Place:  KVCC's M-Tec building, Room 1410, Kalamazoo, MI  See attached mapdirections.pdf
Plan for construction delays at the I94 and 131 interchange.
http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_11008_43231---,00.html

Reminder:
Please pay your User Group dues.  $60 covers our meeting year of September through May.
Members can attend either or both the GR or Kzoo meetings.
Need an invoice?  Need an address for mailing?  Go to our website and click on Membership.
We have new web address!!  http://www.wmsug.net

Subject: Introduction to .Net and the iSeries [System i]

Presentor:  Richard Schoen, RJS Software Systems

Description:
Learn how to use Microsoft .NET technology to develop Windows and Web-based applications for the iSeries. Modernize your existing IT infrastructure by using the iSeries as a database backend for Windows and Web applications. Topics to be covered include understanding what .Net is, creating .NET Windows & ASP.NET Web applications and web services with little-to-no manual coding, demonstrating basic concepts in the Visual Basic.NET 2.0 language model, accessing existing System i data utilizing the IBM DB2.NET data provider, accessing existing RPG programs from .Net for code re-use, general tips & tricks to increase .Net programming productivity and effectiveness. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about .Net and how the technology can help you to modernize your iSeries applications.




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October 2007 Meeting
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