Subject: CM WebClient December Newsletter

December 2021
Winter Breaks
We're getting ready for the holidays and tying up loose ends, to christmas music.

We have more from the conference to highlight, and some news about the Apache Log4j Utility vulnerability many have heard about. On the latter, please check in with our support portal linked below for any updates. To date, the short story is CM WebClient is clear.

Andrew Leggett's CA Plex/2E conference workshop video implementing a new Plex Java and CM WebClient capability to connect CA Plex and other applications to Twilio is a major skill upgrade worth serious consideration before you get the holidays underway.

Have a great Holidays everyone, and see you in 2022!
Heads Up
Apache Log4j Utility Vulnerability
On December 10th, NIST disclosed a vulnerability in versions of Apache's Log4j utility, published here.

Security is our highest priority, so we comprehensively investigated our own portfolio of applications and their dependencies right away. We sent an email to our list, and published our own statement here.

Helpfully, Broadcom posted a landing page for all its products to help you stay informed. Solutions, workarounds, and knowledgebase articles for affected products will be provided as they are approved by each product team, so check in often, as needed.

CA 2E CA Plex Fall Worldwide Conference
Messaging API Workshop
Digital customer interactions using email, SMS, and even WhatsApp are becoming a basic customer experience requirement. In this hands-on workshop, Andrew Leggett implements a new Plex Java and CM WebClient capability to connect CA Plex and other applications to Twilio, the most popular customer digital interaction platform. 

We format, send, and monitor outgoing messages, and discuss auto-responders and other advanced messaging techniques via REST APIs and Webhooks.

Tutorials
Hands-on With CM WebClient
Our catalog of hands-on WebClient tutorials to help you build real things. Visit our support site for even more.
Dynamic Tree Menu Implementation
Save critical screen space, and provide a better overall user interface with a dynamic tree menu in WebClient. And better yet, the tree menu nodes are generated by data defined in a database table for easy update and maintainability.

iSeries Spool File and Operations Menu with WebClient

Learn how to create an iSeries Spool File and Operations Menu with WebClient. Full instructions and files included.

Multifactor Authentication and SSO

Now is a great time to look into SSO and Multi-factor Authentication. Lily Taharudin's hands-on tutorial demonstrates how to integrate WebClient with Keycloak openID connect protocol authentication.

Sending Mail with WebClient

With WebClient, sending email is simple and customizable.

Our latest tutorial provides an easy-to-follow example that you can use as the basis for your own project. Just modify the source code and function as needed.

Follow along with the full tutorial.

Implementing a Web-based Rich Text Editor with WebClient

Implementation a JavaScript-based Rich Text Editor component that can be used in CA Plex WebClient applications.

Create An Outlook-Style Events Calendar

Calendar views are a must-have for many web-based applications. Normally, coding them into your app becomes a real challenge when your users are on the go and have a need for mobile-based viewing.

Create Rich Tooltips and Popups

In many Plex applications, basic screens show only “need to know” information, with a link to more detail. With CM WebClient, create handy tooltips that provide a better user experience.

Knowing When Enough is Enough in Mobile Design

As programmers have learned since the beginning of coding, it can be difficult to feel your program is ‘done.’ There’s always more tweaking you can do, but are you really making it better?

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Better Display of Static Content

Content sourced from a database table can be concise but confusing and less than helpful.

Improve the display of your data with custom html and provide a much better experience for your users.

Follow along with the full tutorial
CM WebClient Latest Version
CM WebClient 1.8.7 is now available. Click here for the download and release notes.

This latest version includes support for Java 11 and many other enhancements, and bug fixes.

We upgrade CM WebClient customers to the newest versions each year. If you have any questions just send us a note to info@cmfirstgroup.com, or click the button below to contact an office or request a demo.
Other CM First Releases
CM evolveIT 11.3
CM Matchpoint ALM 6.5, last supported 5.5
CM M3 2018 Edition
CA Plex 7.2.1 , last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2019)
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CA 2E 8.7 , last supported 8.7 (as of January 31, 2019)
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