Subject: CM WebClient September Newsletter

September 2021
Usher in the new
If you're in the mood to take some time to advance your skills, October is a good month to do it.


The CA 2E CA Plex Worldwide conference is coming right up in October and they have a great 2-for-1 offer, just launched. Read more about it below. It's a great deal if you're thinking about signing up, remote or in-person.

And as always, browse our tutorial articles below and on the CM First support site for even more.

Happy app-making!
Heads Up
Using Modern Image Formats: AVIF and WebP
Keeping image sizes low, yet looking pristine, has been a challenge for quite some time. Fortunately, some new image formats have emerged that allow us to generate some pretty good-looking images while keeping the size down up to 50%.

If you've been thinking of adopting these new formats, now might be the time to get it done.

CA 2E CA Plex Fall Worldwide Conference
Just Launched: Buy One Get One Free
This is a deal you're not going to want to miss out on.

The conference is launching a Buy 1 Get 1 Free offer, today. Purchase a conference ticket, and they'll send you an additional ticket free of charge, to give to a colleague, friend, or even your manager. You and your guest can attend either virtually or in-person.

If you have already purchased a ticket, worry not. They'll send you an additional ticket free of charge to give away as well. Just send a note to info@plex2e.com.


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?

Read More

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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