•  Introduction to APL (part 1) 
  Ray Polivka
  Learn APL via the "See and Do" approach. This course introduces a major portion of the APL programming language. Attendees will learn how to create functions and variables and work with many of the APL primitives available. No previous APL knowledge is required.
  
  
•  JavaScript for APLers 
  Fred Waid
  Enhance your APL programming skills with a working knowledge of JavaScript and the structure for building an internet based application with APL as the server. Learn to create a web client application using a zero footprint approach, based on HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, VBscript and of course, APL and APLscript.
  
  
•  Using Microsoft Data Access Components 
  Jeremy Main & Warren Baelen
  Microsoft's MDAC and how its many components can be used from APL. Topics covered will include ODBC, DAO, ADO, SQL, and XML. Emphasis will be on how to invoke the appropriate COM or CLI interfaces using []WI and []WCALL.
  
  
•  Developing Windows Applications with Lescasse Objects v2 
  Eric Lescasse & Stephen Brooks
  A full day discussion of Release 2.0 of Lescasse Consulting's objects system. This new release includes (among other things) much faster control placement and resizing. The session will include explanation and demonstration of system features.
  
  
•  Introduction to APL (part 2) 
  Ray Polivka
  A continuation of the morning's course.
  
  
•  Java Script 
  Fred Waid
  Examples of using JavaScript to create forms, validate data and interface to an APL web server. Learn how to interface your existing workspace with the internet. Using HTML and JavaScript, create forms which cause variables to be placed in your server workspace and a selected function to be executed.
  
  
•  The APL Grid Object 
  Patrick Parks
  Explore the basic features and practical applications of the new APL Grid object. APLGrid is a spreadsheet-like ActiveX control that has been built from the ground up to work with arrays rather than scalar data.
  
  
•  Eric Lescasse's Objects 
  Stephen Brooks
  Examples using each of the system's objects will be provided. The afternoon session will be a continuation of the morning session with a greater focus on building full-scale applications with the objects.
  

Day 2

•  Welcome and Introduction to APL2000 User Conference 
  Eric Baelen, President, APL2000
  
  
•  APL Based Decision Support Systems 
  Greg Ferguson, President, Kreg Information Systems
  
  
•  Driving MS Word 
  Eric Baelen
  Create a MS Word Document with multiple styles, font changes, tables and embedded links and Load/Save documents, Find/Replace on text strings and move plain or RTF text from your APL workspace to a document.
  
  
•  Vector Graphics on the Internet - a Working Intro. to VML 
  Adrian Smith
  Gain an understanding of basic VML syntax. A laptop with IE5 and your favorite text editor (Notepad will do fine) is recommended to work on examples.
  
  
•  Building Peer to Peer Internet Applications  
  Fred Waid
  The focus of the internet is migrating from a structure based server with clients, to one relying on peer to peer activity. Learn how APL can be used to create peer to peer applications.
  
  
•  Windows API Toolkit 
  Brian Chizever
  A collection of Windows APL utilities to improve your APL+Win application.
  
  
•  APL and the MSXML Parser 
  Steve Bezner
  Learn to use the MSXML parser in new and existing APL applications to load, retrieve, append and gather XML data in APL.
  
  
•  Developing APL+Win ActiveX Server Applications  
  William Parke
  Discuss how to create and use APL+Win ActiveX Server applications.
  
  
•  Demonstrate FTP and HTTP clients developed as ActiveX Servers and APL+Win applications that use them .
  
  
•  Context Sensitive Help 
  Michael Steiner
  How to create, implement, and call "What's This?" help for APL+Win applications.
  
  
•  Object Oriented File Handling In APL 
  Gert Glantz
  TietoEnator's system for population forecasting completely developed in APL+Win with heavy use of UDC's. The forecasting system and sample code will be presented.
  
  
•  Active X Enhancements to []WI 
  Patrick Parks
  Discover new features and old tricks that make []WI handling of ActiveX objects easier. Discussion of argument-count rules, omitted arguments, and hierarchical object navigation.
  
  
•  An APL Fanatic's View of the Internet 
  Gary Bergquist
  How to maximize your productivity and maintain your APL sanity while capitalizing on Internet opportunities.
  
  
•  Add-Ons, Acronyms, Version Numbers and Magic  
  Colyn Phillips
  Accessing databases from APL using APL+ Link and the ODBC standard.
  
  
•  Installing Your APL Application 
  John Walker
  Create installation scripts using APL or with shareware packages.
  
  
•  Anemotion™ Technology Developed by PackageWorks 
  Josh Krafchin
  
  
•  Closing Session 
  
  
•  Dinner and Entertainment 
  

Day 3

•  Opening Remarks 
  Eric Baelen, President APL2000
  
  
•  Vox Proxy-Voice and Character for PowerPoint  
  Tom Atkins
  
  
•  Breakout Session I (concurrent sessions) Tiptoe thru the Tooltips 
  Eric Baelen
  Code Walker features for exploring and debugging APL code.
  
  
•  Internet Blackjack in APL+Win 
  Andrew Weiss
  A multiuser Blackjack application with an APL backend and a DHTML interface demonstrates advantages and capabilities of using a DHTML GUI over the Windows GUI.
  
  
•  :if... :else... :what? 
  Gary Bergquist
  A comparison of control structures and traditional APL branching logic. Does experience show one superior to the other?
  
  
•  Using APL for a Different Approach To Data Warehousing 
  Rich Woll
  Data Warehousing provides ways of getting at data rapidly and efficiently. APL using an inverted relational data approach is a natural for these types of applications.
  
  
•  Experiments with XP in APL 
  Bill Rutiser
  Extreme Programming (XP) is an emerging, light-weight, small team, development methodology. The application of several of its practices to APL coding will be discussed.
  
  
•  GUI Potpourri 
  Marvin Renich
  A tour of some new APL GUI features: images in Status, images in Combo, onHelp, and more.
  
  
•  Tools for Transition 
  Adam Kertesz
  Transferring APL systems to a different platform involves creating a comprehensive tool set. Included are file and workspace transfers, handling changes in naming conventions and syntax scanners, checkers and modifiers.
  
  
•  CDO: Using e-mail in Your Application 
  Jairo Lopez
  Discuss how to incorporate e-mail into client applications using CDO (Collaboration Data Objects), a high level set of COM objects that allow easy access to e-mail systems.
  
  
•  The Future of the Internet 
  Fred Waid
  What the .Net strategy of Microsoft means and how Microsoft is redefining the way applications are created. What will be the next internet killer applications and what are the keys to your involvement with their creation.
  
  
•  Communication Between PC and Mainframe via TCP/IP Using APL 
  Nils Dennstedt
  Methods for processing data in large mainframe databases enabling communication between workstation and mainframe using APL+Win.
  
  
•  Easy Ways To Work With SQL 
  J. Merrill
  Discuss techniques for working with SQL databases from APL+Win. Topics include handling database NULL values, creating re-usable code to handle database joins and more.
  
  
•  Playing with Lego and ActiveX 
  Ed Kobialka
  Illustrate how to use the ActiveX interface in APL+Win to interface with the Lego Mindstorms Robotic Invention System® to program a stand alone robot.
  
  
•  APL in BC Stats 
  Dave O'Neil
  The central statistical support organization for the government of British Columbia
  

Day 4

•  JavaScript on Steroids  
  Fred Waid
  Manage objects with JavaScript. Using the layers available in DHTML learn how to create applications which make a conventional GUI application pale in comparison. Using VBscriptlets we will show you how to use the Microsoft common controls in your web applications such as Trees, Listviews, etc. The goal is to provide the APL programmer with the tools needed to quickly develop a client side application.
  
  
•  Excel  
  Kevin Weaver
  Version 3.6 of APL+Win supports events from Excel so it can be more easily used as a front end to an APL application. A sample application is presented. Create multipage Excel workbooks from APL complete with formatting and graphics. A suite of functions to do all of the common Excel functions is provided.
  
  
•  Intermediate APL Programming  
  Gary Bergquist
  For the APL programmer who wants an introduction or review of some of the more advanced features of APL. Included: nested arrays, efficiency, readability, workspace/file design, advanced primitives and utilities.
  
  
•  Introduction to APL (part 3)  
  Ray Polivka
  A continuation of the course which began on Sunday, November 12th.
  
  
•  XML, Behaviors and Namespaces in IE5.5  
  Fred Waid
  Learn how to create a JavaScript.com object equivalent with your own defined methods, events and properties. These are the tools needed to create the application of the future. Integrate your APL server side application with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). We have created a DLL which makes it possible for your APL application to use SSL and HTTPS.
  
  
•  Understanding the Listview and Tree Controls  
  Brian Chizever
  How to use the APL+Win Listview and Tree controls. Includes setting their contents, sorting, drag&drop, printing and more.
  
  
•  ActiveX Enhancements to []WI  
  Patrick Parks
  
  
•  APL and the MSXML Parser  
  Steve Bezner
  
  
•  GUI Potpourri  
  Marvin Renich
  
  
•  Introduction to APL (part 4)  
  Ray Polivka
  A continuation of the course which began on Sunday, November 12th.