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Contents 1 Comet Meeting 2009 – Topics 1.1 Comet32 1.2 Disaster Recovery 1.3 Report generator 1.4 Doc manager -- The Perfect replacement for QSPOOL. 1.5 Highlights 2 Wish List 2.1 New Ultra Edit Install 2.2 Server Enhancements 2.3 New Encrypt/Decrypt functions 2.4 Streamlined Orders/Certificates 2.5 Multitasking Server UIs 2.6 Timer Event 2.7 The Forum 2.8 Next Meeting - Where & When

Comet Meeting 2009 – Topics

Comet32

• TCP driver implementation/future of how people would like it to work?
• Xap – 2 flavors
• Comet32 is officially in Beta test phase, the expectation is that it will become the official Comet flavor with Comet Version 2010.

Disaster Recovery

This is a new product which is available for sale now. It provides automatic backup and archiving of customer's data to an SSI server. The data center has redundant power and cooling for safe and efficient operation. A 750KVa diesel generator will keep the facility powered indefinitely in the event that utility power fails. Biometric access controls, key card access and video surveillance ensure a secure, monitored environment. There is a one-time setup fee, then monthly fee after that which includes all inherent server upkeep and bandwidth costs up to 8GB of data transferred. It was suggested that customers should check with their insurance company to see if they offer a discount on the premium if off-site storage is implemented. This could offset the cost of the service. In the event of a disaster the customer has the choice of having the data returned to them or logging in to their account on the CometConnect system and running their business via CometAnywhere until they have restored their hardware.

Report generator

Doc manager -- The Perfect replacement for QSPOOL.

Highlights

Wish List

New Ultra Edit Install

Jim would like to replace the current install shield method with a self-extracting zip file that would take care of installing all files, registry entries, and toolbar additions.

Server Enhancements

• Long file names
• NAS box server
• Transaction Log/Checkpoint/Rollback

New Encrypt/Decrypt functions

Streamlined Orders/Certificates

We Discussed the possibility of allowing orders for SSI products to be entered online. It was agreed that all that was needed is a more convenient way to pay. Jim will look in to payment by direct deposit to SSI account to eliminate need to mail a check. For next year's subscriptions we agreed to prepare and email a spreadsheet to each dealer with subscription renewal pricing for each customer. Dealer could then indicate on spreadsheet which will be renewing and email spreadsheet back.

Multitasking Server UIs

Timer Event

A new TIMER statement was discussed. This would allow the programmer to set timers that would trigger events when they expired. An event handler could then be written to perform some task such as prompting a user to see if they're still there or even terminating the session to release their resources. Suggested syntax: TIMER TimerId Milliseconds

The Forum

• There was almost unanimous agreement that the Comet Forum was too difficult to search. No real solution was proposed.

Next Meeting - Where & When

The vote for time and location of the next Comet meeting was for October 2010 in or around New York.