Archive for August, 2003
26 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Click2learn Press Releases · Click2learn
Further extending its reach in the EMEA region, Click2learn, leader in enterprise productivity solutions, along with its South African partner, Learning Resources, today announced a strengthening of its presence in the South African corporate learning market with a number of important new enterprise implementations of its Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite™. Using Aspen, large-scale organizations including De Beers, the Automobile Association of South Africa and AVI Financial Services (part of the Anglo Vaal Industries Group) have realized significant results including increased workforce productivity and business performance results, cost savings and employee satisfaction and retention.
19 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Jeff Rhodes · Publications
Conference attendees received free access to the new ToolBook & VBTrain.Net User’s Conference “Archives for Attendees” web application. This allows online access to all session content from TBCON 2003, including ToolBook files, .NET solutions, PowerPoint slides, web links, photos, videos, bonus materials, descriptions of each session, presenter information, etc. Read more »
12 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Click2learn Press Releases · Click2learn
Click2learn, leader in enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Nielsen Media Research and Buckman Laboratories have captured the 2003 ToolBook Design Awards. The Click2learn-sponsored awards, which recognize innovation in content and simulation design were given in a ceremony at the TBCon, the annual international summit for ToolBook users held this year in Colorado Springs, CO from July 28 - 30. Nielsen Media Research, the leading provider of television audience measurement and related services, won the award for Best Use of ToolBook for Online Learning. Buckman Laboratories, leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals for aqueous industrial systems, won the award for Most Creative Use of ToolBook Overall.
11 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Denny Dedmore · Publications
Platte Canyon will be making all session materials available like they do every year but I decided to make my materials available ahead of time so that all of you can get access to them sooner than later. Read more »
11 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Denny Dedmore · How-to
Anti-aliasing makes your fonts look smooth (non jaggy) but how can you turn this video driver setting ON for your native ToolBook applications, via OpenScript? Read more »
8 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Robin · Publications
Peter Jackson and Robin McDermott’s presentations from TBCON 2003 are now available on Peter’s website. Read more »
4 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Simon Price · Downloads
ToolBook, as of version 8.6, doesn’t support the native XP controls (e.g. buttons, combos, scroll bars, etc.). This free download emulates the main controls in the default Windows XP look and feel. If you’d like your ToolBook apps to use the XP look and feel or if you need to develop simulations of XP apps then this could save you a lot of effort (the programming on the scroll bar emulation was a bit of a labour of love). Read more »
4 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Simon Price · Downloads
This OpenScript script allows you to assign simple XHTML text to a ToolBook field and have it displayed in the same way as a Web browser would. XHTML is a well behaved version of HTML that complies with the rules of XML (see W3C XHTML). Being standards-based, XHTML is well suited to storing rich text for eLearning applications developed in ToolBook. Read more »
4 August 2003 at 7:00 am · Chris Bell · Conferences
The major ToolBook event of the year once again took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 28 - 30. Developers from Click2learn, Platte Canyon, and other major ToolBook development facilities presented technical sessions ranging from basic beginner issues through to highly advanced topics. In-depth preconference workshops were also held two days before the conference. While the emphasis was on technical learning, a strong collegial environment was reinforced by the numerous social opportunities and events. Read more »
