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Breaking News

09-JUL-2003 - Just generally reorganizing the site. Added in some 'additional resource' sections for links that may be of interest.

Will be fleshing out the 'Brio Performance Tips' section as I beg/borrow/steal great ideas and take the time to write them out.

Egad! I have too many ideas for new things to write about! ;-( Oh well! At least it will keep me busy and out of trouble! ;-) I did a "proof of concept" a few weeks ago where I imported a slide from PowerPoint or Visio and used that as a basis for overlaying some clickable graphic regions. There was also this report I saw a year or so ago where the developer offered waaaaay too many user controls ... however, they also offered a really neat way for users to save and reload their control selections using an export to Word. Anyway I hope there is some stuff here that you will find useful.

All for now! RonL.

Brio Tips by Category:

Tips followed by a "+" symbol contain example code to download.

Performance Tips:

Big Iron is Better!
Small Files are Faster!
Directives and Hints - Black Magic for Brio

Graphic Tips:

Blending Checkboxes and Radio Buttons into your Background
+ code - Expanding the Brio Color Palette
+ code - Pseudo List Box Resizing Work-Around
+ code - Syncing Visible and Hidden List Boxs
Clickable Graphic Element "Gotcha"
Adding a Marquee Message

"Event Bubbling"

+ code - Event Bubbling in Brio 6.5.2.0
+ code - Multiple Radio Buttons Checked? -- Blame Event Bubbling!

Miscellaneous/Fun Tips:

Finding the "Lost" Brio Menu Bar
Psuedo 'Recordset Paging' in Brio
"Hybrid" Report - Broadcast and ODS in the Same Report
An Odd Problem - Eliminating Reference Table Gaps
'Cleaning Up & Out' - Eliminating Vestigial Data in Your ODS Reports
Using an External File to Set Table Limits
Dynamically Adding Tables and Local Results to Your Query
Cascading Variable Limits


Additional (Offsite) Brio Resources:

ITToolBox Code Exchange -- ITTOOLBOX Code Exchange. An excellent resource for Brio coding examples and tips. {You'll even find a few of mine over there!}
ITToolBox Forum -- ITTOOLBOX Brio Forum
KeyPulse.com -- Try the "Knowledge Base" links.
MIT -- MIT Data Warehouse BrioQuery Guide.
Strafford -- Strafford Brio Forum.
Maddox Ford JS Examples EIS JavaScript examples from Maddox Ford.
Brio -> PowerPoint This is a "must see" presentation (with sample code) from the Maddox Ford folks.


Other Resources

If you are going to work with a database report writer/generator, *any* database report writer/generator, then the more you know about databases and SQL - the better off you will be. Here is a collection of SQL links from noted freelance SQL wizard, evolt.org and f2o.org member, and one of the authors of "Practical Web Database Design" (Stop reading and go out and buy it right now!) --- Let's have a big 'Fangs' welcome for Mr. Rudy Limeback!!
Rudy's SQL Links

evolt.org While not 'Brio-specific', evolt is an excellent resource for technical advice on all things related to web technology.

freedom to operate A fine web-based rather than list-based resource for web related technology.

Danny Goodman, author of the IDG JavaScript Bible (and occasional contributor to evolt), can be found at his home page - dannyg.com along with some code examples and insights.

Jeff Howden, Cold Fusion wizard, JavaScript expert and long-time evolt contributor has put quite a few very useful examples at Jeff at evolt. While not 'Brio-specific' both Danny and Jeff have some excellent information that should improve your JS prowess.