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Training Adobe ActionScript 3 Advanced Techniques – 3 days

Class overview :

This 3 day advanced ActionScript course is for people who want to push their Actionscript 3 skills further and learn advanced techniques in order to create and control effects with MovieClips, bitmaps, colour, audio, video, and 3D assets.

Class goals :

Additionally you we will cover some great open source class libraries that will help you in creating your effects and flash sites, and generally learn to take your ActionScript 3 skills to the next level.

Content of Adobe ActionScript 3 Advanced Techniques

Drawing

  • Drawing API
  • Triangles (and UVT)
  • Bitmap fills

3D transformations

  • rotationX/Y/Z transformations
  • scaleX/Y/Z transformations
  • x/y/z translations
  • Simple 3D drawing

Collision Detection

  • Hit tests
  • Using Bitmaps for detection

Tweening

  • Tween class
  • Applying tweens
  • Creating effects with tweens
  • Other tweening libraries

Transitions and the Transition Manager

  • Blinds
  • Fade
  • Fly
  • Iris
  • Squeeze
  • Wipe
  • Others

Colour

  • Manipulating colours with AS3
  • ColorTransform class

Transformations

  • Matrix class
  • Matrix3D class
  • Transform
  • Others

Video Effects

  • Bitmaps
  • Cameras
  • Movies

Sound effects

  • Loading sounds
  • Controlling sounds
  • Visualisation – waveforms and frequencies
  • Microphones

Image Effects

  • Bitmaps and BitmapData
  • Filters and Blend modes
  • PerlinNoise

Open source Classes

  • Papervision3D
  • Tweener
  • TweenMax
  • Minimal Components
  • Others

Open source frameworks

  • Gaia

Augmented Reality

  • FLARToolkit
  • Adding Papervision3D

Object Orientated Programming

  • Creating your own class
  • Creating methods
  • Creating getters/setters
  • Using your custom class
  • Creating Document classes

Flash and Flash Builder (Flex Builder)

  • Importing Flash work into Flash Builder
  • Setting up your classes in Flash Builder
  • Embedding Flash work as assets in your classes
  • Using Flash Builder with php and mysql

Components and Data

  • Components
    • Button
    • Checkbox
    • ColourPicker
    • Combobox
    • Datagrid
    • etc

Working with data

  • Database Integration
    • Setting up a server and database
    • Testing server/flash/db integration
    • Ways to connect Flash and data – AMFPHP
  • XML
  • DataProvider
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Training Adobe ActionScript 3 Advanced Techniques

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Training Crystal Reports 2008 Level 2 – 2 days

Class overview :

Until now, you have used Crystal Reports to build and modify reports. You want to use the advanced functionality of Crystal Reports to generate reports in the format you desire. In this course, you will create complex reports and data sources using Crystal Reports’ tools. You will not only create more sophisticated reports including subreports and cross-tabs, but you will also increase the speed and efficiency of your reports by using SQL queries.

Class goals :

After completing this course, students should be able to:

  • Create automatic and manual running totals
  • Work with cross-tab reports
  • Add subreports
  • Create drill-downs in a report
  • Use SQL statements in report processing
  • Create complex formulas
  • Add charts to reports
  • Enhance report functionality

Content of

Lesson 1: Creating Running Totals

Lesson 2: Working with Cross-Tabs

Lesson 3: Adding Subreports

Lesson 4: Creating Drill-Downs in a Report

Lesson 5: Using SQL Statements in Report Processing

Lesson 6: Creating Complex Formulas

Lesson 7: Adding Charts to Reports

Lesson 8: Enhancing Report Functionality

  • Appendix A: Managing Reports
  • Appendix B: Processing Data on the Server
  • Appendix C: Detecting and Fixing Problems
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Training Crystal Reports 2008 Level 2

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Training Crystal Reports 2008 Level 1 – 2 days

Class overview :

Organisations use reporting tools to access data sources and generate customised reports. Crystal Reports 2008 enhances report building and report processing techniques with a slew of features that add value to your presentation. In this course, you will create a basic report by connecting to a database and modifying its presentation.

Class goals :

After completing this course, students should be able to:

  • Explore the Crystal Reports interface
  • Create a basic report and modify it
  • Use formulas for filtering data
  • Build a parameterized report
  • Group report data
  • Enhance a report
  • Create a report using data sourced from an Excel database
  • Distribute data

Content of Crystal Reports 2008 Level 1

Lesson 1: Exploring the Crystal Reports 2008 Interface

Lesson 2: Working with Reports

Lesson 3: Using Formulas in Reports

Lesson 4: Building Parameterized Reports

Lesson 5: Grouping Report Data

Lesson 6: Enhancing a Report

Lesson 7: Creating a Report from Excel Data

Lesson 8: Distributing Data

  • Appendix A: Up and Configuring Data Sources
  • Appendix B: Using Report Processing Techniques
  • Appendix C: Using Functions in Formulas
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Training Crystal Reports 2008 Level 1

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Training Crystal Reports Version 11 Advanced – 2 days

Class overview :

Now that you have completed the first course, or are familiar with the basics of building and modifying reports, you’re ready to move ahead to create complex reports and data sources using Crystal Reports’ tools. In this course, you’ll not only learn how to create more sophisticated reports including subreports and cross-tabs, but you’ll also learn how to increase the speed and efficiency of your reports by using SQL queries.

Class goals :

After completing this course, students should be able to:

  • Create running totals in a report
  • Build cross-tabs in your report
  • Add subreports to a report
  • Design a report that uses a drill-down
  • Improve processing speed in your reports
  • Chart single and multiple data series
  • Report from Excel data
  • Implement report prompts
  • Enhance report functionality

Content of Crystal Reports Version 11 Advanced

Creating Running Totals

  • Create a Running Total Field
  • Modify a Running Total Field
  • Create a Manual Running Total on Detail Data
  • Create a Manual Running Total on Summary Data

Building Cross-tabs in Your Report

  • Create a Cross-tab
  • Create a Specified Group Order
  • Filter a Cross-tab by Group
  • Change the Cross-tab Format
  • Conditionally Format Rows and Columns
  • Keep Groups Together

Adding Subreports

  • Insert a Subreport
  • Link a Subreport to a Primary Report
  • Edit a Subreport’s Structure
  • Format a Subreport Using the Format Editor
  • Share Variables Between Subreports and Primary Reports
  • Create an On-demand Subreport

Creating Drill-downs

  • Create a Drill-down
  • Create Separate Headings for Drill-down Data

Enhancing Report Processing by Writing SQL Statements

  • Create a Report Using SQL Queries
  • Summarize Report Data Using SQL Aggregate Functions
  • Create Joins Using SQL
  • Create Subqueries
  • Create a SQL Expression Field

Charting Data

  • Create a Bar Chart
  • Modify a Chart
  • Format a Chart
  • Create a Chart Template
  • Create a Top N Chart
  • Create a Cross-tab Chart

Reporting on Excel Data with Crystal Reports

  • Create a Report Based on Excel Data
  • Modify a Report Generated from Excel Data
  • Update Data in a Report Based on Excel Data

Working with Prompts

  • Create a Static Prompt
  • Create a Dynamic Prompt

Enhancing Report Functionality

  • Group Data Hierarchically
  • Create a Dynamic Image
  • Create a Report Alert
  • Create a Geographic Map
Crystal Reports Version 11 Advanced
Training Crystal Reports Version 11 Advanced

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Training Crystal Reports Version 11 Introduction – 2 days

Class overview :

Crystal Reports 11 Level 1 is the first course in the Crystal Reports 11 series. In this course, you will build basic list and group reports that work with almost any database.

Class goals :

After completing this course, students should be able to:

  • Create a list report by using data from an existing database
  • Locate and present data in a specified order
  • Create groups to summarize report data
  • Build formulas to add non-database data to a report and display data differently
  • Format reports
  • Enhance reports by adding and modifying elements in a report
  • Create single data series charts
  • Distribute report data to other users

Content of Crystal Reports Version 11 Introduction

Creating a Report

  • Set Default Report Settings
  • Specify Fields for a New Report
  • Preview the Report
  • Modify Field Display
  • Add a Report Title
  • Position Fields
  • Add Fields from Additional Tables

Displaying Specific Report Data

  • Find Data
  • Sort Data
  • Filter Data by Single Criterion

Grouping Report Data

  • Insert a Group
  • Add Summaries
  • Format Summary Information
  • Change Group Options
  • Add an Additional Group
  • Filter by Group
  • Create a Top N Sort Group

Building Formulas

  • Write a Formula
  • Create a Formula
  • Edit a Formula
  • Combine Fields by Formula
  • Delete a Formula
  • Filter Data by Multiple Criteria
  • Modify a Filter Using an OR Operator
  • Create a Parameter Field
  • Account for Null Fields in a Formula

Formatting Reports

  • Remove White Space
  • Insert Page Header/Footer Data
  • Add Borders, Boxes, and Lines
  • Change Field Background Color
  • Change the Margins

Enhancing Reports

  • Add a Watermark
  • Insert Objects Using Object Linking and Embedding
  • Modify Formatting Based on Data Value
  • Suppress Report Sections
  • Insert Hyperlinks
  • Hide Blank Report Sections

Creating and Modifying Pie Charts

  • Create a Pie Chart with a Drill-down
  • Modify Chart Text
  • Format a Chart
  • Present a Chart by Group

Distributing Data

  • Export to PDF
  • Export to Microsoft Excel File
  • Export to an Microsoft Access Database File
  • Create a Report Definition
  • Create Mailing Labels
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Training Crystal Reports Version 11 Introduction

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Training Adobe Flash: Developing Interactive Web Content – 4 days

Class overview :

Rich Internet Applications demand sophisticated content and delivery methods. Adobe Flash is a leading development tool that provides organizations with a fast, fluid environment for creating interactive applications that enhance the end user experience.

Class goals :

  • Build and deploy cross-platform Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and content with Adobe Flash
  • Create engaging animations to attract and retain users
  • Generate interactive dynamic content and special effects with ActionScript
  • Connect to relational databases and XML datasets to build real-time, data-driven applications
  • Encode and deliver streaming video to create innovative, mixed-media content
  • Integrate and distribute Flash content on multiple platforms, including DVD, Web and Mobile

Content of Adobe Flash: Developing Interactive Web Content

Fundamentals of Adobe Flash

  • Requirements of Rich Internet Applications
  • Navigating the Flash IDE
  • Exploring Flash capabilities

Building Flash Content

Analyzing the interface

  • Investigating toolbar functionality
  • Synchronizing content with the timeline
  • Adjusting interface parameters with the properties window

Creating and importing assets

  • Graphics
  • Movie clips
  • Buttons
  • Constructing navigation menus
  • Utilizing the built-in tools to create content
  • Importing video, graphics and audio
  • Leveraging Photoshop for graphic manipulation

Configuring Flash components

  • Enhancing the user interface with the Component Library
  • Extending Flash capabilities with third-party components

Bringing Flash to Life with Animation

Creating motion in scenes

  • Producing movement with Shape and Motion Tweens
  • Adding a motion path to control location
  • Synchronizing motion with sound

Achieving special effects

  • Masking
  • Dropshadows
  • Explosions
  • Silhouette
  • Fading between multiple photographs

Building complex animation structures

  • Creating nested movie clips
  • Developing multiple scenes
  • Forming animated buttons
  • Animating in 3-D

Additional Animation Techniques

  • Saving and reusing Motion Paths
  • Utilizing the Motion Editor and masking MovieClips

Developing Interactivity with ActionScript

Core language fundamentals

  • Variables
  • Objects
  • Functions
  • Making decisions and iterating through data
  • Controlling application navigation

Handling application interaction

  • Responding to user requests
  • Gathering and validating user input
  • Reacting to video and data events

Animating and styling content

  • Creating motion without the timeline
  • Adding a timed photo fade
  • Formatting user interface components with CSS

Connecting to Data Sources

Working with XML

  • Reading and parsing XML data with E4X
  • Building a user interface with XML data
  • Populating content areas

Accessing databases

  • Receiving data through server-side scripts
  • Populating the user interface with dynamic data
  • Storing user input from a Flash application

Enhancing Flash Sites with Video

Encoding video for delivery

  • Defining accepted video encoding formats
  • Handling standards and bandwidth issues
  • Transcoding video with multiple tools

Controlling playback

  • Dynamically interacting with video
  • Creating a full set of video playback options
  • Building and loading video playlists
  • Applying closed-captioning to online videos

Serving video content

  • Comparing progressive downloading and streaming
  • Delivering from a standard Web server
  • Evaluating alternative open-source servers
  • Inserting and reading video cue points

Deploying Flash

Standard delivery methods

  • Publishing to the Web
  • Distributing by physical media

Detecting Flash-capable devices

  • Utilizing the SWFObject JavaScript library
  • Offering alternative content

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  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
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  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
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Training Cloud Computing Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction – 3 days

Class overview :

Cloud computing is revolutionizing all aspects of IT, including hardware, operating systems and applications. Faced with a rapidly changing business environment, organizations are under pressure to respond with a flexible IT infrastructure and applications.

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Class goals :

  • Thoroughly assess the architectures, components, operation and tools of cloud computing
  • Leverage cloud vendors, including Force.com, Microsoft Azure, Google and Amazon, for business advantage
  • Exploit Software as a Service (SaaS) to optimize cost and resources
  • Create, deploy and secure applications and services with Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  • Commission a computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) with Amazon EC2 and Eucalyptus
  • Design a cloud implementation strategy that minimizes the risk for your organization

Content of Cloud Computing Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Introduction to Cloud Computing

Defining cloud computing

  • Components of a computing cloud
  • Differentiating types of clouds: public, private, hybrid

Delivering services from the cloud

  • Categorizing service types
  • Comparing vendor cloud products: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others

Adopting the Cloud

Key drivers of cloud computing solutions

  • Instantaneous provisioning of computing resources
  • Handling varied loads with elasticity and seamless scalability
  • Tapping into an infinite storage capacity
  • Cost-effective pay-as-you-use billing models

Evaluating barriers to cloud computing

  • Handling sensitive data
  • Aspects of cloud security
  • Assessing governance solutions

Exploiting Software as a Service (SaaS)

Characterizing SaaS

  • Minimizing the need for local hardware and software
  • Streamlining administration with centralized installation and updates
  • Optimizing cost and performance with the ability to scale on demand

Comparing service scenarios

  • Improving collaboration with business productivity tools
  • Simplifying business process creation by integrating existing components

Inspecting SaaS technologies

  • Deploying Web applications
  • Implementing Web services: SOAP, REST
  • Choosing a development platform

Delivering Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Exploring the technical foundation for PaaS

  • Specifying the components of PaaS
  • Analyzing vendor PaaS provisions
  • Selecting an appropriate implementation

Building services with solution stacks

  • Evaluating the architecture of vendor specific platforms
  • Becoming familiar with service platform tools
  • Leveraging the power of scalable middleware

Managing cloud storage

  • Controlling unstructured data in the cloud
  • Deploying relational databases in the cloud
  • Improving data availability

Employing support services

  • Testing in the cloud
  • Monitoring cloud-based services
  • Analyzing portability across platforms

Deploying Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Enabling technologies

  • Scalable server clusters
  • Achieving transparency with platform virtualization
  • Elastic storage devices

Accessing IaaS

  • Provisioning servers on demand
  • Handling dynamic and static IP addresses
  • Tools and support for management and monitoring

Building a Business Case

Calculating the financial implications

  • Analyzing current and future computing requirements
  • Comparing in-house facilities to the cloud
  • Estimating economic factors downstream

Preserving business continuity

  • Selecting appropriate service-level agreements
  • Safeguarding access to assets in the cloud
  • Security, availability and disaster recovery strategies

Migrating to the Cloud

Technical considerations

  • Rearchitecting applications for the cloud
  • Integrating the cloud with existing applications
  • Avoiding vendor lock-in

Planning the migration

  • Incremental vs. one-step solution
  • Selecting a vendor
  • Establishing staff skill requirements

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  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
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Training Deploying Microsoft Office 365 – 4 days

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Class overview :

Microsoft Office 365 enables organizations to take advantage of cloud computing technology, potentially reducing on-premises servers and increasing savings.

Class goals :

  • Implement Office 365 for increased organizational efficiency and reduced IT infrastructure
  • Deploy online versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Lync and Office
  • Enable Single Sign-On and Active Directory synchronization to streamline the user experience
  • Configure and administer Exchange Online to match fluctuating business demands
  • Create private and public Web sites using SharePoint Online for anywhere access
  • Host enhanced virtual meetings and communicate in real time with Lync Online

Content of Deploying Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 Introduction

  • Identifying the fundamental features
  • Evaluating subscription plans and options
  • Exploring the management portal and Office Web Apps
  • Analyzing readiness for Office 365

Integrating Desktop Deployments with Office 365

Performing self-service deployments

  • Installing Office software from the Office 365 portal
  • Selecting from the appropriate licensing options

Organizing managed deployments

  • Creating automated distribution solutions
  • Customizing global and personal installation settings

Administering Office 365

Managing options with the web portal

  • Adding users to an Office 365 subscription
  • Integrating Office 365 with existing DNS domains

Automating management tasks with PowerShell

  • Leveraging PowerShell commands for Office 365
  • Extending management capabilities
  • Scripting user management for maximum efficiency
  • Assigning licenses automatically
  • Defining security groups

Establishing Identity and Controlling Access

Identifying Office 365 security components

  • Creating Microsoft Online IDs for login to the cloud
  • Defining password control policies
  • Implementing role-based authentication

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)

  • Establishing trusts between security realms
  • Applying claims-based access control
  • Defining federated identity rights for authorization

Simplifying login with Single Sign-On (SSO)

  • Sharing identity across enterprise boundaries
  • Configuring Office 365 for a seamless user experience

Synchronizing Directory Objects

Preparing for synchronization

  • Enumerating synchronization requirements
  • Replicating users and groups to the cloud

Integrating ADFS and DirSync

  • Analyzing directory synchronization architecture
  • Planning and troubleshooting coexistence alternatives
  • Enabling Active Directory synchronization

Selecting the appropriate scenario

  • Moving an entire organization to the cloud
  • Transferring only selected departments

Moving to Exchange Online

Preparing for Exchange Online

  • Comparing Exchange Online with Exchange on premises
  • Identifying supported functionality for Outlook

Performing centralized administration

  • Managing global organization e-mail settings
  • Defining user options and policies
  • Establishing compliance, archiving and protection rules

Migrating to Exchange Online

  • Moving from Exchange on premises
  • Auditing Exchange migrations
  • Transferring e-mail folders from legacy IMAP servers

Exchange Online hybrid scenarios

  • Creating a coexistence server
  • Moving mailboxes to and from the cloud
  • Deploying a hybrid solution

Collaborating with SharePoint Online

Administering SharePoint Online

  • Managing site collections
  • Delegating site permissions
  • Working offline with SharePoint Workspace

Migrating to SharePoint online

  • Transferring sites and users to the cloud
  • Streamlining migration with third party tools

Customizing sites

  • Building master pages and adding Web Parts
  • Leveraging Office Web Apps in SharePoint Online
  • Extending SharePoint functionality

Communicating in Real Time with Lync Online

  • Enabling text, audio and video messaging
  • Configuring Lync for integrated presence
  • Hosting virtual meetings with Lync Online

Onze voordelen :

  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
  • 100% flexible & personalised training : You choose the place, the dates and the training program
  • Offer request : Response within 24 hours
  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
  • Free use of our Digital Competence Centre: Manuals, courses, exercises, …

PIXYSTREE SCS

Rue Beeckmans, 53
1180 Bruxelles

Tel : +32 2 412 04 10
Fax : +32 2 412 04 19
Gsm : +32 485 212 722
Email : selossej@pixystree.com

http://www.pixystree.com

Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 2

In this course, students build upon the knowledge gained that will enable them to work with many advanced features, including the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing Visio drawings with other applications.

Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 1

In this course, students learn the essentials of Visio. They design and manage basic diagrams, workflows, and flowcharts.