This is a slick little add-on that allows you to display pop-up messages just like Windows and MSN Messenger. These pop-up's are called 'toast' messages due to the way that they pop out of the screen with your information.

    Give updates to your users quickly and easily, in an unobtrusive way.

    You have complete control over the message itself, the colours, images, sound and background of the message so you can brand it and customize it as you wish.

    Hover over the screen shot to the right to see a demo of the Toast action. Note that this works on Unix servers as well via WindX. The placement of the toast message is dependant on the location of the users window start bar.

The voting is in, the ballots counted and this month's Business Basic meetup (Toronto Chapter) will be taking place at the 'Butlers Pantry'. See here for a map but it's just beside Honest Ed's @ Bloor and Bathurst. I've never been to this location, but it's always an adventure to try out new places. I'll see you all there on Wednesday the 12th @ 8pm.     If you're in another city, check out the site to see if there were enough votes to get a meetup scheduled, and if not, make sure you sign up and vote for your own meetup next month.

    I'd like to take this opportunity to announce a number of the new features that are now available here on Nth Dimension.

    Firstly, we are proud to unveil our articles page. This is a section, similar to our code and FAQ sections but will take a single topic and go indepth in reviewing it, with a focus on how it will be important to your business. To kick the section off we have our "Report on the Future of ProvideX - Version 7"

    Next up is our search feature. We've consolidated the articles, code, and faq's into a single database so that they are all quickly searchable for your keywords. Now admittedly it's not very smart just yet, we'll improve it as we go along - please send your suggestions.

    Now, you may notice that each of those new features does require one extra step on your part however, you must register (it's free!) and login to experience the full benefit. Another benefit of registering is you will get fewer nag messages as you proceed through the site. It was a bit unfortunate that I had to implemented these, but they are mostly unobtrusive and just serve as a reminder to you as you surf the site that it does require a lot of work on our part to maintain and that any contribution is worth while (see the Donation Button on the side bar).

    Speaking of the sidebar, you'll notice a few changes over there too! The news page headlines are now available at the top of the list so if you're like 80% of our visits and just stay on the example code page you'll still be able to stay on top of what's happening at the rest of the site. Below the headlines you'll see the rotating items of what's new or what's popular in the other sections. The google ads that used to be down the side bar are now displayed along the bottom of the page as well.

    Another thing along the bottom of some of the pages you'll notice are the 'Related Items' section which will try to cross-link you to other items on similar topics.

    A number of other minor, most cosmetic, some organization changes where made as well to make your stay with us more pleasant. Please let us know any feedback on the changes (especially if you notice any typos) - thanks!

     - Chris Nolan

    ProvideX will be releasing two significant items in the next couple of weeks. First is JavX 2.0 which is wrapping up it's beta cycle this week and the second, which we just heard about today, is an über manual download. They've collected all of the manuals, references, conference presentations and readme's into a single PDF download collection that is supposed to be fully searchable (apparently the download will be over 50mb). I'm excited about that! More about each as information is available.