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The new screen transitions and control animations of the Peakboard Digital Signage System
Starting with the next release Peakboard is supporting new screen transitions and control animation effects. With a couple of basis operations the users are able to create stunning custom control animations. Read more...
How to use the Peakboard Log-View in Preview mode
Yesterday my post about how to use the Log-View Panel in Preview mode was published on the Peakboard blog (in German language only). Read more...
The OPC UA Data Source of the Peakboard Digital Signage System
A couple of days ago I finished the first development iteration of our brand new OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) data source for the Peakboard system. Read more...
The Photo Frame Control of the Peakboard Digital Signage System
A while ago I've developed a nice Photo Frame control for Peakboard. This control implements an image switcher using the widely known Ken Burns effect. Read more...
The MQTT Data Source of the Digital Signage System
A couple of months ago I finished work on the first of a series of specialized data sources that are used in an industrial environment. The MQTT data source implements the ISO standard 20922, a publish-subscribe-based messaging protocol. Read more...
New features for Stock Quote Add-In for Excel 2016
Today I implemented a couple of new features to the Stock Quote Add-In for Excel. You now can use an item reference notation to access all available JSON values. Read more...
New Stock Quote Add-In for Excel 2016 and 2013 using the Google Finance API
Recently I have developed the new and fantastic Live Tile Box control for Peakboard. This control behaves similar to the Live Tiles you may know from the Windows start menu and perfectly fits the requirement to show more information on a single screen. Read more...
The new Retro Flipper Block control for Peakboard
A couple a days ago I've developed a new control called the Retro Flipper Block and emulates the old mechanical flip style number and letter displays. Read more...
The new Live Tile Box control for Peakboard
Recently I have developed the new and fantastic Live Tile Box control for Peakboard. This control behaves similar to the Live Tiles you may know from the Windows start menu and perfectly fits the requirement to show more information on a single screen. Read more...
How to show animated Info Panels via Lua scripting in your Peakboard visualization
A couple of days ago I have written a article for the Peakboard.com blog that shows the usage of the new Info Panel feature available to Peakboard visualizations. Read more...
Yahoo terminated the finance service API - Stock Quote Add-In not working
The Stock Quote add-in is using the Yahoo Finance service API to retrieve the stock quotes. The service seems to be terminated by Yahoo without any notice on 11/01/2017. Read more...
Moved my Open Source repositories from CodePlex to GitHub
Microsoft is shutting down it's Open Source Hosting site CodePlex. I had published a number of the projects on this site. Read more...
Peakboard added new data source to support Siemens SIMATIC S7
At Peakboard we added now a fantastic new data source to finally support the Siemens Simatic S7 automation system. Read more...
Peakboard explained in two minutes (German) / Video
A new video got published on the Peakboard YouTube channel explaining the Peakboard system in two minutes. Read more...
New video channel on YouTube about creating Peakboard displays
A few weeks ago we created a new video channel on YouTube to explain different aspects of the creation process of Peakboard visualizations. Read more...
Stock Quote Add-In for Excel 2016
I have updated the popular "MSN-like Stock Quotes Add-In For Excel 2013" to support Excel 2016. The user defined function PSQ is exactly the same used in the previous version, but it will retrieve stock data asynchronously. Read more...
Peakboard - A new way to handle Digital Signage
The Peakboard Digital Signage system is a new way to manage digital signs and display units, created with a fantastic designer tool. Read more...
New Video - Seamless Integration of SAP and SharePoint using ERPConnect Services
Theobald Software published a new and very nice explanatory video about the seamless integration of SAP and SharePoint using ERPConnect Services. Read more...
The new Xtract IS Table Join component comes with a nice Designer feature
Theobald Software released the brand new Table Join component for the Xtract IS product suite. The component is using a very nice and efficent join and criteria designer. Read more...
New Video - ERPConnect Services Runtime Connecting a Nintex Workflow with SAP
Theobald Software published a new video about how to use the ERPConnect Services Runtime to connect a Nintex Workflow with SAP. Read more...