• The XLS Development Platform is a collection of tools and APIs that simplify the development of customized LightSpeed solutions. Created in response to customer and partner requests, the XLS Development Platform builds on the rich business tools already provided in LightSpeed to make it easy to extend and customize LightSpeed to meet specific needs.
  • The XLS Development Platform will ship in its entirety with the next major version of LightSpeed 2, expected October 2007. Some components of XLS may ship earlier. Pricing and licensing is yet to be determined, please stay tuned for upcoming announcements.

XLS features four strategies for extending LightSpeed:

  • XLS STORED PROCEDURE API
    Safely create and update Orders, Invoices and Customers through single calls to the database from your web or desktop apps.

  • OPEN READ ACCESS TO THE LIGHTSPEED SQL DATABASE
    Use open database access to build custom web or desktop apps that display data in new ways for new purposes.

  • ON-TARGET REPORTS SQL
    REPORT WRITER
    Create your own reports with On-Target Reports or modify one of the 250+ reports already built into LightSpeed. With the release of the XLS Development Platform, Xsilva is open-sourcing its entire reports library so that users, resellers and customers can more easily tailor LightSpeed to meet their reporting needs.

  • WEB STORE CUSTOMIZATIONS
    Customize and extend the LightSpeed Web Store module with PHP and CSS modifications.

Ready to take your LightSpeed Point of Sale (POS) solutions to the next level? The SUMMIT 2007 developers' conference is the ideal place to learn how to do so with Xsilva's new XLS Development Platform!

This year's SUMMIT takes place October 7-11, 2007 in Vail, Colorado at the Vail Cascade and features an XLS Development Platform track with all of the instruction you need to learn to use these new tools and APIs to extend and customize LightSpeed POS for your business or customers. In addition, the conference offers a LightSpeed Certification Camp track for LightSpeed resellers, and more than 40 sessions on a wide range of exciting developer technologies, including AJAX, iPhone and SQL databases.

850 Integrating with Lightspeed 2 Point-of-Sale
LightSpeed 2 is a ground-breaking, next-generation Point-of-Sale (POS) system for Mac that offers retail stores comprehensive and easy-to-use retail tools in an iTunes-like Browser. The XLS Developer Platform opens the LightSpeed database to third party development, and this session will explore the available strategies for integrating your custom software and external data systems with LightSpeed 2 OpenBase SQL databases.


851 Using the Lightspeed 2 Point-of-Sale
Developer API
This session shows in detail how you can integrate your custom software with LightSpeed 2 OpenBase SQL databases using the LightSpeed 2 XLS Developer API, a stored procedure interface for creating invoice, order and customer records. Working code examples using the XLS API will be provided.


852 Advanced Custom Reporting with Lightspeed 2
This session focuses on building custom reports for LightSpeed 2 with the On-Target Reports XLS SQL reporting tool. The structure of the LightSpeed 2 database tables and strategies for building different types of reports will be discussed. Working examples which use custom fields and joined tables in reports will be provided.


853 Customizing the LightSpeed 2 Web Store
The LightSpeed 2 Web Store is a tightly-integrated e-commerce module for LightSpeed that makes it easy for retail business to take their product catalog online and integrate online sales with their LightSpeed workflows. Learn how to customize and extend the Web Store module with PHP and CSS modifications.

DAY 1

Xsilva Certification Camp Keynote
Presented by Xsilva CEO, Dax Dasilva

Selling LightSpeed Solutions
Learn how to identify target markets for LightSpeed solutions and explore how best to present LightSpeed solutions to retail and small business customers.

Setup, Configuration and Migration
Learn how to optimally set up and configure LightSpeed, as well as migrate and update data using Import Tools.

Advanced Workflows featuring Vertical
Markets and Multi-Store
Learn how to design advanced LightSpeed workflows that comprehensively address the sales, purchasing and accounting operations of a growing small business in key vertical markets. A required session for LightSpeed resellers and integrators.

DAY 2

Web Store
Learn how to set up and use LightSpeed 2's tightly-integrated Web Store module.

Supporting LightSpeed
including OpenBase Server Admin
Learn how to support LightSpeed installations with troubleshooting techniques and learn resolutions to common support issues. Also learn how to effectively deploy, administer and troubleshoot OpenBase, LightSpeed's powerful SQL backend database.

Advanced Reporting
Learn how to get the most out of LightSpeed's Reporting, Intelligence and Export tools. Get an introduction to On-Target Reports, a powerful SQL reporting tool for building ad hoc reports.

Accounting Exports
In this session, you will learn about LightSpeed's GL account linking and accounting exports to MYOB and QuickBooks.

Pricing for the SUMMIT 2007 Conference is $599 including the Certification Camp sessions and $549 for those only attending the developer sessions, including the XLS development track.

* Pricing includes four breakfasts, three lunches and one dinner event. Pricing for the Vail Cascade hotel is an affordable $109 per night.