Acknowledgments

Thank you to our children for allowing us to write a third book. Chris Couture, thank you for the great ideas and inspiration, Graham Smith (and Jeffrey) for the encouragement and words of wisdom, Keith Collins for the Mobile Application Platform lessons.

Dave Bain and Hakan Biroglu spent months of their lives reading, testing, fixing, and debugging the code samples included with this book. Donna and Öznur, thank you so much for allowing your husbands to help us write this book.

Thank you to Karl Eberhardt, Michael Boucher, and Michael Rosser for approving this book and supporting us while writing this text. Paco Aubrejuan, Binu Mathew, and Willie Suh for approving the content and providing access to your knowledgeable staff.

To Mike and Rose, for your loving support of our literary endeavors; Marshall and Peggy for encouraging us to keep writing; and Donnie, Wally, and Jan for your constant love. Thanks to CAB and MJB. Jody, for keeping us grounded. Thank you to Pastor Mike and Shelly and Pastor Joe and Yadi for praying for us. Rich and Jill, Taylor and Anne for your interest in our writing. WEGM and the LPM staff for cheering us on.

Thanks to McGraw-Hill, Paul Carlstroem, Amanda Russell, Wendy Rinaldi, Bettina Faltermeier, and Namita Gahtori.

Thanks to all the PeopleSoft customers, consultants, and technical presales consultants who visit my blog, ask me questions at user groups, and communicate with me on a daily basis.

Most importantly, thank you to our personal Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, without whom none of this would be possible. You are our peace during the storms of life.