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Novalys PowerBuilder Newsletter - Nov 2007

PowerBuilder

PowerBuilder Feature - Sybase Workspace Test Strategy
Software testing is an indispensable part of software development; it aims to assess the software quality and confirm whether the functions meet the requirements defined at the start of the project.
PBDJ article - By Yong Li
Migrating PowerBuilder Applications
This document explains how to migrate a PowerBuilder application from any version of PowerBuilder directly to any later version.
Sybase Technical document
ISUG Hits the Road with PowerBuilder 11
Showing its strong commitment to the Sybase community, the International Sybase User Group has announced that it will be taking to the road with a series of PowerBuilder-focused events under the banner "Leveraging PowerBuilder in the .NET World."
PBDJ article - By PowerBuilder News Desk

PowerBuilder and .NET

Design and Consume DataWindows in Visual Studio 2005
This article talks about the ease with which DataWindows can be designed and consumed in a Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 environment. The DataWindow .NET version 2.5 has the infrastructure to support this concept
PBDJ article - By Geogy Zachariah
Using Visual .NET Components: Take advantage of the controls now
Microsoft recently released the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 in order to allow "developers to incorporate VB.NET Forms and Controls into their VB6 applications".
BDJ article - By Bruce Armstrong
The DataWindow in PowerBuilder 11 Web Form Targets
Transforming an existing PowerBuilder application into a Web application.
PBDJ article - By Frederick Koh; Li, Zhao
Sybase PowerBuilder 11 Momentum Continues with Further Microsoft .NET Enhancements
Also Releases New Version of DataWindow .NET and Additional Vista Support to Deliver the Most Open and Flexible Rapid Application Development Tools
Sybase Press Release
Release Bulletin PowerBuilder Enterprise 11.0
Documents known problems and changes to installation, functionality and documentation for PowerBuilder Enterprise 11.0 on Windows XP, XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows Server 2003.
Sybase Document- Release Bulletin


Try Visual Guard 2.6 for .NET. The new version is out!

Visual Guard is a tool ready to use which implements Role Based Access Control in your .Net applications. By adding this security solution you will be able to easily manage users and their access to your applications and to confidential data. With Visual Guard you can define what each user can do, see and modify in it.

Visual Guard 2.6 adds Logging and Auditing features. You can keep track of users' activity and review it later. Visual Guard can log important actions in the application (financial transaction for instance) and the administration console (invalid connexion attempt, locked account, password modification).

Learn more about Visual Guard
Try it now : ask for an evaluation version!


New tool: DBE extracts stored procedures and data model from your DataBase

Novalys announces a new tool named DataBase Extractor (DBE). DBE connects to Oracle, Sybase ASE and ORACLE databases to extract stored procedures, triggers and the description of the tables, columns, views, etc.

You can extract from several databases in one shot.
You can define profiles to remember your extraction settings.
You can filter the extracted items on their name or their type (triggers only for instance)

Would you like to try DBE? Get the beta version here.

For information, DBE is a part of Visual Expert 5.7, an application mining solution for PB, Sybase, Oracle and Microsoft databases. You can use DBE beta independently from Visual Expert 5.7

Appeon Fully Supports PowerBuilder Foundation Class (PFC)!

Now Sybase PowerBuilder Foundation Class (PFC) can work with Appeon 5.x seamlessly! Appeon-Compliant Framework (ACF) will no longer be used. Recently Appeon engineers worked on Sybase open source PFC 10.5 and released the PFC that can work with Appeon Web conversion tool without changing any user code.

To download the PFC 10.5 from Sybase website, please access http://pfc.codexchange.sybase.com and login. Select Documents & files from the left menu, expand the Release node, click into PB 10.5 folder and then download “2007.11.07 release”.

Simply replacing the PFC framework used in your PowerBuilder application with the newly updated one, you will find out that deploying PFC on Web turns to be so easy! Now this PFC is only available for PowerBuilder 10.5, but the edition for other PowerBuilder versions will come out soon!

Note: any extension code developed in the PowerBuilder Foundation Extension (PPE) level needs to be verified no Appeon unsupported features before copying into the new PFC.

PowerBuilder Companion Products present at the ISUG tour!

The International Sybase User Group Presents "Leveraging PowerBuilder in the .NET World" a thirteen city tour across the United States and Canada in October, November, and December 2007. During this event it will also be presented information on companion products from ISUG partners Novalys, Enable and Appeon.

Join us to learn more about PowerBuilder 11 and to experience the power of the companion products:
• Nov 26: Salt Lake City, UT
• Nov 27: Phoenix, AZ
• Nov 28: San Diego, CA
• Nov 29: Seattle, WA
• Dec 11: Orlando, FL
• Dec 12: Washington, D.C.
• Dec 13: Atlanta, GA

To register, visit www.isug.com/pb11tour_registration.

Swiss PowerBuilder User Group Meeting on November 27th 07

The SPBUG organizes a meeting about PowerBuilder 11 in Zurich on November 27th, 2007
Dave Fish (Sybase) will present PowerBuilder 11/11.1 and .NET features

Novalys will give a conference about:
Visual Expert, the Application Mining Solution:
•Impact analysis after code or database model modifications
•Code exploration
•Source code documentation
Visual Guard for PowerBuilder
•Implement Role Based Access Control to PB and .NET applications
•Manage user accounts, authentication, roles, and permissions

To assist the SPBUG meeting register by the 23rd of November 2007 here…

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