Visual Expert Newsletter - January 2010 issue

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Visual Expert provides code exploration, impact analysis, source code documentation, code review and dead code detection. Manage the evolution of your applications with Visual Expert: you will save time and avoid tedious tasks. More information at http://www.visual-expert.com


Visual Expert 6.0

As you may know Visual Expert 6.0 has been released recently. Here is a summary of the main differences between
Visual Expert versions 5 and 6:

  • The GUI has been completely redeveloped to include a new navigation bar and several new macros, read more.
  • Some macros are now available with filters allowing you to define the display parameters.
  • Impact Analysis results are now displayed at instruction-level.
  • ToolTips are now displayed. They provide additional information about items referenced in the code.
  • The “Quick Search” macro was replaced with a quick search field, available at every level/for every node of the treeview.
  • The pop-up menu in the treeview includes the main macros available for the selected item - no need to go to the navigation bar.
  • New macro called “SP dependencies” lists all stored procedures referenced by PB objects, read more.
  • The Inheritance Dependencies macro for Windows now displays both Ancestors and Descendants simultaneously.
  • And much more...


Visual Expert 6.0 build 91118 is available

What’s new in this release?

Technical documentation for Oracle Stored procedures

Technical documentation is now available for PL/SQL code: Packages, Stored Procedures, Triggers, Types and Views!

You can get complete documentation for your SP code in a few minutes. It will be updated every time you need it.

An example of what the generated documentation looks like based on a Visual Expert sample application:
PL/SQL Documentation Example


Macro extensions available to customize your Visual Expert!

Visual Expert has added a system allowing the addition of macro extensions by right-clicking on the navigation bar.
You can choose the macro(s) that you need and thus personalize the Visual Expert graphical interface, without cluttering it up with macros you don't regularly use.
The extensions Code Statistics, Check Date Functions and Windows 7 are already released. This list will continue to be updated.

You have now the possibility to organize Visual Expert to get statistical data about PowerBuilder code, to list PowerBuilder scripts that use a data manipulation function, or to check the compatibility of your system functions and libraries with Windows 7. Read more

Visual Expert Extensions


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