Visual Expert Blog

Code Performance Tuning for PowerBuilder [Coming Soon]

December 2022

Visual Expert will soon provide detailed analysis for PowerBuilder code performance. Look out for this major PowerBuilder feature in Visual Expert 2023.

Configure Visual Expert Scheduler with Windows Account

November 2022

Visual Expert allows users to configure the Scheduler with Windows Account credentials.
The developers can schedule the documentation without accessing the SQL Server instance; which is usually restricted by their network service.

PowerBuilder System Objects TreeView Paging

Apply Pagination to TreeView Results

October 2022

Visual Expert users can apply pagination to a long list of items in the TreeView to display results faster and make them easier to read and navigate.

Find System Functions Used in your PowerBuilder App

September 2022

Visual Expert 2022 offers a new macro that allows developers to find all system functions used in a PB application, or by a given object. Simply select a function or object to see all cross-references and locate the calls in the source code effortlessly.

Automatically get the list of System Functions when selecting:

PBLs, Windows, DataWindows, UserObjects, Application objects, Menus, function objects.
The root of Functions Objects, Windows, UserObjects, DataWindows, Menus in the treeview

Graph Tooltips to Guide through Code Inspection

September 2022

Visual Expert 2022 adds graph tooltips to help developers identify and fix code inspection issues as per their project needs.

Drill Down in Code Inspection Dashboard

August 2022

Visual Expert helps developers automatically check their code to ensure that a project is delivered in compliance with quality and security requirements, regardless of its complexity.

The dashboard which displays high-level indicators now allows you to drill down into the code inspection results. Simply click on a graph to:

View the complete list of bugs, vulnerabilities and maintainability issues corresponding to the clicked segment.
Get direct access to code that needs to be fixed.
Follow the evolution of the code quality and security.

Using Visual Expert in Client/Server Architecture

August 2022

When applications are regularly updated, it is essential to refresh Visual Expert projects to reflect all the changes made to the source code.
Install VE on a server to analyze large volumes of code and facilitate development team collaboration.

Using VE in a Client/Server architecture allows to :

Analyze large volumes of code.
Work on a continuously updated analysis
Facilitate team work
Automate tasks

New Code Review Tab in Ribbon Menu

August 2022

The new 'Code Review' tab in the Ribbon Menu gathers the most frequently used code review features by users in Visual Expert.

What’s New in Visual Expert 2022

April 2022

Learn about the new features released with Visual Expert 2022 for enhanced code inspection and extended impact analysis.

Windows Authentication for Connecting to a VE Repository

March 2022

This is a detailed tutorial on how to connect to a VE Repository hosted in SQL Server with a Windows Account.

Edit VE Project Names

March 2022

This short tutorial presents how to edit your project names in Visual Expert. You can do so even after the project is already created.

Support for PowerBuilder 2021

March 2022

Visual Expert's static code analysis features now support and integrate with PowerBuilder 2021.

Automatically Updating Visual Expert

February 2022

This short tutorial shows how to update Visual Expert automatically or manually.
Enabling automatic update of Visual Expert, allows you to benefit from new features as soon as they are available.