News

December 2010: New release: Visual Guard - Version 3.3.1012.20 is out!----------- click here

November 2010: Visual Guard named 2010 Community Choice Award Winner By DevProConnections Community

Visual Guard was named as a bronze medal winner of the “2010 Community Choice Awards” in the Security Tool category by Penton Media’s DevProConnections magazine

“Thousands of IT pros nominated and voted for their favorite products in our 2010 Community Choice Awards,” said Jason Bovberg, senior editor at Windows IT Pro. “Our Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and DevProConnections communities showed unprecedented enthusiasm in their voting this year, calling out their favorite products based on top-tier performance and service. And with three separate surveys this year, each magazine offers a uniquely beneficial collection of top products for readers to consider in their environments.”

See for yourself why Visual Guard was chosen
Or
See the full list of winners here

August 2010: New release: Visual Guard - Version 3.3.1008.4 is out!----------- click here

June 2010: Visual Guard named Best in Authentication Tools in the Code Project Members Choice Awards

For the second year in a row, Visual Guard was chosen “Best Authentication Tool” by the readers of Code Project.

Code Project runs an annual reader survey, asking them to rate their favorite tools, in categories such as Reporting, Debugging, and SQL Database tools. These results, decided by a community of developers more than seven million strong, are based on real trials and in-the-field experience.
Visual Guard is thrilled to be in the company of tools from companies like Red Gate, Intel, and SAP.

See for yourself why Visual Guard was chosen “Best Authentication Tool”
Or
See the full list of winners here

 

June 2010: Visual Guard Newsletter

Discover Visual Guard new features: Group Management, support of Silverlight, Support for LINQ...
The tip of the month: How to secure WPF applications...

Read the Newsletter - English - French - Spanish

December 2009: New release: Visual Guard Version 3.1.912.08 is out!----------- click here

November 2009: New release: Visual Guard Version 3.1.911.5 is out!----------- click here

September 2009: New release: Visual Guard Version 3.0.908.10 is out!----------- click here

August 2009: Novalys Recognized for Excellence with 2009 Readers' Choice Award from Visual Studio Magazine

August 1, 2009 – Novalys today announced that Visual Guard for .Net is honored with a Readers’ Choice Merit Award in the product category of Security and Copy Protection
from Visual Studio Magazine. The 2009 winners, which will appear in the August issue, are chosen by Visual Studio Magazine’s readers and honor excellent software in 23 development categories ...read more

June 2009: Software Guru Webseminar:

Título: ¿Cómo Controlar el Acceso a sus Aplicaciones .Net? See webseminar
SG Software Guru es un medio dedicado a los profesionistas de software de habla hispana.

May 2009: Visual Guard wins the first Code Project Annual Member Choice Award in the Authentication Category

Toronto, May 13, 2009 – The Code Project, one of the world’s largest online developer communities, announced the winners of their First Annual Members Choice awards for best development products and tools.

Members were asked to rate their favorites on htt://catalog.codeproject.com/. The Code Project staff then compiled the highest rated listings, awarding the highest ranked in each product category. The results reflect actual perceptions of what developers value. Each codeproject.com member decides which companies or products deserve recognition, based on in-the-field experience.
Read the compete press release here...

March 2009: .NET Worlwide Survey

The 2008 results are available !
Every new version of the .NET Framework brings with it new technologies to master.
This is certainly interesting in terms of information systems architecture, but can development teams keep up?
Find out in the results of the annual worldwide .NET survey.

Take the 2009 survey, join your community and access the 2008 results

March 2009: Visual Guard Newsletter

In this newsletter discover :
Visual Guard main new features: Visual Guard Offline mode and Support of Dynamic objects...
What's cooking: Visual Guard Server, Visual Guard WEB Console
Tip of the month: Permission on SQL queries

read the Newsletter - English - French - Spanish

January 2009: New release: Visual Guard Version 2.8.812.19 is out!----------- click here

December 2008: .NET Worlwide Survey

Every new version of the .NET Framework brings with it new technologies to master. This is certainly interesting in terms of information systems architecture, but can development teams keep up? Find out in the results of the annual worldwide .NET survey.
Take the survey, join your community and access the 2007 results

November 2008: Visual Guard Newsletter

We can’t believe we’re already in November. Time flies… but we’ve worked hard this year to provide you with a high-performance product as well as with efficient services.
Find it all in our newsletter ...read the complete newsletter

October 2008: New release: Visual Guard Version 2.7.810.14 is out! ----------- click here

October 2008: New release: Visual Guard Version 2.7.809.26 is out! ----------- click here

June 2008: New release: Visual Guard Version 2.7.806.18 is out! ----------- click here

May 2008: New release: Visual Guard Version 2.7.805.27 is out! ----------- click here

May 2008: Novalys' PowerBuilder Worldwide Survey ----------- Participate Now

As every year, many of you replied in 2007 to our wide survey of PowerBuilder users.
The thousands of responses we received clearly demonstrate that PowerBuilder projects are increasingly embracing Microsoft technology.

Help us monitor these changes by completing our 2008 survey.
You will then be able to access full 2007 results

You’ll discover:
- How PowerBuilder projects have developed between 2001 and 2007
- How large PowerBuilder projects differ from small ones in terms of architecture
- How the test of strength is going between Java and DotNET
- How many PB projects used .NET in 2007

February 2008: New release: Visual Guard Version 2.7.802.29 is out! ----------- click here

December 2007: Novalys PowerBuilder Newsletter

November 2007: Ottawa Sybase User Group and Novalys event in Ottawa Canada

Visual Guard.Net, Visual Expert T/sql, Rex, Enable, PB 11...

October 2007: New release: Visual Guard 2.6 is out!

Septembre 2007: New release: Visual Guard Version 2.6.709.16 is out! ----------- click here

August 2007: Sybase Techwave and Novalys event in Las Vegas

July 2007: New release: Visual Guard 2.5.708.06 is out! ----------- click here

May 2007: New release: Visual Guard 2.5.705.30 is out! ----------- click here

April 2007: New release: Visual Guard 2.5.704.23 is out! ----------- click here

April 2007: New release: Visual Expert 5.7 is out!

February 2007: New release: Visual Guard 2.7.802.29 is out! ----------- click here

November 2006: New version of Visual Guard .Net 2.0

September 2006: Sybase Mexico and Novalys Event

September 27th, 2006 at Sybase Mexico: PowerBuilder 10.5, Visual Expert 5.7 & Visual Guard

July 2006: Novalys PowerBuilder Newsletter
Click here to read the complete newsletter, English
Description of two interesting conferences scheduled at Techwave 2006

June 2006: New release Visual Guard .NET - Version 1.1.60601 ----------------- click here

May 2006: Novalys PowerBuilder Newsletter
Click here to read the complete newsletter, English - Spanish - French
PowerBuilder 10.5 and PowerBuilder and .NET

April 2006: Visual Guard .NET - New release - Version 1.1.60426 ----------- click here

April 2006: Visual Expert 5.6 - New Major release for VB, PB and PL/SQL ----------- click here

March 2006: Visual Guard .NET - New release - Version 1.1.60329 ----------- click here

February 2006: PowerBuilder Worldwide Survey 2006

Let's learn more about the worldwide use of PB in 2006!

What is the average size of a PowerBuilder project?
What type of application is currently developed with PB?
Which other tools are used along with PB?
What are the expectations of PowerBuilder users?

Answer and give us your opinion!
In English En Français En Español
You will have access to 2005 results after validating you answers

February 2006: .NET Worldwide Survey 2006

Further to its efforts to develop .NET, Microsoft has launched the 2005 version of Visual Studio.
Reactions are divided and most companies' choices are too. A worldwide survey is currently looking into this;

What is the percentage of companies moving to Visual Studio 2005?
Which .NET languages are used? and for what platform?
What type of application is currently developed with .Net

Answer and give us your opinion!
In English En Français En Español
You will have access to 2005 results after validating you answers

January 2006: PL/SQL Worldwide Survey 2006

Interested in PL/SQL?

Answer those questions and find out what percentage in a project is developed in PL/SQL, what are the main strengths/weaknesses of this language…

Answer and give us your opinion!
In English En Français En Español En Italiano
The results will be sent to each respondent

 November 2005: Novalys launch Visual Expert for PL/SQL

This new version of Visual Expert analyses PL/SQL code

Navigation in the application:
Consult the stored procedures, packages, PL/SQL blocs ... of your application.
Explore the source code in the source view: any reference found in the code comes with an hyperlink to jump to the referenced code.
Toutes les fonctionnalités de VE sont maintenant disponibles pour PL/SQL, comme pour PowerBuilder ou Visual Basic !

Global impact analysis: If you need to change some PL/SQL code, a table or a column, Visual Expert can list all components related to this item.
For instance, you can ask for all triggers, cursors, functions and procedure including SQL statements using a DB column, as well as a %rowtype definition.
Visual Expert can list them to help you evaluate the consequences of a change.
In case you developed PowerBuilder applications any PowerBuilder-to-PL/SQL reference is also taken into account.

Want to test this version ? click here

July 2005: PowerBuilder News

Sybase has just published on its Website a pdf document on the development of PB10.5 and PB11.

You will discover among others things:

PowerBuilder Roadmap
PowerBuilder Enhancements
PowerBuilder's place in .Net
PowerBuilder .Net Support
PowerBuilder .Net Integration
... And more

To read the complete document: click here

September 2004 : E-Nov@ Newsletter

We just published the September issues of our PowerBuilder newsletter.
You will read about 2 interesting white papers on PowerBuilder, .Net and Java published by Sybase.

"Comparing Sybase PowerBuilder and Microsoft Net"
"Comparing Sybase PowerBuilder and Java"

You will also read about 2 new products for PB developers:

WizTom for Power Builder – Express Edition
Visual Expert 5.5 for PowerBuilder – New version

To read the News Letter, click here
To subscribe to the e-nov@ club, click here

July 2004: Visual Basic Worldwide Survey First Results

If you read the trade press, you might think that everyone is migrating to.NET.
But many projects still use VB5 or VB6!
What about you? Which language do you use? Do you consider migrating to .NET? What is the general trend of today's VB projects?
To answer these questions, we are carrying out a survey on the use of Visual Basic.
Close to 2000 people have already taken part in this survey.

To find the first results, click here

July 2004: PowerBuilder Worldwide Survey First Results

This year again we are carrying out a survey on the use of PowerBuilder.
Close to 2000 people from 100 countries have already taken part in this survey.

To find the first results, click here

March 2004: Sybase launch PowerBuilder 10 Beta version

The Sybase’s Beta version of PowerBuilder 10 is available.
Discover its new features and more about:

- Data Window .NET
- XML Web DataWindow
- Object-Oriented Modeling (via PowerDesigner plug-in)
- Unicode enabling
- UDDI search
- ADO.NET
- Other enhancements: Web Services deployment and Profile-based configuration  for EAServer and database.
- Where you can download the Beta version.

Read the complete article...

November 2003: New PowerBuilder Newsletter

Sybase is publishing a new PowerBuilder Newsletter to communicate to its PowerBuilder Users. This 3rd issue includes :

  • An article about the PowerBuilder 9 Launch European tour
  • 10 Tips For Migrating Applications to PowerBuilder 9.0
  • An article about DataWindow .NET: bringing the Power of the DataWindow to Visual Studio .NET
  • An article about Pocket PowerBuilder, SOAP & PocketSOAP

    Generation_PB_3.pdf  (English - PDF File - 250 Kb)
    Generation_PB_3_GR.pdf (German - PDF File - 250 Kb)
November 2003 – New version of Visual Expert 5.0 (build 31112)

A new release of Visual Expert was launched early November; amongst other things you are now able to open PowerBuilder 8 and PowerBuilder 9 from Visual Expert itself!

You will be able to find a list of the features here

August 2003 – Partnership Sybase / Novalys

Visual Expert is now distributed in the USA by Sybase, Inc.

The tool was officially launched in the US at TechWave 2003; Sybase’s yearly event in August. The show welcomed 2000 visitors.
http://www.sybase.com/techwave2003_a

“Ref. PWB503: Managing the Evolution of Your PowerBuilder Applications with Visual Expert” - by Christophe Dufourmantelle, CEO of Novalys.
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1010039

Following this partnership not only was the tool included in the US catalogue, but Visual Expert is also part of the Latin American Sybase catalog.

Visual Expert was presented at TechWave, Venezuela y Caribbean Solution Conference in October Venezuela. http://www.sybase-ve.com

“Change Management and Knowledge Management of your Enterprise Applications” - by Christophe Dufourmantelle, CEO of Novalys.
http://www.sybase-ve.com/techwave

July 2003 – New version of Visual Expert 5.0 (build 30704)

You will be able to find a list of the features in the Update list

March 2003: PowerBuilder 9 coming soon !

PowerBuilder 9 Launch European Roadshow Seminar

Attend the free PowerBuilder 9 Launch Roadshow seminar and learn about the strategic direction of PowerBuilder and get a detailed presentation and demonstration of the hottest new features:

  • Scandinavia (Nordic events): April 9-11
  • UK (STUN): April 29 - 30
  • Italy : May 6th
  • Germany & Switzerland: May 12th through the 15th
  • France: June 3rd
  • Netherlands: June 4th
  • Belgium: June 5th

    Product Manuals and Technical Documents

    You will find PowerBuilder9 Product Manuals and many Technical Documents
    on the following page: http://www.novalys.net/info/pb9.htm
February 2003: New Worldwide PowerBuilder Survey!

Last year, we conducted a worldwide survey about the use of PowerBuilder.

In 2002, Sybase made special efforts to communicate on PowerBuilder.
What is the impact of these efforts on PB users?
How long will PowerBuilder still be used?
Did PB users change their mind since last year?

To know this, answer now the following questions...

 

 

January 2003: Visual Expert 5.0 available !

Discover Visual Expert new features:

To get more information, contact us at: contact@novalys.net

November 2002: New PowerBuilder Newsletter

Sybase is publishing a new PowerBuilder Newsletter to communicate to its PB Users.
This first issue includes :

  • Product / roadmap information
  • Tips and tricks
  • Technical update : "Introduction to PBNI : its potential is limitless"
  • PB 9 Beta review
  • and a cordless Sybase mouse to win !

    Generation_PB.pdf  (PDF File - 200 Kb)
    Generation_PB_German.pdf  (PDF File - 200 Kb)

August 2002: Sybase PowerBuilder 9.0 Beta Now Available!

Beta 3 kicks off July 31st. New PowerBuilder features available in this beta area:

  •  DataWindow XML support
  •  JSP targets
  •  Windows clients for Web services
  •  DataWindow enhancements
  •  Unicode database support
  •  DBCS version of string functions
  •  EJB clients for third-party application servers
  •  Source control enhancements
  •  The OrcaScript language
  •  PowerBuilder Native Interface
  •  Oracle9i support
  •  XML and CSV import and save
  •  Windows XP Support


Warning!

To get information to download the Beta, to see the Newsgroup password and find additional Beta information, you need a Mysybase or SDN account. Click here to sign up for your free membership. Be sure to choose Developer/SDN member in your profile :
https://login.sybase.com/createAccount/?refer=http://www.sybase.com/betapb90program?

Please go to the following URL to register for the Beta :
http://www.sybase.com/betapb90program

If you have any questions about the program, please contact betaPB90@sybase.com

July 2002: New Product Reviews on Visual Expert

Comprehensive Application Documentation and Impact Analysis.

Bill GREEN - TeamSybase:
"The tool should be a must-have on any software consultant’s list, and can provide a significant benefit to any user of the product regardless of the developers experience level with PowerBuilder."
(Read the complete product review...)

A powerful tool to become familiar with a new application!
George MIKHAILOVSKY: "More you work with the Visual Expert - more you understand how convenient it is. I cannot remember so powerful tool that allows a user to become familiar with a new application in literally in a few hours."
(Read the complete product review...)
A few minutes to constructively review the application architecture, regardless its size
Katerina GIANNAKELI:
"It takes only a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the Visual Expert interface and even less to constructively review the application architecture, regardless its size. I would strongly recommend you try Visual Expert out. I am positive that you will find out that this tool is missing from your software library!"
( Read the complete product review...)

Read shorter testimonials on Visual Expert

Using the PB 8 Web DataWindow in ASP (new technical article)

Are you tired of data listed in tables on your website?

"Do you want to put those DataWindows you have spent so much time developing for your client-server application onto your website ? If you have a Microsoft Server with IIS 5.0 running, it really is a simple project."

Download Enov@'s new technical article: "Using the PB 8 Web DataWindow in ASP"

April 2002: Visual Expert for PB 8

Comprehensive Application Documentation

Whatever your application may be, Visual Expert:
  • Offers a global overview of the application and the links between objects
  • Shows a complete inheritance diagram of the application
  • Performs impact analysis on methods, variables, tables and columns of the database...
  • Generates complete technical documentation
  • Adds hyperlinks to called methods in PowerBuilder code
  • Finds all unused variables, methods and objects
  • Checks programming standards (naming rules, comments, ...)

Bill Green - Team Sybase:
Given our propensity as developers to avoid any task that takes too much time to perform, avoid documentation at almost any cost, and make changes to applications relying on our testing practices to determine the impact, it's my opinion that this tool would go a long way to making many of our lives easier, and our jobs less risky.

It will help to reduce the risk of change to any application, and provides a mechanism to provide accurate and up-to-date documentation of our applications. The tool should be a must-have on any software consultant's list, and can provide a significant benefit to any user of the product regardless of the developers experience level with PowerBuilder."

June 2002: PowerNET - STUN Conference on June, 18th & 19th

PowerNET, the summer training event for the Sybase Tools User Network (STUN) will take place at the Commonwealth Conference Centre, High Street Kensington, London, on the 18 & 19 June 2002.
Throughout this two-day, three track event:

  • Discover how to use EJB’s and their role in EAServer architecture, migrate to PowerBuilder 8.0.
  • Create structured, future proof applications using J2EE, .NET and see the DataWindow go from strength to strength.
  • Innovate and lead the way with the new breed of mobile solutions and the very latest features of PowerBuilder.

    You will get more information on the STUN website: www.stun.org.uk
April 2002: Sybase technical documents
  • Setting Up Multiple Sub-Projects In PowerBuilder 8 Source Control.
    Brief overview on how to setup multiple sub-projects from PowerBuilder
    http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1017989
  • 10 steps to setup PowerBuilder and 3rd party source control tool.
    Steps on how to setup source control from PowerBuilder going against 3rd party source control tools. http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1018217
  • PowerBuilder 8 and PBNative
    This document explains what is different about PBNative in PowerBuilder 8. It also explains the basic steps needed to setup a PBNative project environment in PowerBuilder 8
    http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1018419
April 2002: Results of the worldwide survey about PowerBuilder usage and future

Since December 2001, we have been carrying out a worldwide survey about the use and future of PowerBuilder. We would like to thank the 3400 respondants coming from 101 countries! We also would like to thank PBDJ, Just PB Info, PowerTimes and Sybase for their help.

If you want to know :

  • For how many years companies intend to use PowerBuilder?
  • If they will develop new applications as well as maintain existing ones using PowerBuilder?
  • Which development tools will be used in parallel with PowerBuilder in the future?
  • To what extent PowerBuilder will be used for Web developments ?

    ...read the results of the 2002 survey