Arthur Hefti

Der Prognoserechner dient zur Berechnung eines möglichen Stipendiums und wird in der Regel konsultiert bevor ein Stipendiengesuch eingegeben wird. Der Kanton Bern überarbeitet zur Zeit seinen Internetauftritt mit dem Ziel, den Zugang zu Informationen barrierefrei zu gestalten. Im Rahmen dieses Projektes haben wir den  Prognoserechner barrierefrei umgesetzt.  Das Frontend ist in ASP.NET mit C# programmiert und greift für die Berechnung des möglichen Stipendiums auf PowerBuilder .NET Assemblies zu. Der gleiche PowerBuilder Code wird auch in der in PowerBuilder programmierten Ausbildungsbeitragslösung des Kantons Bern genutzt. ... (more)

The New Generation of Decompilers

The latest development technologies rely on intermediate languages and can be decompiled. PowerBuilder is no exception. In this article, we will address the risks posed by decompilers. We will also discuss what can be done to protect against the possible negative results of decompilation - whether you create in-house applications, commercial applications, or are using these applications for your business. A PowerBuilder Decompiler? A decompiler is a program that reads executable code and decompiles it, providing access to source code. It has nothing to do with viruses or other f... (more)

Register for the Sybase and PowerBuilder User Group Meeting 19th November

The registration for the annual meeting is now open at the SPBUG Website. The agenda is very promising having John Strano, Technical Evangelist from Sybase, teaching a PowerBuilder 12 .NET workshop. Gian Luca De Bonis from Enable will talk about making applications multilingual with Enable. ... (more)

Die Katze zwitschert

Neuigkeiten zur Firma sind ab sofort auch über Twitter verfügbar. Unser tweet kann auf http://twitter.com/catsoft_ch abonniert werden. ... (more)

The ClassDefinition Object

The ClassDefinition object was introduced in PowerBuilder 6.0 a long time ago. It allows you to retrieve information for an object at runtime. Most of us didn't pay too much attention to this object and it only attracts our attention when we see it in the debugger. In this article I provide an overview of the ClassDefinition object and related objects and explain the most important properties of these objects. I also include a step-by-step guide on how to build a simple object browser. This browser has a limited functionality like the browser included in the PowerBuilder runtime... (more)