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PowerBuilder NewsAll things of interest to the PB communityBY BRUCE ARMSTRONGPRODUCT NEWSEricsson P800Smartphone3/6 – iAnywhere Solutions, asubsidiary of Sybase, announcedthat it will be first to enabledelivery of “always available”applications for the newSymbian-based Sony EricssonP800 Smartphone.Web Services Strategy2/20 – Sybase announced itsstrategy for delivering real integrationbusiness solutions forenterprises. The company planssupport for Web services inexisting infrastructure software,and to introduce new productsthat allow companies to bridgethe gap between different levelsof adoption of Web services. Anexample of the new initiativewas the introduction of a WebServices Toolkit with version 4.1of EAServer (www.sybase.com/products/applicationservers/easerver/webservices). A developer’sversion is available for a freedownload at www.sybase.com/easerver4dev.CORPORATE NEWSWebStar Service Award3/12 – The Service & SupportProfessionals Association (SSPA)announced that Sybase wasawarded the prestigious WebStarService Award for the secondyear ina row attheannual SSPA San Diego Summit.The annual WebStar ServiceAwards recognizes SSPA MemberSupport Centers that providesuperior customer service totheir online customers.www.supportgate.com/certifications/webstar.htmlTHIRD-PARTYPRODUCT NEWSPBR Manager3/7 – PowerBuilder Developer’sStation announced the release ofPBR Manager version 8, whichadds support for PowerBuilder8’s target files. It’s a tool to createPBR (PowerBuilder Resource)files. www.schtoo.com/pbstation/tool.php?ID=pbrmanVisual Expert3/5 – Novalys announced theavailability of Visual Expert forPB8. Visual Expert is very usefulto generate source code documentation,to do impact analysis,to work on an unfamiliarapplication, and to clean up thecode, making it lighter and morereadable. www.novalys.netPBDelta3/3 – PowerBuilder Developer’sResource announced the releaseof PBDelta version 3.3. Itincludes a number of improvementssuch as support for thePowerBuilder 8.x platform.PBBrowse2/17 – PowerBuilder Developer'sResource announced the releaseof PBBrowse version 3.0. Thenew version is a rewrite of theold application using the new V3class library and includes all thefeatures and enhancements thatcouldn’t be implemented in theprevious version due to restrictionsin the V2 code base.PBBrowse V3 supports Power-Builder 8.x. www.pbdr.comPB Code Analyzer2/16 – Ascension Labsannounced the release of PBCode Analyzer version 3.6. Thetool analyzes code and producesmetric reports and cross-referenceinformation, and includesan object browser, an objectexporter, an object searcher, anda PBDebug file viewer.www.ascensionlabs.com/pbcodeanalyzer.htmuNokSoftGroup1/25 – uNokSoftGroupannounced the release of version1.1.8.0 of the unoksoft.dll.The DLL is a base library to supportListViewMenus, FlatCommandButton, StatusBar,3Dbox, Transparent Static Text,Font and ColorDialogs, andmore. uNokSoftGroup also hasXML parsers writing in nativePowerBuilder. www.mycgiserver.com/~unoksoftgroup/PARTNERSHIPSSpectrum EBP3/13 – Spectrum EBP, LLC, abank-centric payment systemscompany for electronic bill presentmentand payment (EBPP),and Financial Fusion, a subsidiaryof Sybase, announced astrategic alliance in whichFinancial Fusion will be certifiedto the Spectrum network. Withthis alliance, Financial Fusioncan distribute bills and collectpayments for its five milliononline customers through theSpectrumnetwork ofconsumer service providers(CSPs) and participant financialinstitutions.www.spectrumebp.comeGuanxi3/6 – Sybase announced a jointsales initiative with eGuanxi,Inc., to provide a comprehensivetechnology package for electronicrecords management. E-businessinfrastructure softwarefrom Sybase and an organizationmodeling platform and e-businessproducts from eGuanxienables customers to define andexecute crossdomainor crossenterpriseserviceand record-intensive businesscases. www.eguanxi.comSharp Electronics2/20 – iAnywhere Solutions, asubsidiary of Sybase, and SharpElectronics Corp. announcedinitiatives to fuel development ofJava-based mobile enterpriseapplications. The companies areunveiling special promotions,pricing, and technical informationto help their developercommunities leverageiAnywhereSolutions’ m-Business platformwith the new Zaurus SL-5500 Personal Mobile Tool tocreate robust, portable, mobilebusiness applications.www.sharp-usa.com/products/TypeLanding/0,1056,116,00.htmlEVENTSEAServer andSybase Tools SeminarApril 22, Bloomington, MNwww.powerobjects.com/seminar/TDWI World Conferences(Data Warehousing)May 12–17, San DiegoAugust 18–23, Las VegasNovember 3–8, Orlando, FLwww.dw-institute.com/confmain.htmTechWave 2002Sybase’s Annual InternationalUser Training and SolutionsConferenceAugust 5–9, San Diegowww.sybase.com/techwave2002 ▼bruce.armstrong@teamsybase.com34 PBDJ volume9 issue4www.SYS-CON.COM/pbdj/