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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 forms of hacking, but - of course - it can be used illegally. Imagine that you've lost your source code (which is certainly possible if you don't use source code control systems); you have the righ... (more)

Balsamiq Mockups

Wir sind kürzlich auf das geniale Produkt Balsamiq Mockups gestossen. Dies erlaubt das Zeichnen von Entwürfen für Programmmasken. Mit mehr als 50 Elementen sind die meisten Bedürfnisse abgedeckt, sogar für das iPhone sind Masken vorhanden. Das Produkt ist erhältilch als Desktop Version und als gratis Web Applikation. In der Pipeline ist eine Web Applikation mit der auch online zusammen g... (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)

CATsoftMP3 Tunes player statistics

The Google Desktop Gadget for playing songs from your locker at MP3tunes is now available for about a month. During this period it counted over 3000 downloads and was mentioned at the MP3tunes Blog ... (more)

Encryption in PowerBuilder

Keeping information away from curious eyes is a challenging task. For example, you might need to encrypt data before sending it over the Internet. Or you might be storing some information in a database that not even an administrator is allowed to see. This article provides a brief overview of encryption techniques and shows how to do encryption in PowerBuilder. Short History Encryption go... (more)