Unify Newsletter April 2008

 

Team Developer 5.1 Service Pack 2 Now Available!

Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Team Developer 5.1 is now available. SP2 delivers many enhancements for the migration of existing TD applications. Areas of enhancement include the application GUI, MDI Windows and the database routers. Many existing Team Developer applications make heavy use of the ability to directly call the Windows API to manipulate Windows, Menus, file access and many other things. Service Pack 2 introduces Winapi support for existing applications and makes sure you can re-use your existing code with a minimum of changes. Additionally, we have provided new documentation to explain how to use Winapi access with Team Developer 5.1 SP2, please see the link below.

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Sabertooth 10 Now Available!

The ability to rapidly build and deploy business applications fast and cost-effectively is a must for Team Developer® customers. From the Web Services Consumer in Team Developer 5.1 to the .NET support in future releases, Team Developer meets the current and future needs of the vast majority of its users. Some organizations, however, are requiring standardization and consolidation of their IT systems, including moving applications to the Microsoft .NET platform.

Sabertooth is Unify’s offering to help those Team Developer customers whose organizations are required to standardize on Microsoft and transition the Team Developer applications to C# or VB.NET.

New in Sabertooth 10

  • XP style screens in migrated applications
  • 50% reduction in programming labour to perform a migration
  • Support for Visual Studio 2008
  • Support for retaining Binds and Intos in converted SQL code
  • SalCompileAndExecute support for getting and setting values
  • More Vis classes; dozens of functions
  • More exact screen positions in converted code

Why Application Migration Beats Porting

The Answer: True .NET Code
The two main options for transitioning to .NET are Migration and Porting. In the migration approach, the goal is to adapt the application into the .NET environment. This involves adopting as many .NET programming conventions and techniques as possible without compromising the compatibility of the application. And this allows .NET programmers to take over the maintenance of the converted code.

In porting, the structure and programming conventions of the original environment are kept and the conversion is limited primarily to syntax. In the porting approach, the application relies on a runtime environment that emulates the original programming environment. This makes it difficult to use standard .NET data types, components and techniques after porting.

Contact Unify to find out more about using Sabertooth 10.

Learn more about Sabertooth

 

 Save up to 25% on Team Developer 5.1 Upgrade

 Not only do you save money and receive the latest Service Pack 2 with your upgrade order, but there is no better time to upgrade to Team Developer version 5.1 to leverage all of the new features. Today, for a very limited period only, you can purchase Team Developer 5.1 upgrades at a 25% discount. The promotion only runs through April 30, 2008 - so use this great opportunity and upgrade now!

Contact your local representative or email info@unify.com to get your personal quote.

Use Composer to Migrate Lotus Notes Applications to .NET

Composer for Lotus Notes Enables Rapid Adoption of Microsoft Platforms While Minimizing Disruption to End Users. Composer for Lotus Notes is a software + services solution that delivers like-for-like, production-to-production migration of Lotus Notes applications to the Microsoft stack.

  • Data from the Lotus Notes application is migrated into a normalized SQL Server database.
  • Business logic is restructured as C# Web Services in Visual Studio.
  • User Interface is transformed into SharePoint Lists, Web Parts and ASP.NET applications
  • ACL security is mapped into the Microsoft Active Directory Services.
  • After the migration, the newly recomposed application can be optimized with enhanced workflows, UI, Integration, refactoring, testing and installation.

Visit www.unify.com to learn more about composer.


ASgroup Success Story

ASgroupDillon has powered its FALCON corporate performance management solution using Unify’s SQLBase and Team Developer products. Through the use of SQLBase and Team Developer, ASgroupDillon has been able to quickly and cost effectively implement a highly efficient and scalable solution that delivers increased functionality, zero database administration and high levels of reliability.

FALCON is a highly functional international financial reporting and consolidation application. The key characteristics of FALCON are flexibility, ease of use and speed of implementation, all of which ensure a cost effective and efficient solution to meet consolidation and reporting requirements. Built around technologies that place almost zero impact on the IT resources of an organization, FALCON is well positioned as the ideal solution for groups taking on board their first purpose built consolidation and group reporting solution.

“SQLBase and Team Developer provide the perfect solution for ASgroupDillon to develop a consolidation and group reporting application that is cost effective, efficient, highly functional and flexible,” said Duane George, chief technology officer, Unify. “Additionally, the rapid development environment provided by Team Developer allows ASgroupDillon to incorporate new functionality into the FALCON solution very quickly, enabling them to deliver timely updates to customers to meet tight reporting deadlines put in place by regulatory bodies.”

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