Novalys

14/05/2026

Security expectations have changed — and PowerBuilder applications must adapt.

SSO, MFA, centralized access control, and audit trails are now baseline enterprise requirements.

Visual Guard adds a ready-to-use security layer for PowerBuilder, .NET, Java, and Angular apps:

✔ Active Directory / Entra ID / OAuth 2.0 authentication
✔ Centralized role & permission management
✔ Compliance-ready audit reporting

Try it free: https://www.visual-guard.com/EN/lp-modernize-pb-application-security-source_nov1345vg.html?single

20/04/2026

Chris Pollach and Software Tool & Die Inc. have released several updates in Q1 2026, including the Integrated Foundation Class framework 2026 R1 and a number of new and updated PowerBuilder demo applications.

We have compiled all the announcements in a single post on PowerBuilder.eu:

— Integrated Foundation Classes 2026 R1
— New Digital Image Capture demo app
— New MP3 Player demo app
— Updated CD Player & Multi-Media Player
— Updated OrderEntry, File Explorer, Windows Explorer & Application Statistics
— PB 2025 R2 Beta versions included in all releases

All downloads are free and open source.
https://www.powerbuilder.eu/powerbuilder-blog/696-chris-pollach-std-2026-release-updates

Chris Pollach, Technical Evangelist at Software Tool & Die Inc. (STD), has been active through the first quarter of 2026. Between February and...

14/04/2026

WATCH THE SESSION REPLAY!

At Elevate 2025, Christophe Dufourmantelle showed how Visual Expert AI helps developers tackle these challenges: https://www.appeon.com/conference/elevate-2025/live?id=442

1. Understand legacy code faster AI summarises what a window, function, or stored procedure does — with business context, logic breakdown, and inline comments.

2. Fix issues with guided suggestions Visual Expert's inspection engine detects bugs, vulnerabilities, and maintainability problems. AI suggests possible fixes; the developer reviews and decides. Control stays with you.

3. Accelerate performance tuning Visual Expert pinpoints performance bottlenecks — slow methods, complex call chains, or code generating inefficient SQL. AI then suggests optimisations and explains the reasoning.

The session also addressed a key concern: security. Only small code extracts are sent to the AI service, data is encrypted, and none of your code is used to train models.

👉 Watch the full session: https://www.appeon.com/conference/elevate-2025/live?id=442

25/03/2026

You're about to modify a DataWindow, a user object, or a database schema.

But what depends on it?

In large PowerBuilder applications, a single change can ripple through windows, user objects, embedded SQL, and stored procedures feeding your DataWindows. You often only find out after deployment — a window crashes, a DataWindow retrieves empty, and you're rolling back.

Visual Expert maps dependencies across your PowerBuilder code and database so you know exactly what's impacted before you deploy.

Which DataWindows use this stored procedure?
Which windows call this global function?
What breaks if you rename this column?

Stop guessing. Start with impact analysis.

If you work on large PowerBuilder apps, this will look familiar:
https://bit.ly/4rRIeyM

11/03/2026

Your PowerBuilder app is slow. And you already know the painful part — you have no idea where to start looking.

Thousands of objects. Hundreds of events. Embedded SQL scattered everywhere. You could spend days manually checking ex*****on times and still not find the root cause.

Visual Expert takes a different approach.

It collects ex*****on statistics directly from your running application, then cross-references them with your actual source code — every object, method, event, and query gets a performance profile. The slowest ones float straight to the top.

→ See which objects and methods are consuming the most ex*****on time
→ Trace bottlenecks across the full call chain
→ Identify queries missing an index
→ Click to the exact line of code causing the problem

No guessing. No switching between tools. No late nights grepping through source files.
Just: here's what's slow, here's where it lives, go fix it.

👇 Free trial link in the comments

19/02/2026

Does your PowerBuilder application still manage its own user accounts?

Siloed passwords, inactive accounts, no audit trail — it's a common setup, and a growing liability.

Visual Guard lets you centralize identity on Active Directory or Entra ID, enforce MFA, and generate a permission matrix — without changing your PowerBuilder source code.

👉 See how it works: https://bit.ly/centralize-identity-powerbuilder

13/02/2026

PowerBuilder applications still run critical business processes in finance, healthcare, industry, and the public sector.
But many were designed before today's security and compliance expectations: ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, SOX, GDPR.

We created this guide to answer one practical question:
How do you strengthen security and demonstrate compliance without rewriting a mission-critical PowerBuilder application?

Inside the guide:
🔹A risk-driven security roadmap aligned with modern standards
🔹Practical controls using PowerBuilder 2025's modern capabilities
🔹Clear mapping between technical measures and audit evidence
🔹9 chapters covering executables, encryption, protocols, APIs, IAM, build chain, and more

📄 Download the complete PowerBuilder Security & Compliance Guide
➡️ https://bit.ly/4alSidQ

11/02/2026

Vous avez manqué Elevate France 2026 ou souhaitez revoir certaines sessions ?
🎥 Le replay est maintenant disponible : roadmap PowerBuilder, IA, performance, sécurité et nouveautés produits.

👉 Regardez toutes les sessions ici : https://bit.ly/4kwKWYv

27/01/2026

🔹 Elevate France 2026 – Envoyez vos questions

Vous travaillez avec PowerBuilder ?
Vous avez des questions sur ses évolutions, la sécurité ou la performance de vos applications ?

Envoyez vos questions dès maintenant à [email protected]
Nos experts y répondront en direct lors de la conférence Elevate France 2026.
👉 Inscription : https://bit.ly/4q7Vmz3

📅 Jeudi 5 février 2026
🕑 14h00 – En ligne
ℹ️ Même si vous ne pouvez pas assister à l’événement en direct, vos questions seront prises en compte. Le replay sera disponible pour tous les inscrits.

19/11/2025

Every organization has that one system - the mission-critical app that still runs perfectly… but relies on authentication from another era.

For many teams, that system is a application that has powered operations reliably for years.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬:
“How do we close compliance gaps when a core application still uses outdated authentication?”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: you modernize authentication — without touching the application code - https://bit.ly/windows-authentication-sso

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧, 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐠-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
✔ Windows Authentication with AD, Azure AD, Entra ID
✔ MFA/2FA (SMS, email, authenticator apps)
✔ Single Sign-on
✔ OAuth 2 support

All added without modifying the legacy code.

Extend your IAM perimeter. Close compliance gaps. Reduce risk.
All while your PowerBuilder apps keep running.

Sometimes the biggest upgrade isn’t rewriting the system - it’s modernizing the door everyone forgot.

👉 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐠-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐬: https://bit.ly/windows-authentication-sso