CA Plex Status and Plans

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1 CA Plex Status and Plans

2 Terms of This Presentation This presentation was based on current information and resource allocations as of September 23, 2009 and is subject to change or withdrawal by CA at any time without t notice. Notwithstanding anything in this presentation to the contrary, this presentation shall not serve to (i) affect the rights and/or obligations of CA or its licensees under any existing or future written license agreement or services agreement relating to any CA software product; or (ii) amend any product documentation or specifications for any CA software product. The development, release and timing of any features or functionality described in this presentation remain at CA s sole discretion. Notwithstanding anything in this presentation to the contrary, upon the general availability of any future CA product release referenced in this presentation, CA will make such release available (i) for sale to new licensees of such product; and (ii) to existing licensees of such product on a when and if-available basis as part of CA maintenance and support, and in the form of a regularly scheduled major product release. Such releases may be made available to current licensees of such product who are current subscribers to CA maintenance and support on a when and if-available basis. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this paragraph and any other information contained in this presentation, the terms of this paragraph shall govern. 2 September 23-25, 2009 Copyright 2009 CA. All rights reserved.

3 For Informational Purposes Only Certain information in this presentation may outline CA s general product direction. All information in this presentation ti is for your informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. CA assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CA provides this document as is without warranty of any kind, including without limitation, any implied warranties or merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. In no event will CA be liable for any loss or damage, direct or indirect, from the use of this document, including, without limitation, lost profits, lost investment, business interruption, goodwill, or lost data, even if CA is expressly advised of the possibility of such damages. 3 September 23-25, 2009 Copyright 2009 CA. All rights reserved.

4 About the Speaker > Daniel Leigh > Director, Software Engineering Managed overall 2E and Plex product development and maintenance at CA since 2001 First joined Synon in 1989 Responsible for a distributed ib t d development team with engineers in UK, USA and India 4 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

5 Agenda >CA Plex Supported Releases CA Plex Enhancement Request Survey Results > User Community News and Events Keeping in touch with Plex 5 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

6 Plex at CA Plex 5.1 and 5.1 SP1 Plex 5.55 SP1 Plex 6.1 > EJB Option > WinC.NET Connectors > WCF Service Generation > XML Import/Export > Extended Plex API > Group Model Update History 2002 OCTOBER 2002 AUGUST 2005 DECEMBER AUGUST 2000 AUGUST 2004 JUNE 2007 Plex 5.0 and 5.0 SP1 Plex 5.5 Plex 6.0 > Dependency Browser > List (LST) objects > RPG IV Generator >.NET Connectors > C# Server Generator > ANT Java Builds > MFC GUI controls > COM Import > Code Libraries > AD Change Dates 6 November 16-20, 2008 Copyright 2008 CA. All rights reserved.

7 CA Plex Supported Releases > 5.5 and 5.5 SP1 >6.0 >6.1 End of support Dec 2009 Time to plan your upgrade to 6.1 Extended support available at a cost Continues to be fully supported No rebuild required to upgrade to 6.1 Current GA release The latest and greatest 7 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

8 CA Plex Supported Releases > New cumulative fix builds every few weeks Latest Public Build > a > > Latest Non-Public Build > > > > Public builds are generally available on CA Support Online Go to Plex Support Home page at Click the link for CA Plex Solutions & Patches > Non-public interim builds only available for specific CA Support issues 8 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

9 CA Plex r6.1 > Model-based SOA support Microsoft WCF Services > Plex API Enhancements Build Add-Ins to the Plex development tool > Group Model Update History Improved model management > Platform Compatibility Updates IPv6 Java SE 6.0, ANT SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g Windows Vista, Windows Server bit Windows 9 November 16-20, 2008 Copyright 2008 CA. All rights reserved.

10 CA Plex r6.1 Upgrade Requirements > No re-gen or re-build for RPG functions > No re-gen or re-build for C# functions > No re-gen or re-build for Java functions If upgrading from 5.5 SP1 Re-gen recommended for 5.5 and earlier > No re-gen or re-build for C++ functions! If upgrading g from 6.0 Rebuild required for 5.5 SP1 and earlier 10 November 16-20, 2008 Copyright 2008 CA. All rights reserved.

11 CA Plex r6.1 Post-GA Support > Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 CA Plex r6.1 is now supported on the next generation of the Windows operating system Development environment and generated applications have all been tested (Java, C#, C++) Some workarounds required, see CA Support knowledge base article TEC October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

12 CA Plex r6.1 Post-GA Support > First public 6.1 cumulative fix pack RI11329 (Build ) AVAILABLE NOW! Runtimes are backwards compatible with 6.0 applications > 127 documented fixes and updates! Tool, RPG, WinC, C#, Java > Includes some useful enhancements Blob data type support for Java, C# and WCF Some limitations such as no data exchange with WinC IME Support for Java Client For DBCS deployments See fix notes for more details 12 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

13 Plex Enhancement Request Survey Web client design and generation 2 Support for Windows Forms or WPF.NET clients 3 Action diagram string handling support 4 Exec SQL AD statement in SQLRPGIV 5 Outlook-style user interface framework 6 AD: Improve Show Local Modifications 7 AD: Display long statements over multiple lines 8 Object Browser: Filter by modification date 9 View the history of group model updates 1 Action diagram string handling support 2 Web client design and generation 3 Exec SQL AD statement in SQLRPGIV 4 AD: Improve Show Local Modifications 5 Support for Winforms or WPF.NET clients 6 Improved stored procedure support 7 AD: Display long statements over multiple lines 8 Support Unicode types in databases 9 Outlook-style user interface framework 10 Editable grid pattern 10 Editable grid pattern 10 Editable grid pattern 13 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

14 Unicode types in Databases > Initial target is Java and C# support Java client, Java server, C# server Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 8 Support Unicode types in databases RPG is a separate possible future enhancement No Unicode support for C++ (WinC or WinNTC) > FLD SQL format SYS NChar NChar_var Unicode equivalents of Char and Char_var 14 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

15 Unicode types in Databases > Available Now! 8 Support Unicode types in databases BONUS FEATURE! > In Plex 6.1 Cumulative Fix builds Tested with SQL Server and Oracle 15 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

16 Microsoft.NET Framework 5 Support for Winforms or WPF.NET clients CA Plex 6.1 WCF Connectors WCF Windows Communication Foundation WF Windows Workflow WPF Windows Presentation Foundation CA Plex 6.0 C# Server Microsoft Generator NET Framework and.net Runtime October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

17 .NET Client Technologies >Windows Forms The first.net Framework GUI client Mature and widely used > Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 5 Support for Winforms or WPF.NET clients Latest generation Microsoft.NET client technology Web as well as desktop deployment options XAML Browser Applications, ClickOnce deployment Unicode-compliant > Silverlight RIA browser plug-in competing with Adobe Flash, JavaFX Same foundation as WPF (XAML markup language) 17 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

18 CA Plex Release Planning > Next release of Plex is in the research phase > Focused on.net client (WPF) > Dates and schedule to be determined 18 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

19 User Community News and events

20 Joining the User Group CA Plex/2E Product Line Community y( (PLC) > Membership is by individual, not company > > Click Join Today > Select CA Plex/2E (PLC) Global l User Community 20 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

21 CA Tech Insider > New newsletter > All the latest news on CA 2E and CA Plex > Issued Quarterly (4 times a year) > First issue May 2009 sent to PLC members 21 October 11, 2009 CA 2E and Plex - Status & Plans Copyright 2009 CA

22 Community Resources And Some Interesting Reading > Plex Wiki > CA Plex/2E PLC Forum p// > EDGE Forum Archives > Plex World > Combined RSS Feed - plexinfo net/feeds/ 22 November 16-20, 2008 Copyright 2008 CA. All rights reserved.

23 Summary CA Plex r6.1 CA Plex r6.5 > Plex r6.1 being actively supported > New fix pack out now CA Plex > R&D is under way > Focus on WPF.NET Client support 23