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CA PlexStatus and Plans

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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

R ibl f di t ib t d d l t t ith Responsible for a distributed development team with engineers in UK, USA and India

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Agenda

> CA Plex Supported ReleasesSupported Releases

CA Plex 6.1

2009 Enhancement Request Survey Results

> User Community News and Events Keeping in touch with Plex


Plex at CA

Pl 6 1 l d S Pl 5 5 SP1 Plex 6.1 > WCF Service Generation

> Extended Plex API

> Group Model Update History

Plex 5.1 and 5.1 SP1> EJB Option

> XML Import/Export

Plex 5.5 SP1> WinC .NET Connectors

DECEMBER 2008OCTOBER 2002

2004 2010200720062003 2005 2008 20092002AUGUST 2005

JUNE 2007

Plex 6.0> C# Server Generator

> ANT Java Builds

AUGUST 2004

Plex 5.5> RPG IV Generator

> .NET Connectors

AUGUST 2000

Plex 5.0 and 5.0 SP1

> Dependency Browser

> List (LST) objects > ANT Java Builds

> Code Libraries> COM Import

> AD Change Dates

> List (LST) objects

> MFC GUI controls

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CA Plex Supported Releases

> 5.5 and 5.5 SP1 End of support Dec 2009

Time to plan your upgrade to 6.1

Extended support available at a cost

> 6.0 Continues to be fully supported

No rebuild required to upgrade to 6.1

> 6.1 Current GA release

The latest and greatest The latest and greatest


CA Plex Supported Releases

> New cumulative fix builds every few weeks

Latest Public Build Latest Non-Public Build

>550.093.026a

>600.047.030

>550.093.044

>600.047.036

> “Public” builds are generally available on CA Support

>600.047.030

>610.043.012

>600.047.036

>610.043.012

> Public builds are generally available on CA Support Online Go to Plex Support Home page at https://support.ca.com

Click the link for “CA Plex Solutions & Patches”

> “Non-public” interim builds only available for specific CA Support issues


CA Plex r6.1

> Model-based SOA support Microsoft WCF Services Microsoft WCF Services

> Plex API Enhancements Build Add Ins to the Plex development tool Build Add-Ins to the Plex development tool

> Group Model Update History Improved model management Improved model management

> Platform Compatibility Updates IPv6 IPv6

Java SE 6.0, ANT 1.7.0

SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g

Windows Vista Windows Server 2008


Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

64-bit Windows

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> No re-gen or re-build for Java functions If upgrading from 5.5 SP1

Re-gen recommended for 5.5 and earlierg

> No re-gen or re-build for C++ functions! If upgrading from 6.0pg g

Rebuild required for 5.5 SP1 and earlier


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 Development environment and generated applications have all been tested (Java, C#, C++)

Some workarounds required, see CA Support knowledge base article TEC495228


CA Plex r6.1 Post-GA Support

> First public 6.1 cumulative fix pack

AVAILABLENOW!

RI11329 (Build 610.043.012)

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 deploymentsFor DBCS deployments

See fix notes for more details


Plex Enhancement Request Survey2008 20092008

1 Web client design and generation

2009

1 Action diagram string handling support

2 Support for Windows Forms or WPF .NET clients

3 Action diagram string handling support

2 Web client design and generation

3 Exec SQL AD statement in SQLRPGIV

4 Exec SQL AD statement in SQLRPGIV

5 Outlook-style user interface framework

4 AD: Improve Show Local Modifications

5 Support for Winforms or WPF .NET clients

6 6 AD: Improve Show Local Modifications

7 AD: Display long statements over multiple lines

8

6 Improved stored procedure support

7 AD: Display long statements over multiple lines

8 8 Object Browser: Filter by modification date

9 View the history of group model updates

10 d bl d

8 Support Unicode types in databases

9 Outlook-style user interface framework

10 Editable grid pattern

10 Editable grid pattern 10 Editable grid pattern


Unicode types in Databases

> Initial target is Java and C# support


Java client, Java server, C# server

Oracle, SQL Server, DB2

RPG is a separate possible future enhancement

No Unicode support for C++ (WinC or WinNTC)

> FLD SQL format SYS NChar

NChar var NChar_var

Unicode equivalents of Char and Char_var


Unicode types in Databases

> Available Now!


BONUS FEATURE!

> In Plex 6.1 Cumulative Fix builds Tested with SQL Server and Oracle


Microsoft .NET Framework


CA Plex 6.1WCF Connectors

WCF

WindowsCommunication

Foundation

WF

WindowsWorkflow

WPF

WindowsPresentationFoundation

Microsoft NET Framework 3.5CA Plex 6.0

C# Server Generator and .NET Runtime


.NET Client Technologies

> Windows Forms The first NET Framework GUI client


The first .NET Framework GUI client

Mature and widely used

> Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)> Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Latest generation Microsoft .NET client technology

Web as well as desktop deployment optionsp p y pXAML Browser Applications, ClickOnce deployment

Unicode-compliant

> Silverlight RIA browser plug-in competing with Adobe Flash, JavaFX

Same foundation as WPF (XAML markup language)


CA Plex Release Planning

6.5

> Next release of Plex is in the research

6.1> Next release of Plex is in the research

phase

> Focused on .NET client (WPF)

6.0

> Dates and schedule to be determined


User Community

News and events

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Joining the User GroupCA Plex/2E Product Line Community (PLC)y ( )

> Membership is by individual > Membership is by individual, not company

> http://causergroups.ca.com

> Click Join Today

> Select “CA Plex/2E (PLC) Gl b l U C it ”Global User Community”


CA Tech Insider

N il l > New email newsletter

> All the latest news on CA 2E and CA Plex

> Issued Quarterly (4 times a year)

> First issue May 2009 ysent to PLC members


Community ResourcesAnd Some Interesting ReadingAnd Some Interesting Reading

> Plex Wiki –http://wiki.plexinfo.net

> CA Plex/2E PLC Forum –http://caforums.ca.comp //

> EDGE Forum Archives –http://edge.plexinfo.net

> Plex World –http://www.plex-world.com

> Combined RSS Feed - http://wiki plexinfo net/feeds/

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> Combined RSS Feed http://wiki.plexinfo.net/feeds/

Summary

CA Plex r6.1 CA Plex r6.5> Plex r6.1 being

actively supported CA Plex

> R&D is under way

> Focus on WPF > New fix pack out

now.NET Client support

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