The Websydian team wishes all our customers and partners a Happy New Year.

January 2nd, 2020

We are happy to announce the release of WebsydianExpress v4.3 and Websydian v7.3.
Below is a list of noteworthy changes in this release:

• Support for Plex v7.2.1
• Security improvements
  • Rewritten WebsydianExpress session management to meet the challenges of the modern internet.
  • Improved algorithms used for storing passwords and protecting values on pages that are not to be tampered with
• Performance improvements
  • Caching of templates in WebsydianExpress for Java
  • Major improvements to TransacXML for Java
  • Removed obsolete database I/O on each request

For a complete list of changes visit our What is new sections at https://www.websydian.com/doc
Upgrade packages are available for existing customers in our download section at www.websydian.com. Remember to login in order to gain access.

March 26, 2017

We are putting the final touches to the next release of Websydian. Websydian 7.3 and WebsydianExpress 4.3.

Below is a list of the stuff we are working on. We cannot guarantee though that all of it will be included in 7.3 and 4.3:

- Mail from WebsydianExpress
- Updated security with HMAC SHA 256 signature algorithm
- Improved user management with new password and login handling
- prevent simultaneous login
- improved handling of logins without roles
- session id by cookie
- Surrogate logging removed
- Improved message log
- Improved load time for left menu
- Improved template parsing and generation
- Additional options for adding Plex configuration information to the Websydian template generator
- Bug fixes

Important

We had originally planned to move to CA Plex 7.1 from this version. But we have decided to wait till we get more benefits from an upgrade. It means that you can still use the newest features in Websydian 7.3 and WebsydianExpress 4.3 if you are on CA Plex 6.1.

As always we ensure that the latest version of the Websydian tools are compliant with the latest version of CA Plex.

Info links

What's new in WebsydianExpress.
What's new in Websydian TransacXML

July 7, 2016

Old News

We are retiring Websydian 6.6 at the end of May 2016.

We will still support applications running on 6.6 for the next 12 months. After that we cannot ensure that new, improved or changed functionality will be backwards compliant.

Should you need assistance to update your application, please let us know at support@websydian.com.

March 17, 2016

We are happy to announce that Websydian 7.2 and WebsydianExpress 4.2 have been released January 7. You can see detailed descriptions of all the new features and functionality in What's new on the Websydian documentation site. Please use the links below.

Some of the new functionality you may want to take a closer look at:

In Websydian TransacXML:
- Support for schema types
- Support for SOAP 1.2
- Reworked, comprehensive and coherent tutorial including schema types

In WebsydianExpress:
- Upgrade to Ext JS 6
- Mail API's
- Http client API's for IBM i

Important

The new release requires Java 7.
In order to upgrade to this version and benefit from the new functionality you must run at least IBM i V7R1.
The release is compliant with CA Plex v7.2.

Info links

What's new in WebsydianExpress 4.2.
What's new in Websydian TransacXML 7.2

January 7, 2016

From this release (7.2 & 4.2) and onwards we will focus on the platforms Java and IBM i.

However, we will not abandon the Windows platform. For current users on Windows we will still deliver upgrades to keep existing functionality working, but it will not be possible to install new Windows versions from scratch. New developments on the Windows platform will only be to ensure existing functionality.

If this poses a challenge for you, please let us know, and we can discuss how we might assist you.

January 7, 2016

As of January 12 Microsoft discontinues the support for all versions of IE before IE 11. This means that potential security and functionality breaches in earlier versions of IE will not be patched in the future. Therefore we will not support versions of IE earlier than IE 11, and we do not recommend you use earlier versions.

January 7, 2016

We have detected a couple of bugs in WebsydianExpress v4.1. To rectify these we have prepared a cumulative PTF.

Se our documentation for details and download:
Cumulative PTF - Websydian documentation site

October 6, 2015

Websydian v7.1 and WebsydianExpress v4.1 have been released. The new release is ready for download and comprises:

- New string functions and API's
- New Ext JS patterns including Wizard pattern
- Improved error handling and reporting
- Role based authorization for web services provided with WebsydianExpress
- Allow Basic authentication for authorized web services
- New web service XMLService handler for login and obtaining a JSON Web Token
- And much more

Se our documentation for details on what's new:
What's new in WE 4.1.
What's new in WSY 7.1

May 28, 2015

Whether you want to create model-based web applications but don't know where to start, or you have started but are stuck, we will be happy to assist you. We provide development services according to agile principles. That gives you control of both process and product. In our experience the awareness of what you need grows with the progress of the development work. With an agile approach you can change direction and scope accordingly. That way you get what you actually need, not what you thought you needed before the development work started. To know more about Websydian Development Services give us a call: +45 39 66 02 00, ask for Anne-Marie.

February 5, 2015

CA Plex/2E customer event in Milan, Italy, March 11, 2015

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We are happy to announce that AXSOS and Mondo Software have invited us to take part in the CA Plex and CA 2E Customer event in Milan. The event will take place at the CA office in Basiglio, Milano. It will be a day of inspiration and knowledge sharing. We will take a look at the latest in CA Plex and CA 2E, customer successes and real-life, modernized, dynamic, responsive applications, mobile sites and apps with CA Plex.

Get inspiration for new presentations and new functionality on new platforms for your Plex applications. Hear examples of how Plex developers have created valuable solutions to a number of challenges; from 5250 to RIA web, from idea to full, complex running application in four months, from tabletop paper solution to mobile app. Also hear about the process from assisted start to independent development. This session is meant to inspire - not provide complex technical accounts.

The event will be in Italian and English. For more information and to register Register for the Milan event at AXSOS' website

February 5, 2015

Unfortunately, we are not able to attend the Plex/2E conference in Austin because of the change of the conference dates. Still, we want to support the Plex/2E community. We have some ideas ourselves as to how we might do that but we want to hear what you would prefer us to do. So send us your ideas and let's see what we can do: support@websydian.com

February 9, 2015

Others have been there before you. Use their experience.

If one of the following scenarios sounds familiar, Websydian may be the tool you are looking for.

CA Plex GUI to dynamic and user-friendly web

You (or your customer) have a CA Plex GUI application with functionality necessary to perform certain tasks in the organization. You are not unhappy with the functionality as such. It works but it just doesn't live up to today's demands. It's not dynamic and user-friendly enough, and it's not web-based.

Building CA Plex web applications from scratch

You (or again it might be your customer) have systems and applications built in CA Plex. Based on your CA Plex skills and in line with the existing systems, you want new functionality. But again it must be dynamic, user-friendly and web-based.

What does Websydian do for you?

First of all, Websydian provides the underlying internet technology as a framework (including security), so you don't have to develop any of the stuff yourselves.

Secondly, you model your dynamic web solution, whether built from scratch or with the existing functionality, directly in your CA Plex model. You know the ropes.

Fit the form

When the pc and the laptop were the only platforms for internet solutions, websites only had to come in one form. Today everything on the internet is accessible on mobile devices, and that means that now more than ever you have to think mobility. There is no way around it, you have to offer your users the information and functionality they need in a usable form on all sorts of devices: pc, laptop, iPhone, Android phones, Windows phone and tablets of all sizes and sorts.

You already know the ropes

Websydian Ext JS and Touch offers you the ability to make mobile versions of your CA Plex web solutions. You use the same functionality and backend data as for your website. You simply present the website functionality in a manner suitable for the smaller touch devices. You choose the functionality and data that make sense to offer your users on the fly, and because the mobile design is responsive, the presentation will adjust to the device the request comes from. At the same time, development is easy and simple for you as a CA Plex developer. As mention earlier, you already know the ropes.

CA Plex web apps with basic functionality. It's basic.

Websydian Ext JS and Touch is suited for creating HTML 5 based web apps with basic functionality from your CA Plex backend. The tool provides:

- the ability to retrieve data from your CA Plex backend and present it on a list on mobile device

- "app style" presentation layout suitable for small and medium size devices

- options for editing and saving of data in the backend database

- a set of samples and a sample model for inspiration and direct use

Complex apps is a different story. Not more difficult, just different.

Sometimes a basic web app just won't cover your users' needs. Perhaps you want to combine data retrieved from you CA Plex backend with more complex features like:

- offline support

- integration with Bluetooth printers, image scanners, QR scanners etc.

- storing data locally on the device

- use of Google functionality

For this kind of complexity we recommend a different approach with Websydian. For frontend integration with complex features we propose you use native development for the platform in question (Android, iPhone or Windows), and for obtaining and updating data on the CA Plex/Websydian backend you use WebsydianExpress and Websydian TransacXML which will supply XML based web services for fast data communication

Let CA Plex talk with everybody

Use XML web services to communicate with systems and platforms otherwise incompatible with CA Plex. Websydian TransacXML gives you the ability to receive and process XML documents in back-end systems, generate and send XML Documents and import and export schemas and WSDL - all from your CA Plex model.