February 2013

Upcoming events on PowerBuilderTV

Costruire apps iOS con PowerBuilder? E' semplice con Appeon Mobile!
Il lancio di Appeon Mobile rende finalmente concreto lo sviluppo mobile di applicativi PowerBuilder, in maniera semplice e veloce, e senza la necessità di fare ricorso ad ulteriori tecnologie. Con Appeon Mobile si sfruttano i propri skills Powerbuilder, con le sofisticate caratteristiche di gestione dati che gli appartengono, per costruire apps complete e "data centriche" deployabili su qualsiasi dispositivo mobile dotato di sistema operativo iOS, Android, Windows Phone ecc. Il webcast illustra le principali caratteristiche di questa tecnologia rivoluzionaria per lo sviluppo di soluzioni aziendali mobile, evidenziando inoltre le diverse possibilità che Appeon Mobile offre nella realizzazione di interfacce "user friendly", nonchè le problematiche connesse. Il tutto mostrando una app iOS esemplificativa, realizzata con PowerBuilder e Appeon Mobile, denominata: Genepesca Retail Solution.
Presenter: Luca Ferrante
Monday, February 25, 2013 7:00am PST (Los Angeles) / 16:00 CET (Rome) - Register Now

Creation and Consumption of Web Services with PowerBuilder - Part 2
In the second part of his presentation, Bruce Armstrong will be combining the techniques covered in the web services session (specifically creating a WCF client for the Amazon Web Services) with techniques about using .Net assemblies from PowerBuilder Classic Win32 targets in order to implement the WCF client in a Win32 target. In the process, creating a PowerBuilder.Net .Net assembly to wrap the WCF client and exposing that to the Win32 target via a COM Callable Wrapper. He will also look at how to sign the assemblies involved so that they can be loaded into the GAC.
If you would like to see the first part of the presentation, you can find it here.
Presenter: Bruce Armstrong
Wednesday, February 29, 2013 9:00am PST (Los Angeles) / 18:00 CET (Paris) - Register Now

Is the DataWindow Just For Displaying Rows and Columns? … Are You Sure?
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:00am PST (Los Angeles) / 17:00 CET (Paris)
DataWindows are mostly used for displaying data in different kinds of presentation styles like grid, tabular, tree view etc. The DataWindow also has another great property: displaying shapes like rectangles, circles, etc. Moreover, these shapes can be created at runtime. In this presentation, Sonat Karakas of Turkcell will talk about creating shapes in a DataWindow, creating them dynamically and techniques for storing them in a database. At the end of the presentation, he will move up a notch by looking at displaying a server rack, showing its slots and painting them in different colors according to their usage status.
Presenter : Sonat Karakas
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:00am PST (Los Angeles) / 17:00 CET (Paris) - Register Now

On-demand webinars on PowerBuilderTV:
  Appify Your UI: Designing a Mobile User Experience With PowerBuilder
  Add Single Sign-On to PowerBuilder Applications
  Building Modern PowerBuilder Applications
  Let Users Customize Screens & Reports by Themselves

A Look Forward at PowerBuilder

So what's up with PowerBuilder?
So where is PowerBuilder headed? Product Manager Sue Dunnell gives us some insight into its future. With no definitive date for PB15 set, there is information on the future of PB .NET as well as SAP HANA initiatives with PowerBuilder. Even more informative are the comments from David Peace, Brett Weaver, Chris Pollach and Sue - definetly a must read for those interested on the debate of PB's future. What databases are PB users using? Can PB keep up as enterprises shift to mobile applications? Where do third party companies like Appeon stand in the future development of PowerBuilder?
SCN Sue Dunnell Post

Appeon Releases Appeon Mobile Beta 2.0!
Speaking of shifting to mobile devices - Appeon Mobile is getting closer and closer to its release date! Last week, Appeon released the 2.0 of its beta with improved features based on continuing feedback from the beta-testers. Only one month left to sign up for the Beta, have the possibility of winning a tablet and get a discount on Appeon Mobile when it's released in Spring!
Sign up for the Beta Program
List of Beta 2.0 Features

Is SAP investing in PB marketing?
There is a general consensus that PowerBuilder lost alot of it's momentum due to a lack of marketing on Sybase's end. You may have noticed recently that there are a number of new ressources for PB developers. PowerBuilder has been integrated into the SAP developer's SCN Network: this centralizes product, forum and SAP Mentor blog posts. Similarly to PBTV, they have also invested in creating a number of pre-recorded tech-oriented videos and interviews that can be accessed through SCN as well as through YouTube. The question now remains, when will SAP invest in promotional activity beyond its network?

SAP Code Talk: What is PowerBuilder?
In this video, John Strano and Ian Thain discuss what is PowerBuilder - how it began and what developers get out of using it. Within the SAP Database and Technology Academy YouTube playlist, you can find interviews with Yakov Werde and Matt Balent, among others.
SAP Communities YouTube Channel

Centralize the security of all your applications (PowerBuilder, .NET, Java..) in a single tool.
Manage user permissions from just one list for all your applications. Visual Guard 5.1 has a number of new updates including new identity modules that support accounts like Google, Facebook and more. Now you can access online, through the webconsole, user management, auditing and documentation creation. VG is also now compatible with Appeon, allowing non-technical staff to adminstrate users in an online PowerBuilder application and more!
Download an Evaluation Version
Request a Demo of Visual Guard.

No need to panic, Infomaker is still alive.
While currently listed as no longer sold on the Sybase website, SAP has confirmed via Facebook that it is still alive and should be resurfacing soon on the new SAP pricelist. Taken from the PowerBuilder official Facebook page: "On the product roster on Sybase's Website, there is an incorrect posting that InfoMaker has been discontinued. This is a significant clerical error. The product is not EOL’d, it’s in transition over to the SAP price book come March 1."

Updated Foundation Classes for PowerBuilder
Software Tool & Die Inc (STD) is very pleased to announce that they have just released an updated version of their Foundation Class library today for both PowerBuilder and Appeon Web plus the first "official beta" for Appeon Mobile! The latest version contains the following updates and has been tested with Appeon 6.5.1 / 2013 using the PowerBuilder 12.1 / 12.5.1 official MR (maintenance) releases including PB's "Classic" and .NET versions. Testing inside of PB has also included WebForm, Winform, Win32 and Smart Client deployments. The FC's are *free* and can be downloaded (along with an updated sample Order Entry application) from the SourceForge website.
Great White North Technical Evangelist
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PowerBuilder Tips and Tricks

PowerBuilder Event Order: Events and Precedence
"The order in which events happen within a PowerBuilder Classic application is in most cases, a very predictable model. The PB developer should be aware of this aspect when developing GUI based applications. For instance, when focus is shifted from one object to another object, the first object will experience the Modified and LoseFocus events before the second object experiences a get focus event."
Great White North Technical Evangelist - Chris Pollach

Add a multilingual interface to your PowerBuilder Application
...And make it available to international users in a matter of hours. No need to modify the source code or the executable file to update translations, print reports in several languages without changing the user interface, create a customized layout for each language, deploy the application to users with a customized layout and properties, allow end-users to customize translations...
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