July 2012

Upcoming events on PowerBuilderTV

Modernize the look of your PowerBuilder Applications
This presentation shows a few remodeling examples and introduces a PB Control library that you can use to revamp your User Interface. For instance, you can easily implement a docking system, a navigation bar, innovative tab pages and other powerful features. As a result, you will get a brand-new modern User Interface for the cost of a minor evolution of your application.
Presenter: Christophe Dufourmantelle
Presented in English: Tuesday July 17th 2012 at 11:00 AM EDT (New York) - 17h00 CEST (Paris) - Register Now

Vista previa de Appeon Mobile La primera solución móvil para la comunidad PowerBuilder
La demanda de soluciones de accesibilidad móvil crece de manera exponencial y las aplicaciones PowerBuilder necesitan estar preparadas para este nuevo giro. Con el objetivo de afrontar este reto, Appeon y Novalys lanzarán Appeon Mobile. Desde la IDE de PowerBuilder, Appeon Mobile generará de manera automática aplicaciones móviles para IPhones, IPads, teléfonos y tabletas Android. DataWindows, nested reports y muchas otras funcionalidades de PowerBuilder que anteriormente se creía imposible tenerlas en un dispositivo móvil estarán ahora al alcance de todos los usuarios. Este webinar introduce una nueva tecnología que revolucionará los desarrollos móviles para aplicaciones de negocios. Usted descubrirá las principales funcionalidades de la herramienta y el roadmap. Como ya es costumbre en los webinars de PowerBuilderTV, habrá una sesión de preguntas y respuestas al término de la presentación.
Presentador : Carmina Garcia
Presented in Spanish : Martes 28 de agosto a las 10:00 AM hora de la Cuidad de México - 17h00 Hora de Madrid Register Now

On-demand webinars on PowerBuilderTV:
  How to take your PowerBuilder applications mobile with Appeon Mobile
  How to develop Multithreaded applications with PowerBuilder
  Allow end-users to modify applications themselves with Customization Studio
  How to make your application multilingual with Enable 5.0

What's new in the World of PowerBuilder?

Just released! A new version of 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 for both PowerBuilder and Appeon. The latest version contains the following updates and has been tested with Appeon 6.5.1 using PB 11.5.1, 12.1 and 12.5.1 official MR (maintenance) releases including PB's "Classic" and .NET versions! Testing inside of PB also included WebForm, Winform, Win32 and Smart Client deployments." See below for a list of all the changes.
Chris Pollach's Blog

Taking your PB applications mobile.
The first solution for taking your PB applications mobile is looking for beta testers! Interested? Check out the website below and contact them. Want to see what Appeon Mobile will look like? You can have a glimpse at some of the screenshots via the PBTV webinar. On the same site below, you can check out how to take your PowerBuilder applications to the web.
Appeon Mobile Website

- New Release! - Visual Guard 5.0
Visual Guard 5.0 will now allow you to combine security for your PB and .NET applications as well as support Windows Azure.
Allow users to identify themselves using accounts such as Windows, Facebook or Google. Keep track of sensitive operations done by each user within the application (Auditing) Completely separate business logic and security logic in order to evolve security rules without changing the code.
Try Visual Guard

Looking for more information on PowerBuilder?

How to develop multithreaded apps with PowerBuilder - Q&A with Bruce Armstrong
Back in May, Bruce Armstrong gave an informative PBTV webinar on How to Multithread your PB Apps. Afterwards, he kindly took time from his schedule to go through all the questions that were asked during the webinar. You can find the questions and answers below. (see the webinar on demand section above for the link to the webcast)
PBTV

The Evolution of PowerBuilder .NET
"Somebody was asking in the Sybase newsgroups "should I make the commitment to PB.NET?" and wanted non-marketing types to respond. I started to respond in the forums, but the eventual length of the response and its applicability to many other people resulted in my responding here..."
PBDJ - Bruce Armstrong

PowerBuilder on the iPad?
This article is intended for PowerBuilder users who are considering developing iPad applications. We will try to determine to what point this device has become a must-have, by looking at recent sales and market penetration figures in the professional world. Then, we will discuss development tools and solutions that are adapted to PowerBuilder projects
PBDJ - Christophe Dufourmantelle

User Group Malaise
This article by Bruce Armstrong looks at the evolution of User Groups, specifically .NET and the repercussions this may or may not have on PowerBuilder. Is there a general malaise among user groups?
PBDJ

PowerBuilder ‘Gotcha’ – Grid Datawindows with Picture Controls
"Now in my particular situation I have a series of picture objects placed on a column with the value of the column itself determining which of them is visible. This is standard stuff achieved via an expression on the visual property of the picture objects . The next thing to do is to set the X position on the picture objects based on the column it is placed upon..."
Anvil of Time - Matt Balent

What PowerBuilder Users Are Planning for Mobile Development
The first sets of results are in for the Mobile Development Survey. After only a few weeks of release, there have been hundreds of responses from PowerBuilder users. Here's a little sneak peek at some of the results we've compiled so far...
PBDJ - Liz Mcmillan

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