Find PowerBuilder Calls to Web Services

Visual Expert can track calls from PowerBuilder to web services from:

1. An entire PowerBuilder application
2. A selection of PBLs
3. A selection of PB objects

This is how it works:

1. In the treeview, select an application, a PBL or a PB object
   
2. In the navigation bar, click on "Web Services called":

For instance, this web service is declared as an OLE object in a PB function:

Then, you can find where this “proxy” PB function is called in the PowerBuilder code:

1. You can show the calls to this function as an E/R diagram:
   1. Select the function, go to [Diagram], click on “Impact Analysis Diagram”

       

   2. A diagram showing the calls to the “proxy” function is generated
      When selecting a diagram item, its code is displayed on the right:

 

2. Alternatively, you can show the calls to this function as a hierarchy:
   1. Select the function. In the navigation bar (left side), click on “Impact Analysis”
   2. A hierarchy showing the calls to the “proxy” function is displayed
      When selecting a diagram item, its code is displayed on the right:

This feature supports different strategies for calling web services: OLE objects, SOAP connections. Below is an example of SAOP connection:

 

See Also

Cross References Overview
Impact Analysis
Review CRUD Operations
View Dependencies between PBLs
Call Graphs - Chain of Calls
Reverse Call Graphs
Object Dependency Matrix
Check for Dll Dependencies
Check for Called Stored Procedures