Appeon Elevate 2018 PowerBuilder Conference (Early Registration)

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 Appeon Elevate 2018 is Open for Registration

     Appeon are pleased to announce registration is now officially open for Appeon Elevate 2018 annual PowerBuilder user conference.  Elevate 2018 is scheduled to take place on November 5 - 7, 2018 at the Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia, PA (USA).


          An special early bird discount is available until July 10, 2018, so act fast to secure your spot and get some substantial savings.  If you would like to become a conference speaker then your conference pass will be complimentary.

 

Register

  Here are some exciting reasons why you should join Appeon at the Elevate 2018 event:

1. Learn how to use new PowerBuilder features to build cloud or C# apps.
2. Expand your tech knowledge with 60+ hours of education sessions.
3. Discuss your pressing questions with the Appeon Product Team.
4. Connect with other IT professionals, partners, and Appeon staff.
5. We’ve had a wonderful conference last year and this year will be even better!  All the sessions from Elevate 2017 are now archived and available for your benefit.  

Conference Agenda | Venue & Hotel



Regards ... Chris

Integrated Framework - Updated Documentation!

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STD Integrated Framework

Complete Documentation Update!

  

STD Integrated Framework documentation home web page

        Software Tool & Die Inc (STD) are very pleased to announce that they have just released a new version of the 2018R3 (build 2018.3.0.101) Integrated Foundation Class framework documentation!

Visual Expert session engaged with the Integrated Framework

Note: All the STD frameworks are free and can be downloaded from its STD Foundation Classes SourceForge project website. You can download the new updated STD Integrated Framework documentation here.

   STD would like to thank Novalys Corporation for their support of the Foundation Classes by supplying the VisualExpert product for the framework's automated documentation generation!

Regards ... Chris

New Integrated Foundation Classes (2018R3) Released!

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  New Integrated Foundation Classes (2018R3) Released!

 "THE" Framework for Appeon PowerBuilder & PowerServer!

(v2018.3.0.101 - May 6, 2018)

Make your PB App's exciting to your MS-Window users!

  

        Software Tool & Die Inc (STD) are very pleased to announce that they have just released a new version 2018R3 (build 2018.3.0.101) of their Integrated Foundation Class library framework for PowerBuilder 2017R2 build 1769, PowerServer 2017 Web and PowerServer 2017 Mobile build 1756!

  

     STD are also very excited as this release represents another significant enhancement to the Integrated framework that really further exemplifies the power of Appeon PowerBuilder 2017R2 development environment! The new framework combined with PowerBuilder and/or PowerServer products really positions developers to take advantage of today's Agile and DevOps methodologies. Plus it puts a complete new GUI "punch" in your Native, Web and Mobile Apps without buying expensive add-on products.

     For a summary of the previous framework version's feature sets, please follow these links - 2018R1 and 2018R2.
  

   The following are some of the highlights of the new R3 Integrated framework and Appeon PowerBuilder 2017R2 versions at work, as follows:

Auto-Zoom Drop Down DataWindows

Native Windows Auto-Zoom DDDW's

Web Application Auto-Zoom DDDW's

  

Mobile application Auto-Zoom DDDW's

    The latest Integrated framework version contains the following updates and has been tested with MS-Windows 10 O/S (Creator Edition), PB 2017R2 build #1769 and the PowerServer 2017 (build 1756). Testing inside of PB included Win32 (both P-code & M-code) and Win64 (P-code) deployments. Testing inside of PowerServer Web & Mobile included latest Web Browsers, latest Apple Tablet/Smart Phone and Android Tablet/Smart Phone deployments.

Note: All the STD frameworks are free and can be downloaded from its STD Foundation Classes SourceForge project website..

Release 2018.3.0.101 - Major Release (2018R3) - change highlights ...

• Added  PRINTER functions and GetTickCount [32/64] & LocalFree API definitions in "nc_app_controller_master"
• Corrected platform code for Web or IWA based Applications in "nc_app_controller_master"
• Renamed "of_set_appeon_environment_info" to "of_set_powerserver_environment_info" in "nc_app_controller_master"
• Added code to zoom the DDDW to the same % as the parent DWO    in "vs_dc_master"
• Notification message only displayed if not in "silent" mode in "wn_controller_master"
• Added code to change the background colour if in a Web/ Mobile env in "wn_master"
• Added code to check if graphic object pointer is valid in "wn_master"
• Renamed "STD_FC_Appeon.pbl" library to "STD_FC_PowerServer.pbl"
• Added new global function "fn_add_numbers_in_string"
• Added new global function "fn_compute_elapsed_date_period"
• Added new global function "fn_compute_elapsed_minutes"
• Added new global function "fn_compute_week_no"
• Added new global function "fn_get_string_segment"
• Added new global function "fn_get_windows_registry_no"
• Added new global function "fn_get_windows_registry_string"
• Added new global function "fn_ltrimx"
• Added new global function "fn_object_last_modified"
• Added new global function "fn_positive_match"
• Added new global function "fn_remove_character_from_string"
• Added new global function "fn_replace_character_in_string"
• Added new global function "fn_remove_character_from_string"
• Removed old WPF code in "mu_application_master"
• Added new function "of_set_notification_message" in "wn_controller_master"

  

    The OrderEntry example application has also been updated to the new Integrated Foundation class framework version. You can download the example application from here. Also, check out the online "getting started" video series to accelerate your assimilation of the best framework for PowerBuilder & PowerServer!

   STD would also like to thank Novalys Corporation for their support of the Foundation Classes by supplying the VisualExpert product for the framework's documentation.

Enjoy!  

Regards ... Chris

STD FrameWork - New for Appeon InfoMaker!

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New InfoMaker Framework

Part I - Reusable Functions

    Software Tool & Die Inc. (STD) are pleased to announce today a new extension of their Integrated Framework that has been developed for the latest Appeon InfoMaker 2017R2 release (build 1769). The first phase of the new STD InfoMaker Framework is a set of reusable functions that can be used in any Report or Form object where expressions are used to obtain, format, validate, derive, compute, etc various datum values.

New STD InfoMaker Framework - Function list

         The initial InfoMaker framework includes a library of reusable functions. These functions can perform a variety of value-added services to any InfoMaker set of Report or Form objects. The Functions are well documented internally. You can add these to your InfoMaker product by amending the IM libray list to include the "STD_FC_IM_Functions.pbl". This will immediately give you access to these global functions.

Step#1 - Select the Library List in the InfoMaker IDE

Step#2 - Add the STD InfoMaker Framework's library to your project

 Note: All the STD frameworks are free and can be downloaded from its STD Foundation Classes SourceForge project website. The new InfoMaker framework can be downloaded from here.

 In the near future, Software Tool & Die will also be adding more functions and another new area called Style Sheet Ancestors to this framework.

Enjoy!

Regards ... Chris