PowerBuilder - PowerServer Console (2024R1)

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Updated PowerServer Console Application!

Built using the STD Framework!

        Software Tool & Die Inc. are very pleased today to announce an updated  version of the PowerServer Console (2024R1) application for use with the Appeon PowerServer 2022 R3 Web API application server! This latest release of the PowerServer Console application is all written in PowerBuilder 2022 R3 and uses the latest STD Integrated Framework (2024R1)!

    In the original release, the PS Console App could only monitor and if need be kill a PS App's "Session". Changes in this new release though now include:

• Migrated the App code from PB2022 build 1892 to PB 2022 R3  build 3289.
  
• Updated STD Integrated Framework from version 2203.1.0.325 to 2204.1.0.375
  
• Incorporated the updated PB 2022 R3 MS-Windows notification utility
• Updated the Theme files to PB2022 R3 build 3289 (includes two new themes)
  
• Revised the  Health Check Web API to work with PS 2022 R3 .
• Revised the  Server API's Web API to work with PS 2022 R3.
• Tested the Console code on W10 version 22H2 build 19045.4046
• Tested the Console code on W11 version 23H2 build 22631.3155
• Incorporated the latest built-in Web Browser control (uses new WebView2 engine).

 

Customizable connection settings (DNS / IP Address) + Port

 

PS Console App monitoring PowerServer "Sessions".

 

    One of the new features in this PS Console release now allows you to see all the Web API's within the 2022R3 PS server itself by using the API tab page. Note that the PS Console's functionality is governed by the built-in exposed "internal" RESTFul web services within the PS2022 server itself. Check this API documentation feature and also then be able to execute them from inside the PS Console application itself, as well as follows:

Console displaying WEB APIs currently available in the PS Server

Example of the Console executing any Web API it sees

Console showing a called Web API's return JSON data.

   The next new feature in the latest version of the PS Console is the ability to check the PowerServer's actual Heath. You can do this by selecting the new Health Tab in the PS Console application, as follows:

New PowerServer Health check feature at work!

    Software Tool & Dies have also recently updated the STD Integrated framework to handle PS Server outages without crashing the running PB App when connected to PowerServer. This allows the App User and/or the Support team to see exactly what happened during a PB=>PS App failure. This could be for example: network outage, server not started, killed session, PS processing error, etc) by the type of failure reported and now logged as well! The newer framework also allows PS Apps to perform a PS server Fail Over as well that can now be handled by the PS App when one instance of a PS Server is not available!

 You can download the PS2022 Console and OrderEntry Demo App for PB/PS2022 R3, as follows:

PS Console:  Download     OrderEntry:  Download 

   Enjoy ... please let me know what you think & if you have any feature suggestions that you might like for future versions!

Regards ... Chris