Getting Started with the Software Tool & Die Frameworks

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Getting Started with the STD Frameworks

    The following recorded webinars have now been posted on the PowerBuilder TV website. These webinars will greatly assist the PowerBuilder developer with starting to use either the Software Tool & Die Inc. free Integrated or Web Service based frameworks for PowerBuilder, Appeon Web or Appeon Mobile development, as follows:

Client Apps:

Getting started with the “Integrated” STD Foundation - Part 1/2
Getting started with the “Integrated” STD Foundation - Part 2/2

Web Services:

Getting started with the “Web Service” STD Foundation - Part 1/2
Getting started with the “Web Service” STD Foundation - Part 2/2

Regards ... Chris

A Real-Life PowerBuilder Web Migration Examined

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A Real-Life PowerBuilder Web Migration Examined

    The recorded version of the Webcast is now available for you to watch! In this Webcast, Nexgen Public Safety Solutions, a software vendor in the public safety sector, will share their Web migration journey and technical experiences in Web-enabling their record management solution (RMS).

     The Presenters are: Jon Travisano, Developer Lead and Alex Linos, Network Engineer at Nexgen Public Safety Solutions.  To view the webcast, please click here!

Note: You will have to login to view the webcast however, you can create a free login on the Appeon website.

Regards ... Chris

Elevate 2017 PB Conference - Update!

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Conference 2017 Update

Call for Presenters

 

Elevate 2017 will be the first official user conference since Appeon began developing new versions of PowerBuilder.  The conference is currently scheduled to be hosted at the Harrison Conference Center in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA) on September 25 – 27, 2017. 

The “call for presenters” is now officially open, and Appeon are looking forward to receiving technical proposals from all enthusiastic community members. Presenting at the user conference will be a great opportunity to:
•    Showcase yourself and your company.
•    Build relationships with other users and companies.
•    Contribute back to the products you rely on.

Submit a Proposal

Conference Passes 

  The price of the 3-day conference pass is USD $395 per person.  If you present at Elevate 2017 your conference pass will be complimentary.  Appeon will begin selling conference passes in May with an early-bird discount.   Stay tuned for more conference news here!


Regards ... Chris

AutoScript Enabling PowerBuilder Built-In Commands

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AutoScript Enabling Built-In Functions

     The PowerBuilder IDE has a great Auto-Scripting feature. However, it does not address PB's built-in commands. Sometimes also referred to as Global Functions. These commands though are used in a plethora of places in the average App.  Without AutoScript support though, it can be a laborious journey through the PB Help sub-system to quickly extract what you need to know.

     Here is a video little tip though that can auto-script enable all of PB's built-in commands (functions) for your entire App in just a few seconds ...

Click here to watch ... Enjoy!



Regards .... Chris

Appeon Community - User Forum

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Appeon Community User Forum

    The new Appeon Community User Forum is now available to the PowerBuilder, InfoMaker, EAServer, Appeon Mobile & Appeon Web product based developers. The new user community is dedicated to enabling you to learn, share and get product help. The forum is open to everyone who is interested in the Appeon products or ones formerly available from Sybase.
 
    Please follow the Appeon Community link to begin your user experience & journey.



Regards ... Chris

World-Wide Survey 2017

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PowerBuilder 2017 Worldwide Survey

 

Take the 2017 survey and then view the 2016 results!


Regards ... Chris

Elevate - 2017 PowerBuilder Conference

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2017 PowerBuilder Conference 

   The new PowerBuilder 2017 product is on its way to being released in June 2017.  As such, Appeon considers this to be an appropriate time to begin planning for the annual PowerBuilder conference. In order to ensure adequate time to prepare for the conference, Appeon has decided to schedule the Elevate 2017 Conference for September 25-27, 2017. As such, Elevate 2017 will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA). If you are interested in being a speaker / presenter at the conference and receive a full conference pass for free as a token of Appeon's appreciation, please contact their marketing department ASAP!

    Note1: The registration process for Elevate 2017 Conference will be commencing in May of 2017… stay tuned!

   Note2: Call for Presenters will open on March 10th, 2017



regards ... Chris

STD FC's - Your PFC Replacement!

I got the job!

     Its always nice once in a while when your all your hard work pays off when you receive a nice comment about your work or product. In this case it was a nice text message the other day from a PowerBuilder friend of mine who stated ....

    The Software Tool & Die frameworks that I originally built in 1992 for PowerBuilder and later on, added support for PocketBuilder, PB.Net, EAServer, Appeon Web and Appeon Mobile, continues to evolve even to this day. The goal now is to update the frameworks in time for the brand new release of Appeon PB 2017 in June, 2017!

   The frameworks even today are still being adopted by new and refactored mission critical PowerBuilder & Appeon Web/Mobile applications the world over with over 6,429  downloads in 2016! You can download them from their home on SourceForge  ... plus, they are open source, pure PowerScript, use no external DLL's & are free too! 

Regards ... Chris

PowerBuilder on TV

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   One normally thinks of PowerBuilder TV as the PBTV website that contains great information about the PowerBuilder product. However, what I am talking about today is putting PowerBuilder on your TV! Yes, you read that right ... put your PowerBuilder applications on your TV and interact directly with them. You can do that today, thanks to the Appeon Mobile product from Appeon corporation.

   New televisions or even older ones can now have Android enabled boxes attached to them or "smart" TV's may come pre-loaded with the Android operating system built in. In my case, I am using an MXQ Pro Android media box in this article attached to my Samsung TV. The MXQ box is a quad processor based system with the Android 5.1 O/S loaded on to its ROM with 32G of RAM memory on board. That being said, these media boxes or on-board TV computer based Android systems are more than capable of hosting the Appeon Mobile Work Space (AWS) application that will in turn host any PowerBuilder application that can be deployed to an Appeon 2016 server.

MXQ media box with keyboard.

   The Android O/S on your SmartTV or the media box typically has a similar user interface to your Android phone or tablet. The O/S has all the typical bells & whistles like a file manager, web browser, system console, etc ... all the ingredients you need to load the AWS application on to the droid system. So the first action is to start the Chrome web browser and point it to your Appeon Server - for example:  http:///AEM. Once your in the Appeon Enterprise Manager (AEM) you will be prompted to download the AWS install application (an Android .APK file).

AWS install file downloaded.

  Double tapping the .IPA file from the "download manager" will start the AWS install just like on your Android phone or tablet. Once the installation has completed and you return to the main screen, you will now see the AWS application icon on the main application group.

AWS installed (lower right hand side)

  Now that you have AWS installed, you can start the application which acts as the host for any of your PowerBuilder applications on a mobile device. The AWS application will now let you point it to your PB application deployed & hosted on the Appeon Server. Once AWS locates your PB application on the Appeon Server, it will download the executable code to the Android device. 

PB application being downloaded to the MXQ Android system.

   Now that the PB application has been downloaded to the AWS application. You can start the application and interact with it via the Android based Bluetooth keyboard. This is no different than interacting with your touch device or even more akin to using your PB application deployed as an Appeon Web based application. The great news is that in my testing all the PB applications worked flawlessly. A great tribute to the Appeon Mobile architecture for Android.

Interacting with a Master / Detail DataWindow!

Graph DataWindow report!

  A whole new horizon has now opened up for PowerBuilder applications thanks to Appeon!

Regards ... Chris

Appeon PB - Consulting Ecosystem!

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    Appeon Corporation is seeking to establish a worldwide network of seasoned PowerBuilder professionals who share their passion for PowerBuilder.  Regardless of whether you are an independent consultant or part of a larger consulting company, Appeon hopes that you will join their efforts in building a thriving ecosystem around the new generation of PowerBuilder!

   For more information on this exciting announcement, benefits and how to sign-up - please click here!

Regards ... Chris