SAP Announces PB15 Beta

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SAP Announces PowerBuilder 15 Beta at TechED Bangalore

Beta Version for SAP PowerBuilder
A new closed beta version of the SAP PowerBuilder application development tool is intended to support new operating systems, databases and open standards and is planned for limited availability on December 15, 2013. SAP is committed to innovation without disruption and with the new beta release, beta customers can use their current investment in applications, knowledge and skills while they take advantage of new SAP innovations. - See more at: http://www.news-sap.com/sap-increases-focus-on-developer-experience-and-makes-key-open-source-contributions/#sthash.FIoQhVf1.dpuf

New Beta Version for SAP PowerBuilder
A new closed beta version of the SAP PowerBuilder application development tool is intended to support new operating systems, databases and open standards and is planned for limited availability on December 15, 2013. SAP is committed to innovation without disruption and with the new beta release, beta customers can use their current investment in applications, knowledge and skills while they take advantage of new SAP innovations. - See more at: http://www.news-sap.com/sap-increases-focus-on-developer-experience-and-makes-key-open-source-contributions/#sthash.FIoQhVf1.dpuf

New Beta Version for SAP PowerBuilder

   A new closed beta version of the SAP PowerBuilder application development tool is intended to support new operating systems, databases and open standards and is planned for limited availability on December 15, 2013. SAP is committed to innovation without disruption and with the new beta release, beta customers can use their current investment in applications, knowledge and skills while they take advantage of new SAP innovations.

See the official news release - click here!

New Beta Version for SAP PowerBuilder
A new closed beta version of the SAP PowerBuilder application development tool is intended to support new operating systems, databases and open standards and is planned for limited availability on December 15, 2013. SAP is committed to innovation without disruption and with the new beta release, beta customers can use their current investment in applications, knowledge and skills while they take advantage of new SAP innovations. - See more at: http://www.news-sap.com/sap-increases-focus-on-developer-experience-and-makes-key-open-source-contributions/#sthash.FIoQhVf1.dpuf

New Beta Version for SAP PowerBuilder
A new closed beta version of the SAP PowerBuilder application development tool is intended to support new operating systems, databases and open standards and is planned for limited availability on December 15, 2013. SAP is committed to innovation without disruption and with the new beta release, beta customers can use their current investment in applications, knowledge and skills while they take advantage of new SAP innovations. - See more at: http://www.news-sap.com/sap-increases-focus-on-developer-experience-and-makes-key-open-source-contributions/#sthash.FIoQhVf1.dpuf

Regards ... Chris

PowerBuilder Conference (March 2014)

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PowerBuilder Conference

     The North Carolina PowerBuilder User Group and Appeon, Inc. are proud to present the Charlotte PowerBuilder Conference (CPBC) to be held at the Center City Campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in March of 2014.

Sponsored by:

    The CPBC intends to bring together many of the top application and database developers from the SAP PowerBuilder world to Charlotte for a three day event to spur innovation, share insight, and foster collaboration. The conference will feature a mix of plenary and break-out sessions, in depth focus topic training, and product demonstrations with a focus on mobile application cross-over, bringing data to and from the cloud, current user engagement ideals, and refactoring older code.

    As an added bonus, and as a tribute to the unparalleled rapid application development capabilities of PowerBuilder, an application 'Code Off' contest will also take place where development teams will be tasked with creating a usable application in only two hours. The winners will be determined by vote of the conference attendees.

Dates: March 5,6,7 2014

   The conference will focus on mobile application cross-over, bringing data to and from the cloud, current user engagement ideals, and refactoring older code. CPBC also aim to offer a variety of technical training issues geared towards intermediate PowerBuilder developers. If you have developed a class for in-house training, please consider sharing it with the community.

 For more information on the conference, click here!

regards ... Chris

PB Annoucement Coming Soon From SAP

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Official SAP PowerBuilder Roadmap

 

 

   It was reported on PowerBuilderTV this week that SAP will be announcing some major news around the PowerBuilder development software. It is rumoured that SAP will officially add PB to its supported product price book and announce the next version of PB along with a road map.

  Apparently, SAP will make these announcements during the PB World Tour in Germany on December 3, 2012 PBUGG (PowerBuilder User Group of Germany). It is also stated that Michael Redford (SAP BIT) and Robyn Chan (Senior Vice President, Head of Mobile Platform, SAP AG) will join the conference in Walldorf to present the Official SAP PB Road-map.

  

   The Official SAP PB Roadmap will also be presented during other stops of the PB World Tour, including Italy (Dec 5-6) and Paris (Dec 10-11).  You can read all about the PBTV announcement by clicking here.

  Also, plan to attend the North Carolina PowerBuilder User Group's (NCPBUG) conference in March 2014 where SAP is expected to reveal more information on the new PowerBuilder release! You can read all about this 3 day conference by clicking here!

Stay tuned to this blog for more information as this news item develops.

Regards ... Chris

Appeon Mobile 2.0 Beta

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Appeon Mobile 2.0 Beta1 Released!

Appeon Corporation is pleased to announce Appeon Mobile 2.0 Beta – Round 1 (V1) of testing is now available! In this release, the big feature announcement is for the support of  “Android” based devices. Now developers can easily and quickly build native Mobile apps from PowerBuilder with native device performance for cross- OS platforms, including Apple iOS and Google Android, without the hassle-free rewriting found in other vendors solutions!      Last year, Appeon built Appeon Mobile for iOS devices, which has now been tested by nearly 1,000 companies worldwide. This was Appeon's first step into the world of mobile and they were thrilled with the reception. Now, with these proven design patterns and framework features, from Appeon Mobile to support for Web on both major mobile platforms - it’s the perfect fit for building native cross-platform mobile apps with only one deployment.     Appeon encourages you to register for the beta program and evaluate this program for yourself. As an early adopter, you will not only have the opportunity to interact with Appeon engineers very closely but also influence what the final release will look like as well as the product roadmap. The future is full of possibilities, and we look forward to your success.     Appeon would also love to have a look at the apps you’ve created! Sharing your apps will help inspire other PowerBuilder developers and further the development of Appeon Mobile.    To get updates on Appeon beta news as well as training session, stay tuned to us via Appeon Beta Center.

 
Regards  ... Chris

 

Appeon Mobile 1.5 & Web 6.6 Released!

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   Appeon Corporation is pleased to announce the immediate official release of the Appeon Mobile 1.5 and Appeon Web 6.6.0299.01 products for PowerBuilder Classic on November 14, 2013! Appeon has added some key new features, enhancements to exiting features and of course some minor bug fixes.


   Here is a summary of the key changes:

New features for Mobile:

• Supports Offline Mode (MobiLink).
• Supports iOS 7.
• Adds a new parameter EnabledLocalDB in DBParm property to allow connecting with a local UltraLite or SQLite database. This parameter takes effect in the Appeon Mobile only.
• Enhances the parameter CacheName in DBParm property to be able to connect with a local UltraLite or SQLite database. This parameter takes effect in the Appeon Mobile only.
• Supports using PB MLSync object to synchronize the local UltraLite database with the server-side consolidated database via the MobiLink server.
• Adds APIs (of_checkUpdate and of_applyUpdate) to check and apply updates for the offline application. You can use these APIs to check with the Appeon Server if there are any updates for the application and install the updates if necessary.
• Adds API (of_checkappeonserver) to detect if the Appeon Server exists.
• Adds API (of_applyDBUpdate) to update the local database files.

 
New features for Web:

• Supports the Tooltip.property DataWindow object property.
• Supports the DropDownCalendar property of the EditMask control.
• Supports the ToolbarUserControl property of the Application object.
• Supports the IE11.
• Supports using the Loadruner parametric ESQL and Datawindow arguments.

   For more details and information on how to download, please visit Appeon's website (click here)

 Regards ... Chris

ISUG-Tech Conference

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ISUG-TECH Conference, April 14-17, 2014

Atlanta, GA, USA

Calling ISUG-TECH Members,

ISUG-Tech are pleased to announce that the general call for papers for their 2014 conference in Atlanta, GA, is now open!

If you are interested in submitting a session (or sessions) for this conference, please visit our conference homepage (  http://my.isug.com/techwave2014?source=5 ) for all of the details on how you can do so. All speakers with accepted sessions will receive complimentary entrance passes to the conference. ISUG-Tech are looking for innovative sessions for this event, as well as the typical lecture sessions that our attendees will want to see.  They are also aiming for the majority of the content at this conference to be provided by end users who can share their real world experiences, tips-n-tricks, best practices, etc., with the attendees.  ISUG-Tech strongly believe that is the type of content people want to see and so that's what we're aiming for.

Be part of the process and consider submitting a session today ( http://my.isug.com/techwave2014?source=5 ).  Actual presentations will not be due until March 2014 so there's plenty of time to create the session itself, but all abstracts need to be submitted no later than Dec 5th.

Membership is not required to submit a session, so feel free to forward this to anyone you think may be interested in participating.



Regards .... Chris

Appeon Mobile 2.0 Beta

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Deploy your PowerBuilder Apps to Android

Appeon Mobile 2.0 Beta Get Your Beta Accounts Now! Be the first to deploy apps for Android with PowerBuilder! Appeon plans to launch the Beta version of Appeon Mobile for Android in mid November. We're looking for people with all kinds of PowerBuilder development experience to participate in this beta program. If you're interested, don't miss the opportunity to get your beta account. *If you have previously participated in the Appeon Mobile 1.0 beta testing program you will be automatically entered into the Appeon Mobile 2.0 beta program. SIGN UP FOR THE BETA

Regards ... Chris

PBTV - November 2013

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PowerBuilder TV - November, 2013

 

Introducing a new Report Maker   Let users create reports from your application Unlike Crystal Report or Infomaker, this new report builder does not require any technical skill to create reports! Seamlessly integrate it with your application, so that reports are based on the current application context (for instance, generate a report instantly for a specific client file open in the application). Or, deploy it as a standalone reporting tool. The Report Maker also supports Web deployment with Appeon. In this webinar, Gian Luca De Bonis, CTO of Enable Development, will show us a preview of the tool and explain the road map and the Beta Program for this new product. Presenter: Gian Luca De Bonis Presented: Tuesday, Nov 5th, 2013 at 9:00am PST (Los Angeles) / 18:00 CET (Paris) Register

Modernize the UI of your PowerBuilder Application Presentation standards have evolved since some PowerBuilder applications were developed. Now may be the time to update the design of your applications. This session presents a few remodeling examples and introduces an PowerBuilder control library that you can use to revamp your user interface. You can, for instance, implement a docking system, a navigation bar, innovative tab pages, and other powerful features easily. As a result, you get a modern user interface for the cost of a minor evolution of your existing application. Presenter: Christophe Dufourmantelle Presented: Thursday, Nov 21st, 2013 at 8:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) - 17h00 CET (Paris) Register

 Regards ... Chris

OSUG Meeting - October 31, 2013

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Come celebrate OSUG's 21th Birthday!

 Dear Sybase User;

     Please join us on Thursday October 31, 2013 and Friday November 1, 2013 for the next Ottawa Sybase User Group (OSUG) special event! OSUG's mission is to create a Sybase community in the National Capital area of Canada where users can share knowledge, experiences, and best practices. Users of all Sybase products, including data management, tools and mobility are welcome to attend. This meeting will feature networking opportunities, product updates and a discussion.

     The OSUG October 31st / November 1st meeting will be held in Ottawa at Constitution Square in the double Board Room (down the hallway from the Queen's University MBA lecture theater). Constitution Square is located at 350 Albert Street (at Lyon) just across the street from the Crowne Plaza hotel. Bus access is right to the door and parking is available at the hotel, in Constitution Square and across the street. The Double Board room  is located on the second floor (center) and can be accessed from either the west or east elevators.

 Securely Taking Your PB Applications to the Web, Cloud, and Mobile Space!

Days Agenda (Tentative):

Day 1:

• 7:45am - Registration and Continental Breakfast 

• 8:45am - Introduction and welcome - Chris Pollach

Beginnig of sessions

• 9:00am - Update on PowerBuilder situation.

• 10:00am - Develop mobile applications with PowerBuilder and Appeon Mobile

    Discover how to develop and deploy a mobile application with PowerBuilder. Learn how to prepare your application for deployment as a native mobile app and run it on a tablet or a smartphone with Appeon 2.0 (supports iOS and Android...).

Lunch

• 1:30pm - The PowerBuilder Ecosystem

    A panorama of the latest companion tools for PowerBuilder. These are must-haves to complete your PowerBuilder applications and to keep up with new user requests for secure, customized, multilingual and modern-looking applications. See the presentation of Visual Expert 7 and report maker in Worldwide exclusivity and discover Visual Guard 5!

• 3:00pm - STD Framework

    The STD Foundation Classes are a free business and productivity framework. The new "Integrated" STD Framework supports Appeon Web, Appeon Mobile, IIS, EAServer and PowerBuilder ( WinForm, Win32, WPF ).

Day 2:

• 7:45am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

• 8:45am - Introduction & welcome - Chris Pollach

Beginning of the Workshops

• 9:00am - Hands-on lab to install Visual Expert 7 and use it with a real application - Anne Bataille

• 10:30am - Hands-on lab to install Appeon - Armeen Mazda

Lunch

• 1:30pm - Hands-on lab to configure and deploy an app with Appeon - Armeen Mazda

• 2:30pm - Hands-on lab for advanced developer techniques with Appeon - Chris Pollach

   For Day 2 the audience would need to bring their Windows 7 or Windows 8 laptops with PB, IIs and SQL Anywhere installed. Note: A free copy of Visual Expert, Appeon Web, Appeon Mobile and the STD Foundation class software will be provided to each student.

How to Register

    To register for the above event, please follow this link (click here). This will take you to the PB World Tour website. From there, select "Cities" => "Ottawa" from the  pull down menu then, follow the "register" link to complete your registration!
Note: Everyone is welcome ... so I hope to see attendees again from Toronto, Montreal and northern New York state!

Cost:   Free!

Location

   The OSUG event will be held in the double-board room located in Constitution Square at 350 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario. The lecture rooms are located on the center section of the second floor level.

------------------------------------  BIO's ------------------------------------

   Armeen Mazda

    Armeen Mazda has been a key member of the initial team that founded Appeon and is currently the President & CEO of Appeon. Armeen has worked with Sybase and PowerBuilder technologies since 2000 and served various roles in Appeon, including Product Management, Business Development, and Operations. Armeen is a graduate of the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley and holds 5 U.S. patents in the area of Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies.

   Anne Bataille

    BIO coming soon!

  Chris Pollach   

    Chris Pollach is a Senior Technical Solutions Architect with over 30 years experience in Systems and Software Analysis, Development, Maintenance and Technical Support. He is the founder of the Ottawa Sybase User Group, President of Software Tool & Die and author of the STD Foundation Classes for PowerBuilder.

  
Regards ... Chris
OSUG - Co-Ordinator

SCN Top Leaders (2013)

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SCN Top Leaders

  I was just recognized as one of the top leaders in SAP's SCN (SAP Community Network) forum for 2013 in the PowerBuilder category.



   Congratulations though to everyone who was recognized. Your contributions to the SAP products and customer base are amazing! For all the details, click here!


Regards ... Chris

Charlotte PB Conference (2014)

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PowerBuilder Conference

     The North Carolina PowerBuilder User Group and Appeon, Inc. are proud to present the Charlotte PowerBuilder Conference (CPBC) to be held at the Center City Campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in March of 2014.


    The CPBC intends to bring together many of the top application and database developers from the SAP PowerBuilder world to Charlotte for a three day event to spur innovation, share insight, and foster collaboration. The conference will feature a mix of plenary and break-out sessions, in depth focus topic training, and product demonstrations with a focus on mobile application cross-over, bringing data to and from the cloud, current user engagement ideals, and refactoring older code.

    As an added bonus, and as a tribute to the unparalleled rapid application development capabilities of PowerBuilder, an application 'Code Off' contest will also take place where development teams will be tasked with creating a usable application in only two hours. The winners will be determined by vote of the conference attendees.

Dates: March 5,6,7 2014

   The conference will focus on mobile application cross-over, bringing data to and from the cloud, current user engagement ideals, and refactoring older code. CPBC also aim to offer a variety of technical training issues geared towards intermediate PowerBuilder developers. If you have developed a class for in-house training, please consider sharing it with the community.

 For more information on the conference, click here!

regards ... Chris

PowerBuilder Community World Tour

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The PowerBuilder "Community" World Tour!

Canada

Winnipeg - Monday October 28, 2013  (1 day only)
Ottawa   -  Thursday October 31, 2013 & Friday November 1, 2013
               Come celebrate OSUG's 21st birthday!

USA

For more information and how to register, click on the PB World Tour picture!

Note: 2 day events will be presentations on day 1 and "hands-on" workshops for day #2!

regards ... Chris

PBTV - October, 2013

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PowerBuilder TV - October, 2013

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 8:00 AM PDT (Los Angeles) - 17h00 CET (Paris) Modernize Your Application Security Technology evolves quickly, as do security requirements and user expectations. PowerBuilder applications can help you meet new challenges and stay competitive.This presentation shows how to do the following with Visual Guard: Allow users to identify themselves using their Windows, Facebook, or Google account. Keep track of sensitive operations performed by each user within the application (auditing). Completely separate business logic and security logic in order to evolve security rules quickly and without making changes to the code. Delegate security management to a help desk or to group administrators. Presenter: Christophe Dufourmantelle Register

On-demand webinars on PowerBuilderTV:
  Appify Your UI: Designing a Mobile User Experience With PowerBuilder 
  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

 Regards ... Chris

DAMA Sydney

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Your chance to speak at DAMA Sydney!

DAMA Sydney Australia presentations are scheduled in advance in their Calendar of Events (click here to see the 2013 Calendar of Events). DAMA Sydney is delighted to invite proposals to speak for our 2014 Calendar of Events.

Topics
They welcome proposals across all areas of data management practice, particularly the core data management practices defined in the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK):

• Data Governance
• Data Architecture
• Data Quality
• Metadata Management
• Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
• Reference and master data management (MDM)
• Document and content management
• Data Integration and Interoperability
• Data Security
• Data Storage and Operations
• Data Modelling and Design

They also welcome proposals on emerging trends such as Data Vault, big data and data science.
The deadline for submitting your proposal is 8 October 2013. To register your proposal please email education.sydney@dama.org.au with the following details:

• Topic title
• Topic description
• Your biography

Conditions
Presenters must use the supplied microphone (the biggest complaint from our participants is they cannot hear the presenter). Presenters must also provide their slide deck to DAMA Sydney 1 month prior to the presentation.

Regards ... Chris

PBTV - September, 2013

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Upcoming webinars on PowerBuilderTV

 

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 8:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) - 17h00 CET (Paris) Latest News from the PowerBuilder World Like many in the PowerBuilder world, you're probably eager for some more news! Join us for an exciting and informative webcast from the PowerBuilder sphere: a panel of presenters from the community will be discussing the future of PowerBuilder and possible evolutions for your applications. A number of topics will be covered including PB15, PB & HANA, Upcoming PB Events, New PB add-ons and more! Panelists: Bruce Armstrong, Matt Balent, Christophe Dufourmantelle, Armeen Mazda, Chris Pollach, and Yakov Werde Register

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 9 AM PST (Los Angeles) - 18h00 CET (Paris) Showcase: Creating a Mobile Application - Tips and Tricks - This presentation will explain the steps Filiberto Sosa followed to develop a mobile application from scratch with PowerBuilder and Appeon Mobile. Filiberto 's application uses a self-designed menu system developed with DataWindows that allows image integration and an improved interface for mobile devices. He will explain the structure of this application, used for Consultation Reports by company directors, to take inventory with a laser barcode scanner that communicates via Bluetooth to iOS devices. Finally we will discuss the expected changes he is planning to do in his application. Presenter: Filiberto Sosa Register

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 Regards ... Chris

  

Appeon 2013 - EBF Released

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Appeon Web & Mobile EBF #0193

    August 02, 2013 - Appeon Corporation is excited to announce that the Appeon Web & Mobile EBF #0193 is now available. In addition to the fixes designed to address reported problems, this release contains some feature enhancements and new functionality as well. Appeon also spent significant time optimizing the core features of Appeon 2013! Specifically ...

Feature Enhancements:

• (Appeon Web) IE 10: Make the Web application more compatible with the IE 10 browser.  

•  (Appeon Mobile) String functions: Provide a configurable Charset mapping function in Appeon Developer, to eliminates the errors when there is double-byte character handling involved in mobile applications, because of the different character encoding in handling double-byte Charset between iOS and Windows.  You may need to use this function, if your mobile application uses any string function that ends with “A”.

New Features

• (Appeon Mobile) iOS Map API: Enables developers to build web applications with feature rich, interactive iOS maps.

• (Appeon Web) Client Log Files : Adding Client Log functions for Appeon Web solution to help debugging/troubleshooting client side issues.

• (Both Web & Mobile) Stored Procedure Update: Support using Stored Procedure to update the database.

Bug Fixes

• Please refer to EBF #193's bug fix list.

Download

• For users with the Appeon 2013 product already installed and valid support agreement, you can download the software by clicking here!

Regards ... Chris

Save PowerBuilder

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PowerBuilder Petition

Help Convince SAP to take positive action with PowerBuilder

  Bruce Armstrong has created an online petition directed to the Board of Directors of SAP. Bruce would like SAP know that there are a lot of PowerBuilder customers who are still using the product and need to see support and direction.

  To sign Bruce's petition - click here!

Regards ... Chris

ISUG-Tech Feedback Needed

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Attention ISUG Members

    ISUG-TECH is working toward putting on a conference in 2014 that will cater to both developers, DBAs and others. We are currently soliciting member feedback for this event and would like to hear from you!

    Please complete this survey to help them gather important conference data ... Click Here!

ISUG-Tech thanks you!

Regards ... Chris

SOA

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Building SOA Applications with PowerBuilder

   eLearnIT LLC, global independent provider of  SAP PowerBuilder developer eTraining, seminars workshops and application consulting, in cooperation with the Independent SAP Technical User Group (ISUG-Tech) is pleased to announce the general availability of the online version of its Building SOA Applications with PowerBuilder, WCF & IIS workshop. The workshop sports comprehensive, challenging lab exercises during which a developer will use the full range of PowerBuilder .NET’s WCF capabilities to code a comprehensive business and logic service layer and deploy it into IIS.  Using a best practice approach, they will alter a WPF rich GUI client application to access that logic.

At the end of the workshop a developer should be able to

• Comfortably navigate the PowerBuilder VS .NET IDE to code and deploy client and service non-visual objects
• Recognize and implement best practice PowerBuilder client and service coding patterns that should be implemented during a client/server to a SOA migration or new SOA application
• Use the PowerBuilder Classic 12.5, PowerBuilder .NET 12.5 and MS IIS 7.5 to code & deploy basic client & server elements of a multi-tiered (distributed) application using both REST and SOAP based WS technologies
• Modify and configure a Classic PowerBuilder application to function as a web service client
• List and define the main features of .NET 4.0 WCF and use PowerBuilder .NET tools to configure both client and service elements to conform to them
• Use the Web Service DataWindow to access services, recognizing its strengths & limitations
• Use ADO.NET connection pools and IIS application pools to improve performance
• Properly choose among service instance models for various kinds of service logic
• Configure clients and services for Per-Instance, Per-Session and Singleton access
• Configure services and clients to report and handle processing faults (exceptions)
• Design, deploy and configure data centric logic in a robust transactional manner
• Configure services for use in durable transactional scenarios and code clients to recognize and respond to transactional failure
• Recognize, list and describe Security issues and discuss how WCF & PowerBuilder .NET addresses them
• Deploy and configure services and clients using various Authorization and Access mechanisms

For details on getting started, an information about eLearnIT’s other acclaimed PowerBuilder courses and multi-developer discounts visit http://my.isug.com/training/pb

Regards ... Chris

PB Central

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New PowerBuilder Website - PowerBuilder Central

What is PowerBuilder Central

All the latest news on all things PowerBuilder.

   PowerBuilder is the most productive way to build data-driven, business applications.
Whether you wish to develop desktop, web or mobile applications, this site brings together resources from around the web to create a single source for your PowerBuilder needs.

Consulting:

• Visit this section to find a consultant operating in your area. Their contact information and competencies are listed: development, version, web and mobile migration.  

Training:

• A list of resources available to train developers in PB.

Events:

• Upcoming PowerBuilder events around the world.  

Discussion Groups:

• Have a PowerBuilder related question? 
• Try posting it in one of these forums.

Blogs:

• Hear what the experts have to say about PowerBuilder.   

Success Stories:

• Find out why and how companies are using PowerBuilder for their enterprise applications.

To find out more ... click here: 

 

Regards ... Chris

PBTV - August, 2013

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Upcoming webinars on PowerBuilderTV

 

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Deploy Legacy PocketBuilder Apps onto Modern Mobile Devices

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

9:00am PST (Los Angeles) / 18:00 CET (Paris)

During this presentation, Scott Ewine, Industry Solution Executive at Ventyx, an ABB Company, will show you how they've been able to move their  legacy PocketBuilder Applications onto Modern Mobile Devices like iOS and Android in only 2 hours with Appeon Mobile.  Some of the key requirements for the application will be discussed.

Presenter: Scott Ewine

Register

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A SaaS System Written in PB/Appeon

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

at 8:00 AM PDT (Los Angeles) - 17h00 CET (Paris)

This webinar will give you an interesting overview of the system and technology used in a SaaS system written in PB and Appeon as well as dive into some technical details. Gian Luca De Bonis will talk about the "client" module, web services, multilingual implementation for both UI and data, the scripttron programming language and the related command processor, and the graphic ActiveX used.

Presenter: Gian Luca De Bonis

Register

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Regards ... Chris

  

Refer a Friend

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ISUG-TECH Refer A Friend

   By referring a friend to join ISUG-TECH, you will be providing that friend a membership discount and you too can be a winner too!

Your name will go into a monthly drawing for a $50 Gift card and your name will then stay in the pot to increase your chances of winning in the draw month-after-month.For each friend you refer to ISUG-TECH, you will be offering that friend a 10% discount on their ISUG-TECH Gold Membership. Five key benefits of an ISUG-TECH Gold Membership are:

• Special 39% "Techie" discount to SAP's TechEd Conference in Las Vegas (Oct. 21-25)
• Wide range of other attractive business and personal discounts, plus access to free software for own use
• ISUG-TECH Journal mailed directly to you, plus online access to further technical information on ASE, HANA, IQ, PowerBuilder, Replication Server, PowerDesigner, etc.
• Invitations to ISUG Technical Webcasts
• Privileged access to hands-on training sessions and roadshow events

Simply provide your contact information and your friend’s contact information and if your friend joins, you'll get a chance to win the $50 prize! To give your friend an extra incentive, ISUG-TECH will give him or her a chance to win too for joining as well! There is also no limit on the number of referrals.

And it gets even better ... with every referral you get, you will be awarded points towards the grand prize - a complimentary ISUG-TECH Gold membership valid for three years! Remember, these points accumulate throughout the year until December 15, 2013 when we'll notify the winner.

Look for the special email sent to all ISUG-TECH members about this opportunity starting in July, 2013!

TechEd

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    ISUG-TECH wants to let their Gold Members know that they can attend SAP's TechEd Conference in Las Vegas, October 21-25, 2013, for a special discounted price!

  SAP has made available a limited number of special "lecture only" passes that can be purchased for just $1695, a $1100 savings of the cost of the full conference pass. These passes are available only to ISUG-TECH Gold Members, and enable the pass holder to attend all keynotes, lecture sessions and special events at the conference, along with access to the exhibit hall and clubhouse. (Holders of the pass will not be able to register for or attend any hands-on workshops.)

   These special passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The number of available passes  is limited, so do not wait until the last minute to register – you may be too late! Registration instructions are available on the 'My Benefits' page for Gold members.

  Regards ... Chris

AMS

   

** Hot News** 

Appeon Mobile Survey

    Appeon Corporation needs your help ... to be more specific, they need your thoughts and opinions!


    Appeon are now conducting a survey on collecting information about how Sybase's MobiLink product is used in real-world mobile apps.  The data generated from this survey will help Appeon better design their mobile offline features in Appeon Mobile 1.5. This in turn, will better serve the needs of Appeon Mobile application users.

    So, Appeon is inviting you to participate in this survey, just (click here).

   If you’re unable to take in this survey, please pass this survey information and link to your coworkers, end users or friends who build mobile apps and use MobiLink! Appeon's customer input is very important to them and they will take your suggestions into consideration very seriously.

   Appeon thanks you in advance for your support, contribution and appreciates your time and effort to help direct their development efforts.

Regards .... Chris