PBTV

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 Upcoming webinars on PowerBuilderTV

Starting next week PBTV have Bruce Armstrong, followed by a PowerBuilder Developer's conference recap in November!

Don't forget to check out the archive of past webinars!

Wednesday Oct 3rd 2012 at 9:00 AM PDT (Los Angeles) - 18h00 CEST (Paris) Best practices for managing exceptions and errors in PowerBuilder In this webinar we will look at best practices for error handling in DataWindows, in PowerScript, and how to find errors in nonvisual objects such as datastores and custom user objects. We will show examples and frequent cases where errors occur as well as exceptions and how to handle them properly. Presenter: Bruce Armstrong

October and November Stay tuned for a PowerBuilder Developer's Conference recap If you arnt able to make to SAP Sybase's PB Developer's Conference in Las Vegas (registration is still open), then stay tuned to PBTV in November to find out what you missed!

  Also, check out the following "on demand" webinars ...on PowerBuilderTV:
  Modernize the look of your PowerBuilder Applications
  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 

PowerBulder Coaching Team

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    ISUG are pleased to announce the launch of a PowerBuilder Coaching initiative starting on October 1st (originally September 24th)! ISUG have formed a team of experts in PowerBuilder that will be presenting content to user group leaders in order for those leaders to present back to their own group!  These sessions will not be open to the general membership but will be open to delegates of user groups around the world.  Those people will in turn present the content back to their own user groups.  PowerBuilder will be the first product covered in this initiative and others will follow shortly.

    Unlike regular sessions, the coaching sessions will go beyond the basic presentation, and will delve into set up (e.g., a demo presentation doesn't just occur; it needs to be set up first), presentation details, Q&A so the user group leaders can fully understand what is being presented, and post presentation materials.Some of ISUG's coaches already hold the role of user group leader in their own locale, and they will be sharing presentations that they have given so that other user group leaders can benefit from them as well.

    If you'd like to join the ISUG coaching team, please contact ISUG's Executive Director Mike Harrold directly.  If you think ISUG is cool and makes you want to start a user group in your area, you can contact Mike about that too!

For more information on the program, click here.

Regards ... Chris

Hana

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     It's been a year since SAP AG released it's HANA in-memory database platform, and to mark the occasion the company said it is now close to 600 customers world wide. HANA competes with Oracle Corp's Exalytics, which was released in February of this year. Both move data to be processed into RAM instead of reading it off of disks, providing performance gains.

    To read a detailed article on this amazing new technology, please click here!

Regards ... Chris

SAP TechEd - PBDC

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PowerBuilder Developers Conference - Breakout Sessions

October 15-19, 2012, Las Vegas, Venetian Hotel

   SAP has finally released a lust of the presentation sessions that will be appearing at the PBDC sub-conferenece within the main SAP TechEd Conference. Here is a list of of the major presentation titles that we will be seeing at the conference:

• Using .NET Assemblies with SAP Sybase PowerBuilder
• SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Techniques and Experiences in Industry — Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Creation and Consumption of Web Services with SAP Sybase PowerBuilder
• Techniques for Storing User-Created DataWindows and Graphics in the Database
• Developing Enterprise Applications for the Film and TV Industry with SAP Sybase PowerBuilder
• Migrating Classic SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Applications to the Web Using Appeon
• Using InfoMaker as Part of an Enterprise Reporting System
• Modernize Your Application Security
• Modernize the Look of Your SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Applications
• A New Approach to Making Changes in SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Applications
• Take Your SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Apps to the Web, and More
• A New Approach to Making Changes in SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Applications
• Using SAP Sybase PowerBuilder to Deploy Dynamic Visual Content in the Digital Signage World
• SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere Tips and Techniques
• Real-World Case: Integrating SAP Sybase PowerBuilder .NET 12.5.1 CVUOs into the Lawson ERP (M3) Global Implementation
• CRAFT — A Software Platform for Building Customizable Applications
• VHG-Tools Platform — SAP Sybase PowerBuilder .NET, Expression Blend, Web, and Cloud
• How to Migrate 7000 Objects in 180 PBLs from SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Classic to SAP Sybase PowerBuilder .NET
• Appeon Mobile — Cross-OS Mobile Apps with SAP Sybase PowerBuilder
• Gantt Chart Planner — Consuming .NET Assemblies in SAP Sybase PowerBuilder .NET
• Creating and Consuming Web Services Based on SQL Queries in SAP Sybase PowerBuilder
• XML and Web Services with SAP Sybase PowerBuilder and the Database
• SAP Business One and SAP Sybase PowerBuilder — Now They Speak!
• Extend SAP Sybase PowerBuilder to Use Virtual Channels with Microsoft Terminal Services and Citrix
• Features for a DataWindow-Based Reporting System
• Coding Tips to Bite Bugs Before They Bite You
• How to Use SAP Sybase PowerBuilder .NET to Architect Powerful Mobile Apps for Mobile Workers
• Gradients, Not Glitz — Methods to Modernize SAP Sybase PowerBuilder User Experiences
• Point-of-Sale Application in the Cloud with Appeon
• Stored Procedure and Update DataWindows in SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Classic and SAP Sybase PowerBuilder .NET
• Building a Snap-In Application Framework Using Dynamic SAP Sybase PowerBuilder Assemblies

   For more information on these presentations, please download the PBDC overview content by clicking here. To register for the PBDC conference itself, please click here!

Regards ... Chris

New PB Developer Centre

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SAP PowerBuilder Developer Centre 

Take a look!

 
  This is the phase 1 (or "pre-launch") version of the new SAP PowerBuilder Development Centre. For now, the PB Development Centre will give PB developers a first point of reference for anything related to PowerBuilder. SAP in the meantime are working on migrating all the content and material from Sybase's website to SCN to achieve a seamless learning and download experience. Please bear with SAP until then and excuse the additional registration or contact information forms that you will have to fill-in to access certain pieces. The final version of the PowerBuilder Developer Center will include all the SCN content features (blogs, discussions, etc.) that you know from SAP's other developer center spaces.

  Please be patient for a little while longer and you will be able to  hear about great stories from your PB developer peers or make the SAP experts sweat with tricky questions. 

Stay tuned for more Developer Center updates!

Regards ... Chris

PowerBuilder Videos

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Free PowerBuilder Tutorials on YouTube!

   SAP / Sybase's PowerBuilder Technical Evangelist John Strano has created a new YouTube area called SAPPowerBuilder where John has played a key role in defining and building content for this new "how to" series of PowerBuilder video education series vignettes!

   The new YouTube area already boasts various videos like ...

• How to use DataWindow expressions to dynamically manipulate DataWindow property values at run-time
• How to have multiple DataWindows share a single set of data buffers", "An overview of the three child DataWindow utilizations; Composite DataWindows, Nested Reports and DropDownDataWindows (DDDWs)
• A demonstration and discussion of Data Intelligence in DataWindow technology within PowerBuilder
• How to create your first DataWindow Object.

   If you are new to the PowerBuilder world or an experienced PB developer that wants to refresh your knowledge or learn about features that have changed in recent PowerBuilder releases - this free video area might just be the ticket! John also plans to release more videos soon - so make sure that you revisit the area often to see what's new.

   For more information or to watch the videos - please follow this link to SAPPowerBuilder!

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Bio: John Strano is a Sybase Technology Evangelist and a charter member of TeamSybase. He has been using PowerBuilder since 1991 and has authored articles for multiple industry periodicals. John has presented Sybase tools on an international basis since 1997. Over the last 15 years John has developed a variety of PowerBuilder applications from single-user scaling up to enterprise-class, web-based projects.


Regards ... Chris

Advanced PowerBuilder

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Advanced PowerBuilder for Professionals - Part I

(available in August 2012 through ISUG)

     eLearnIT LLC, global independent provider of SAP Sybase PowerBuilder developer eTraining, Seminars and Workshops, in cooperation with the International Sybase User Group (ISUG), a trade association representing more than eight thousand members in more than sixty countries around the globe, is pleased to announce the general availability of its Advanced PowerBuilder for Professionals eTraining series.

   The Advanced PowerBuilder for Professionals, Part 1 course picks up where eLearnIT’s PowerBuilder Essentials course left off, going beyond the core concepts introduced in the earlier course. It provides ten, in-depth topics, that span the full breadth and scope of the PowerBuilder Classic platform. Each topic contains in-depth audio and text descriptions and video presentations accompanied by supporting hands-on lab exercises.
The new course topics are:

1. Custom Class User Objects: Future-proofing your logic for maintainability, reuse and portability
   
2. User Objects: Building reusable and dynamic GUI and framework code elements
   
3. Object Orientation: Coding for reuse, efficiency and maintainability
   
4. Error and Exceptions: Writing robust handlers using built-in platform APIs
   
5. MDI Presentation Style: Enhancing the user experience through effective, consistent user interfaces
   
6. Stored Procedure DataWindow Objects: Accessing and updating the database in a secure, high performance way
   
7. DataWindow Buffer Access APIs: Acquiring an arsenal of tools for interacting with client-side data sets
   
8. DataWindow Object Expression Language: Creating dynamic, informative and responsive data presentations
   
9. Dynamic DataWindow Expression API: Adding runtime modifiable behaviors to DataWindow presentations
   
10. Child DataWindow Objects: Achieving enhanced DataWindow data entry and providing effective data presentations

   For more information on this great new course, please follow this link to the ISUG website.


Regards ... Chris

PowerBuilder Virtual User Group

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North American - PowerBuilder Virtual User Group

    Come join ISUG on Tuesday July 31, 2012 for the next meeting of the North American PowerBuilder Virtual User Group.  This month, PowerBuilder Guru Yakov Werde will be answering your questions in our "Ask the Expert" session.  You will be able to submit your question(s) when you register and Yakov will try to answer as many as he can in the time permitted.


   Please note that this meeting is for ISUG members only. Non-members must join ISUG before registering. Associate Members will be assessed a $30 fee to attend the session, but will also be upgraded to Basic Membership as part of their registration unless a different membership option is selected during the registration process. There is no charge to attend for existing Basic, Green and Gold members.

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Location: Your Computer!
When:  Tuesday, July 31st, Noon-1pm EDT.
To Register: click here

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About the Speaker:  Yakov Werde, a 25 year IT industry veteran, is a member of TeamSybase and a Sybase MVP. Yakov is a recognized consultant, author, speaker and trainer who has been designing and delivering PowerBuilder, .NET, EaServer, Web App Development, and Java training for over 15 years to corporate, military and government developers. Prior to discovering his aptitude as an educator, Yakov worked as an architect, project manager, application coder in the trenches of application software developmentand managing partner of eLearnIT LLC (www.elearnitonline.com), specializes in PowerBuilder .NET migration.  He also authors and delivers workshops and web based eLearning tutorials to guide professional developers toward PowerBuilder Classic and .NET mastery. Follow Yakov on Twitter as @eLearnPB

Regards ... Chris

SQL Power Tools

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New ISUG Partner!

Cheyenne, Wyoming – Sql Power Tools (SPT), the industry leader in Zero Impact database monitoring, today announced the release of: 

Stealth Bottleneck (wait type) and End-user Experience Database Monitor 

PRESS RELEASE May 17, 2012:

Stealth Bottleneck (wait type) and End-user Experience Database Monitor:

TheServer Bottleneck and End-user Experience Database Monitor performs agentless monitoring of wait types, wait times, I/O bottlenecks, end-user response time, SQL performance, performance counters, blocking and SQL jobs. The wait types (600+ that a database server posts) causing SQL statements and stored procedures to not complete on a timely basis due to resource contention or being queued due to a lack of available resources are monitored. Wait type wait times are tracked by SQL statement, stored procedure, wait type, database and the end-user client. Reducing SQL wait time -> reduces end-user response time -> improves server throughput. In most cases this can eliminate an expensive and unnecessary hardware upgrade. In two mouse clicks the resource that SQL is waiting on can be viewed.

Zero Impact Sql Capture Agent (free):

Each Server Bottleneck and End-user Experience Database Monitor license includes a free Zero Impact Sql Capture Agent license. It non-intrusively sniffs the SQL packet flow. 100% of the SQL activity is captured with the complete SQL text, bind parameters and end-user response time. It has a low 1% overhead and does not connect to the monitored server. It is similar to a ZERO impact SQL profiler or trace facility. In 24 hours it can pinpoint every poor performing SQL request with 100% accuracy. Agent usage is optional, install the agent at any time. It allows any form of production server change to be precisely measured since the end-user response time before and after a change can be accurately measured. For example hardware upgrades, configuration changes, index changes, SQL code changes, implementation of new software releases, etc.

For more information, follow this link: SQL Power Tools

Regards ... Chris

 

Classic or DotNet

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PowerBuilder Survey

      Come vote on the current PowerBuilder survey as to whether you like the Classic or .NET version of PowerBuilder best. However, I must say ... currently, PB Classic is "running away" with most of the votes!

Check out Prashant's survey on LinkedIn - Vote here!

Regards ... Chris