1. PowerBuilder 11: .NET Web Forms
Dave Fish
Engineering Evangelist - Sybase, Inc.
Sybase Analyst Event August 2003

2. PowerBuilder 11 Overview Web Service DataWindow
PowerBuilder 11 Overview
(presented Nov. 20, 2007)
Jim O’Neil
Systems Consultant
.NET Assemblies
(presented Nov. 13, 2007)
Jim O’Neil Systems Consultant
.NET Windows Forms
And Interoperability
Dec. 4, 2007
Jim O’Neil
Systems Consultant
Web Service DataWindow
Feb. 5, 2008
Dave Avera
Staff Software Engineer
PowerBuilder 11
.NET Deployment
Web Casts
.NET Web Forms
Dec. 11, 2007
Dave Fish
Engineering Evangelist
.NET Web Services
And Assemblies
Jan. 29, 2008
Dave Fish
Engineering Evangelist
.NET Smart Client
Jan. 15, 2008
John Strano
Technology Evangelist
Sybase Analyst Event August 2003

3. Agenda PowerBuilder roadmap Web Forms overview
Deploying Web Form applications
New Web Form Features in 11.1
Q & A
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4. PowerBuilder Roadmap Version 11 released in June 2007
11.1 Maintenance Release in November 2007
Delivers on third-phase of PowerBuilder’s .NET initiative
Sybase Analyst Event August 2003

5. 2008 PowerBuilder 11.2 2008 PowerBuilder 11.5 2009 PowerBuilder 12
AJAX support for Web Forms Applications
EAServer .NET Client Support
Miscellaneous fixes
2008
PowerBuilder 11.5
Core .NET enhancements
Native DataWindow updates
Updated database support
Miscellaneous fixes
2009
PowerBuilder 12
.NET in IDE
WPF support at design and run-time
Fully managed code DataWindow
Powerscript Language Enhancements
Language
Independence
Application
Connectivity
Multiple
Platform
Support
Power
And
Performance
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6. Web Forms Overview 10
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7. Web Forms applications:
Web Forms applications have many advantages over traditional client-server and Windows Forms applications:
Web Forms applications:
do not require client-side installation
are easy to upgrade
have no distribution costs
offer broad-based user access
Any user with a Web browser and an online connection can run Web Forms applications
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8. PowerBuilder .NET Web Form Application Architecture
PowerBuilder application
DB drivers
PB App
Database
PowerBuilder ASP .Net 2.0 application
With the PowerBuilder to .NET compiler, applications can be easily transformed into ASP.NET applications. The PowerBuilder WebForm application will run in an IIS Web Server.
DB drivers
Web
Browser
ASP.NET
ASP .NET 2.0 App
Database
Web Server
Sybase Analyst Event August 2003

9. PowerBuilder .NET Web Form Deployment
PowerScript
Source C#
translation
.NET Modules
And
Associated
ASP .NET
Files
CSC
deploy
PBDs (DataWindow objects, Pipelines, Queries)
Syntax errors
save/build
Unsupported
features
PB2CS
PowerBuilder System Library
For .NET
(managed code)
DataWindow Engine
Database Interfaces
(unmanaged code)
Sybase Analyst Event August 2003

10. Supported Features Most PowerScript language features
All data types
Function invocation (dynamic, post, trigger)
Event handling
Embedded SQL
Most visual and non-visual controls
File operations: File Manager
Sending (via SMTP not MAPI): Mail Manager
DataWindow printing: Print Manager
New Web Form Only Properties and Functions
Sybase Analyst Event August 2003

11. Unsupported Features Some system classes such as
Profile-related classes (but application tracing is available via web config)
Trace-related classes (but database SQL tracing is available via web config)
Some system functions such as
DDE-related functions
Clipboard-related functions
Some controls, properties, and events such as
OLEControl / OLECustomControl (partial support)
InkPicture / InkEdit
Drag-and-drop events
EditLabels of TreeView
See the Deploying Applications and Components to .NET manual for a complete list of supported and unsupported features
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12. Deploying Web Form Applications10
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13. Developing Web Form Applications
New Web Form wizard quickly creates requisite project and target
New application
Existing application leveraging same code base
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14. New Project Painter for Web Form Deployment
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15. Web Form Deployment
Application Deployed to IIS Directory (inetpub\wwwroot)
ASP .NET Directory
Application Virtual Directory
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16. A PowerBuilder Application Deployed to the Web
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17. Web Forms Demonstration10
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18. New Features in 11.1 10
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19. Enhanced Web Form Controls
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20. Enhanced Web Controls
Improved menu, toolbar, DatePicker, and MonthCalendar controls are available in 11.1
If your application uses the TreeView Control (not TreeView DataWindow) then you must still install and configure the IE Web Controls
IE Web Controls are used by default in 11.1
In 11.2 the RadControls will become the default
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21. Set the PBWebControlSource property to RAD
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22. Enhanced Menu and Toolbar Controls
IE Web Controls
RadControls
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23. Enhanced DatePicker and MonthCalendar Controls
IE Web Controls
RadControls
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24. Web service client support in Web Forms
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25. Web service client support in Web Forms
Worked in PowerBuilder 11.0, but was not fully QA’d
You must import the pbwsclient110.pbx extension into your .pbl (you can’t add the .pbd to your library list)
Other PBNI Extensions (PBDOM, EJB Client, etc.) are not supported in .NET Targets
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26. Additional Resources
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27. Want to Learn More? Moving to PowerBuilder 11 Education Class Or
PowerBuilder Videos
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28. Q&A
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