1. Your Presenters Steven Dunn – Sales and Marketing Manager, Europe
Dave Fish – Engineering Evangelist
John Strano – PowerBuilder Evangelist

2. PowerBuilder Market Focus and Road Map15
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3. Market Focus – Sybase Goals
Attract next generation application developers
Focus on .NET and Eclipse platforms to extend reach
Support Sybase servers – key to Sybase platform success
Provide key technology differentiators within an open 4GL IDE
Use DataWindow technology as cornerstone of Sybase offerings
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4. Market Focus – The PowerBuilder Products
4GL development
Provide key unique technology to differentiate ourselves on .NET platform
PowerBuilder App Server Plug-in
The newest member of the PowerBuilder family
Deploy PowerBuilder code to J2EE application servers
PocketBuilder
PowerBuilder for mobile devices
Build data-driven mobile applications in less than one hour
DataWindow .NET
A Visual Studio Plug-in, bringing 4GL productivity to Visual Studio .NET

5. DataWindows Everywhere…
PowerBuilder for Client/Server, Web, Web Services and now
.NET Deployment
PowerBuilder VM Application Server Plug-In
WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss(, Oracle, Geronimo…)
DataWindow .NET
PocketBuilder
DataWindows greatly reduce the amount of code you need to write for your application.
DataWindows provide an intuitive graphical user interface allowing developers to be immediately productive.

6. Messaging We are committed to PowerBuilder
PB 10.5 release delivers core functionality enhancements
Major new features – DW presentation style, updated UI
We are committed to fully supporting, embracing, and exploiting .NET
PB 11 deploys .NET apps to web, Smart Client support, WinForm support
Positions customers to leverage Vista & WPF functionality
DataWindow .NET, PocketBuilder .NET
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7. PowerBuilder Family Promotion: Valid until 30th June 2007
Buy either 1 copy of PowerBuilder Enterprise or 2 update licenses and you can also have one copy of:
PocketBuilder
Single CPU copy of the PowerBuilder Application Server Plug-In
DataWindow .NET
For more details contact the PowerBuilder Sales Team or send an to:

8. PowerBuilder Roadmap Simplified development for today, tomorrow
2007
PowerBuilder 11.0
2007
PowerBuilder 11.1
2008
PowerBuilder 12
Powerful Data Access with
Sophisticated Presentation
.NET Simplified
Additional
Functionality
Applications deployed as .NET
NVOs deployed as .NET assemblies and Web Services
Leverage and extend investment
UI updates
MSS SNC support
Updated Informix support
Vista support
Smart Client for Win32
Pipeline object
EAS .NET support
Incremental rebuild for .NET
Callbacks (to reduce postbacks)
.NET in IDE, support for visual controls
Visually exciting apps based on WPF
WPF controls in design time, runtime
Managed code
Inherit from other assemblies
In 2007 we will release PowerBuilder 11, allowing you to take your existing applications into the .NET world, without the time and expense associated with a rewrite. Smart Client deployment of of your applications solves the headache of deployment, and Web deployment expands the reach of your applications beyond the traditional client/server world.
You’ll also be able to utilize .NET classes in your PowerBuilder applications, making it easy to combine what you have built in PowerBuilder, with the wide range of functionality provided by 3rd party vendors in .NET.
With PowerBuilder 12 we will complete the transition to .NET and allow you to easily incorporate .NET visual controls into your PowerBuilder applications, create WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications in a 4GL manner, and seamlessly interoperate with any .NET code.
Language
Independence
Application
Connectivity
Multiple
Platform
Support
Power
And
Performance
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9. PowerBuilder 11 Features15
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10. PowerBuilder 11 Release Defining Features
IDE and User Interface Enhancements
DataWindow enhancements
Updated database connectivity
.NET Deployment
.NET Web Forms applications in ASP .NET 2.0
.NET Windows Forms and Smart Client applications
.NET Web Services
.NET Assemblies

11. IDE/User Interface Enhancements10
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12. IDE Enhancements Autoscript Enhancements Resizable Dialog Boxes
Updated Menus and Toolbars
System Tree Enhancements
Project Painter Enhancements
Output window tabs
Breaking into debugger

13. IDE/User Interface Enhancements Demonstration
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14. DataWindow Enhancements10
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15. DataWindow Enhancements
Web Services supported as a data source
Treeview DataWindow Enhancements
Retain Retrieval Argument Values in the DataWindow Painter
Use Ellipses

16. Web Services Data Source for DataWindows
This is intended to support database (RDBMS) data delivered via Web Services
Access to RDBMS data without needing the vendors client software
Not all Web Services are suitable for the DataWindow
Complex return data such as nested structures
Amazon.com returns some fairly complex return values
The return value from the Web Service needs to look like a result set

17. Define a Web Service Retrieval
PowerBuilder
Web Service
support using
the .NET
engine
DataWindow
Painter
Metadata
A generated
Assembly
WSDL
A DataWindow
Object

18. Run time Web Service Retrieval
Retrieve works just like it does now, you can specify retrieval arguments as parameters.
wsconnection object (optional)
Allows runtime overrides of
Endpoint
Userid and password
Timeout
Security and proxy overrides
Port override
And more….(continued)…

19. Run time Web Service Retrieval
Metadata
PowerBuilder Web Service support using the .NET engine
Generated assembly and
the .NET framework
The DataWindow engine
The Web Service
Retrieval method call
Returned data

20. New TreeView DataWindow Features
TreeView Style DataWindow can now be used in a Web DataWindow control
Removed the height limit from the detail band
Tree nodes can be hidden with a height of 0
Moving rows in a TreeView will retain their collapsed/expanded state

21. Retrieval Arguments Retained
Retrieval arguments can be remembered in the DataWindow object

22. Use Ellipses

23. DataWindow Enhancements Demonstration
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24. Database Connectivity Enhancements5
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25. DataBase Connectivity Enhancements
New MS SQL Server Native Driver
Oracle RAC support
Enhanced MobilLink Support

26. ASE 15
A new database interface has been added to support Adaptive Server® Enterprise 15 and later releases
This interface is identical to the existing SYC interface, except that:
It currently supports only Adaptive Server 15 (the Release database parameter can only be set to 15)
It supports large identifiers with up to 128 characters. This support is not available in the SYC interface
To use this interface, the Adaptive Server 15 client must be installed on the client computer
(The ASE interface is also available in PowerBuilder )

27. New Microsoft SQL Server Native Driver
The new interface uses the SQL Server 2005 native client (sqlncli.h and sqlncli.dll) on the client side and connects using OLE DB
The PBODB initialization file not used
Connections made directly through OLE DB use the PBODB initialization file to set some parameters, but connections made using the SNC interface do not depend on the PBODB initialization file
The SNC interface can be used to connect to SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000
For SQL Server 2000, the SQL client SDK was provided with the Microsoft Database Access Components (MDAC)
MDAC does not support new features in SQL Server 2005
To use the SNC interface, the SQL Server 2005 SQL Native Client and the .NET Framework 2.0 must be installed on the client computer

28. Oracle RAC support
This is a cluster database that uses a shared cache architecture
A High Availability (HA) client connected to an RAC database can register a callback to indicate that it wants the server to notify it in case of a database failure event that affects a connection made by the client
PowerBuilder developers can script a new event, DBNotification, that has been added to the Transaction object
See the description of the DBNotification event and the HANotification database parameter in the online Help for more details

29. Enhanced MobilLink Support
MobiLink is a session-based synchronization system that allows two-way synchronization between a main database, called the consolidated database, and multiple remote databases
The ASA MobiLink Synchronization wizard on the Database tab of the New dialog box creates objects that facilitate control of database synchronization from a PowerBuilder application

30. Enhanced MobilLink Support
In PowerBuilder 11, system objects have been added to enable MobiLink functionality to work with .NET applications
Although the ASA MobiLink Synchronization wizard still generates objects that facilitate control of database synchronization from PowerBuilder applications, the main nonvisual object generated by the wizard is now an instance of the MLSync system object (that inherits from the MLSynchronization base class)
The wizard no longer generates a global structure object for storage of synchronization parameters entered by the user, but the synchronization window that it generates uses the SyncParm system structure instead
These differences apply even in targets that are not deployed to .NET platforms

31. PowerBuilder and .NET 5
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32. PowerBuilder’s 4-Phase .NET Integration Initiative
Phased approach
Web Services (PB9)
DataWindow .NET (PB10 Timeframe)
.NET Deployment (PB11)
.NET Resource Consumption (PB12)
PowerBuilder’s .NET Integration initiative, announced more in 2002 will ultimately allow you to…
Build, consume and inherit from .NET classes
…as well as implement .NET interfaces
The 3rd and 4th phases of the initiative will allow you to respectively,
deploy to .NET, then consume and interoperate with .NET resources.
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33. PowerBuilder .NET Compiler Internals
.NET Integration
Compiler steps: Relies on redistributing .NET SDK’s C# compiler
Generates
Compiles
PBL Files
PB2CS
C# Code
WinForm /
ASP.NET
Application
At a very high level, let’s take a look at what the .NET Compiler does for you in an automatic fashion…
The “PB2CS” utility reads your PBLs and using the PowerBuilder Compiler Framework, generates C# code.
That C# code references the PowerBuilder System Library for .NET.
Then, according to your choice of deployment target, that C# code will then be compiled as either a
WinForm application or as an ASP.NET Web application.
Depends On
References
PowerBuilder
.NET Compiler
Framework
PowerBuilder
System Library
for .NET
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34. Deploying Applications as .NET WebForms Applications in ASP .NET 2.020
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35. Architecture: .NET Web Forms Applications
Compiles to
PB Web Forms
Application
PB Application
DataWindow .NET
WebForm Control
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Web.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Common.DLL
PBDWN.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Interop.DLL
PBSHR.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Core.DLL
DB Drivers
PB Runtime DLLs
(without PBVM)
PB System Library for .NET

36. What happens at deployment-time
PowerScript code is compiled to a .NET assembly
PBDs with DWO definitions are copied
Resource files are copied
Including PowerBuilder stock images
ASP.NET files are generated
Default.aspx: the main ASP.NET page
Default.htm: hide menu and toolbars of IE
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37. What PowerBuilder features can I use?
Most PowerScript language features
All data types
Arrays
Function invocation (dynamic, post, trigger)
Event handling
Embedded SQL
Most Controls
Exceptions: InkPicture, InkEdit, OleControl and OleCustomControl, Data Pipeline
Drag and Drop is not supported in Web Forms applications
File operations
Sending
DataWindow printing
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38. PowerBuilder features not supported
Some system classes such as:
Profile-related classes
Trace-related classes
Some system functions such as:
DDE-related functions
Clipboard-related functions
Some Controls, properties or events such as:
OLE – Partially supported
Drag & drop events
EditLabels of TreeView
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39. .NET WebForms Application Demonstration
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40. Deploying Applications as
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41. PowerBuilder .NET Windows Forms Application
Supports most features available in a PowerBuilder Win32 application
PowerScript language features
DataWindow, Editmask,RichText, InkEdit, InkPicture,…
DataStore, Transaction, ResultSet,…
Most System functions
Consume .NET framework library through PowerBuilder’s .NET language interop.
Preserve PowerBuilder development skills
Create a PowerBuilder application
Deploy it as a .NET Windows Forms application

42. Architecture: .NET WinForm Applications
Compiles to
PB Win Forms
Application
PB Application
DataWindow .NET
WinForm Control
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Win.DLL
Application config
Application manifest
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Common.DLL
PBDWN.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Interop.DLL
PBSHR.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Core.DLL
DB Drivers
PB Runtime DLLs
(without PBVM)
PB System Library for .NET

43. PowerBuilder’s .NET Smart Client Support
Solves the biggest headache of all…
…Application Deployment
The Best of the Rich Client World
Arguably, one of THE biggest headaches for application development has historically been…deployment.
The initial and ongoing appeal of browser-based applications has been the automatic update of application interface and business logic…for every single user.
But the ubiquity of the Web comes at a cost…the lack of functionality and richness in browser-based interfaces.
PowerBuilder 11’s .NET Smart Client support will give the end user the Rich Client interface they deserve as well as the ubiquity of the Web.
The Ubiquity of the Web
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44. Comparison Between Rich/Thin/Smart Clients
Rich Client
Thin Client
Smart Client
Rich User experience
Yes No
Responsive
Heavy footprint
Difficult to deploy
DLL Hell
Network dependency
Easy deployment
Developer productivity
Occasionally connected
Perform well in low bandwidth network
Use Local Resources

45. PowerBuilder’s .NET Smart Client Support
.NET Smart Client Defined…
Occasionally connected
PowerBuilder with MobiLink
Always up-to-date applications via Smart Updates
PowerBuilder’s “Intelligent Updater”
Maximize performance using client resources
PowerBuilder deployed as WinForm (Rich Client)
Communicate utilizing Web Services
PowerBuilder’s Web Service DataWindow
Utilize network resources
Sybase will be delivering .NET Smart Clients as defined by Microsoft with…[iterate features]
[Emphasize the OUR Smart Client’s capability of utilizing Web Services as a data source rather than relational databases.]
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46. MobiLink Synchronization Overview
MobiLink Synchronization Objective
Create Smart Client offline enabled application
MobiLink Synchronization is the most productive way to create offline enabled application.
Feature Requirements
Runtime
ASA 9 or 10 DB drivers and MobiLink deployed.
PB Win32 or PB .NET Windows Forms application.
Design Time
PowerBuilder 11.0
SQL Anywhere 9/10.

47. MobiLink Synchronization Architecture

48. Intelligent Updater Overview
“Intelligent Updater” is a new application deployment technology that makes deploying a Windows Forms based application as easy as deploying a Web application
Based on “ClickOnce” technology of .NET Framework 2.0
“Intelligent Updater” is designed to address the pain of updating a typical Client/Server application

49. Deployment Model
Application installations and updates are deployed via centralized servers (via HTTP, FTP, UNC,…)

50. .NET Windows Forms/Smart Client Demonstration
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51. PowerBuilder 11 .NET Interoperability : Consuming .NET Resources10
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52. .NET Interop
The .NET Framework and other associated third-party managed libraries provide a very rich resource
PowerBuilder users can use these libraries to extend the functionality of PowerBuilder .NET targets and save development time
.NET language interoperability makes it possible to consume .NET classes and methods in PowerBuilder applications
With .NET language interoperability, you can use PowerBuilder syntax to create .NET classes, call .NET methods, and access .NET properties
You can make use of .NET collection classes, such as Hashtable and Set, and you can also make use of powerful .NET communication classes and other .NET services

53. .NET Interoperability (Consuming .NET Resources)
All types in the CTS (Common Type System) may be consumed
Classes, Interfaces conforming to CTS may be consumed
IDE support in the PowerScript Painter
Support for:
Parameterized constructors, static properties, static methods
Exception handling
Propagates from .NET=>PowerBuilder=>.NET

54. PowerBuilder 11 .NET Interoperability Demonstration
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55. Deploying PowerBuilder Nonvisual Objects (NVOs) as
Deploying PowerBuilder Nonvisual Objects (NVOs) as .NET Assemblies : Creating .NET Resources 10
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56. Deploying NVOs as .NET Assemblies
PowerBuilder NVOs can be deployed as .NET Assemblies
A .NET Assembly Target Wizard is provided to facilitate this process
Data types are automatically mapped between PowerScript and C#
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57. The runtime: NVO .NET Assembly
PBLs with NVOs
DataWindow .NET
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Win.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Common.DLL
PBDWN.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Interop.DLL
PBSHR.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Core.DLL
DB Drivers
PB Runtime DLLs
(without PBVM)
PB System Library for .NET
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58. NVOs as .NET Assemblies Demonstration
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59. Deploying PowerBuilder Nonvisual Objects (NVOs) as
Deploying PowerBuilder Nonvisual Objects (NVOs) as .NET Web Services: Creating .NET Resources 15
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60. NVO  .NET Web Service What can be exposed as a Web Service?
Custom Class User Objects (NVOs)
Within each Web Service, what can be exposed as Messages?
Public methods of NVOs with signatures that use supported data types can be valid Web Service “operations”
Must be Stateless
Be mindful of instance lifecycle
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61. The runtime: NVO ASP.NET Web Services
compiled
NVO ASP.NET
Web Service
PBLs with NVOs
DataWindow .NET
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Web.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Common.DLL
PBDWN.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Interop.DLL
PBSHR.DLL
Sybase.PowerBuilder.Core.DLL
DB Drivers
PB Runtime DLLs
(without PBVM)
PB System Library for .NET
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62. NVOs as .NET Web Services Demonstration
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63. Future PowerBuilder Technology Showcase
…and we’re taking PowerBuilder beyond even that lengthy list of capabilities.
We certainly know and acknowledge the main interest point for you being here today…to be the first to get a gander at what’s coming next.
Let’s talk a moment about what you’re going to see… 10
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64. Windows Vista: Windows Presentation Foundation
High fidelity application experiences.
Blends together UI, documents and media content.
Ultra-rich UI and data visualization through XAML.
Extensible Application Markup Language.
Vector-based animation.

65. WPF DataWindow Demonstration
A demonstration of Window Presentation Foundation and vector-based animation (XAML) displaying DataWindow Meta-Data.
Yes, this prototype is simplistic, even rudimentary…but we wanted to show you something real, something tangible that’s indicative of what’s to come.
By hooking in the WPF with DataWindow technology you’ll have the ultimate GUI open door.
You and your solutions will be able to cosmetically as well as functionally compete with whatever is out there.
Your DataWindow interfaces will be as rich and visually sophisticated as you or your customers would ever wish them to be.
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66. WPF DataWindow Demonstration

67. Questions?
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68. PowerBuilder Family Promotion: Valid until 30th June 2007
Buy either 1 copy of PowerBuilder Enterprise or 2 update licenses and you can also have one copy of:
PocketBuilder
Single CPU copy of the PowerBuilder Application Server Plug-In
DataWindow .NET
For more details contact the PowerBuilder Sales Team or send an to:

69. Thank you!
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70. Afternoon Walks-Through: PowerBuilder 11 .NET Deployment
.NET Web Forms applications in ASP .NET 2.0
.NET Windows Forms and Smart Client applications
.NET Web Services
.NET Assemblies (Interop creation)
.NET Interop (Consuming)