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Your Presenters. Steven Dunn – Sales and Marketing Manager, Europe Dave Fish – Engineering Evangelist John Strano – PowerBuilder Evangelist. PowerBuilder Market Focus and Road Map. 15. Market Focus – Sybase Goals . Attract next generation application developers

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

  2. PowerBuilder Market Focus and Road Map 15

  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

  4. Market Focus – The PowerBuilder Products • PowerBuilder • 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

  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 email to: EuropePB@sybase.com

  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 • Updated Informix support • Vista support • Smart Client for Win32 • Pipeline object • EAS .NET support • Incremental rebuild for .NET • Callbacks (to reduce postbacks) • Applications deployed as .NET • NVOs deployed as .NET assemblies and Web Services • Leverage and extend investment • UI updates • MSS SNC support • .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 Language Independence Application Connectivity Multiple Platform Support Power And Performance

  9. PowerBuilder 11 Features 15

  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 Enhancements 10

  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

  14. DataWindow Enhancements 10

  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 Metadata DataWindow Painter 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 PowerBuilder Web Service support using the .NET engine Generated assembly and the .NET framework Metadata 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

  24. Database Connectivity Enhancements 5

  25. DataBase Connectivity Enhancements • ASE 15 • 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 10.5.1)

  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

  32. PowerBuilder’s 4-Phase .NET Integration Initiative • Phased approach • Web Services (PB9) • DataWindow .NET (PB10 Timeframe) • .NET Deployment (PB11) • .NET Resource Consumption (PB12)

  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 Depends On References PowerBuilder .NET Compiler Framework PowerBuilder System Library for .NET

  34. Deploying Applications as .NET WebForms Applications in ASP .NET 2.0 20

  35. Sybase.PowerBuilder.Web.DLL Sybase.PowerBuilder.Common.DLL Sybase.PowerBuilder.Interop.DLL Sybase.PowerBuilder.Core.DLL Architecture:.NET Web Forms Applications Compiles to PB Web Forms Application PB Application DataWindow .NET WebForm Control PBDWN.DLL PBSHR.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

  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 Email • DataWindow printing

  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

  39. .NET WebForms Application Demonstration

  40. Deploying Applications as .NET Windows Forms Applications and Optionally as Smart Client Applications 30

  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. Sybase.PowerBuilder.Win.DLL Sybase.PowerBuilder.Common.DLL Sybase.PowerBuilder.Interop.DLL Sybase.PowerBuilder.Core.DLL Architecture:.NET WinForm Applications Compiles to PB Win Forms Application PB Application DataWindow .NET WinForm Control Application config Application manifest PBDWN.DLL PBSHR.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 • The Ubiquity of the Web

  44. Comparison Between Rich/Thin/Smart Clients

  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 • PowerBuilder’s Web Service DataWindow • PowerBuilder’s “Intelligent Updater” • PowerBuilder with MobiLink

  46. 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

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

  48. .NET Windows Forms/Smart Client Demonstration

  49. PowerBuilder 11 .NET Interoperability :Consuming .NET Resources 10

  50. .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

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