Contents

Appeon Migration Guide
Web RAD with PowerBuilder and Appeon
Overview
Traditional approach to Web development
Advantages of Appeon for Web RAD
Appeon Web RAD methodology
Migration Process
Introduction
Installing required software
Understanding the general limitations of the Appeon solution
Defining migration objective
Defining migration objective for non-PFC application
Defining migration objective for PFC application
Upgrading the original application
Upgrading obsolete PBLs
Upgrading PFC applications
Preparing the target application
Special processing required for PFC applications
Processing application based on migration objectives
Pre-configuring for the Web applications
Why is pre-configuration necessary
Four pre-configuration tasks
Modifying unsupported features
How to identify unsupported features
Feature modification methods
Enhancing the application with Web or Appeon features
Trial deployments and debugging
Special deployment steps for distributed applications
Debugging deployed applications
Fine-tuning the runtime performance
Production deployment
Migration FAQ
How do I rapidly build a new Web application with Appeon for PowerBuilder?
Does Appeon support every PowerBuilder feature?
Do Appeon-deployed Web applications support external resources?
Why classify my application into types?
What are the different application types?
What are the recommendations for converting the different application types?
What are the basic requirements for rewriting complex application?
When would I need to modularize my application?
What are the benefits of modularizing my application?
What are the basic principles for modularizing an application?
Can you give an example of the modularization process?
Building and Migrating Distributed Applications (EAServer Windows only)
Moving unsupported features to Appeon Server as n-Tier NVOs
Strategy
Advantages of n-Tier NVO usage
Restrictions in n-Tier NVOs usage
Steps for moving unsupported features or business logic to Appeon Server
Migrating distributed applications without distributed DataWindows
Generating Stub/Skeleton in EAServer
Deploying the application
Migrating distributed applications with distributed DataWindows (Windows only)
Benefits in using distributed DataWindows
Workaround required if you use distributed DataWindows
Enhancing an application with Web or Appeon features
Appeon Server open interfaces (J2EE server only)
Description of the open interfaces
Applying Appeon Server open interfaces in Appeon-deployed applications
Appeon client functions
Description of Appeon client functions
Using Appeon Client functions
Loading an application in Sybase Enterprise Portal
Restrictions on supporting Enterprise Portal
Tasks required to load the application in Enterprise Portal
Single sign-on
Integrating Appeon Web applications with JSP/ASP
Migration Tutorial
Introduction
Preparing for the tutorial
Relevant files
Loading the Tutorial PowerBuilder Application
Creating a workspace
Loading the tutorial PBL file
Configuring ODBC data source
Running the tutorial application
Configuring Appeon Developer
Configuring basic settings
Selecting PBL file(s)
Configuring deployment settings
Selecting DB Type(s)
Declaring transaction object(s)
Analyzing Unsupported Features
Unsupported features analysis
Optimizing and full build
Deploying the Tutorial PowerBuilder Application
Running the Web Application

 
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Appeon Migration Guide

 

This Help describes migration techniques:

 

Web RAD with PowerBuilder and Appeon
Introduces rapid Web application development using PowerBuilder and Appeon for PowerBuilder.

Migration Process
Describes the methodology of Web conversion based on an existing PowerBuilder application.

Migration FAQ
Frequently asked questions and answers regarding the deployment of PowerBuilder applications to the Web with Appeon 6.2 for PowerBuilder.

Building and Migrating Distributed Applications
Specific instructions for the Web migration of distributed applications.

Enhancing an application with Web or Appeon features
Describes the key enhancement features that you can add in the PowerBuilder application to make them effective in the deployed application.

Migration Tutorial
Walks you through the entire process of deploying a small PowerBuilder application to the Web.