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Using ONLY existing PowerBuilder programming skills and working ONLY
with the familiar PowerBuilder IDE, Appeon for PowerBuilder enables
you to:
· Immediately starting building new n-tier Web applications, which
deploy to either .NET or Java platform, with the unbeatable ease and
productivity of PowerBuilder.
· Deploy existing PowerBuilder client/server applications to the Web
and either .NET or Java platform in the shortest amount of time, at
the lowest cost, and with the least risk.
No. Appeon for PowerBuilder allows you to leverage your existing
PowerBuilder skills and resources. The entire PB-to-Web conversion
process executes within the PowerBuilder IDE and using only
PowerBuilder skills. Appeon does not require you to write a single
line of HTML/ JavaScript or Java/.NET code. In addition, you will not
have to deal with many of the typical Web architecture issues that
make Web projects so complex and time-consuming, such as redesigning
your application UI and functionality to the pa...
The Web migration process that reads PowerBuilder PBLs and generates
an n-tier Web application is 100% automated with Appeon for
PowerBuilder. If you build a new application with PowerBuilder to
Appeon standards, it can in fact be deployed to the Web at the click
of a button. However, some work, typically very minimal, will be
required to deploy an existing and traditionally client/server
application to the Web (i.e. perform a Web conversion). An Appeon Web
conversion is actually much simpler than typi...
Appeon for PowerBuilder is different from other Web migration
framework because:
* Once the PowerBuilder application has been modified to meet the
requirements for moving to the Web, Appeon automatically TRANSFORMS
ENTIRE POWERBUILDER APPLICATIONS TO N-TIER WEB APPLICATIONS _many_
_times faster_ than any other development methodology. Other migration
frameworks are essentially rewrites, only moving very limited pieces
of your application.
* Appeon UTILIZES ONLY ONE SET OF NATIVE POWERBUILDER SOURCE...
Appeon for PowerBuilder (APB) is a solution for PowerBuilder
developers to build Rich Internet Applications (RIA) rapidly and
easily. APB automatically deploys any existing Client/Server
applications to the Web with minimal effort. There is no faster or
easier way for PowerBuilder developers to embrace the Web and Java or
.NET technologies.
* No need to retool your PowerBuilder development team and force
them to work with less productive tools
* No need to throw away engineering-years of investment...
No, we do NOT use HTML.
We are producing real Native targets that allow for native integration
with the mobile SDK, richer UI and functionality, and faster
performance.
appeon.mobile@novalys.net
The performance of the application depends on the complexity of the
application itself and how it is coded, the hardware and the network
connection. You will find our recommendations below concerning these
three points:
* In terms of hardware:
* Type of of processors: at least 1 multi-core CPU per server
running at 1.8 GHz or faster.
* RAM memory: at least 2 GB of free RAM (4 GB is recommended) plus
2GB free hard drive space (for Appeon Server Installation only). In
general, we recommend 8G memory o...
Multiple Appeon applications cannot be run in the same Internet
Explorer session. You will find more information below:
With IE 7, it is unsupported to tab browse multiple Appeon
applications deployed with the same Appeon version, as all tabs are
sharing the same session in IE 7.
With IE 8\9\10, by default, you can run no more than two Appeon web
applications in different tab pages, or different IE browsers. If you
want to run multiple Appeon Web applications (more than 3) with IE
8\9\10, you can:
1....
The ISUG license is a developer license, with the same
functionnalities than a Appeon Developer license.
There's no functional difference between Appeon official DE license
and ISUG DE license except the subsequent two points.
1) ISUG license comes with no support or maintenance;
2) One ISUG member can only get one ISUG DE license;
PB Application running in Appeon can access the local hard drive.You
can use the 'fileExists', 'FileOpen', 'FileRead' and 'FileWrite'
functions.
_Appeon supports to open a file on the mapped Drive and copy file to
a mapped Drive, but it requires that the mapped drive ( X:\) is added
on every client, and every client has read and write permission to
this mapped drive. _
It requires mapping the X:\Drive for every client machine, but not
the Application Server, and you cannot map the X:\Drive for a client
machine in WAN, so it works in LAN only.
If you want to upload and download files on the web in WAN, please
use the AppeonFileService I me...
Appeon Web 6.6 developer license will come with the Mobile module and
vice versa. Then you will be able to have both: Appeon Web and Appeon
Mobile on your development machine.
However, when talking about the Application server, you must use
different machines per version: one server for Appeon Mobile and a
separate server for Appeon Web.
If you just have one server available you may use VMWare and create
an instance per version or purchase Appeon Universal version (includes
Appeon Web and Appeon ...
What's the average size of the downloaded items on the client
machine?
Appeon ActiveX's size is around 5.9 MB on 32bit machine and 9.26MB on
64bit machine.
Other files (like html, JS file, dll/ocx, picture files, ini, etc.)
will be downloaded to the client side, but the number and size of the
these files really depend on the each application.
If you want to know the size of your application once downloaded on
the client machine, you can deploy it locally and run the application.
You will f...
Appeon 6.6 has been released on May 16 2013. It supports MySQL and
SAP Hana database, Amazon, Azure, and Rackspace cloud. It supports IE
10 (without using the compatibility mode that is required if using
Appeon 6.5.1), and the Appeon Web debugger works with IE 9 or 10
(instead of only IE 8 as in Appeon 6.5.1).
Appeon 7.0 will be released by the end of 2014 and it will support
cross-browser on Windows OS. It will also support more modern UI. But
a browser plug-in will still be required.
Most of the performance issues that a web-enabled application has are
related to the PB code. Once a c/s application is deployed on the WEB
with Appeon, the powerscript needs to be tuned.
You can refer to the Appeon Performance Tuning Guide [1] and to the
document "How to debut the Appeon Application "- see attachment.
We also recommend you read Yakov Werde's article called \"Appeon
Performance Tuning\" [2](see attached). This article explains why PB
code can have problems on the Web and explains...
The enterprise provisioning profile in Appeon Workspace (AWS 2013 R2
Build 0110, Build 0126, or Build 0136 (JP) ) will expire on November
7th 2014 and AWS will stop working after that.
You would need to use the latest AWS by following Appeon instructions
to solve this issue.
Note that unless you submitted your own AWS or your app as standalone
app to Apple store, you need to follow the instructions to fix this
issue. Read more detailed information and follow instructions from
http://demo.appeon.com/awsu...
Appeon plug-ins is required for Appeon web application, Appeon uses
the standard COM technology. Appeon for PowerBuilder contains some
client-side ActiveX plug-ins.
Just like other popular development software, C++ apps also use some
base classes, such as MFC, ATL, etc., or other supporting files and
PowerBuilder apps use PBVM, etc. Appeon Active X is similar to the
PowerBuilder Virtual Machine (PBVM) except that they are implemented
in JavaScript and C++, rendering UI and handling some
non-database-relat...
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