You need to do a one-time_ REWRITE OR REMOVAL_ of the unsupported
PowerBuilder objects and code that_ ARE CRITICAL IN RUNNING THE
APPLICATION IN POWERBUILDER_. Appeon automatically comments out all
unsupported features, an action that may render a particular
functionality inoperable or absent from the Web application. Appeon
provides tools to aid you in identifying and working around these
unsupported features:
· Unsupported Features Analysis (UFA) report - UFA scans a
PowerBuilder application for most an...
Appeon 6.5 and above support PB 12 Classic.
If you migrate away from PB 12 Classic to PB.NET / PB 12 WPF you will
not be able to use Appeon.
Note: when Appeon deploys the application to the Web there is no more
PB code.
It is 100% running on .NET or JAVA environment and it can be
integrated with other .NET/JAVA applications at the server side or
client side.
You cannot test Appeon with the advanced GUI sample. This is
unsupported.
The GIF is supported by Appeon but the motion effect of GIF files are
unsupported.
GOTO is an unsupported feature. It needs to be removed from your PB
Code.
Appeon Mobile & Appeon Web supports most PB features.
Class Definition is not supported, but there is a workaround solution
for this unsupported feature. Please contact us for details at
appeon@novalys.net [1]
Also, object-oriented programmnig concepts are all fully supported,
such as inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation...
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ActiveX or other third-party Windows components are not supported in
Appeon Mobile. The reason is that mobile device like iOS and Android
cannot run Windows technologies.
You can always reproduce some similar functionalities with the
supported features (in default with PB code )
The Unsupported Features Analysis (UFA) is a .xml file
"UFA_Report.xml";
The supported format can be an excel or an xml.
This file will give the list of the unsupported features of your
application.
The GIF is supported by Appeon, but the motion effect of GIF files is
unsupported.
Appeon doesn't currently support WebSphere Portal, for the moment
Appeon only support Sybase Enterprise Portal.
The development team has been working on the compatibility of Ultimate
Suite with PowerServer / Appeon Web.
Unfortunately, we have come across a number of performance issues.
Even after having optimized the software, the performance is not at an
acceptable level.
For the moment, we have decided not to continue pursuing this option
and so today PowerServer and Ultimate Suite are not compatible.
For example, Ultimate Suite uses the Windows GDI API to draw graphics.
This technique is not supported in the ...
Transparent image is not currently supported in Appeon Mobile.
The URL Schema is currently unsupported. We have recorded it in our CR
pool and will publish this feature when supported.
The transparency settings for objects within a datawindow is
unsupported.
The datawindow timers is not supported.
Please try to move the script from datawindow timers to window timers
to work around this issue, if it doesn't help, then please provide us
a simple test case to research if we can find any workarounds.
Currently the Dropdown Calendar of EditMask control is not supported
by Appeon web. Instead, we only supports the calendar as system
controls.
OpenUserObject and CloseUserObject as the USER OBJECTS are the new
features of PB 12.5, both features are unsupported by Appeon and no
feasible workarounds.
But Appeon can support the OpenUserObject and CloseUserObject if both
are used as THE FUNCTIONS OF THE WINDOW OBJECTS.
OCX and Dlls are windows techonology, they are not supported by iOS or
Android
Windows 8 has two versions of Internet Explorer 10: a conventional
browser that lives on the legacy desktop, and a new Metro-style,
touch-friendly browser that lives in the Metro world. The second of
these, the Metro browser, does not support any plugins. This is why
the Appeon Web application doesn't work by IE on START screen (it is a
kind of Metro-style Internet Explorer) on Windows 8.
The zoom feature is not support by Appeon, and for the moment we have
no plan to support it.
The TableBlob which is a new feature of PB 12.5 is not supported by
Appeon at present, please try to work around this issue by following
the steps below:
1. Add column FILE_PATH to datawindow object and have the property
'Display As Picture' checked .
2. Retrieve the blob data from database and write it to a image file.
3. Set the file path above as the value of column FILE_PATH.