| What can I do with Appeon for PowerBuilder 5.0 ? |
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Using ONLY your existing PowerBuilder programming skills and working ONLY with the familiar PowerBuilder IDE, Appeon for PowerBuilder 5.0 enables PowerBuilder enterprises to:
- Immediately start building new n-tier Web applications for the Java platform with the unbeatable ease and productivity of PowerBuilder.
- Deploy existing PowerBuilder Client/Server applications to the Web and Java platform in the shortest amount of time, at the lowest cost, and with the least risk.
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| Do I need any additional skills besides PowerBuilder? |
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| No. Appeon for PowerBuilder 5.0 allows you to leverage your existing PowerBuilder skills and resources. The entire PB-to-Web conversion process executes within the PowerBuilder IDE and uses only PowerBuilder skills. Appeon does not require you to write a single line of HTML/JavaScript, Java or .NET code. In addition, you will not have to deal with many of the typical Web architecture issues that make Web projects complex and time consuming. |
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| Is the PB-to-Web process really 100% automatic? |
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The Web migration process that reads PowerBuilder PBLs and generates the Web application is 100% automated with Appeon for PowerBuilder 5.0. 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 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 very different from typical Web migrations. In an Appeon Web conversion, you will only need to perform standard PowerBuilder Client/Server programming. The PowerBuilder programming you perform is to 1) remove/work around unsupported PowerBuilder code that cannot be converted to the Web and are critical in running the application, and 2) optimize the PowerBuilder code to achieve better Web runtime performance (if necessary). You will not need to write a single server page, such as JSP and ASP, or even know how to write a single line of HTML/JavaScript, Java, or .NET code.
An Appeon Web conversion is the fastest way to move PowerBuilder applications to the Web and Java platform. Moving to the Web with Appeon requires only a fraction of the time and effort compared to rewrite the application with traditional Java tools, Visual Studio .NET, or other PowerBuilder-to-Web frameworks. This is because PowerBuilder Client/Server development is many times more productive than typical Java or .NET Web development. With Appeon, PowerBuilder 4GL productivity is fully leveraged. Furthermore, no other PB-to-Web framework in the world supports as many PowerBuilder features or has the same rich PowerBuilder UI as Appeon. For example, Appeon supports PFC features, 33 commonly-used controls, and all DataWindow presentation styles except for OLE and RichText. Appeon does much more so you do much less. |
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| What PowerBuilder features are supported? |
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| Appeon for PowerBuilder 5.0 supports at least 10 times more features than any existing PowerBuilder Web migration framework. For example, Appeon supports PFC features, 33 commonly-used controls, and all DataWindow presentation styles except for OLE and RichText. Appeon supports the most important and commonly used features of most PowerBuilder applications.
To see a list of supported features, visit the Supported Features section. |
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| Why are there unsupported features and what are they? |
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When migrating a Client/Server application to a Java based Web application, it is very likely that there will be some features that will not function within a Web based environment.
To see a list of unsupported features, visit the Supported Features section. |
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| How do I migrate an application if it contains unsupported features? |
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You can rewrite the unsupported PowerBuilder objects and code that are critical in running the application in PowerBuilder. This preparation is executed entirely within the PowerBuilder IDE using only PowerBuilder skills. In addition, 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 unsupported features.
- PowerBuilder Workarounds - Provides high level methodology as well as detailed code examples on how to workaround typical unsupported features.
- Appeon Supported Features Guide - Detailed list of every supported and unsupported PowerBuilder feature.
- Appeon Features Help (Indexed and searchable help) - Places the Appeon Supported Features Guide at your fingertips in the PowerBuilder IDE.
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| The difference between Appeon and other Web migration frameworks? |
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- Once the PowerBuilder application has been modified to meet the requirements for moving to the Web, Appeon automatically transforms the native PowerBuilder source code to Java-based Web applications many times faster than developing with traditional Java tools or even VisualStudio.NET.
- Appeon supports at least ten times more PowerBuilder features and rich PowerBuilder GUI than any other Java-based solution. Java-based Web migration frameworks or even ASP.NET cannot support or recreate the rich PowerBuilder GUI, such as MDI windows, DataWindows, DropDownDataWindows, menus, toolbars, tree views, and the powerful event-driven logic that brings them to life.
- Appeon utilizes only one set of native PowerBuilder source code for both the Client/Server and Web version of the application. Other frameworks require the maintenance of two different sets of source code for two different architectures.
- Appeon enables you to build Java-based Web applications using only existing PowerBuilder skills and with the unparalleled PowerBuilder 4GL productivity. Other Java or .NET solutions require tedious coding/maintenance of HTML/JavaScript, ASPs or JSPs. In addition, they require you to retool with Java or .NET skills, as well demand a deep understanding of Web architectural issues.
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| Is PFC supported? |
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| Yes! Appeon supports nearly all PFC features and deploys a PFC application in the same way as deploying a normal PowerBuilder application. Alternatively, Appeon specially built an Appeon-compliant version of the PFC framework, called ACF (Appeon-Compliant Framework) that can be used as a direct replacement for your existing PFC libraries or used for any new PFC development you plan to do.
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| Are both Internet Explorer and Netscape browsers supported? |
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| Microsoft Internet Explorer has the powerful functionality that together with Appeon's patent-pending technology, is able to make the PowerBuilder-style GUI possible on the Web. Since Internet Explorer uniquely provides this functionality and is used by 96% of Web browser users, Appeon has chosen to support Internet Explorer.
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| What about pricing and licensing? |
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For information or questions regarding pricing or licensing,
Contact Appeon: sales.na@appeon.com |
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| What is the relationship between Appeon and Sybase? |
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Appeon and Sybase entered into a long term Partnership to produce Appeon for PowerBuilder.
Appeon for PowerBuilder 5.0 is a product of Appeon Corporation that has been developed under the guidance of Sybase, Inc. Sybase markets, sells, and supports Appeon for PowerBuilder 5.0 worldwide. |
