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Development lead with Integrated Data
Services for last 11 years
Previously spent 15 years as an independent
PowerBuilder consultant
Have been using PowerBuilder since version
1.0.B
Bruce Armstrong
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Charter member of TeamSybase (formerly
TeamPS), a PowerBuilder MVP and an SAP
Mentor.
Contributing author to SYS-CON's
PowerBuilder 4.0 Secrets of the Masters and
an editor of SAMs' PowerBuilder 9: Advanced
Client/Server Development
Bruce Armstrong
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Contributed numerous articles to the
PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (PBDJ)
and the ISUG Tech Journal
Editor-in-chief of PBDJ from 2004 to 2013
At one point, a technical editor for the ISUG
Tech Journal
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Dockable Windows
64 bit compile
OData Support
Updated Support for:
.Net Framework 4.5
Windows 8
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Oracle 12
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DOCKING WINDOWS
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DOCKING WINDOWS
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• Two new window types
• mdidock!
• mdidockhelp!
DOCKING WINDOWS
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• New OpenSheet variations:
• OpenSheetAsDocument ( sheetrefvar {, windowtype }, mdiframe,
sheetname {, tabalign } )
• OpenSheetDocked ( sheetrefvar {, windowtype }, mdiframe,
position, sheetname )
• OpenSheetInTabGroup ( sheetrefvar {, windowtype },
siblingname, sheetname )
• All of these have WithParm variations as well
DOCKING WINDOWS
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• The layout of the windows can be persisted
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SetSheetID ( sheetname )
SaveDockingState ( regkey )
LoadDockingState ( regkey, windowtypes, sheetnames )
OpenSheetFromDockingState ( sheetrefvar {, windowtype },
mdiframe, sheetname )
• WithParm option as well
• CommitDocking()
DOCKING WINDOWS
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• New window properties to control docking
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WindowDockOptionAll!
WindowDockOptionTabbedDocumentOnly!
WindowDockOptionDockedOnly!
WindowDockOptionFloatOnly!
WindowDockOptionTabbedDocumentAndDockedOnly!
WindowDockOptionTabbedDocumentAndFloatOnly!
WindowDockOptionDockedAndFloatOnly!
DOCKING WINDOWS
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• Tab Shape Properties
• windowdocktabslanted!
• windowdocktabrectangular!
• windowdocktabsingleslanted!
DOCKING WINDOWS
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• Tab Button Properties
• windowdocktabclosebuttonnone!
• windowdocktabclosebuttononactive!
• windowdocktabclosebuttonshared!
DOCKING WINDOWS
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64 BIT COMPILATION
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• Only available for Pcode
NEW OPTION IN PROJECT PAINTER
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• New ProcessBitness property on Environment object can
be used to determine if application is running in 32 or 64
bit mode.
• New longptr datatype is:
• 4 bytes in 32 bit mode (same as long)
• 8 bytes in 64 bit mode (same as longlong)
64 BIT COMPILATION
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• EASYSoap not supported for web services
• You must use 32bit OLE and Active X controls during
development, but have 64 bit controls at runtime
• You must use 32 bit PBNI extensions during development, but
have 64 bit versions at runtime. They must have the same
name.
• A great number of rich text editing features do not work
properly or behave differently.
64 BIT COMPLIATION LIMITATIONS
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• The ORCAScript build executable command now has a
optional x64 argument to indicate that a 64 bit compile
should be done.
build executable exeName iconName pbrName pbdflags
[machinecode] [newvstylecontrols] [x64]
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DEMO
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ODATA
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• Developed initially by Microsoft, now an OASIS standard
• Based on REST calls over HTTP, provides a web services based
method of doing CRUD operations against a database
• Natively supported by Microsoft SQL Server, SAP HANA, SAP
ASE, SAP SQL Anywhere
• Can be implemented for other databases using WCF Data
Services, ASP.Net Web API, Progress DataDirect Cloud, etc.
ODATA
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ODATA IN DATABASE PROFILES
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NEW ODATA DATAWINDOW DATA SOURCE
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ODATA BASED DATAWINDOW CREATION
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• All of my PowerBuilder samples, including the source code for the
demos I've done at various conferences are available in the
PowerBuilder Samples folder on my Google Drive: http://goo.gl/VXouQ
• The PowerBuilder Developer's Journal may have gone away, but I'm
going a free "magazine" on FlipBoard. It's basically just collection of
articles from all over the internet on
PowerBuilder: http://goo.gl/Mrd3Ql
• I've done a number of videos for the SAP Database and Technology
Academy. The PowerBuilder related videos, including mine, are available
at:http://goo.gl/53pe7a
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• I've done a number of webinars for PowerBuilder.TV. The archives of
the webinars related to PowerBuilder, including mine, are available
at: http://goo.gl/IUHN1N
• Also, don't forget the PowerBuilder Developer Center, where a
bunch of us hang out to answer questions, write blogs and
documents: http://goo.gl/DtaS58
• You might also want to check out the PowerBuilder Central site. It's
an attempt to collect references to different resources like this and
make the available in a central location: http://goo.gl/WVyNo7
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• If you're looking for PowerBuilder training, be sure to
check out Yakov Werde's training offerings (as well as his
consulting services) at: elearnitonline.com
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