Modernize your Power. Builder Applications Take your PB Apps to the next level! Migrate your Power. Builder applications to the web Give your Power. Builder applications a new look Power. Builder + Active Directory: Advanced user management Make your Power. Builder Applications Multilingual www. novalys. net
Migrate your apps to the web In 2010, 58% of PB Projects had either web enabled their Apps or planned to do so (1) Here is Why: Development Power. Builder Applications Web redevelopment (Java /. Net) Production + Unbeatable productivity + Rich User Interface - Deployment Cost - Limited Access (LAN users) - Lower productivity - Redevelopment cost - Delays in deployment - Risk of failure (long projects) + Simplified Deployment + Unlimited Access (Web users) + Comply with corporate production standards (Java or. Net) Optimal combination = keep PB for development and deploy as Java or. Net Appeon for Power. Builder 2 + Unbeatable productivity + Rich User Interface www. novalys. net + Simplified Deployment + Unlimited Access (Web users) + Comply with corporate standards (Java or. Net)
How does it work? 3 www. novalys. net
Appeon Partitioning Approach Appeon Utilizes a “Balanced” Architecture Preserve PB’s desktop UI and rich client functionality Deploy DW, SQL, and NVOs (i. e. business logic) to the app server Re-use database, including functions and triggers Web App Presentation Tier Power. Builder App Replicate Export Convert Web browser Business Logic Client Deploy DW, NVO Database Retain Database 4 HTML, XML, Java. Script Appeon Server Application Server Database www. novalys. net
System Requirements Power. Builder Includes the latest versions: 12. 0, 11. x, 10. x, 9. 0. 3, 8. 0. 4 Web Browser Internet Explorer 8/7/6; Fire. Fox (in progress) Web & Application Server: O/S: Microsoft IIS 7. 0/6. 0, Sybase EAServer 6. 1/5. 5, IBM Web. Sphere 6. 1/5. 1, BEA/Oracle Web. Logic 10. 0/9. 2, JBoss 5. 1 Windows 2008/2003, Red Hat Linux 5. 0/4. 0, IBM AIX 5. 3/5. 2 Database Sybase ASA 11. 0/10. 0/9. 0/8. 0, ASE 15. 0/12. 5, IQ 12. 7, Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2005/2000, Oracle 11 g/10 g/9 i/8 i, Informix 9/7, IBM DB 2 9. 5/8. 2 5 www. novalys. net 2018/3/16
Major Unsupported Features Power. Script Statements GOTO, THROWS Data. Window Table. Blob Control for Data. Window System Functions Class Definition functions, DDE Server functions, Garbage Collection functions, Help functions, Library functions, Shared Object functions, Tracing functions System Objects ADOResult. Set, Array. Bounds, Class. Definition. Object, Connection. Info, Connect. Object, Context. Information, Context. Keyword, CORBA (all), CPlus, Divide. By. Zero. Error, DWRuntime. Error, Enumeration. Definition, Enumeration. Item. Definition, Error. Logging, Exception, Ext. Object, Jaguar. ORB, Null. Object. Error, OLERuntime. Error, OLEStorage, OLEStream, OLETxn. Object, OMControl, OMCustom. Control, OMEmbedded. Control, OMObject, OMStorage, OMStream, ORB, PBTocpp. Object, Pipeline, Profile. Call, Profile. Class, Profile. Line, Profile. Routine, Profiling, Remote. Object, Result. Sets, Runtime. Error, Script. Definition, Service, Simple. Type. Definition, Throwable, Trace (all), Transaction. Server, Transport, Type. Definition, Variable. Cardinality. Definition, Variable. Definition * Nearly all major unsupported features can be commonly worked around utilizing server-side Power. Builder NVOs ** Many unsupported features can be readily worked around at the client-side without utilizing server-side Power. Builder NVOs 6 www. novalys. net 2018/3/16
Automatic Performance Boosting Numerous functionalities built-in to boost Web performance under real-life situations Download manager offers Just-in-Time (JIT) or Preload options for running the Web application 10 X data compression to compress Data. Window result sets 3 -level Data. Window caching technology caches at the application server, Web server, and Web browser Micro-refresh (via AJAX) eliminates all redundant generation and downloading of data, such as in commonly and frequently-used “Master-Detail” Application server connection pooling can boost database scalability by several folds through “shared” connections 7 www. novalys. net
Why Choose Appeon? • • Least project risk. • No need to rewrite your entire code base • No need to re-architect your system, • Powerful Power. Builder Web deployment. • Effortlessly handles the largest of applications (up to 600 MB) • with the most robust Power. Builder feature support • offers powerful desktop integration with the richest Web user interface. • 8 Shortest development time and lowest cost. • Migrate existing Power. Builder applications to web in a few months or weeks • No need to retool your engineering team • No need to re-train your end-users Performance and scalability. • Delivers virtually the performance of client/server with the scalability of the Web www. novalys. net
How to get there? 9 www. novalys. net
Migration Process 1 – Analyze the PB code Analyze the application with Appeon tools § Unsupported PB functionalities? § Ineffective code? 2 – Adapt the PB code § Replacement of any unsupported functionalities § Optimisation of specific components We keep the usual tools (PB, VE, PB Delta…) 3 – Web deployment § Appeon developer generates. NET or Java code § This code is deployed on the Appeon Server § The application is accessible on the Internet immediately 4 – Future development? § The migration is done once and for all § Maintenance and future development will only use functionalities supported on the web § Any future versions will be deployable “as-is” 10 www. novalys. net
Appeon Developer Appeon provides a suite of tools to assist developers in their development/deployment Appeon Developer Automatically migrate to Java/. NET 11 www. novalys. net
Unsupported Features Analyzer Identifies unsupported features based on keyword, providing you with location, line number, and code snippets 12 www. novalys. net 2018/3/16
Appeon Code Insight Keep future development Web-compliant by listing only supported Power. Script at your fingertips 13 www. novalys. net 2018/3/16
Appeon (Web-to-PB) Debugger Use Appeon Debugger to real-time debug the resulting Web application tracing back to specific line of Power. Script 14 www. novalys. net 2018/3/16
Timeframe and budget Average budget for an application serving 200 to 400 concurrent users (i. e. simultaneously connected to the application) Software : ~ 10 K$ Hardware : 1 Dual CPU Server Migration : varies from a few weeks to a few months of work. The migration can be : Done internally: Appeon tools list all unsupported features, you replace them with PB Outsourced: A ready-to-deploy version of your application is delivered Examples : Mid-sized applications : 30 to 80 MB PBL, with a few hundred Windows. Cost of a turnkey migration : 30 to 80 K$ Timeframe : 2 to 5 months 15 www. novalys. net
What about your applications? Go further: To try Appeon by yourself : get a trial To find out the cost of a turnkey migration : get a quote For any questions about Appeon : 16 In English : sales. north-america@novalys. net En Français : sales. europe@novalys. net En Español : sales. latin-america@novalys. net www. novalys. net
Give your Application a new look www. novalys. net
Makeovers: Pros and Cons Why makeover Power. Builder Applications? Over the years, presentation standards have evolved. Some applications need a redesign to give their GUI a new, modern look. But obstacles to this exist: • • Reworking screens and reports consumes lots of development resources The application code is stable we don’t want to risk adding bugs to it In certain cases, there is no PB developer available for this Developers are not designers. They have mastered the technique, but do not necessarily know how to create new interfaces with attractive modern looks… Customization Studio proposes a new approach to avoid these problems… www. novalys. net
What is Customization Studio? www. novalys. net
Customization Studio is: – A solution to modify screens and reports of a PB application. – Providing simple tools, designed for non-developers (users, designers. . . ). – Making modifications on an executable copy of the application. Development Source code Executable Copy Design or Relooking End-users New User Interface www. novalys. net
Makeovers for Power. Builder Applications Why use Customization Studio? • No need to pull resources from the development team. Anyone can update the GUI with a new look (user, designer…) • The code of the application remains stable and unchanged. At any time, you can deactivate some or all of the changes • Customization Studio provides Style Sheets to speed up the process: Define a style once and apply it to several components www. novalys. net
Timeframe and budget Average budget for Mid-sized applications (30 to 80 MB PBL, with a few hundred windows) • Software: ~ 10 K$ • Hardware: same requirements as the PB application • Makeover time: from a few weeks to a few months As for the web migration, the makeover can be done internally or outsourced www. novalys. net
What about your applications? Go further: To try Customization Studio for yourself : get a trial To find out the cost of a turn-key makeover : get a quote For any questions about Customization Studio: In English : sales. north-america@novalys. net En Français : sales. europe@novalys. net En Español : sales. latin-america@novalys. net www. novalys. net
Power. Builder + Active Directory Advanced user management www. novalys. net
Reuse Windows Accounts In the majority of companies, a user often has multiple accounts to access multiple systems and applications. Each application often relies on its own access control solution. As a result, each application is managed as a « Silo » . Managing silos comes with the following shortcomings: • You have to maintain several access control systems • You manage multiple accounts per user • Fragmented policy management is too complex • No centralized View and Control of access rights www. novalys. net
Reuse Windows Accounts To eliminate these inconviences, companies use Windows accounts to manage access rights for their users. Visual Guard automatically integrates your PB applications with Active Directory: A Single list of users: All user accounts are listed in the same Repository (Active Directory) Users only need 1 account to access all applications A Single Administration Console: Administrators use the same tools to grant access to all systems You can delegate limited administration rights to local administrators Centralized view and control of: User access rights User operations made in all applications Administration operations for all applications www. novalys. net
Visual Guard Implementation Process: 1. Add the Visual Guard libraries to the Application’s PBL List 2. Declare and instantiate the Security manager 3. Connect to the Security Repository 4. Load the user Security profile 5. Secure the application objects (apply permissions) www. novalys. net
Single Sign-On www. novalys. net
Single Sign-On Why implement Single Sign-On (SSO)? Users are automatically identified by the PB Applications with their Windows account They log in once (Windows startup) and gain access to all applications without being prompted to log in again for each of them Benefits include: Reducing time spent re-entering passwords for the same identity Reducing IT costs and Helpdesk calls about passwords www. novalys. net
Timeframe and budget Average budget for an application serving 100 to 400 users Software: ~ 6 to 10 K$ Hardware: same requirements as the PB application Work: a few hours for implementation. 30 www. novalys. net
What about your applications? Go further: To try Visual Guard for yourself : get a trial To find out the cost of a turn-key integration: get a quote For any questions about Visual Guard : In English : sales. north-america@novalys. net En Français : sales. europe@novalys. net En Español : sales. latin-america@novalys. net www. novalys. net
Make your applications multilingual www. novalys. net
Why make your application multilingual? Extend life-cycle of existing applications Expand commercial markets for existing applications quickly and easily Work in preferred language: multilingual employees, international branches, personnel visiting from abroad Streamline maintenance (single source code) and distribution (single executable code) www. novalys. net
What is Enable? A solution for transforming Power. Builder software into multilingual applications Enable is a Framework-level tool: maximum control, flexible, easy to apply Single source code, single application Power. Builder oriented in every aspect Translated application does not require any royalty fees. www. novalys. net
Timeframe and budget Average budget for a Power. Builder team : Software: ~ 10 K$ Hardware: same requirements as the PB application Work : a few hours to a few days for the implementation. Texts extraction and translation depend on the size of the application. The implementation can be done internally or outsourced 35 www. novalys. net
What about your applications? Go further: To try Enable for yourself : get a trial To find out the cost of a turn-key implementation: get a quote For any questions about Enable : In English : sales. north-america@novalys. net En Français : sales. europe@novalys. net En Español : sales. latin-america@novalys. net www. novalys. net
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