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PowerServer 2021 Security Measures

* Appeon * PowerServer

Installable cloud apps deployed from PowerServer 2021 adopt standard cloud-native architecture running on the .NET framework and adhere to industry best practices for security. All SQLs and DataWindows execute behind the firewall. Data is accessed th...

Elevate 2020 Review

Bruce Armstrong PowerBuilder

Well, this year's conference was definitely different. As a result of COVID Elevate 2020 was entirely online. In other words, no breakfasts, lunches, evening events, happy hour, etc. so they won't be part of the review this year.SummaryI thought it...

New Deployment Options Coming Soon

* Appeon * PowerBuilder

The new generation of PowerServer (PowerServer 2021) will enable you to automatically deploy PowerBuilder projects as “installable cloud apps”. The apps are installable on desktops or pads. Cloud meaning the database and the database-related operati...

A World of Features with PowerBuilder 2019

* Appeon * PowerBuilder

PowerBuilder 2019, released on May 31, 2019, brings to the table C# development capabilities (a C# IDE and .NET data access objects), enhanced REST Web API client for PowerScript desktop and Web apps, new UI technology for PowerScript desktop apps, ...

NEW ARTICLES

Defining a PostgreSQL Database Profile in PB2019R3

PB2019R3PostgreSQL v12 database Summary: Ensure that the database properties are defined correctly for the PostgreSQL database in the DB Painter. If those properties are not defined correctly, the PB2019R3 IDE...

Create Multiple DSNs from a single PostgreSQL Driver

FYI - Summary: You can create multiple databases from a single PostgreSQL driver. Details:PowerBuilder R2019R3 PostgreSQL 12Windows 10 These instructions assume that at least one PostgreSQL driver has been successfull...

Generating a QR code using QRCoder

QRCoder is an open source .Net assembly for creating QR Codes. What we're going to do is wrap that with an assembly in SnapDevelop we can use from PowerBuilder. First thing we need to do is create a .Net standard Class...

Detecting a smart card insertion/removal from PowerBuilder

This is a follow up article to an earlier article I wrote called Communication with a smart card from PowerBuilder. In that article I showed how to interact with a smart card once it was inserted in the reader. In this...

Git for a single developer

Let's say you're an independent contractor or a one person shop. You want to take advantage of the source control features of Git, but you don't want to have to set up a server just for one developer. Fortunately, you...

"Haunted" Apps - How to Avoid Ghost (Unresponsive) Windows

Are any of the windows in your PowerBuilder applications “haunted” by ghosts? In the Windows operating system, the term “ghosting” is used to describe how the Desktop Window Manager visually intervenes on a user...