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Resolved How can i have different instances of my PowerClient application ?

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  1. Edinson Nongrados
    Edinson Nongrados
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  3. Monday, 14 February 2022 09:52 AM UTC

Hello,

 

We're doing tests of our PowerClient with an FTP as the server and we have seen that we can create differents instances of our application by changing the name of the App. 

I have different clients and perhaps some needs to download other version of my app or we want to do some tests with differents enviroments like PRE/PRO/DEV, I want to know if there is a way to do it without changing the application name for each instance of the app.

Something like differents folders to organize my differents PowerClients instances for each enviroment (PRE/PRO). 

 

 

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Marco Meoni
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  1. Tuesday, 15 February 2022 12:53 PM UTC
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Hi Edison,

I have created my html home page with same app but different arguments in the link, for example

  • ?app=NAME1&env=DEV
  • ?app=NAME2&env=DEV
  • ?app=NAME3&env=DEV
  • ?app=NAME1&env=PROD

Then I let commandline argument to do the work in the application open event.

If app = 'NAME' Then ...

If env = 'PROD' Then ...

My goal was in fact to deploy same app.EXE to all environments (DEV, TEST, PROD, ...)

Best,

.m

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Edinson Nongrados
  1. Edinson Nongrados
  2. Tuesday, 15 February 2022 13:58 PM UTC
Hi Marco,



Nice, How did you do to get the arguments of the link?
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Marco Meoni
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  2. Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:53 PM UTC
Hi,

on each server have your fancy index.html under inetpub\wwwroot, and in there the launch link(s), for example



<a href="./myapp/?app=NAME1&env=PROD" target="_blank">My PS 2021 app</a>



.m
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Edinson Nongrados
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  2. Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:36 AM UTC
This was really helpful
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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
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  1. Monday, 14 February 2022 16:04 PM UTC
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Sure, just don't use the built-in FTP deploy feature.  Instead, create .ZIP file and copy that over to the Web server.  On the Web server create multiple folders prod/test/dev and unzip the files into each of the folders. 

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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  1. Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  2. Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:19 PM UTC
Signing the app is completely separate. You can in signing tab have the app signed but in client deployment tab set the option to create .ZIP file.
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Marco Meoni
  1. Marco Meoni
  2. Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:57 PM UTC
you are right
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Edinson Nongrados
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  2. Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:36 AM UTC
Ok, i understand
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Monday, 14 February 2022 16:03 PM UTC
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Hi Edison;

  Please continue to use this technique for the time being. I found a problem testing my STD framework for multiple instances of a PC or PS App and the 2nd instance crashes. I opened a Support ticket and Appeon was able to recreate the issue. Engineering is now looking at this.

Regards ... Chris

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
  1. Chris Pollach @Appeon
  2. Tuesday, 15 February 2022 19:04 PM UTC
No, I am talking about running a 2nd copy of *any* PowerClient or PowerServer app from either its URL or its short-cut. When the 2nd instance starts from the User's PC where the CAL has already installed the App (instance #1), instance #2 will always "Hard Crash"!

Update: Engineering gave me a fix to the PBSHR.dlll this AM and this seems to have fixed this issue on all my PB2021 PowerClient and PowerServer test applications (both 32bit and 64bit). I have now tested this fix on W10 and W11 successfully. :-)

BTW: the ticket number is 7892.
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  2. Wednesday, 16 February 2022 14:49 PM UTC
FYI: Here is the fix ... https://www.appeon.com/developers/get-help/knowledgebase/powerclientpowerserver-applications-crash-when-multiple-instances-are-run-powerbuilder-2021-build-1506.html

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Edinson Nongrados
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  2. Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:37 AM UTC
got it!!!
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