PowerBuilder-Centric

Thursday March 22nd 2012
at 12:00 PM EST (New York) – 17h00 CET (Paris)

Imagine a PowerBuilder extension that would allow end-users to modify applications themselves! Customization Studio lets them edit a window as if it were a simple MS Office document. Users modify the executable version of the application, without changing the source code, creating an immediate result.
Customization Studio 2012 features a new application called “NCS Designer”; it provides tools designed for non-technical users. In this presentation, we will see how to use these tools to customize reports, add new items in your windows, modernize the look & feel of the application and more…

Presenter: Christophe Dufourmantelle

Register:
http://powerbuilder.tv/index.php/en/upcoming-webinars/1-upcoming-webinars/152-introduction-to-customization-studio-2012

Thursday March 8th 2012
at 09:00am CST (Ciudad de Mexico) / 16:00 CET (Madrid)

Cómo hacer aplicaciones multitarea con PowerBuilder
- Presented in Spanish -

En este webinar realizaremos aplicaciones multitarea en versiones de Powerbuilder anteriores a la 12, para que se puedan ejecutar como procesos independientes para aprovechar al máximo el procesador y la memoria. También explicarán las nuevas funcionalidades y ventajas del trabajo multiproceso en PowerBuilder 12.5 utilizando funciones de PowerBuilder.NET.

Presenter: Oscar Tobar

Register:
http://powerbuilder.tv/index.php/en/upcoming-webinars/1-upcoming-webinars/153-como-hacer-aplicaciones-multitarea-con-powerbuilder

Date: Thursday February 23rd at 11am EST (New York) / 17h00 CET (Paris)

PowerBuilder 12.5.1 will be released soon as a free download for anyone using PowerBuilder 12.5. While this is primarily a maintenance release it will include two new powerful features in the PowerBuilder .NET IDE. Join Dave Fish as he discusses and demonstrates the ability to dynamically load PowerBuilder assemblies into a WPF application at runtime as well as the ability to deploy 64-bit .NET applications.

Presenter: Dave Fish

Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/738111978

- English Session -
Date: Thursday February 9th at 11am EST (New York) / 17h00 CET (Paris)

After the success of the French version, we offer an English version of “How to migrate your PowerBuilder applications.”

What are the advantages of migrating to PB 12.x Classic and PB 12.x .NET? What are the costs and difficulties related to migration?
To learn step by step how to migrate your applications and in order to answer any question you may have, join us February 9, 2012 on PowerBuilderTV.

Presenter : Bassam Tannouri
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/682532730

Présenté en FRANÇAIS / Presented in FRENCH

Date: Thursday January 19th at 11am EST (New York) / 17h00 CET (Paris)

Quels sont les avantages d’une migration vers PB 12.x Classic ou PB 12.x .NET ? Quel sont les coûts et les difficultés liés à la migration ?
Pour apprendre à migrer vos applications pas à pas et répondre à toutes ses questions, rejoignez-nous le 19 janvier 2011 sur PowerBuilderTV.

What are the advantages of migrating to PB 12.x Classic and PB 12.x .NET? What are the costs and difficulties related to migration?
To learn step by step how to migrate your applications and in order to answer any question you may have, join us January 19, 2012 on PowerBuilderTV.

Presenter : Bassam Tannouri

Register – https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/663938618

Thursday, January 12th
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Offices of: McKesson
10735 David Taylor Drive
Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28262

SQL Performance Improvements

Jerry Day of McKesson will speak about improving your sql with an eye towards performance tuning, aggregate reporting, and overall maintenance improvement.  Microsoft SQLServer 2008 is the topic database but the discussion will center on ANSI SQL.

Source Control for the Home User

Matt Balent will demonstrate the use of WIzsource, a full featured source control system available from TopWiz Software, which is free for single use.  Written in Powerbuilder, it supports the SCC API and can be used with SQL Anywhere, Sybase ASE, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle 9/10.

Register: http://my.isug.com/e/in/eid=127

Date: Thursday January 12th at 11am EST (New York) / 17h00 CET (Paris)

As a .NET language, PowerBuilder 12 supports the Microsoft Common Language Specification (CLS.) We’ll review the CLS, learn how to utilize external .NET resources, how to create .NET Consumer Role compatible applications using the PowerBuilder 12 Classic IDE, and how to create .NET compatible extenders using the PowerBuilder .NET IDE.

Presenter: Don Clayton

Register – https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/642801058

And here it is!

New WPF DataWindow Features:

• AutoWidth Column for grid style DataWindow
• Optimized SRD syntax
• DataWindow Buffers in the Debugger
• Tab Order and Enabled support
• Child DataWindow control support
• New Candlestick Graph DataWindow style
• Global Functions list

New Win32 DataWindow Features:

• AutoWidth Column for grid style DataWindow
• New Properties for DataWindow controls
• Transparent Property for Window Controls
• Transparency property for all Standalone Controls
• Sharing data sources with .NET
• RTF and Images in the DataWindow
• User-Drawn Controls in the DataWindow

New Target Types

• WCF Services
• Support for Custom Visual User Objects (CVUO) as .NET Assemblies
• PB .NET Assembly

REST Client support – PowerBuilder .NET targets can be clients that consume RESTful (Representational State Transfer) Web Services

Miscellaneous Enhancements

• Batch Command Processing
• Multithreading support
• Language Enhancements
• Script Editor semantic checking
• ASE 15.5 BigTime and BigDateTime datatype support

.NET 4.0 Framework support

• Improved security for .NET applications
•  Improved exception handling for applications that leverage the .NET framework
•  Improved WPF 4.0 enhancements – so all the new functionality that Microsoft has put into the .NET Framework 4.0  for WPF will be leveraged in the targets listed above

You can download this release at the Sybase Product Download Center:
https://sybase.subscribenet.com/

If you have lost your password, use the “Password Finder” link at the bottom of the Product Download

Center login page, enter your email address, and your password will be emailed to you.

For help downloading or questions regarding your Sybase Product Download Center account, contact

sybase@subscribenet.com or call 1-888-715-4687 (in the U.S.) or 1-408-642-3965 (outside the U.S.).

**Upcoming webinars on PowerBuilderTV**

The summer heat is here, but PBTV’s with you throughout July!
We’re taking a break in August to gear up for Techwave, but will be back in September with a whole new set of exciting sessions.

Don’t forget to check out the archive of past webinars!http://powerbuildertv.com/index.php/en/archived-webinars

We look forward to seeing you online.

How to make your application multilingual with Enable 3.5
Wednesday July 13th
at 10:00am EST (New York) / 16:00 CET (Paris)

In this webinar, you will see how to upgrade your applications to a multilingual interface with just a few, simple changes to your code. Enable 3.5 allows you to translate the application and adapt the User Interface in runtime.
Presenter: Gian Luca De Bonis

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/179076234

Analyze PowerBuilder and Stored Procedures Code
Tuesday July 19th
at 11:00am EST (New York) / 17:00 CET (Paris)

Manage the evolution of your applications: save time and avoid costly mistakes.
We’ll show you a tool for code exploration, impact analysis, source code documentation, code review and dead code detection.

You’ll see how to:�
* Perform Impact Analysis across your entire application
* Browse cross-references in PowerBuilder, Stored Procedures and DBMS code
* Generate complete documentation for your code in a few minutes

Presenter: Christophe Dufourmantelle

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/308638714

It’s Not All About .NET
Tuesday July 26th
at 12:00pm EST (New York) / 18:00 CET (Paris)

PowerBuilder has been evolving over the last several releases to more comprehensively support .NET, but what if you don’t have any plans to go to .NET or the effort to migrate your application from Win32 just can’t be justified? Well Sybase hasn’t forgotten about you Win32 developers and in this session Dave Fish will show you the PowerBuilder Classic enhancements to be found in PowerBuilder 12.5.
See how you can modernize the look and feel of your Win32 applications without having to migrate to .NET! You’ll also learn how you can incorporate .NET code into your Win32 applications so that you can achieve the best of both worlds. Finally, Dave will talk about additional Win32 enhancements being planned for PowerBuilder 15.

Presenter: Dave Fish

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/509311947

Want to win your very own PowerBuilder t-shirt?
Join us June 21st at 12pm EST for John Strano’s session on CVUOs
in Visual Studio, and count the number of times John says ‘user objects’.
If you’re one of the closest, you could be sporting one all summer!
To register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/812457634

With PowerBuilder 12.5, Custom Visual User Objects (CVUOs)
can be deployed as WPF User Control libraries.
Bring the power of the DataWindow to C# and VB .NET solutions.
Become the star of any .NET development team!

Presenter: John Strano 12:00pm EST (New York) / 18:00 CET (Paris)