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Using PowerBuilder Nonvisual Assemblies In VS.Net

Charlotte PowerBuilder ConferenceMoving at the Speed of Change May 2015

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


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


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

Bruce Armstrong


AGENDA

• Generating .Net Assemblies with Classic PowerBuilder • Generating .Net Assemblies with PowerBuilder.Net • Using Powerbuilder Generated .Net Assemblies in Visual

Studio.Net


GENERATING .NET ASSEMBLIES USING POWERBUILDER CLASSIC


New Target -> .NET Assembly


Start from scratch or use existing files


For a new target, specify the nonvisual class to create


Indicating the namespace for the assembly and the assembly name


Selecting methods to expose and giving them .Net friendly names


Signing an assembly to give it a strong name


GENERATING .NET ASSEMBLIES USING POWERBUILDER.NET


New Target -> .Net Assembly


Specify the class to use to create the assembly


USING POWERBUILDER GENERATED .NET ASSEMBLIES IN VS.NET


Add Reference


Navigate to location of assembly


ADD RUNTIME LIBRARIES

atl71.dllmsvcp71.dllmsvcr71.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.Common.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.Core.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.DataWindow.Interop.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.DataWindow.Win.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.Win.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.WinWebDataWindowCommon.dll


ADD CODE TO USE ASSEMBLY

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { TeamSybase.ClassicAssembly ca = new

TeamSybase.ClassicAssembly(); ca.HelloWorld(); }


CHANGE CLIENT PROFIE TO .NET FRAMEWORK 4

It usually defaults to .Net Framework 4 Client Profile, which doesn’t contain all the references that the PowerBuilder assembly needs


AND RUN THE CODE


• 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

SOME LINKS

http://goo.gl/VXouQ

http://goo.gl/Mrd3Ql

http://goo.gl/53pe7a





• 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

SOME LINKS

http://goo.gl/IUHN1N

http://goo.gl/DtaS58

http://goo.gl/WVyNo7


• 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

SOME LINKS

http://elearnitonline.com/


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