We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R3 LTS (Build 1862) Japanese and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R3 LTS (Build 1862) Japanese are now officially released and are available for downloading.

Please check here for more information about this release.

We are excited to announce that PowerBuilder/InfoMaker 2017 R3 LTS Localized Runtime Files are now available.

This distribution of localized runtime files works with PowerBuilder and InfoMaker 2017 R3 LTS build 1858. It is the same for all the product editions (Standard, Cloud, and Universal).

The localized runtime files are provided for French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. With the localized runtime files, PowerBuilder/InfoMaker developers can deploy applications with standard runtime dialog boxes in the local language.

Please get the zip file of the localized runtime files from our Download portal.

We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R3 LTS (build 1858) and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R3 LTS (build 1858) are officially released and available for downloading! This latest release includes updates and bug fixes for PowerBuilder IDE, PowerServer (PB Edition), and InfoMaker.

2017 R3 LTS version is eligible for long-term support. For more information on LTS versions, see https://www.appeon.com/products/eol-policy.html.

New Features

A quick look at the major new features included in this release:

• A couple of new objects are provided:
  1. CoderObject for data encoding;
  2. CrypterObject for data encryption;
  3. JSONPackage for merging and extracting JSON data;
  4. TokenRequest, TokenResponse, OAuthClient, OAuthRequest, and ResourceResponse for supporting OAuth 2.0.
• A couple of new functions are provided:
  1. ImportJson, ImportJsonByKey, and ExportJson for importing/exporting JSON.
• Supports connection to Microsoft SQL Server 2017 database via ODBC, OLE DB, ADO.NET or SQL Native.

For details, please see here.

Bug Fixes

You may see here for the bug fixes for PowerBuilder 2017 R3 LTS and here for the bug fixes for InfoMaker 2017 R3 LTS.

Downloads

You may either install PowerBuilder 2017 R3 LTS and InfoMaker 2017 R3 LTS from scratch or upgrade from PowerBuilder 2017/2017 R2 or InfoMaker 2017/2017 R2. If you decide to try this version, please get the installers from our Download portal.  

We are excited to announce that a maintenance release (English/Japanese: build 1769) for Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R2 and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R2 are officially released and are available for downloading! This latest release includes updates and bug fixes on 2017 R2 (English: build 1756; Japanese: build 1758).

Updated Product Components

The below product components have been updated in this maintenance release, so their build numbers are now 1769:

• PowerBuilder IDE
• InfoMaker

The below product components are not updated in this maintenance release:

• PowerServer Mobile (PB Edition)
• PowerServer Toolkit
• PowerServer Help

Bug Fixes

A few important bugs, such as the SetRow-related bug, etc., have been fixed in this latest release. You may see here for the detailed bug fixes for PowerBuilder and here for InfoMaker.

Downloads

Please get the installers of this release from our Download portal.

Installation Notes

1. If you are currently using PowerBuilder 2017 R2 (English: build 1756; Japanese: build 1758), please directly apply this MR (English/Japanese: build 1769) on the top of your current PowerBuilder 2017 R2.
2. If you have already installed the full version of PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Update (English/Japanese: build 1769), there’s no need for upgrading to this MR because this MR is equivalent to it.
3. If you are currently using PowerBuilder 2017, please uninstall it and then install the full version of PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Update (English/Japanese: build 1769).

We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerServer 2017 Japanese for Windows/Unix/Linux are officially released and available for download! 

Product Name Changes:

Please be aware that starting from version 2017, we have made these product name changes:

The purpose of this change is to avoid confusions with our company's new product: Appeon PowerBuilder. 

Installation/Upgrade Process:

1. Before you upgrade to this Appeon PowerServer 2017 Japanese, it is strongly recommended that you read the important instructions.

2. Please get the proper installer from the links in the below table.

3. An SHA256 hash code is provided for each installer. Please use the SHA256 code to verify the integrity of the downloaded installer file: you can get a sha256sum program from Internet (for example, at http://www.labtestproject.com/files/win/sha256sum/sha256sum.exe), and follow the instructions of the program to compare the SHA256 value of the downloaded installer file and the SHA256 value that is provided for the installer.

4. Please close PowerBuilder and stop your application server (for example, IIS, WebLogic, etc.), and then run the Appeon PowerServer 2017 Build 1758 setup file. Please make sure all the components (Appeon PowerServer, and Appeon Workspace) have been upgraded together.

5. After the installation, please verify the product versions to make sure you have all pieces successfully upgraded: you need to start your application server and verify that AEM still works and displays the version Appeon PowerServer 2017 Build 1758.00, and you also need to open Appeon Workspace and verify it also displays Appeon Workspace Build 1758.00.

6. Redeploy apps in a “Full Deployment” mode: once you have all the pieces upgraded, you now would need to do a “Full Deployment” of your applications to the upgraded Appeon PowerServer to refresh all the old application files in PowerBuilder 2017 or later .

Important Notes:

1. Trial versions are not included in the below table. If you want a free trial, please get a trial for PowerServer Web here; and a trial for PowerServer Mobile here.

2. Starting from Appeon PowerServer 2017 GA version, PowerServer Toolkit is no longer included in the PowerServer installation package. PowerServer Toolkit is now available as a component of Appeon PowerBuilder Universal edition (version 2017 and later).

3. Please do not install PowerServer Mobile included in the PowerBuilder 2017 Universal edition on a machine that already has Appeon PowerServer 2017 for .NET installed. This is unsupported and will cause both servers to stop working. If you accidentally installed both servers on the same machine, please uninstall both from the Control Panel and then select only one to reinstall.

4. If you receive the error "Your license is not activated within the valid period" after upgrading to PowerServer 2017 Japanese, please click here for resolutions.

We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Japanese update version (build 1769) and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R2 Japanese update version (build 1769) are now officially released and are available for downloading.

Updated Product Components

The below product components have been updated since build 1758, so their build numbers are now 1769:

• PowerBuilder IDE
• InfoMaker

The below product components are unchanged, so their build numbers are still 1758 in this release:

• PowerServer Mobile (PB Edition)
• PowerServer Toolkit
• PowerServer Help

Bug Fixes

A few important bugs, such as the SetRow-related bug, etc., have been fixed in this latest Update. You may see here for the detailed bug fixes for PowerBuilder and here for InfoMaker (Note that the bug fixes for this Japanese version are the same as the bug fixes for the English version).

Downloads

Please get the installers of this release from our Download portal.

Installation Notes

If you are currently using PowerBuilder 2017 R2 (build 1758), there are two options. You could:

• either uninstall the PowerBuilder IDE component before installing the component in this PowerBuilder R2 Update;
• or continue using PowerBuilder 2017 R2 (the previous build 1758) until we provide you a maintenance release that can be installed on top of build 1758. The maintenance release will provide the same updates/bug fixes as build 1769, and will soon be available in this April.

No matter which option you will take, it is unnecessary for you to install or update PowerServer Mobile, PowerServer Toolkit, and PowerServer Help.