We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Update (build 1769) and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R2 Update (build 1769) are officially released and are available for downloading! This latest release includes updates and bug fixes on 2017 R2 build 1756.

Updated Product Components

The below product components have been updated since build 1756, so their build numbers are now 1769:

• PowerBuilder IDE
• InfoMaker

The below product components are unchanged so their build numbers are still 1756 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.

Downloads

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

Installation Notes

1. If you are currently using PowerBuilder 2017, please uninstall it before installing this PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Update.
2. If you are currently using PowerBuilder 2017 R2 (build 1756), 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 1756) until we provide you a maintenance release that can be installed on top of build 1756. 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.

We are excited to announce that Appeon for PowerBuilder 2016 Build 1129 for Windows/Unix/Linux have been officially released and are available for download! 

A few important bugs have been fixed in this EBF version. Please first review the detailed Bug Fixes before you decide to upgrade your current version.

Installation/Upgrade Process:

1. Please get the proper installer from the links below.

2. 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.

3. Please close PowerBuilder and stop your application server (for example, IIS, WebLogic, etc.), and then run the Appeon for PowerBuilder 2016 Build 1129 setup file. Please make sure all the components (Appeon Developer, and Appeon Server) have been upgraded together.

4. 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 for PowerBuilder 2016 Build 1129.00;
• (Skip this if you are on PowerBuilder 2017 or later) You need to open PowerBuilder and verify that the “Get Support” icon also displays Appeon for PowerBuilder 2016 Build 1129.00.

5. 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 Server to refresh all the old application files.

The following critical issue is identified in the GA release of PowerBuilder 2017 R2 (Build 1756).

Known Issue with DataWindow Computed Columns 

If you make a change to the SQL of a DataWindow that contains computed columns (even if the change is only to add a few spaces), you will get these unexpected results: (1) The DB Name of the computed column will be changed to compute_####; (2) All the properties of the computed column (font, color, position, visibilities) will be reset.

The emergency patch is available in our Download portal along with the download link of PowerBuilder 2017 R2.

Sorry for any inconvenience this issue has caused you.

We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R2 Japanese (Build 1758) and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R2 Japanese (Build 1758) – the first GA release of Appeon PowerBuilder Japanese and Appeon InfoMaker 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 Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R2 (Build 1756) and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R2 (Build 1756) are officially released and available for downloading! This latest release includes updates and bug fixes for PowerBuilder IDE, PowerServer Mobile (PB Edition), and InfoMaker.  

New Features

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

• (Applies to PowerBuilder IDE) Consume RESTful web services and exchange data in JSON;
• (Applies to PowerBuilder IDE) Source control with Git & SVN;
• (Applies to PowerBuilder IDE and InfoMaker) PostgreSQL database connection via ODBC;
• (Applies to PowerBuilder IDE and InfoMaker) Better Native PDF printing quality;
• (Applies to PowerBuilder IDE) MobiLink synchronization using ASA 16 & 17;
• (Applies to PowerBuilder IDE) Enhanced PowerBuilder standalone compiler;
• (Applies to PowerBuilder IDE) PowerBuilder Help is provided in Web HTML format at the Appeon Online Help Center.

For details, please see here.

Bug Fixes

Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R2 and Appeon InfoMaker 2017 R2 have integrated all the bug fixes added to SAP PowerBuilder 12.6 till EBF 4166 (released on Oct.17, 2017). It also contains bug fixes for PowerBuilder 2017 and InfoMaker 2017. You may see here for the bug fixes for PowerBuilder and here for the bug fixes for InfoMaker.

Downloads

Please note that installing PowerBuilder 2017 R2 requires you to uninstall PowerBuilder 2017 first. If you decide to try this version, please get the installers from our Download portal.  

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

This distribution of localized runtime files works with PowerBuilder and InfoMaker 2017 build 1681. It is the same for all the product editions (Standard, Cloud, 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.