We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerBuilder 2019 GA version and Appeon InfoMaker 2019 GA version, build 2082, are officially released and available for downloading! This latest release includes updates and bug fixes for PowerBuilder IDE, PowerServer (PB Edition), and InfoMaker, and introduces C# development features including C# Model Generator, SnapDevelop (PB Edition), SnapObjects framework, and PowerBuilder .NET APIs.

New Features

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

• Appeon Installer – an online installation procedure for installing the products or downloading the product offline installation packages.
• PowerBuilder is empowered with C# features:
  1. C# migration - C# Model Generator is provided to generate C# models from PowerBuilder DataWindows.
  2. C# development - SnapDevelop (PB Edition) is a full-featured C# development IDE. It is provided on a standalone basis and can be launched from the PowerBuilder IDE.
  3. .NET packages - Two .NET packages (PowerBuilder.Data and PowerBuilder.Data.AspNetCore) are provided to implement the .NET replacement for the PowerBuilder DataStore. Furthermore, SnapObjects is a lightweight yet powerful ORM framework for C#, which is compatible with the .NET Core and can be developed with any C# IDE.
• New UI theme - A modern look and feel for your application user interface.
• TX Text Control - We’ve incorporated back the very same OEM implementation and version of the TX Text Control that was incorporated in PowerBuilder 12.6.
• New Windows 10 style icons and small pictures - A set of Windows 10 style icons are provided for selection under the "icons" list and the "small pictures" list in the Property tab for controls.

For more new features and detailed information, please see here.

Bug Fixes

You may see here for the bug fixes for PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2082 and here for the bug fixes for InfoMaker 2019 Build 2082.

Downloads

You may either install PowerBuilder 2019 Build 2082 and InfoMaker 2019 Build 2082 from scratch or upgrade from PowerBuilder 2019 Beta or InfoMaker 2019 Beta respectively. If you decide to try this version, please get the installers from our Downloads portal.

We are excited to announce that Appeon PowerServer 2019 Japanese for Windows/Unix/Linux are officially released and available for download!

New Features:

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

• Updated system environment:
  1. Microsoft SQL server 2017 is supported;
  2. Apple iOS 12 is supported;
  3. Google Android 8.x and 9.x are supported.
• The following new objects are supported:
  1. HTTPClient;
  2. JSONGenerator (Web only);
  3. JSONParser (Web only);
  4. RESTClient (Web only).
• New API for detecting network state is added.
• Android apps are now powered by Chrome V8 engine.

For details, please see here.

Installation/Upgrade Process:

1. Before you upgrade to this Appeon PowerServer 2019 Japanese version, it is strongly recommended that you read the important instructions.

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 an sha256sum program from the 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.) before installation.

4. Please get the proper installer from the links below and then perform Appeon PowerServer 2019 setup; 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 2019 Build 2032.00, and you also need to open Appeon Workspace and verify it also displays Appeon Workspace Build 2032.00.

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 Server 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. If the PowerServer (AEM) becomes inactivated after upgrading to PowerServer 2019, please click here to activate it.

We are excited to announce that PowerBuilder/InfoMaker 2017 R3 MR Localized Runtime Files (Build 1885) are now available.

This distribution of localized runtime files works with PowerBuilder/InfoMaker 2017 R3 MR (build 1880). 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 Downloads portal.

Appeon PowerBuilder 2019 Beta 2 is available for testing now! If you are an existing Appeon PowerBuilder customer or an Elevate 2018 attendee, please join us in this beta program. Your beta testing efforts and feedback will help us build a better product and put forth an even stronger product roadmap.

We hope you will make the time to evaluate and provide us feedback on the following key new features:

Appeon Installer

• Online installation procedure - using the Download and Install button.

C# Educational Resources

• Tutorials, developer guides, and API references at https://www.appeon.com/support/documents/appeon_online_help/appeon_online_help.htm.
• Sample code for C# DataStore, ModelStore, and ModelMapper at https://github.com/gitappeon.

C# Migration

• Migrating an existing DataWindow/DataStore to the new C# DataStore - select the RMB menu Generate Data Models (C#) on the DataObject in the PowerBuilder IDE.
• Using the project template feature of the SnapDevelop IDE, developing a C# Web API using the migrated C# DataStore.
• Modifying your DataWindow control to call the migrated C# DataStore using the RESTClient object.

C# Development

• Using the project template feature of the SnapDevelop IDE, developing a C# Web API with the new C# ModelStore and/or ModelMapper.
• Using the project template feature of the SnapDevelop IDE, adding xUnit unit testing to your C# Web API.

Of course we hope you will go beyond these key new features and explore all that you can do with C# in this release at https://www.appeon.com/support/documents/appeon_online_help/snapdevelop2019/features_list.

However, please refrain from doing any C# development with the PowerBuilder IDE. We have not yet completed integrating SnapDevelop into the PowerBuilder IDE. So please exclusively use SnapDevelop to explore the new C# features (with the exception of DataWindow/DataStore migration to C#).

For more information about this beta program, please check here.