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ISUG-TECH 2015 Conference
Deployment and Development approaches for the ISV using PowerBuilder and SQL Anywhere
Jeff Gibson
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Agenda Welcome Introduction Deployment and Development
approaches for the ISV using PowerBuilder and SQL Anywhere
Q&A
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Jeff Gibson Been developing in PowerBuilder since
PowerBuilder 4 had been released. Also started developing our databases in SQL Anywhere at the same time. Back then it was called Watcom 4.
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ISV Development Approaches
PowerBuilder in the Enterprise! The little guy (the ISV). The marriage of PowerBuilder and SQL
Anywhere. Other ISV Thoughts.
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PowerBuilder and SQL Anywhere is a match made in Heaven. One of the easiest set of products to develop and deploy in.
ID03T Error. To many cooks in the kitchen. Manual Installs.
Window Installs are just too difficult? NOT!!
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ISV Development Approaches
Enter the installer…
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Dependency Walker
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PowerBuilder Runtime Packager
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Isolating (and personalizing) your SQL Anywhere deployment.
Deployment File Names File Resources (must have permission) Examples
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Many types of installer models. Win32 (.exe), Smart Client, MSI, MSM.
Viewpoint Architecture Explanation. Install in the database.
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Connection Level Variables. What they are, where they can be used, how they help.
Examples.
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PowerBuilder – Execute Immediate –Immediate access to the database.
Discussions.
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SQL Anywhere – Internal Events vs. External Tasks.
Discussions.
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SQL Anywhere – Error Reporting Ideas xp_write_file() xp_sendmail() xp_startmail() xp_startsmtp() xp_stopmail() xp_stopsmtp() Discussions.
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SQL Anywhere – Remote Servers/Proxy Tables
3rd Party ISV Integration. Demo.
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SQL Anywhere – Web Services Allows you to expose any data that you
want any outside product to have access to. Like your own version of a COM API.
Discussions.
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Questions and Answers
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Thank You for Attending
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