Moving to PowerBuilder 11.5

Goals

• Migrate from older versions of PowerBuilder to 11.5
• Use the new features of PowerBuilder 11.5, including the new and enhanced features introduced in PowerBuilder 11.1 and 11.2
• Use all of the new .NET features of PowerBuilder 11.5
• Assess the impact of deprecated features

Audience

• Application developers, Project managers, Web Developers

Prerequisites

• * Fast Track to PowerBuilder Parts I and II * Experience building applications with PowerBuilder * Experience with the PowerBuilder 9 (or higher) IDE * Understanding of MS .NET framework

Content

• Migrating from older versions of PowerBuilder
• User Interface Changes
• DataWindow Enhancements
• Database Enhancements
• Creating .NET WinForm applications
• Creating Smart Client applications
• Creating .NET WebForm applications
• Creating .NET Assemblies from PowerBuilder
• Consuming .Net Assemblies in PowerBuilder (Interop)
• Creating .NET Web Services in PowerBuilder
• Consuming .NET Web Services in PowerBuilder
• Enhancements in PowerBuilder 11.1 and 11.2, including Windows Vista support, incremental rebuilds/NETMODULEs, ORCAScript enhancements, pipeline support, Web Service support in WinForms and WebForms, AJAX functionality in WebForms, use of Telerik RAD controls, calling EAServer components from .NET targets, DataWindow painter changes, other IDE enhancements and ASE, Oracle and Informix database enhancements
• Enhancements in PowerBuilder 11.5, including deprecated features, Code Access Security, creating strong-named assemblies, .NET Target support for shared objects, .NET interop enhancements, new DataWindow features (tooltips, gradients, transparency, new 3D graphs, rich text edit style), transaction object enhancements and database enhancements for Oracle 11g and Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Deprecated features in PowerBuilder 11.5

Notes

• During this class, you will learn the technical information you need in order to migrate to PowerBuilder 11.5 from any previous version of PowerBuilder. Through lectures and extensive hands-on labs, you will be exposed to all the new features including those in PowerBuilder 11.0, 11.1, and 11.2. This will offer you an extensive training experience to help you quickly learn the creation of .NET application code from the PowerBuilder IDE and the latest enhancements to developing WinForms, WebForms, Assemblies and Web Services.
• You will also learn to use the Smart Client / Intelligent Updater feature - a by-product of the WinForm application - and take advantage of learning how to more easily deploy and update your applications. The .NET Interoperability feature, where PowerBuilder applications can call and interact with true .NET assemblies is also discussed Other topics include User Interface, DataWindow and Database enhancements.
• As a seasoned PowerBuilder developer coming from pre-version 11.0 PowerBuilder releases, this course will help you learn Sybase's approach to multi-tier development using the .NET capabilities of PowerBuilder.

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