Key Features

Rapid Web Application Development

Appeon for PowerBuilder enables developers to rapidly build Java-based Web applications with 4GL productivity and rich user interface (UI). A complete set of PowerBuilder-equivalent visual objects and controls are available for replicating PowerBuilder UI on the Web.

Thousands of PowerBuilder properties, functions, and events can be used to make the rich UI come alive. Support for event-driven and object-oriented programming models, including support for inheritance, encapsulation and polymorphism, further boosts Web development productivity. Using Appeon for PowerBuilder, enterprises can maximize the potential of their PowerBuilder source code and greatly decrease the development cycle and resources needed to build and maintain the enterprises' Web applications.

In a head-to-head comparison, Appeon for PowerBuilder proved to be a quantum leap ahead of ASP .NET and JSP in terms of productivity for new Web development. Using Appeon for PowerBuilder, the Microsoft .NET Pet Shop blueprint application was built with essentially 4 times fewer lines of code and with 4 times less effort. Appeon Pet World required 564 lines of code and 1 engineering week effort vs. Microsoft .NET Pet Shop's 2,314 lines of code and 4 engineering-weeks effort. In addition, the Appeon Pet World had richer user interface and functionality that was not present in the other Web applications.

Rich Web GUI

Appeon for PowerBuilder can be used to develop Web applications with either Client/Server-style GUI or rich Web GUI. Regardless of what GUI style you choose, Appeon Web applications feature micro-refresh technology and powerful event-driven logic to eliminate the cumbersome and time-consuming "page refresh" once in for all. Now, your application has windows and screens that can execute many complex functionalities on the fly. Simplifying the rich Client/Server UI and chopping up powerful functionality into many simple Web pages is a thing of the past!

Powerful Client-Side Integration

Integrate seamlessly with client applications, including OLE/OCX and DLLs
Perform file operations at the client-side, including open, read, write, close, and delete
Easy access to local Windows resources and peripherals, such as scanners and bar code readers Prints to the client printer with rich formatting, allowing for invoice and label creation.

Advanced Rich Client + J2EE Technologies

Appeon for PowerBuilder utilizes Java technology and deploys your PowerBuilder applications to the J2EE platform. It is the perfect solution for enterprises that have investments in PowerBuilder (code and/or development skills) yet need to embrace the J2EE open standard and convert to the more scalable n-tier Web architecture. You get all the benefits of PowerBuilder with an enterprise-class architecture that will power your organization for years to come.