Product Information

The Appeon Approach

Appeon for PowerBuilder enables developers to rapidly transform PowerBuilder Client/Server applications into Web applications that deployment to the .NET platform. A complete set of PowerBuilder-equivalent visual objects and controls are available for replicating the rich Client/Server-style UI on the Web.

Thousands of PowerBuilder properties, functions, and events can be used to make the application 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.

For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)

• Transform your existing Client/Server product portfolio into true n-tier Web applications in just a few months
• Enhance your existing product portfolio with new Web products in just weeks or months
• Differentiate your offering by offering the richest and most productive Web application UI
• Standardize on one code base for both Client/Server and Web
• Integrate your Web products with other desktop and Client/Server applications seamlessly
• Communicate with desktop hardware and peripherals unlike typical Web applications
• Reduce your customers' application deployment/maintenance costs and headaches

For PowerBuilder Enterprises

• Embrace the Web and .NET faster than any other option
• Extend the life of your mission critical applications for years to come
• Eliminate developer retooling costs, downtime, and the on-going productivity loss of using
• less productive development tools
• Eliminate user retraining costs, downtime, and the on-going productivity loss of moving to
• inferior page-based Web application interfaces
• Simplify IT complexity and reduce deployment costs
• Minimize the risk of project delay, budget overruns, or worse

For Software Developers

• Instantly begin embracing the Web and .NET without any learning curve
• Enjoy the unbeatable productivity of PowerBuilder and rich Client/Server UI in building Web applications
• Do the work of at least 4 typical Web developers or just work 2 hours a day and still look like a star
• Focus on building application business logic rather than wasting time on mundane and technical details
• Deploy your existing PowerBuilder projects to the Web and .NET platform
• Take advantage of powerful Web technologies including Web Services, XML and JMS