Enhancing an application with Web or Appeon features

The following table gives you a general idea on how to enhance applications with Web or Appeon features.

Table 4. Enhance a deployed application with Web/Appeon features

Type of the Feature

Description of the Feature

How to add it in the deployed application

Typical Web features

  • Accessibility of the application via URLs or SAP Sybase Enterprise Portal

  • Firewall compatibility. The Web file transfer is HTTP over port 80.

  • SSL and digital certificate security

  • Superior scalability. Typical applications support 60-80 concurrent users per server CPU that maps to 300-500 named/end users per server CPU.

  • More...

Such features are automatically added in the deployment application, with no need for any special coding.

Refer to the section called “Loading an application in SAP Sybase Enterprise Portal” for details on how to load the application in Enterprise Portal.

Appeon Server open interfaces

Use Appeon Server open interfaces to manage Appeon-deployed Web applications using PowerBuilder code.

The interface(s) should be called in the PowerBuilder application to take effect in the deployed application.

Refer to the section called “Appeon Server open interfaces” for details.

Appeon client functions

Use Appeon client functions to get client information or server information, or use Appeon enhanced features in the applications.

The client function(s) should be called in the PowerBuilder application to take effect in the deployed application.

Refer to the section called “Appeon client functions” for details.

Web integration

  • Provides flexible & open Java, .NET, & Web Services integration

  • Connectivity to Java/EJB, PB NVO, C/C++ DLL, COM/ActiveX Components on Application Servers

  • Connectivity to Web Services, J2EE, and .NET

  • Connectivity to Messaging Queues (MQSeries, JMS, etc.)

There are different ways for implementing the integration of an Appeon Web application with other applications.

Refer to the section called “Single sign-on” and the section called “Integrating Appeon Web applications with JSP/ASP” for details.