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Using PowerBuilder Nonvisual Assemblies In VS.Net

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Development lead with Integrated Data Services for last 11 years

Previously spent 15 years as an independent PowerBuilder consultant

Have been using PowerBuilder since version 1.0.B

Bruce Armstrong

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Charter member of TeamSybase (formerly TeamPS), a PowerBuilder MVP and an SAP Mentor.

Contributing author to SYS-CON's PowerBuilder 4.0 Secrets of the Masters and an editor of SAMs' PowerBuilder 9: Advanced Client/Server Development

Bruce Armstrong

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Contributed numerous articles to the PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (PBDJ) and the ISUG Tech Journal

Editor-in-chief of PBDJ from 2004 to 2013

At one point, a technical editor for the ISUG Tech Journal

Bruce Armstrong

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AGENDA

• Generating .Net Assemblies with Classic PowerBuilder • Generating .Net Assemblies with PowerBuilder.Net • Using Powerbuilder Generated .Net Assemblies in Visual

Studio.Net

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GENERATING .NET ASSEMBLIES USING POWERBUILDER CLASSIC

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New Target -> .NET Assembly

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Start from scratch or use existing files

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For a new target, specify the nonvisual class to create

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Indicating the namespace for the assembly and the assembly name

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Selecting methods to expose and giving them .Net friendly names

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Signing an assembly to give it a strong name

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GENERATING .NET ASSEMBLIES USING POWERBUILDER.NET

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New Target -> .Net Assembly

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Specify the class to use to create the assembly

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USING POWERBUILDER GENERATED .NET ASSEMBLIES IN VS.NET

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Add Reference

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Navigate to location of assembly

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ADD RUNTIME LIBRARIES

atl71.dllmsvcp71.dllmsvcr71.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.Common.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.Core.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.DataWindow.Interop.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.DataWindow.Win.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.Win.dllSybase.PowerBuilder.WinWebDataWindowCommon.dll

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ADD CODE TO USE ASSEMBLY

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { TeamSybase.ClassicAssembly ca = new

TeamSybase.ClassicAssembly(); ca.HelloWorld(); }

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CHANGE CLIENT PROFIE TO .NET FRAMEWORK 4

It usually defaults to .Net Framework 4 Client Profile, which doesn’t contain all the references that the PowerBuilder assembly needs

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AND RUN THE CODE

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• All of my PowerBuilder samples, including the source code for the demos I've done at various conferences are available in the PowerBuilder Samples folder on my Google Drive: http://goo.gl/VXouQ

• The PowerBuilder Developer's Journal may have gone away, but I'm going a free "magazine" on FlipBoard. It's basically just collection of articles from all over the internet on PowerBuilder: http://goo.gl/Mrd3Ql

• I've done a number of videos for the SAP Database and Technology Academy. The PowerBuilder related videos, including mine, are available at:http://goo.gl/53pe7a

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• I've done a number of webinars for PowerBuilder.TV. The archives of the webinars related to PowerBuilder, including mine, are available at: http://goo.gl/IUHN1N

• Also, don't forget the PowerBuilder Developer Center, where a bunch of us hang out to answer questions, write blogs and documents: http://goo.gl/DtaS58

• You might also want to check out the PowerBuilder Central site. It's an attempt to collect references to different resources like this and make the available in a central location: http://goo.gl/WVyNo7

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• If you're looking for PowerBuilder training, be sure to check out Yakov Werde's training offerings (as well as his consulting services) at: elearnitonline.com

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