PowerServer Toolkit in PowerBuilder

Installing PowerServer Toolkit

In 2017 and later versions, PowerServer Toolkit is only available in the PowerServer (PB Edition) which is installed along with the PowerBuilder Universal Edition only. PowerServer Toolkit 2017 R2 can deploy apps to PowerServer Web/Mobile 2017 R2, 2017, and 2016, but PowerServer Web/Mobile 2017 R2 can only host apps deployed from PowerServer Toolkit 2017 R2 or 2017.

The PowerServer Toolkit conforms to the US Government Section 508 Accessibility Guidelines.

The following figure represents the user interface of the PowerServer Toolkit.

Figure 2. PowerServer Toolkit

PowerServer Toolkit

The PowerServer Toolkit has 13 buttons. The following table describes the functionality of each button.

Table 1. PowerServer Toolkit functions

Button

Name

Function

Config Wizard

Provides a wizard for quick configuration of PowerServer Toolkit for Web or mobile conversion.

Configure

Sets configurations of PowerServer Toolkit for Web or mobile conversion.

Analyze

Analyzes application source code for unsupported features before deployment. This analysis can cover the whole application, at object level or within an inheritance hierarchy.

Code Insight

Develops PowerBuilder applications that are free of Appeon unsupported features.

Deploy

Starts the complete process of deploying a PowerBuilder application to the Web or Mobile.

Run

Runs the deployed Web application (in Web browsers) or the deployed mobile application (in Appeon Workspace).

Appeon Debugger

Debugs Appeon applications.

Information

Manages logs and reports.

Package

Packages Appeon application files for installation.

Undeploy

Undeploys Web or mobile applications from Web Server(s) and PowerServer(s).

AEM

Launches AEM.

Help

Searches, browses, prints, copies, and pastes useful information from the Appeon user guide

Get Support

Displays the product version and the support information. The Check Update button in it allows you to check the Appeon updates.


Apart from Code Insight and Information, only one PowerServer Toolkit function can be launched at any given time. This prevents a PowerServer Toolkit process from interfering with another.