PowerBuilder applications can be classified as one of three types.
Type 1 applications meet the following requirements and can be automatically deployed to the Web:
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The application does not contain any functionality that cannot be implemented on the Web.
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The application does not contain any unsupported features.
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These types of applications tend to be below 50 MB (application PBLs including Framework).
Type 2 applications contain some functionality that cannot be implemented on the Web, and/or some unsupported features. The size of the application may be large, and/or the user objects in the application may have complex interdependencies. Modify the objects or code in the application and make it compliant with Supported PB Features for PowerServer Web.
Type 3 applications contain functions that cannot be implemented on the Web but are critical to the functionality of the application and have very complex frameworks that do not align well with Appeon supported features, such as PFC-based applications. Depending on the business requirements and project scope, the developer can leverage the RAD capabilities of PowerBuilder to get an application on the Web much faster than a typical J2EE or .NET rewrite while preserving the rich PowerBuilder GUI.
