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Web Service Framework
By Chris Pollach
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March 5, 2013 11:59 AM EST
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PB Classic Web Service Framework




    Software Tool & Die Inc are please to announce the release of their new STD Foundation Classes for IIs (STD FC IIs). The new IIs framework is solely targeted to helping PowerBuilder Classic developers, develop .Net based Web Services deployed to IIs. The new IIs based framework  - while taking advantage of RAD techniques - employes an MVC (Model, View, Controller) architecture for superior performance, flexibility and extendability. All the STD frameworks are free and can be downloaded from its STD Foundation Classes SourceForge project website.

    The STD IIs FC's are a port of the EAServer version - originally designed from the PocketPC code-line - with a hybrid adaptation of Web.PB and ASP/ASP.net alignment. The interesting thing about these classes is the "small" footprint and exceptional speed at which it operates. On one IIs Server, where every CPU cycle is precious, the FC's have proven heir worth. Now you can enjoy a  "Light" version of the PFC without the heavy learning curve or high compile overhead. The STD IIs FC's will compile to less than 80K (PBD form) compared to nearly 12M for the Sybase PFC's which can not even be used within IIs for Web Services!

   The IIs version of the framework is also complimented by its PB Classic versions for the Win32, Winform and WebForm application platforms plus the Appeon Web & Mobile application platforms as well! This fully extends a "consistent" framework approach to the web browser, tablets, smartphones, and native windows client applications that can now fully utilize PB based web services back end NVUO's in an n-tier archtecture. This allows PB Classic developers to be productive in all of these above mentioned technology areas!
Example application running in Appeon Web consuming NVUO Web Service

   Along with the IIs based framework, STD has released a sample "Web Service" application housed in the Appeon Mobile section. The WS Test application demonstrates a) an actual example MVC web service NVUO built from the FC's that deploys to IIs - plus, b) a PB Win32, Winform client that comsumes the WS and that can also be deployed to Appeon Web or Appeon Mobile to demonstrate its interaction from those environments as well.

Example application running on my actual iPhone accessing WS NVUO


  This marks another mile stone for me as an original Beta tester on PB Alpha release 0.8 (Nov 1989) to PB 12.1.x and now 12.5.x in 2013 without missing a Beta cycle. Please enjoy the STD IIs FC's for PB web services ... I hope you find them as fun to use as I had in building them!  :-)


Regards   ... Chris

Chris Pollach (Author STD FC's)
President - Software Tool & Die Inc.
aka: Great White North Technical Evangelist ("Power" ON!)

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Chris Pollach is a Senior Consultant with over 30 years experience in Systems and Software Analysis, Development, Maintenance and Technical Support, mainly in the areas of GUI Design, MS-Windows Programming, Java / .NET Programming, Wireless, Application / Web Server Design & Programming, Object Oriented Development Tools and Methodologies, Data Base, Data Communications and Network application development. He has participated in numerous technical, planning and management roles, as well as consulted and educated in these fields for a diverse clientele. He is also the owner of “Software Tool & Die Inc.” a company dedicated to provide custom software and education solutions on Object Oriented business systems.

As an educator, Chris is certified to teach PowerBuilder (first in Canada), MS-SQLServer, Sybase’s Enterprise Application Studio and EAServer integrated application/web development environment. He is former Certified SilverStream developer (CSSD) and current Certified PowerBuilder Developer – Associate / Professional (CPD-P) as well as a Certified Sybase Tools Instructor (CSI).

Chris has written numerous articles in various popular personal computer magazines, newsletters and is the author of the PowerGuide and PowerExpert products as well as the STD Foundation Classes. Currently, Chris has developed a Foundation Class library for Sybase's PocketBuilder, SAP's PowerBulder and EAServer products and now Appeon Web & mobile products that integrates JSP or ASP web development, Section 508 / CLF web standards and mobile applications. A new Web Service framework has also been released for IIs to support PowerBuilder based web service NVUO's!

Chris recently became a 2nd Degree Black in the TaeKwonDo martial art and has developed a Martial Art multimedia study guide using the Component-One “Doc2Help” and Sybase PowerBuilder products. Since the fall of 2004 he became a TaeKwonDo instructor for the City of Ottawa’s Goulbourn program. He has also been certified with the World TaeKwonDo Federation (February 2005 - 1st Dan and October 2008 - 2nd Dan).

Chris was awarded the Sybase “Innovation and Achievement” award for 2005 as voted for by the International Sybase User Group (ISUG). This award was presented for innovations to the PocketBuilder mobile development product, contributions to the PowerBuilder News groups and support of the Ottawa Sybase User Group.

To round his management and leadership skills, Chris is the former president of the Kiwanis Club of Goulbourn and still volunteers his time with the service clubs in his area. He is also the coordinator of the Ottawa Sybase User group and a certified NAUI scuba instructor. For the last three years, Chris has been voted onto the ISUG Board of Directors and holds the position of "Director - North American User Groups".