PWB514 TechWave 200 Presentation

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PWB 514 PocketBuilder Advanced Topics
Reed Shilts Development Manager rshilts_at_powersoft.
com August 15-19, 2004
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The Enterprise. Unwired.
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The Enterprise. Unwired.
Industry and Cross Platform Solutions
Unwire People
Unwire Information
Manage Information

• Adaptive Server Enterprise
• Adaptive Server Anywhere
• Sybase IQ
• Dynamic Archive
• Dynamic ODS
• Replication Server
• OpenSwitch
• Mirror Activator
• PowerDesigner
• Connectivity Options
• EAServer
• Industry Warehouse Studio

• Unwired Accelerator
• Unwired Orchestrator
• Unwired Toolkit
• Enterprise Portal
• Real Time Data Services

• SQL Anywhere Studio
• M-Business Anywhere
• Pylon Family (Mobile Email)
• Mobile Sales
• XcelleNet Frontline Solutions
• PocketBuilder
• PowerBuilder Family
• AvantGo

Sybase Workspace
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Agenda

• Documented Features (but seldom used)
• Barely Documented Features
• UnDocumented Features
• Some PocketBuilder 2.0

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Documented Features (but seldom used)

• Source Code Control (SCC)
• UltraLite DataBase (PocketBuilder 1.5.2)
• Secure Streams (ASA 9.0.1.xxxxx)
• Server Push (Server Initiated Sync)
• Interface with QAnywhere (ASA 9.0.1.xxxx)

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Barely Documented Features

• Interface with PowerDesigner 10
• Event Notification of SD card insert/removal
• AutoRun your Application from the SD Card
• EZSetup interface
• Platform Specific Directories
• GetSpecialFolder(..) System Function
• FileDirect object
• GetAsBitmap(..) function

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External API Tricks

• memcpy into a PocketBuilder structure
• Play Music
• Current timezone and UTC conversion
• ByteArray using an UINT array and masking
• Compress Using ZIP
• Encryption of a String into a BLOB

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UnDocumented Features

• Grab a string from raw memoryString( long,
  address )
• Native System Function
• PocketBuilder 1.0
• PowerBuilder 8.0 (maybe 7)
• Return the base address of a String or Blob _
  _addressof( string blob )
• Native System Function
• PocketBuilder 1.5.1
• Launch IE from your ApplicationshRunDefltBrowser(
  string URL )
• public function long shRunDefltBrowser(readonly
  string pszURL) Library "pkvm15u.dll"
• PocketBuilder 1.5.0

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PocketBuilder 2.0

• Phone Features
• Originate a phone call
• Notification of arrival of a phone call (with
  caller ID)
• Send / Receive / Intercept a SMS message
• Dialing Directory, Call History, SIM card, etc
  objects
• Other Hardware
• Socket Barcode scanner object
• GPS Receiver object
• Camera object
• SmartPhone Target Platform
• Create SmartPhone applications
• New (smaller) screen size
• Internal features different, but all hidden by VM

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Questions and
Answers
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Reed ShiltsPocketBuilder Development
ManagerPowerBuilder Group, Sybase
Inc.rshilts_at_powersoft.com