The PowerBuilder setup program lets you choose which components to install. You must install the base components. Table 1-5 lists all the components.
Component |
Description |
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PowerBuilder Base Components |
Includes the PowerBuilder ODBC driver, ORCA Software Development Kit (SDK), the PowerBuilder Document Object Model extension, the ability to save DataWindow objects as PDF using the distill or XSL-FO methods, support for rich text, support for EAServer and COM/COM+, and JDK 1.5. |
.NET Targets |
Deploying Windows Forms, smart client, and Web Forms applications to .NET and deploying NVOs as .NET assemblies and Web services. |
Native Database Interfaces |
Interfaces that enable you to interact with server databases natively. Expand the tree view to select which interfaces to install. |
ADO.NET Driver |
Interface to connect to databases using an ADO.NET data provider. |
OLE DB Driver |
Interface to connect to databases using an OLE DB data provider. |
JDBC Driver |
Interface to connect to databases using JDBC. |
SCC Interface |
Interface for connecting to any source code control system that supports the Microsoft SCC interface. |
DataWindow Web Control for ActiveX |
The DataWindow Web Control for ActiveX is a fully interactive DataWindow control. It requires a browser that supports ActiveX. |
PowerBuilder Native Interface |
An SDK for developing extensions to PowerBuilder in C++. Optional wizards are installed in Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio .NET 2002 and 2003 if they are available on your system. |
EJB Client |
The EJB Client PBNI extension, which enables you to develop clients for EJBs running on J2EE-compliant servers. |
Web Services |
The PowerBuilder extensions and other files that enable you to create clients for Web services using the .NET or EasySoap Web service engines. |
PowerDesigner Plug-in |
A plug-in that provides the class diagram functionality of the PowerDesigner OOM inside the PowerBuilder development environment. |
PowerBuilder Tutorial |
Source files for the tutorial in the Getting Started book. If you want to do the PowerBuilder tutorial or use the code examples, you must install SQL Anywhere 11.0 or later if it is not already installed on your computer. When you install PowerBuilder, the setup program creates an ODBC data source for the demo database. If SQL Anywhere is not installed on your system when you install PowerBuilder, setup does not install the demo database, code examples, or tutorial files. |
Demo Database |
A SQL Anywhere database used in the tutorial, the Code Examples sample application, and examples in the documentation. |
Code Examples |
The Code Examples application, which demonstrates many coding techniques, and the Web DataWindow PBL, which can be used as a model for a custom Web DataWindow server component. |
Translation Toolkit |
Tools to help you translate PowerBuilder applications into other languages. |
PowerBuilder Resource Monitor |
A utility to help PowerBuilder determine whether there are sufficient USER/GDI resources available in the operating system to open a painter. |
PowerBuilder Runtime Packager |
A tool that packages files required for deployment into an MSI file. |
Online Help Files |
The pbhlp115.hlp file, the Getting Started book in PDF format, and the pbman115.chm compiled HTML Help file. |
You must have Administrator privileges to fully install this product. After installing, make sure users have write permission for the PowerBuilder 11.5 directory and the Windows registry.
The PowerBuilder setup program installs PowerBuilder in default drives and directories unless you specify otherwise. If a directory you specify does not exist, setup creates it.
To install PowerBuilder:
On the Choose Destination Location page, click Next to accept the destination folder path shown, or click Browse and select a different path, click OK, then click Next.
On the Choose Destination Location For Shared Files page, click Next to accept the destination folder path shown, or browse to select the Sybase\Shared directory.
On the Select Components page, clear the check box next to any components you do not want to install, and click Next.
You can expand the tree view to select or clear subcomponents of top-level components, and click Select All or Unselect All to select or clear all the check boxes.
You must select the PowerBuilder Base Components option. For information on what to select, see “What to install”.
On the Select Program Folder page, select the program folder to which program icons will be added or specify a new one, and click Next.
On the Start Copying Files page, review your settings, then click Next to begin installing files or Back to change your selections.
On the InstallShield Wizard Complete page, select the check box if you want to read the Readme file, and click Finish to return to the common setup program.
You must close the Readme file to continue.