I'm working with our .NET guys to develop a .NET SOA application that I can easily use from PowerBuilder + make available for other languages to consume. I need to retrieve and update data coming from the .NET code, as well as call methods.
I have downloaded PB 15 Beta to see if there's anything new, and it seems there is, odata. Odata looks like it could be very useful, but I have a few questions about it before I can start using it. Hopefully someone here can give me some answers.
1. Currently odata support is only in PB .NET. Is it definitely going to be in PB Classic 15 in the future? We are currently unable to migrate our huge application to PB .NET, so are stuck in Classic.
2. I have created a small test WCF + Entity Framework + odata application and can use it as a datasource in PB.NET 15. However the datawindow I have created only allows a single retrieval argument, if I try to add a second one I get 'Column 2 has an invalid name or length'. Is this a feature or a bug?
3. If I leave it with just the single argument then when I call dw_1.Retrieve(100) I am prompted to enter the argument. I assume this is a bug?
4. Is this the place where I report any issues I find with PB15, or is there somewhere else?
Thanks for your help!
Aron Cox
Trace Solutions
London