About the development process – PB Docs 125

Steps for building EAServer components

To build and deploy an EAServer component
from a custom class user object, complete the following steps:

1. Use the EAServer Component
   Target Wizard to create a new user object in a new target. Alternatively,
   if you are working in an existing target, you can use the EAServer Component Object wizard
   to create the object. These wizards also allow you to enter information
   exposing the new user object as a Web service.

2. Add functions, events, and instance variables to
   the generated user object in the User Object painter.

3. Test and debug the object.

4. Deploy the object to EAServer.

To test or deploy an EAServer component
that you developed in PowerBuilder, create a project object and
build the project. You can create a project object from the Target,
Object, or Project wizard.

To deploy a component, open the project in the Project painter,
optionally modify the project settings, and build the project. When
you do this, the EAServer component
generator deploys the component interface and the PowerBuilder implementation
of that interface to the target server.

For testing purposes, you can use live editing to build the
project automatically from the User Object painter. This removes
the need to build the project from the Project painter. When live
editing is enabled in the User Object painter, PowerBuilder builds
the project for an EAServer component
each time you save the user object. For more information on live
editing, see “Testing and debugging the
component”.

To-Do List

When you create a new user object by using the EAServer Target or Object wizard,
you can optionally create a To-Do List. If you check the Generate To–Do
List box on the last page of the wizard, the wizard adds tasks to
the To–Do List to remind you to complete all phases of
development.