Publication Process and Results
After you set publish properties, click the Publish button
on the toolbar in the Project painter to publish the application
to the server.
PowerBuilder checks whether your publish settings are valid
and prompts you to correct them if necessary. If the application
is not up to date, PowerBuilder rebuilds and redeploys it before
publishing it to the server. The files that the application needs
at runtime are then published to the server.
If you select the wizard defaults, the application is deployed to a subdirectory of
the IIS root directory on your local computer, usually C:Inetpubwwwroot.
If you encounter problems when publishing the application,
see Troubleshooting Tips for Windows Forms Applications.
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The application manifest is
an XML file that describes the deployed application, including all
the files included in the deployment, and is specific to a single
version of the application. The file is named appname.exe.manifest,
where appname is the name of your Windows Forms
application. This file is stored in a version-specific subdirectory
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The deployment manifest is
an XML file that describes an intelligent update deployment, including
the current version and other deployment settings. The file is named appname.application,
where appname is the name of your Windows Forms
application. It references the correct application manifest for
the current version of the application and must therefore be updated
when you make a new version of the application available. The deployment
manifest must be strongly named. It can contain certificates for
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If you specified any prerequisites for the application,
such as the .NET Framework or database drivers, PowerBuilder uses
a bootstrapper program to collect the details in a configuration
file called configuration.xml and adds the
prerequisites to a setup.exe program. For more
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The publish.htm file is a Web
page that is automatically generated and published along with the
application. The default page contains the name of the application
and links to install and run the application and, if you specified
any, a button to install prerequisites.By default, the application name is the same as the name of
the target and the company name is Sybase, Inc. In this publish
page, both have been changed by setting the Product name and Company
name properties on the Version tab page in the Project painter.
If you supply a Publish description on the Publish tab page in the
Project painter, it displays on the publish.htm page.
