New Powerbuilder Application

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Visual Guard allows you to integrate Power Builder applications and set permissions for accessing the integrated application.

Note: Visual Guard must be integrated with the selected application before this wizard can be run. For WCF services you must specify the type of application hosting the service.

To add a new Power Builder application follow the steps below:
Access the Application Creation Wizard using the path Repository > New Application
The Application Creation Wizard will be displayed.

Select the Power Builder Application option (A).
The wizard will automatically walk you through the application integration.
Click ” Next >” to access the Next screen and specify the main assembly of the application that will act as an entry point.

Select the path where the application is being stored by clicking “…” (A).
The browsing screen will be displayed as shown below.

You can select the file from here.
Please Note: It is compulsory that power builder config file exists in the selected folder.

Click ” Next >” to access the Next screen and specify the default options of the application.

The options will be available for selection Allow anonymous sessions and Enable default role. You can select any one or all of the options.
Click on Finish to access the below screen and specify the configuration file settings of the application.

You can modify the configuration files.

Field	Description
VG Server URL	This option displays the URL of the VG Server for the application.
Name	This option displays the repository name which contains the application.
Merge Roles	This option sets a flag allowing or not to combine Roles. You can select to allow for combining roles.
Support Authentication Modes	This option define the authentication mode for the application. You can select or deselect the required modes of authentication by selecting or deselecting the appropriate checkboxes . Please Note: Values that are compatible with the authentication mode will be available for selection.

Click “Test” to test the configuration file.
Once the selection is complete click “OK” to finish the wizard. The application will be integrated and displayed as shown below.