Prepare and deliver the source code

Information about discovery

Discovery is a process that is actioned during the delivery process. CAST Imaging will attempt to automatically identify “projects” within your application using a set of predefined rules. This discovery process also allows CAST Imaging to set the initial analysis configuration settings. Discoverers are currently embedded in CAST Imaging Core:

You should read the relevant documentation for each discoverer (provided in the link above) to understand how the source code will be handled.

Source code delivery

CAST Imaging Console expects either a ZIP/archive file or source code located in a folder configured in CAST Imaging Console. You should include in the ZIP/source code folder all Visual Basic source code:

  • .PBT
  • .PBL
  • Any associated files.

CAST highly recommends placing the files in a folder dedicated to Visual Basic. If you are using a ZIP/archive file, zip the folders in the “temp” folder - but do not zip the “temp” folder itself, nor create any intermediary folders:

D:\temp
    |-----PowerBuilder
    |-----OtherTechno1
    |-----OtherTechno2

PowerBuilder version

In order for a PowerBuilder analysis to complete successfully

  • the PowerBuilder IDE must be installed on the machine on which the analysis is running - i.e. the node
  • or the path to the pborxx.dll file and the PowerBuilder version must be populated in the %PROGRAMDATA%\CAST\AipConsole\AipNode\aip-node-app.properties file if the PowerBuilder IDE is not installed on the node.

In essence, CAST Imaging Console needs to know the version of PowerBuilder you are delivering/analyzing and where the pborxx.dll file is located:

  • CAST ImagingConsole will first attempt to discover the location of the pborcXXX.dll file/PowerBuilder version using the Windows registry (on the node) during the source code delivery process. If CAST Imaging Console finds a registry key on the node, it will populate the relevant fields in the CAST Imaging Console GUI (see PowerBuilder - Analysis configuration).
  • If no registry key is found (i.e. the PowerBuilder IDE is not installed on the node), then CAST Imaging Console will look in the following file on the target node. For example - these locations can be filled in BEFORE delivering the source code (you must restart the node so that the changes are taken into account):
≥ 2.x
%PROGRAMDATA%\CAST\AIP-Node\application.yml

1.x
%PROGRAMDATA%\CAST\AipConsole\AipNode\aip-node-app.properties

The following sections are relevant and should be uncommented/filled in as appropriate:

≥ 2.x
# ==============
# PowerBuilder configuration
# --------------
# Provide the full paths of the pborcXXX.dll that are available on this host separated by ';'
#powerbuilder:
#  pborcdll:
#    location: C:\\Users\\ABD\\Documents\\PB9\\Shared_PB9\\pborc90.dll;C:\\Users\\ABD\\Documents\\PB10\\Shared_PB10\\pborc100.dll
# Maximum number of parallel job executions
# If maximum number of parallel job executions is reached, the job will wait in queue

1.x
# ==============
# PowerBuilder configuration
# --------------
# Default version of Power Builder to analyze between (Version8, Version9, VersionX, VersionX5, VersionXI, VersionXI5, VersionXII, VersionXII5, VersionXII6, Version2017, Version2018)
powerbuilder.compile.version=Version8
# Path of the pborcXXX.dll file associated to the default PowerBuilder version
powerbuilder.pborcdll.location=

If neither method reveals the location of the pborcXXX.dll file/PowerBuilder version, then the analysis will fail.  Above all, the options defined in the CAST Imaging Console GUI have priority over the Windows registry and the aip-node-app.properties file (in that order).