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SAP PowerBuilder — programming language and IDE from SAP (formerly Sybase). Very popular in the early 90s before being eclipsed by Visual Studio and failing to provide an adequate solution for web applications. Outside of StackOverflow, the best resource for PowerBuilder help is the Appeon PowerBuilder Community. Also possibly of interest: The International Sybase User Group, PowerBuilder Journal

PowerBuilder — programming language and IDE from SAP (formerly Sybase and prior to that PowerSoft). Very popular in the early 90s before being eclipsed by Visual Studio and failing to provide an adequate solution for web applications.

As of July 2016, further development of PowerBuilder has been assumed by Appeon Corporation

Outside of Stack Overflow, the best resource for PowerBuilder help is the Appeon Community Forum.

Also possibly of interest:

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User can create but not execute stored procedure

Problem I have a SQL Server login that is allowed to create stored procedures, but not execute them. I cannot use another login to grant execute so I am looking for an alternative way to either run the code in the sp or to grant these…
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How do I get the PowerBuilder graphicobject for a given HWND handle?

In my (PowerBuilder) application, I'd like to be able to determine the graphicobject object which corresponds to a given window handle. Simply iterating over the Control[] array and comparing the value returned by the Handle() function for each of…
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PowerBuilder GUI to web application - best options?

Does anyone have any opinions on the best options for converting a PB GUI application that I sell to users to be a web app? (The web app would be run on my servers, not the clients' servers.) It seems there are a number of options. One is to use PB…
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Powerbuilder .net, MVVM and unit testing

I'm complitely new to powerbuilder .NET And I was working with WPF and used MVVM. Is there any way to work with powerbuilder .net WPF and use MVVM design? Can you tell me please the best practices and frameworks to work with it and with unit tests?
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Going to jump into Powerbuilder. Any advice

This might be a weird question. After all, most people want to jump OUT of PB not IN. However, after careful analysis, I feel that Powerbuilder can get things done so much more rapidly than C# in the sense its a 4GL. Now PB is becoming .NET enabled,…
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Method 'get_Command' in type 'System.Windows.Controls.Button' not implemented

I'm trying to develop an application in powerbuilder .net 12.5. However I keep getting the following compilation error. Unknown build error, 'Method 'get_Command' in type 'System.Windows.Controls.Button' from assembly 'PresentationFramework,…
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PowerBuilder 12.5 Modified DataWindow Does Not Qualify Column Names with Table Owner

I am trying to maintain a PowerBuilder program and have no access to the previous programmer who wrote the code. I modified a DataWindow and now it generates source code that does NOT include the table owner (dbo) in the column names in selection.…
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PowerBuilder 12 how to determine encoding of input file

I'm new to PowerBuilder 12, and would like to know is there any way to determine the encoding (e.g. Unicode, BIG5) of an input file. Any comments and code samples are appreciated! Thanks!
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PowerBuilder expressions on column controls strange behavior

I'm working on a legacy PowerBuilder app, we have upgraded to PowerBuilder 12 but continue to use the "classic" IDE. I have a grid DataWindow sharing data with a freeform DataWindow, both inheriting ancestors that ensure that when the current row…
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How to use VBScript in Powerdesigner?

In Powerdesign would like to create a VBscript to rename/reform the following names in powerdesigner- Conceptural or Physical model Alternative/Unique Key Name: UQ {table_name} {tablecolumnname} /////// Example =…
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PowerBuilder: Get identity value after insert into Sql Server table

I'm using a PowerBuilder 12 Classic DataWindow to insert a new record into a SQL Server 2008 database table that has an identity column. After the insert, I'd like to get the value of the identity column for use in other tables. In my pbodb120.ini…
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Powerbuilder PBNI

I am trying to understand the need for PBNI. I would like to get your take on it. I see that it's fashioned after Java JNI. With a security model that Java has, I can understand why they needed a JNI. But with PB, don't we have access to all the…
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There is way to change column value through Modify?

There is way to change column value through the Modify function? Thanks
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Gradually porting PowerBuilder/C++ application to C#/WPF or Winforms

I have a chance to start porting a legacy application written in C++/Powerbuilder to c#. We have a feature this sprint that launches an independent dialog and I just went through the exercise of creating a CCW dll for my managed implementation of…
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Powerbuilder OrcaScript: How to get latest for a subset of PBLs

OrcaScript is Handy I've used PowerBuilder OrcaScript before to automate a build PC's connecting to source control, getting the latest copy of the application objects, and then building the application. But that was on a project where the entire…
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