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PowerBuilder 2025 introduces RibbonView, a powerful new feature that lets you display a traditional application menu in a modern RibbonBar layout without any major redesign. This upgrade gives your ap
PowerBuilder 2025 brings a major leap forward in developer productivity with the introduction of a new ultra-fast compiler, which is designed to complement the traditional PBL compiler and unlock sign
PowerBuilder 2025 introduces a modernized code editor designed to make coding faster, cleaner, and more intuitive. Whether you're writing PowerScript or browsing source code, you'll notice the differe
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With 2024, Elevate returns to its previous post-COVID form. A two-day free online event with a call for papers and multiple technical session tracks running concurrently on the second day. This
Installable cloud apps deployed from PowerServer adopt standard cloud-native architecture running on the .NET framework and adhere to industry best practices for security. All SQLs and DataWindows exe
With the upcoming release of PowerBuilder 2019, Appeon has added a new feature called “UI themes”, which enables you to control, through a style sheet, how the various visual objects and controls of P
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PBNI Extension Framework
Addressing the complexities of PBNI PowerBuilder Native Interface (PBNI) allows developers to extend the capabilities of PowerBuilder by implementing features in C++ or using third-party libraries. However, the...
How to switch from an SCC API SVN client to the native SVN interface
If you have been using the Subversion (SVN) source code control system for your PowerBuilder applications for a while, you have likely been using an SCC API implementation client (such as PBSCC Proxy, PushOK, e...
PowerBuilder Equivalents to Windows API Datatypes
At some point in your PowerBuilder career, you will need to call a Windows API (or WinAPI, for short) function. The WinAPI specifications are heavily dependent on type definitions created in C/C++ via the #defi...
Free My GUI! - Multi-Threading in PowerBuilder
In this follow-up to the article titled “’Haunted Apps’ – How to Avoid Ghost (Unresponsive) Windows”, you’ll learn about the multi-threading capabilities available to PowerBuilder applications and how multi-thr...
How to create an application from object source code files using PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder can create an entire application from the object source files stored in a source code control system without relying on existing PBLs. This has been public knowledge for years, but since I cannot f...
Defining a PostgreSQL Database Profile in PB2019R3
PB2019R3PostgreSQL v12 database Summary: Ensure that the database properties are defined correctly for the PostgreSQL database in the DB Painter. If those properties are not defined correctly, the PB201...
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REST Enhancements in PowerBuilder 2019
REST support was added to PowerBuilder in 2017 R2 and enhanced in 2017 R3. PowerBuilder 2019 contains additional significant enhancements to REST support, including the following: RetrieveOne method – For R...
Merging PDF files using PoDoFo
One PDF capability that still hasn't been introduced as a native feature in PowerBuilder is the ability to merge PDF files. We're going to look at how we can easily add that capability using the open source (LG...
Quick start for contributing to Open Source PFC
Given that not everyone is fluent in using Git and or Github (where the Open Source PFC is hosted now), I put together a quick introduction in how to get started. The video below walks through the steps, which...
A Simple Methodology for Complex Resizing Scenarios Using the PFC
The Resize service included in the PowerBuilder Foundation Class (PFC) framework is a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool in the developer’s toolbox. Due to several factors, however, many PB developers struggle to m...
Applying a New UI Theme to Your Application
This tutorial is an update to the 2019 tutorial. If you have zero experience with the UI Theme feature, please first follow our Quick Start tutorial. If you are ready to gain a comprehensive understanding of th...
Implementing OAuth 2.0 Authorization with PowerBuilder 2019 R2
Introduction PowerBuilder supports getting secured data from the OAuth 2.0 authorization server. The Bearer access token is supported, and the following grant types are supported: Authorization Code Implic...
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