1. Gayathiri R
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Thursday, 14 March 2024 06:43 AM UTC

Hi,

 

Since 2021,our organization has been using Power Builder 2021. As we are transition to new machine, we are not able to install PowerBuilder 2021.

With bootstrap process, we don't have option to select Power builder 2021 version to download and install.

 

Roland Smith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 14 March 2024 15:41 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 1

PowerBuilder 2021 was a transitional version to support changes to PowerServer. You really shouldn't be using it for desktop apps.

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Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 14 March 2024 09:43 AM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 2

Hi.

Don't know why it was removed from the installer. You should contact Appeon's support.

You can experiment with the following procedure to see if you can bring it back (this is unofficial, and wasn't tested).

  • Go to folder where Appeon PowerBuilder Installer is installed (in my computer it is C:\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\PowerBuilder Installer). If it isn't the case for you, find the appropriate location.
  • There should be a subfolder named "config".
  • Check if you have pb_components_2021.json.
  • If you haven't then you need to find it (I could send it to you).
  • There should be a file called product.json. Take a backup. Edit it. Find the entry starting with:
    {
      "index": "2",
      "isShow": "1",
      "version": "2019",
...

Add right before that the following (while the location should not be important, I did put it where I mentioned):

    {
      "index": "3",
      "isShow": "1",
      "version": "2021",
      "name": "PowerBuilder",
      "productName": "PowerBuilder",
      "productSubName": "2021",
      "jsonFileName": "pb_components_2021.json",
      "build-time": "2021-01-20 12:25:00",
      "releaseNoteAddress": "https://docs.appeon.com/pb/release_bulletin_for_pb/Version_2021.html",
      "systemRequirementsAddress": "https://docs.appeon.com/pb2021/release_bulletin_for_pb/system_requirements.html",
      "Description": "A suite of tools and libraries for developing cloud or client/server applications for Windows devices.",
      "InstalledDir": "C:\\Program Files\\Appeon",
      "DownloadDir": "C:\\ProgramData\\Appeon\\InstallPackages",
      "DisplayVersion": "2021",
      "Psversion": "2021",
      "PbMajorVersion": "21.0",
      "PsMajorVersion": "13.0",
      "RegiterPathPBVersion": "21.0",
      "RegiterPathPSVersion": "13.0",
      "GaUrlPrefix": "https://file.appeon.com/download/APB/2021/GA/",
      "MrUrlPrefix": "https://file.appeon.com/download/APB/2021/GA/",
      "PublicUrlPrefix": "https://file.appeon.com/download/APB/2021/Public/",
      "DownloadMainpkg": true,
      "IncludeMainPackages": [
        {
          "ComponentName": "MainInstallPackage",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        },
        {
          "ComponentName": "MRMainInstallPackage",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        }
      ],
      "IncludeComponents": [
        {
          "ComponentName": "PowerBuilder",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        },
        {
          "ComponentName": "PowerBuilderCompiler",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        },
        {
          "ComponentName": "PowerServerToolkit",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        },
        {
          "ComponentName": "SnapDevelop",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        },
        {
          "ComponentName": "DwConverter",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        },
        {
          "ComponentName": "ScriptMigrator",
          "Version": "",
          "IsSelected": true
        }
      ]
    },

Save the json. If you run again the installer you should be able to see PB 2021 as an option. Be careful because this section may have some errors. Example: "PsMajorVersion": "13.0" may be wrong... 

In my tests I was able to download the offline installer for 1509...

As I already mentioned, this is unofficial. The right way would be to contact appeon support and ask them to bring it back.

Finally for any version of powerbuilder, I always recommend to get the offline version, and store it somewhere so you don't have to download it again.

Andreas.

 

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  1. Mark Goldsmith
  2. Thursday, 14 March 2024 13:45 PM UTC
I suspect it's because the EOMM date has passed. You can still obtain it, just not through the installer. Login to your Appeon account, click on the Downloads link and on the Supported Versions tab, in the lower right hand corner is a link for you to be able to download EOMM and EOL versions.

HTH...regards,

Mark
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  1. Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  2. Thursday, 14 March 2024 17:13 PM UTC
Mark is exactly right. The installer is only showing supported versions, but it is still possible to use unsupported versions if you are ever so daring! ;-)
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Chris Pollach @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Thursday, 14 March 2024 22:44 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 3

Hi Gayathiri;

  Older Appeon PB versions can be downloaded from here: https://account.appeon.com/download/previous-versions

HTH

Regards .... Chris 

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