1. Narayana prasad
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Monday, 17 October 2022 17:16 PM UTC

Hi team,

Using your application how can we open the OLD PDB extension file and get the details. If its paid means how much we have  to pay.

Please let me know.

 

Thanks & regards

V.NarayanaPrasad

Roland Smith Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 17 October 2022 18:19 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 1

This is why source control is important. Do you have backups of any kind?

If it were possible, how would they know you are authorized to see the source code? It could be a purchased application or even a free demo downloaded from somewhere.

At one time there was a Chinese decompile app but I am pretty sure it works only for PB 10 and older.

It is possible to write an app entirely in PowerBuilder that would extract DataWindow objects and import them into a PBL. Code objects cannot be recovered.

 

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Miguel Leeuwe Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Tuesday, 18 October 2022 10:37 AM UTC
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  3. # 2

You could see if this old decompiler could do the trick for you:

http://www.shuct.net/shuct.asp 

Use your browser to translate the page from Chinese if necessary. 

I think it cost around a 1000 $ years ago, but it worked really well.

There should be a free demo version that will give you only like 20 lines of code per event / function.

regards,

MiguelL

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Chris Pollach @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 17 October 2022 17:36 PM UTC
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Hi V;

 PBD files are the result of a compile & contain your application's executable code.

 PBL files contain your application's source code.

Regards ... Chris 

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mike S Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 17 October 2022 21:44 PM UTC
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  3. # 4

you can view all the PBD's objects -  names, properties, methods, and events from the powerbuilder IDE.

You can export datawindows with a simple PB application

 

the actual source code you cannot access.

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