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Resolved Upgrade Application written in PowerBuilder 9 ?

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  1. iain Morgan
    iain Morgan
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  3. Monday, 15 February 2021 11:46 AM UTC

Hello

I have inherited an insurance application written in Powerbuilder 9.
(PowerGen® Version 8.0.1.00 for PowerBuilder® V9.0, PowerBuilder ORCA Version: 9.0.3.8836)

The application is still running without any issues on CITRIX/Windows Server 2008/SQL Server 2008R2 and supports several Production clients.

Initially I'd like to update the PowerBuilder code to a more recent supported version.
Appreciate this maybe a substantial project but if anyone can advise if this is possible and if so point me in the right direction of some helpful documentation on upgrade paths/processes or even a third party consultancy with experience in this area.

Many thanks

Issue with orca during a build
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Andreas Mykonios
Andreas Mykonios Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 15 February 2021 15:21 PM UTC
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The most common issue you may face is related to unicode. PB 10+ versions are unicode.

Andreas.

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John Fauss
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  1. Monday, 15 February 2021 15:13 PM UTC
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I suggest you start by reading through the following:

https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019r3/upgrading_pb_apps/ch18.html

Then, follow-up here with additional questions/concerns.

Regards, John

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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  1. Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  2. Monday, 15 February 2021 15:35 PM UTC
Adding to what John said, also watch this video: https://www.appeon.com/developers/library/videos/migrating-powerbuilder-2018.html

If your app uses PFC, updated PFC libraries are here: https://github.com/OpenSourcePFCLibraries
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