http://pbdj.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Chris Pollach Copyright 2008 POWERBUILDER JOURNAL Sun, 18 May 2008 03:31:00 GMT POWERBUILDER JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/545588.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/545588.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT Sybase has released the production version of its flagship .NET development tool - PowerBuilder version 11.2. This latest release of its premier IDE for RAD includes not only standard fixes but also a good list of new features. Here is the 'Coles Notes' version of these new features. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/124571.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/124571.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:45:00 GMT I have been asked many times by various clients, students, and the IT curious about PowerBuilder: When did Sybase develop the product and how did it evolve? I keep telling this story and answering e-mails on the subject. I am now to the point where I have decided that I should have PBDJ formally publish this story for posterity. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/473483.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/473483.htm Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:15:00 GMT I just wanted to acknowledge the tremendous increase in the amount of Blog activity that I have received over the past year. I think (and hope) that this is because many Sybase professionals out there have come to visit my site for latest information on the Sybase scene. Since I started my Blog in August of 2005 I have seen a steady increase in unique visits to my site. This whole Blog experience of course is Reed Shilt's fault. Reed is the development manager for PocketBuilder and started the whole thing off by opening his own Blog within PBDJ, then sending me an invitation to join him in this new venue. At that point in time, Blogging was a whole new experience for me and in fact, I had not even heard the term until I received Reed's email. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/389802.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/389802.htm Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:00:00 GMT 'PowerBuilder has always been the fastest tool to develop with, and now that we can deploy applications to the .NET platform, we have more options for our customers,' said Ali Mehmet, technical director at Maracis Solutions Limited, a Sybase customer. 'Recently, we became a finalist for an important RFP with a working prototype built with the PowerBuilder 11 beta. We couldn't have done it without Sybase PowerBuilder.' http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/397013.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/397013.htm Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:00:00 GMT Why upgrade to PowerBuilder 11? Here are some interesting and compelling reasons in my opinion... First, before we even get into the PowerBuilder details, PB 11 will be shipping with the new SQL Anywhere version 10 DBMS. This newest release is 'jam-packed' with over 200 new features and performance improvements so this DBMS engine will rival the big guys like Oracle, DB/2, SS2005 - but at a fraction of the price. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/383329.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/383329.htm Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:45:00 GMT The Ottawa Sybase User Group was proud to be the first in North America to host the formal PowerBuilder 11 Launch Tour event! Joining us from Sybase USA for this special event were John Strano, Dave Fish, Jim O'Neil and Sue Dunnell (Launch Team). You can read all about them and the meeting agenda, by following this link (click here ). The OSUG meeting was attended by just over 60 people in the morning ranging from development managers, team leaders, developers, business analysts, etc. The turn-out was perfect as this was the comfortable limit for the Queens University lecture theatre. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/378809.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/378809.htm Thu, 24 May 2007 09:30:00 GMT The United States part of the North American PowerBuilder 11 Launch Tour is starting in June. Here are the current city locations and a link (on the city name) to their respective registration information. The locations are as follows: http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/377151.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/377151.htm Wed, 16 May 2007 17:45:00 GMT With the release of PowerBuilder 11 scheduled for 2007, Sybase will be entering the Microsoft .Net 2.0 world with their premier development tool. Some of our attendees at the October 11th OSUG meeting witnessed Mr. John Strano's overview presentation on PB 11 Beta. Again on January 24th, Chris Pollach presented 'Getting Ready for PB11.Net' with an overview of installing, configuring and building .Net applications with PB 11. Chris also disseminated some more code examples and his STD Framework for Winform and WebForm development. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/365638.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/365638.htm Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:45:00 GMT The Novalys company has just launched a new version of Visual Expert, a tool that automates impact analysis, generates source code documentation and checks code quality. The new Visual Expert version 5.7 analyzes both PowerBuilder and related Stored Procedure code (Sybase ASE, Oracle and Microsoft SQLServer DBMS's are supported). This version also now supports the soon to be released PowerBuilder 11! http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/273858.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/273858.htm Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:00:00 GMT Great news today .. Sybase's subsidiary in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - iAnywhere Solutions has announced the release of the new SQL Anywhere database version 10 into production! Sybase has decided to rename the ASA (Adaptive Server Anywhere) database back to its original name SQL Anywhere. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/257276.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/257276.htm Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:15:00 GMT This online web application is huge and belongs to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)! It has been running for the past 5 years and as of late, has had major upgrades and features added. This latest release has been built using Sybase's application server (EAServer) release 5.2 and its premier development tool PowerBuilder release 10.2.1. It is also backed up with Sybase's database engine ASE version 12.0! http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/200815.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/200815.htm Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:15:00 GMT Last year I wrote an article for PBDJ, PowerBuilder Developer's Journal, on the 'History of PowerBuilder'. You can still read this article online at: http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/124571.htm. Thanks to the Belgian PowerBuilder User Group it has been translated into French (and I also heard Italian). Now, thanks to Tiger Chen at Sybase China, it has also been translated into Chinese. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/191058.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/191058.htm Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:30:00 GMT Please take note that Sybase will be releasing a new version of it's 'premier' development tool for MS-Windows .. PowerBuilder version 10.5! The release date is March the 15th, 2006. This new release will include these major new features (amoung others) http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/188178.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/188178.htm Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:00:00 GMT OK, if you are a PowerBuilder developer, then this would not be a surprise ! Check out the winner in this .NET category #8 and #9 (click here)! Regards ... Chris PS: Remember to say thanks to Kim Sheffield ! http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/185410.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/185410.htm Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:45:00 GMT I am pleased to announce that Software Tool & Die Inc. has just released a new version of the SQLXtract utility (10.2.1) that reverse engineers Sybase's proprietary SQL format (PBSELECT) into ANSI, PL/SQL or TransAct SQL from the 'DataWindow' object. The new version of the SQLXtract utility was mainly revised to allow it to reverse engineer the source code from a Unicode based library vs.. an ANSI format previously. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/170840.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/170840.htm Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:15:00 GMT As I started a new PocketBuilder application and wanted to encompass some of the 'context sensitive' help features that I have previously used in a PowerBuilder application. I knew that this was not going to be easy, as the Pocket PC operating system does not support the (Multiple Document Interface) behavior. As a result, neither the Micro-Help bar nor pop-up help (also known as 'bubble help') are available as they would be in a standard PowerBuilder application. PowerBuilder developers also use a nice feature named 'PowerTipText' that allows automatic 'bubble' help to appear during a mouse hover. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/168667.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/168667.htm Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:15:00 GMT I am pleased to announce that Software Tool & Die Inc. has just released today a new version of it's Foundation Classes (10.2.1) for PowerBuilder 10.2.1 (Build 9004). This is a port of the PocketBuilder 2.0.3 FC's to the PowerBuilder platform. This release also includes a few minor improvements that address: http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/117342.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/117342.htm Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:00:00 GMT I have been spending a lot of time at a particular client of mine lately addressing stability and performance issues on a particular Web-based PowerBuilder application. After identifying many issues with the application system, I'm pleased to report an exponential gain in both the stability and, in particular, identified performance. http://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/107063.htmhttp://pbdj.sys-con.com/read/107063.htm Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT The other day I was thinking about the early days of PowerBuilder when dBase, Clipper, Clarion, SQLWindows, etc., development tools ran supreme. In November of 1989 I came across a small Massachusetts company working on a revolutionary product.