What do you do if suddenly your application has to be used in another country, or even in different areas of the same nation? English and French are spoken in Canada; Italian, French, and German are spoken in Italy; and Switzerland has four official languages.

Advantage 8.0 provides developers with the functionality they require to easily build scalable business applications with low administration requirements. Major new features include a newly designed Advantage Data Architect, replication support, online backup functionality and the addi

'We established three main objectives for version 8.0 early in the design process: performance, easier usability and development, and the addition of key functionality that would make Advantage extremely competitive,' said Chuck Vertrees, product manager for Advantage Database Server,

Aart Onkenhout introduced Coolbar, wrappers around the Microsoft rebar and toolbar control to make it possible to have Office XP- and Office 2003-style toolbars in PowerBuilder applications. Although some of the features will be available in the newest PowerBuilder version (10.5), thes

This year it looks certain that a new participation record will be set, more than 16,000 votes have already been recorded, as more than 20,000 SYS-CON Media readers are estimated to cast their votes in this year's Readers' Choice Awards.

Sybase, Inc., a provider of enterprise infrastructure and wireless software, has reported financial results for the 2005 third quarter ended September 30, 2005. Pro forma net income for the third quarter reached $30.1 million, or earnings of $0.33 per share on a diluted basis (EPS). Th

Sybase has reported its financial results for the 2005 third quarter ended September 30, 2005. 'We beat our expectations on the bottom line, generated solid cash flow from operations, and increased mobile and wireless revenues by 12% year-over-year,' said John Chen, chairman, CEO and p

Sybase SA, a Red Hat Linux certified training partner, has received recognition from Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, by being honoured with the EMEA Red Hat Training Partner of the Year 2005 award, during the recent EMEA Red Hat Linux C

iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase announced the beta release of new RSS (Really Simple Syndication) features for its popular AvantGo mobile Internet service. The new features give users greater ease-of-use for viewing mobile RSS subscriptions online or offline, and expands the content

Aart Onkenhout released a new version of ScWho. ScWho allows you to see what objects you and other project members have checked out at a certain moment when using PB Native source control and is written using PB8.

Sybase, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced the latest version of its enterprise-class relational database management system, Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15. Sybase ASE has established itself as one of the most cost-effective

As we mentioned in Part 1 (PBDJ, Vol. 12, issue 7), we needed to implement spell checking in the rich edit fields in our application (see Figures 1 and 2). To do that, we got a license for the Sentry Spelling Checker Engine from Wintertree Software (www.wintertree- software.com).

Sybase has organized a company gift matching program for emergency relief. Sybase will match up to $50,000 of combined employee donations made to aid organizations with established hurricane relief funds. Sybase's total matched funds will be donated to the American Red Cross.

Last month we saw how DataWindow.NET technology can be a benefit when used for data presentation and data access in a Windows Forms (WinForms) application. This month we're going to look at how DataWindow.NET technology is a simpler but more powerful way of formatting data in the prese

With approximately 2,100 attendees from 36 countries here, TechWave this year has drawn a record number of top level sponsors, reflecting the company's focus on partners. Platinum sponsors are Intel, SAP and Sun; Gold are Bradmark, BMC Software and Hewlett Packard; and Silver are Appeo

Over the past few years, there have been a number of titles released on the Sybase enterprise database management system. Administrator's Guide to Sybase ASE 12.5, released late last year, was widely adopted by consultants, DBAs, and administrators of Sybase ASE.

Sybase has has broadened its long-standing relationship with IBM to help joint customers migrate to Linux for improved data management and business analytics. Under the terms of the agreement Sybase and IBM will bundle IBM OpenPower hardware with Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

Microsoft Web Browser (HTMLDocument) - This is the sample code showing how to view, edit values, and submit a Web page from PowerBuilder with OLE: Microsoft Web Browser.

In this article we'll discuss connectivity requirements, Informix-specific data type processing, and the use of Informix stored procedures within the PowerBuilder environment.

Last month we looked at Microsoft's .NET Pet Shop sample application and saw how DataWindow.NET technology could be used in the data access layer of an ASP.NET-based application to reduce the its complexity and increase developer productivity.

What we needed to do was implement spell checking in the rich edit fields in our application (see Figures 1 and 2). To do that, we got a license for the Sentry Spelling Checker Engine from Wintertree Software (www. wintertree-software.com). The utility is easily implemented and works qu

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 stab

ClearNova's VP/Strategy Steve Benfield was interviewed recently by SYS-CON.TV, during which he discussed the use of what is now being called AJAX to develop cutting-edge web applications.

Rainmaker Systems, Inc., an outsource provider of integrated sales and marketing services, has announced the expansion of its relationship with Sybase to include strategic lead generation services.

Aart Onkenhout announced a new build (119) of CoolMenu 2.5. It addresses a GDI object leak and removes some unused functions.

PowerBuilder is dead. I first heard that statement when I joined Sybase back in 1996, nearly a decade ago.

Sybase, Inc, today announced that it is exhibiting at the annual SIA Technology Management Conference. The conference previews Sybase(R) Capital Market solutions, the Sybase(R) Risk Analytics Platform and its solutions trade lifecycle monitoring, municipal bonds compliance, and OTC-Der

iAnywhere Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. , today issued a call for entries to members of its Alliance Program for the fifth annual Innovator Awards. The winner will be announced at the Sybase TechWave 2005, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 21-25.

4/30 - PowerBuilder Developer's Resource announced the release of version 5.0 of PBDelta. The new version includes Recursive Text Compare, Target Parser, Pocket PowerBuilder support, DataWindow Key Features, User Interface Changes, and PSR support.

PowerBuilder novices know the problem as well as seasoned PowerBuilder developers. You build a window in the window painter. You arrange the controls on the window and the layout looks fine.

PowerBuilder contains a number of built-in common dialogs that can be used within your own applications. What do you do when one of these dialogs meets most, but not quite all, of the functionality you need? Do you simply accept the limited functionality? Do you write your own dialog f

Computer Technology Inc. (CTI) has announced new conversion services for PowerBuilder-to-J2EE projects. The company says it can offer the benefits of J2EE with the look-and-feel of existing client/server applications, all at a significantly reduced cost and development time.

'Compliance and security are the new Software Quality drivers,' said Dr Adam Kolawa, cofounder and CEO of Parasoft Corporation, talking live on SYS-CON.TV to Sean Rhody, editor-in-chief of Web Services Journal and Yakov Fain, Enterprise Editor of JDJ.

Onkie updated his tooltip demo to add code to show tooltips on a tabular DataWindow for every row and column. The updated sample also adds support for three different delay times: AutoPop, Initial, and Reshow.

As a PowerBuilder developer I'm sure you have already used SQL Anywhere a few times, but did you know that SQL Anywhere owns over 70% of the mobile database market? This is because it's easy to use, easy to administer, and doesn't take up too much space.

An enterprise portal is the converged 'hub' of multiple, complementary information management solutions, including document and content management, information search and retrieval, knowledge management, team collaboration, workflow, and business intelligence.

Although some folks were predicting a 'bloodbath,' the App Server Shoot-Out at Web Services Edge 2005 in Boston did not result in any serious injuries. Instead, Anne Thomas Manes, VP and Research Director at Burton Group, brought together representatives from a wide assortment of appli

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.

This year it looks certain that a new participation record will be set, as more than 4,000 votes have already been recorded in just the first seven days of voting, as more than 50,000 SYS-CON Media readers are estimated to cast their votes in this year's Readers' Choice Awards. Highlig

SYS-CON Media, the world's leading i-technology media company, announced that its 2005 Readers' Choice Awards polls opened today, February 1, 2005, and will remain open for six months, until July 31, 2005. More than 50,000 readers are expected to cast their votes to select the best so