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Size Does Matter - 6 Trillion Rows of Data
Guiness World Record - Sybase and Sun - a PetaByte sized data warehouse. Yes - size DOES matter.
Posted: May. 15, 2008 07:36 AM
PocketBuilder 2.5.1 Getting Some New Samples
PocketBuilder 2.5.1 is getting some new samples from our evangelist Ian Thain.
Posted: May. 8, 2008 09:28 AM
Unicode - ToAnsi() and Blob()
Occasionally questions come up about the relationship between strings and the Unicode and ANSI representation
Posted: May. 1, 2008 12:38 PM
Electrical Inspection PASSED
As many people know, I've been the electrician on our barn remodel project.
Posted: May. 1, 2008 11:47 AM
The Power Event on the Application Object
There have been a couple questions about the POWER event we put on the Application object for PocketBuilder 2.5.
Posted: Apr. 9, 2008 11:35 AM
Sneak Peek - native gradient colors in PocketBuilder 2.5.1
Gradient colors for windows, UOs, and picture buttons in PocketBuilder 2.5.1 Simple enhancement to the properties for good-old background colors.
Posted: Mar. 13, 2008 12:44 PM
PocketBuilder 2.5.0 EBF #2 Available
The second EBF for PocketBuilder 2.5.0 is now available. This EBF is for both the IDE and the device side of the product.
Posted: Mar. 4, 2008 08:28 AM
Barn Razing (not Raising)
You've heard of "barn raising" - well, we have been RAZING our barn - one board at a time.
Posted: Feb. 21, 2008 10:57 AM
PocketBuilder 2.5.0 EBF#1 Available
The first EBF for PocketBuilder 2.5.0 is now available.
Posted: Jan. 29, 2008 10:18 AM
Windows Mobile 7
This is sure interesting to us Mobile guys - a REAL update for Windows Mobile (not that WM-6 which is really WM-5.2) http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/arch ives/2008/01/06/exclusive-windows-mobile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion-gestures /Finally, so
Posted: Jan. 7, 2008 09:31 AM
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PowerBuilder History - When Did Sybase Develop PB and How Did It Evolve?
By Chris Pollach
Judah Holstein wrote: Hi Chris! Thanks for that great story! I started with PB in 1992 and we still use it in many of our products today. Every time I try another technology for GUI development, I always regret it, and like Michael Corleone I get sucked back in! :) I didn't...
Using the Eclipse Data Tools Platform with PowerBuilder and SQL Anywhere
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Fabio wrote: I've made a connection to a odbc driver and it work fine, I can write my sql statement and execute it whit no problem. Anyway I don't see any tables or stored procedure under Data Source Explorer for any of the connection I've create whit ping successfully. Nei...
DataWindow Tips and Techniques
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Eric Marshall wrote: I agree the book is excellent. I was a programmer in COBOL, am now working on learning OOP and Powerbuilder. The book looked like an excellent reference. My only issue is the samples are in Powerbuilder 7, and I can't find a way to access them in the P...
Using Visual .NET Components in PowerBuilder
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Bruce Armstrong wrote: It would be best to post your questions on the Sybase newsgroups and I'll respond there.
Who Will Become the PowerBuilder of the Web 2.0 Set?
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Scan wrote: Her comments more closely resemble Visual Basic and not powerbuilder. Until the arrival of .Net, visual basic was the least object oriented GUI tool with tons of procedural code inside every function and event one can get hold of, as it did not even support basic ...
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The PB Future: More on Graphs in PowerBuilder 11.5
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