Jim O'Neil

In PowerBuilder 11.2, .NET meets J2EE head-on with the capability to deploy .NET Windows Forms and Web Forms applications (as well as assemblies and Web Services) that access Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) in Sybase’s own EAServer. As you’ll see over the course of this article, inte... (more)

The release-defining feature of PowerBuilder 11 is its ability to deploy existing applications as .NET Windows Forms and Web Forms applications and components of business logic, namely custom-class user objects (NVOs), as .NET assemblies and Web Services. Although PowerBuilder's ... (more)

In this article we'll discuss connectivity requirements, Informix-specific data type processing, and the use of Informix stored procedures within the PowerBuilder environment. PowerBuilder offers developers four specific connectivity options for IBM Informix databases: Third-pa... (more)

In this article we'll discuss connectivity requirements, Informix-specific data type processing, and the use of Informix stored procedures within the PowerBuilder environment. PowerBuilder offers developers four specific connectivity options for IBM Informix databases: Third-pa... (more)

Designing and implementing an n-tier or Internet application is a complex task, and issues resulting from errors in the runtime configuration or in the application code are practically inevitable. Problem analysis and troubleshooting are part art and part science. Therefore, alth... (more)

Designing and implementing an n-tier or Internet application is a complex task, and issues resulting from errors in the runtime configuration or the application code itself are practically inevitable. Problem analysis and troubleshooting are part art, part science. Therefore, alt... (more)

This article offers a brief look into accessing the ODBC API from a PowerBuilder client application that views the tables and columns within any ODBC data source. The techniques shown here can be leveraged to provide capabilities such as ad-hoc reporting within your PowerBuilder ... (more)

In Part 1 we looked at the overall architecture of DataWindow.NET (PBDJ, Vol. 11, issue 4); in Part 2 we'll start coding our first application. We'll code a simple client application that contains two DataWindows with a master-detail relationship using the Department and Employee... (more)

Introduced in 1991 and patented in October 1996, PowerBuilder's DataWindow technology remains one of the most flexible, dynamic, and versatile means for data retrieval, modification, and presentation available in any development tool. By launching DataWindow.NET along with PowerB... (more)

Have you ever thought of adding new features to PowerBuilder? Or wanted to call Java or .NET from PowerScript? Or imagined that you can call PowerScript from C++ or Java? With PBNI, you can do them all and more. PowerBuilder Native Interface (PBNI) is a standard interface for thi... (more)

Have you ever thought of adding new features to PowerBuilder? Or wanted to call Java or .NET from PowerScript? Or imagined that you can call PowerScript from C++ or Java? With PBNI, you can do them all and more. PowerBuilder Native Interface (PBNI) is a standard interface for thi... (more)