<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
is	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
owned	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
since	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sybase	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
and	O
Appeon	O
entered	O
into	O
an	O
agreement	O
whereby	O
Appeon	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
responsible	O
for	O
developing	O
,	O
selling	O
,	O
and	O
supporting	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
has	O
been	O
updated	O
with	O
new	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
upgrade	O
of	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
was	O
released	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
.NET	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
OData	B-Application
,	O
dockable	O
windows	O
,	O
and	O
64-bit	O
native	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
rapidly	O
creating	O
RESTful	O
Web	O
APIs	O
and	O
non-visual	O
.NET	B-Application
assemblies	O
using	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
language	O
and	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
has	O
a	O
native	O
data-handling	O
object	O
called	O
a	O
DataWindow	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
,	O
edit	O
,	O
and	O
display	O
data	O
from	O
a	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
object	O
gives	O
the	O
programmer	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
specifying	O
and	O
controlling	O
user	O
interface	O
appearance	O
and	O
behavior	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
provides	O
simplified	O
access	O
to	O
database	O
content	O
and	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
from	O
Web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
some	O
extent	O
,	O
the	O
DataWindow	O
frees	O
the	O
programmer	O
from	O
considering	O
the	O
differences	O
between	O
Database	B-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Systems	I-General_Concept
from	O
different	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
is	O
used	O
primarily	O
for	O
building	O
business	O
CRUD	B-General_Concept
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
new	O
software	O
products	O
are	O
rarely	O
built	O
with	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
,	O
many	O
client-server	O
ERP	O
products	O
and	O
line-of-business	O
applications	O
built	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
to	O
early	O
2000s	O
with	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
still	O
provide	O
core	O
database	O
functions	O
for	O
large	O
enterprises	O
in	O
government	O
,	O
higher	O
education	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
insurance	O
,	O
banking	O
,	O
energy	O
,	O
and	O
telecommunications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Job	O
openings	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
developers	O
are	O
readily	O
available	O
but	O
often	O
revolve	O
around	O
maintaining	O
existing	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
SAP	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
going	O
directly	O
to	O
number	O
15	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
features	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
v4.5	O
,	O
SQL	B-Language
Server	O
2012	O
,	O
Oracle	O
12	O
,	O
Windows	O
8	O
,	O
OData	B-Application
and	O
Dockable	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
later	O
released	O
this	O
as	O
version	O
12.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2019	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2019	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Appeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
supports	O
C#	B-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
new	O
C#	B-Application
IDE	B-Application
,	O
.NET	B-Application
data	O
access	O
objects	O
,	O
C#	B-Application
migration	O
solution	O
,	O
Web	O
API	O
client	O
,	O
and	O
UI	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
3	O
,	O
2020	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2019	O
R2	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Appeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
includes	O
a	O
first-ever	O
PowerScript-to-C	O
#	O
code	O
converter	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
automatically	O
migrate	O
80-95	O
%	O
of	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
business	O
logic	O
and	O
DataWindows	O
to	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interoperability	O
between	O
PowerScript	O
and	O
.NET	B-Application
programming	O
languages	O
is	O
also	O
now	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
22	O
,	O
2021	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2019	O
R3	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Appeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C#	B-Application
Web	O
API	O
development	O
has	O
been	O
greatly	O
enhanced	O
with	O
asynchronous	O
programming	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Amazon	O
Aurora	O
and	O
Azure	O
cloud	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2021	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2021	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Appeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cloud	O
deployment	O
capability	O
of	O
the	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2021	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
matching	O
PowerServer	O
2021	O
runtime	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
completely	O
revamped	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
most	O
daunting	O
projects	O
with	O
ease	O
and	O
bring	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
up-to-date	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
.NET	B-Application
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
middle-tier	O
has	O
been	O
rebuilt	O
around	O
REST	O
API	O
standard	O
with	O
a	O
pure	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
a	O
new	O
CI/CD	O
utility	O
that	O
integrates	O
with	O
Git/SVN	O
and	O
Jenkins	O
,	O
compiles	O
all	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
projects	O
using	O
the	O
command-line	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
many	O
other	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
making	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
one	O
of	O
the	O
easiest	O
and	O
most	O
productive	O
tools	O
for	O
developing	O
Installable	O
Cloud	O
Apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2022	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2022	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Appeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
Windows	O
11	O
support	O
,	O
introducing	O
time-saving	O
functionalities	O
to	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tabbed	O
Code	O
Editor	O
,	O
Jump	O
to	O
Objects	O
,	O
and	O
Quick	O
Code	O
Search	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
latest	O
HTTP/2	O
and	O
TLS	O
1.3	O
protocols	O
and	O
two-way	O
TLS	O
authentication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearly	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
visual	O
and	O
non-visual	O
objects	O
support	O
inheritance	B-Language
,	O
polymorphism	B-Application
,	O
and	O
encapsulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programmer	O
may	O
utilize	O
a	O
common	O
code	O
framework	B-Architecture
such	O
as	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
Classes	I-Language
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
PFC	O
,	O
to	O
inherit	O
objects	O
from	O
and	O
leverage	O
pre-existing	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DataWindow	O
is	O
the	O
key	O
component	O
(	O
and	O
selling	O
point	O
)	O
of	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DataWindow	O
offers	O
a	O
visual	O
SQL	B-Language
painter	O
which	O
supports	O
outer	O
joins	O
,	O
unions	O
and	O
subquery	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
convert	O
SQL	B-Language
to	O
visual	O
representation	O
and	O
back	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
developer	O
can	O
use	O
native	O
SQL	B-Language
if	O
desired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataWindow	O
updates	O
are	O
automatic	O
—	O
it	O
produces	O
the	O
proper	O
SQL	B-Language
at	O
runtime	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
DBMS	B-General_Concept
to	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
currently	O
connected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
developers	O
who	O
are	O
not	O
experienced	O
with	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DataWindow	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
built-in	O
ability	O
to	O
both	O
retrieve	O
data	O
and	O
update	O
data	O
via	O
stored	B-General_Concept
procedures	I-General_Concept
or	O
REST	O
Web	O
APIs	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
import/export	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RESTClient	O
object	O
introduced	O
in	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2017	O
facilitates	O
bridging	O
the	O
DataWindow	O
with	O
REST	O
Web	O
APIs	O
and	O
requiring	O
minimal	O
coding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
offers	O
native	O
interfaces	O
to	O
all	O
major	O
databases	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
ODBC	B-Application
and	O
OLE-DB	B-Language
,	O
in	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
database	O
schema	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
primary	O
key	O
information	O
)	O
that	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
's	O
data	O
dictionary	O
,	O
the	O
code	O
required	O
to	O
implement	O
data	O
display	O
and	O
browsing	O
is	O
greatly	O
simplified	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
dictionary	O
information	O
allows	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
appropriate	O
SQL	B-Language
behind	O
the	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
supports	O
the	O
following	O
ways	O
of	O
interacting	O
with	O
a	O
database	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
DataWindow	O
:	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
simplest	O
approach	O
,	O
relying	O
on	O
automatically	O
generated	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Embedded	O
SQL	B-Language
"	O
Embedded	O
SQL	B-Language
supports	O
SELECT	O
,	O
INSERT	O
,	O
UPDATE	O
,	O
DELETE	O
and	O
cursors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Dynamic	O
SQL	B-Language
"	O
This	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
parameterized	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
builds	O
a	O
string	O
that	O
may	O
optionally	O
have	O
bind	O
variables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamic	O
SQL	B-Language
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
cursors	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
supports	O
ActiveX	B-Application
and	O
OCX	O
controls	O
,	O
both	O
visible	O
and	O
non-visible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
supports	O
only	O
late	O
binding	O
,	O
not	O
early	O
binding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
can	O
also	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
DDE	B-Operating_System
client	O
or	O
server	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
further	O
mechanism	O
to	O
interoperate	O
with	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
can	O
make	O
Windows	O
and	O
third-party	O
API	O
calls	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
works	O
well	O
with	O
third-party	O
libraries	O
in	O
DLL	O
files	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
directly	O
support	O
callback	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
offers	O
a	O
"	O
/pbdebug	O
"	O
(	O
or	O
variants	O
:	O
"	O
-pbdebug	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
-pbd	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
/debug	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
-debug	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
-deb	O
"	O
)	O
runtime	O
switch	O
,	O
which	O
creates	O
a	O
log	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
another	O
feature	O
which	O
can	O
log	O
all	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
to	O
a	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
applications	O
are	O
typically	O
compiled	O
to	O
p-code	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
interpreted	O
by	O
the	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
run	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensibility	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
was	O
rather	O
limited	O
for	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
Native	O
Interface	O
,	O
or	O
PBNI	O
)	O
is	O
rather	O
tricky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
develop	O
a	O
solution	O
that	O
includes	O
external	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
may	O
not	O
only	O
require	O
a	O
competent	O
C++	B-Language
developer	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
a	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
expert	O
to	O
guide	O
the	O
developer	O
through	O
the	O
myriad	O
subtleties	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
Virtual	B-Architecture
Machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inheritance	B-Language
and	O
object-oriented	B-Language
features	O
are	O
limited	O
to	O
some	O
object	O
types	O
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Userobjects	O
and	O
Menus	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
user	O
cannot	O
open	O
a	O
descendant	O
and	O
a	O
parent	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
painter	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
can	O
see	O
all	O
ancestors	O
 '	O
code	O
while	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
descendant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
these	O
criticisms	O
,	O
Appeon	O
has	O
set	O
a	O
new	O
roadmap	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
,	O
which	O
it	O
publishes	O
openly	O
on	O
the	O
Appeon	O
Website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
developers	O
,	O
the	O
(	O
classic	O
)	O
PowerScript	O
language	O
itself	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
for	O
compatibility	O
reasons	O
,	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
language	O
built	O
around	O
the	O
DataWindow	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
is	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
IDE	B-Application
built	O
around	O
the	O
DataWindow	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C#	B-Application
development	O
centered	O
around	O
a	O
new	O
.NET	B-Application
DataWindow	O
with	O
automated	O
migration	O
of	O
existing	O
DataWindows	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Appeon	O
took	O
over	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
,	O
it	O
has	O
launched	O
a	O
new	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
grass	O
roots	O
community	O
groups	O
and	O
resources	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
developers	O
to	O
share	O
and	O
convene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilderTV	O
is	O
series	O
of	O
webinars	O
by	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
users	O
and	O
vendors	O
that	O
tend	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
third	O
party	O
add-ons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerBuilder	B-Language
Central	O
is	O
a	O
community	O
initiative	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
single	O
source	O
for	O
third	O
party	O
add-ons	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appeon	O
PowerServer	O
-	O
Deploys	O
existing	O
or	O
new	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
projects	O
as	O
Cloud-native	O
applications	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
with	O
support	O
for	O
almost	O
every	O
single	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
feature	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
PFC	O
framework	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
Expert	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
-	O
Visual	O
Expert	O
helps	O
in	O
sharing	O
the	O
knowledge	O
of	O
your	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enable	O
Multilingual	O
-	O
Enable	O
makes	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
applications	O
multilingual	O
quickly	O
and	O
easily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Enable	O
,	O
developers	O
can	O
only	O
need	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
few	O
small	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
code	O
to	O
go	O
from	O
monolingual	O
to	O
multilingual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ProDiff	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
-	O
ProDiff	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
highlight	O
the	O
differences	O
between	O
versions	O
of	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
development	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
Guard	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
-	O
Visual	O
Guard	O
is	O
an	O
access	O
control	O
and	O
application-level	O
permissions	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helps	O
you	O
centralize	O
view	O
and	O
control	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
their	O
rights	O
in	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
STD	O
Framework	B-Architecture
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
-	O
A	O
Free	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
development	O
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
Classic	O
,	O
Web	O
Services	O
,	O
Appeon	O
PowerServer	O
Web	O
and	O
Mobile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimate	O
Suite	O
for	O
PB	O
-	O
A	O
suite	O
of	O
controls	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
PowerScript	O
,	O
that	O
modernizes	O
the	O
GUI	O
of	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
applications	O
;	O
Ultimate	O
Suite	O
for	O
PB	O
gives	O
applications	O
a	O
contemporary	O
look	O
and	O
makes	O
them	O
more	O
user-friendly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AscentialTest	O
-	O
Automated	O
testing	O
for	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
,	O
web	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
VM	O
api	O
's	O
allow	O
AT	O
to	O
see	O
and	O
understand	O
PB	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerGen	O
-	O
Automated	O
build	O
and	O
regeneration	O
of	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
