by John Browne, on Mar 4, 2019 2:20:04 PM
The DataWindow object is the cornerstone of PowerBuilder application development. PowerBuilder apps are largely designed around accessing databases, typically for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations. In fact, most business …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Dec 19, 2018 3:55:45 PM
Recently one of our account executives asked me an interesting question. He had been contacted by an ISV who was slogging through a rewrite of a very large (millions of …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 29, 2018 6:02:00 AM
(Note: this is the part 3 in a four part series--if you're just starting here I would urge you to go back to Part 1 and 2 and read them …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 29, 2018 6:02:00 AM
Note: this is part 2 of a four part series. If you stumbled in here from the street, here's part 1 to help get you oriented. If you want to …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 29, 2018 6:02:00 AM
Extinction is normal The word "extinction" makes me visualize a couple of dinosaurs, seeing a huge fireball in the sky rushing toward Earth. One says to the other, "Wonder what …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 19, 2018 2:00:33 PM
Recently at a Microsoft event, I heard that there are still over two million desktop application developers--that is, currently writing or maintaining Windows desktop apps, whether written in C++ or …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 23, 2018 7:45:00 AM
Eike Michel had a problem. The Director of Research and Development at Aucotec, in Hannover, Germany, was responsible for a 18 year old VB6 program that was a critical piece …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Sep 24, 2018 8:00:00 AM
Today we're all pretty excited that Syncfusion has announced support for WebMAP, which means if you have Windows Forms apps using their controls you can now easily map them to …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Sep 17, 2018 5:07:23 PM
Last week was a great week for software developers - on Monday, Sept 10th, Microsoft announced Azure DevOps which is a culmination of 15 years of work and provides the …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Sep 10, 2018 8:00:00 AM
Today we feature two announcements: one from an established global leader in development tools and the other one is from Microsoft. [grins slyly] Visual Basic Upgrade Companion version 8.1 is …
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