Qing-hao Liang recently tested PB 12.6 compatibility with the Windows 10 Technical Preview. In his post on the SAP PowerBuilder Developer Centre, he first covers the installation process of Windows 10 Technical Preview and then tests it with the PowerBuilder 12.6 Installer and SQL Anywhere 16. He also explains the challenges he encounters.

It seems that the installation process is as smooth as on Windows 7 and that it's easy to get familiar with the environment. The PB Examples application shipped with PowerBuilder works perfectly. 

Qing-hao Liang writes that the first experience is very encouraging and that the performance of Windows 10 Technical Preview is good. While Windows 10 is still at an early stage, the future seems to be promising.

Early registration for the Charlotte PowerBuilder Conference, held on May 6-8, 2015, ends on the 31st of March. Register before that and get $200 off!

You can register here.

Get the latest news and info about PowerBuilder at the upcoming Charlotte PowerBuilder Conference! It hosts numerous PB experts and has over 25 PB centric sessions, including 2 days of pre-conference training.

Here are the top five reasons you can't miss this conference:

Don't forget to attend the exceptional PowerBuilderTV webcast with the participation of SAP and various PB community members tomorrow (Thursday, January 29, 2015) at 7:00 AM PST (Los Angeles) / 16h00 CET (Paris).

With over 600 persons already registered, don't miss this opportunity to listen to 6 presenters,?Dirk Boessmann, Matt Balent, Armeen Mazda,?Gian Luca De Bonis and?Christophe Dufurmantelle talk about the future of PB and its ecosystem.

If you haven't registered yet, you can do it here.

E. Crane Computing has just released a new version of PowerGen!

PowerGen is the essential tool to automate the building of PowerBuilder? applications. With PowerGen, you can control your builds with predictability and reliability.

What's new?

- Support for PowerBuilder V12.6 (Classic) - PowerGen V9.0 supports PowerBuilder V12.6, including 64-bit deployment.
- Binding Manifest Template to Executable In V9.0 any template can be bound to set to the installed template that provides New Visual Styles.
- Changes to the Gen File Format - The first line in the gen file that indicates the version of the gen file format is changed to indicate the new version: 13.

PowerGen Version 9.0 contains all the features in PowerGen Version 8.5.?Read more about PowerGen V9.0 on the E. Crane Computing website.

You can purchase PowerGen V9.0 here.

Software Tool & Die Inc (STD) has announced an updated version (5.5.0.22) of their free Integrated Foundation Class library for PowerBuilder "Classic", Appeon Web and Appeon Mobile! It can be downloaded from the SourceForge website available through the link below.