Now more than ever, people are interested in news about PowerBuilder. PowerBuilderTV will be hosting a webinar on September 17th 2013 dedicated to what's new in the PowerBuilder eco-system - the latest on the upcoming PB World Tour, updates on your favourite add-ons and more!

This webcast is by the community, for the community.

See the recording

There have been a number of PowerBuilder magazine's popping up lately online!

Check out Bruce Armstrong's Online Magazine?(and don't forget to sign his online petition?while you're at it).?Leaf through this Flipboard magazine to get the latest in articles and videos on PB.

You can also subscribe to Calvin Allen's PowerBuilder Programming News, a different format online magazine that brings you regular updates on PB with real time information over Twitter #PowerBuilder.?

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This is a catchup session of the webinar presented in July, it has the same great line-up of presenters, and the latest updates on PB news and add-ons. "Like many in the PowerBuilder world, you're probably eager for some news! Join us for an exciting and informative webcast from the PowerBuilder sphere: a panel of presenters from the community will be discussing the future of PowerBuilder and possible evolutions for your applications. A number of topics will be covered including PB15, PB & HANA, Upcoming Events, New PB add-ons and more!"
Sign up for the webinar here.

PowerToTheBuilder has released version 5.3.0 of PB Ultimate Suite!?

Some of the changes in this release include:

• Add custom theme support to each control.
• Add new "black" color theme.
• Issues rendering the Outlook Shortcutbar.
• Text in the XPListbar didn't display if an image wasn't specified.
• Add DocumentClosing and DocumentClosed events to PowerDock.

Check out how to modernize your UI with PB Ultimate Suite

Here are the latest updates for the third Release Candidate from Chris Pollach's Software Tool & Die Inc. Foundation Classes.

Summary of the latest changes:

1) Added new oe_lock_device event to the base ancestor window.

2) Removed more old WPF, Webforms & PocketBuilder deprecated code.

3) Removed extraneous resizing code from wn_master base ancestor window.

4) "OrderEntry" sample application's Splash Screen now displays Appeon environments.

5) Appeon Web container CVUO fixes.

6) Changed abstract LOG Display dialog to size & center better in the browser.

An interesting case recently posted on the SCN discussion space about migrating from PB to VS (and then back!). One poster wrote about the various migration failures he's seen:

"I cannot tell you how many projects I've run into where PowerBuilder applications were being "sunset" in favor of Java and/or VS and where the "new" application was subsequently cancelled due to cost and/or lack of performance, leaving the PowerBuilder app still running many years after it was supposed to have been replaced."

If your company is pushing to move away from PB, this SCN discussion is a must read!

Visual Studio Vs Powerbuilder?

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