On stackoverflow a poster asked if its possible to create a new target using an existing application object or different application object. While the question wasnt very clear, the answer is an interesting look into the issues that will be encountered when doing the above.

Check out the full post on StackOverFlow

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Here's a question that popped up recently on Tek-tips, but in fact finds its answer in a 2005 Google Groups post. It's about changing the screen resolution at the start up of a PowerBuilder application. "Is it possible to automate (in powerbuilder application), changing the screen resolution???For example, I wish to change the res to 768*1024 when my program starts, and back to original??res when exits."

Find out the answer here

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Here's another older but interesting post on Stackoverflow about what ressources are available for those who are not very familiar with PowerBuilder. "I'm recently working in a company where we use PowerBuilder extensively. The only documentation or resources we have access to is some basic course saying things like "Do A, then B and you'll get C". I was wondering if there is some better crash courses or tutorials for this language on the net or somewhere else which actually explain something instead of simply taking me by the hand."

There were a number of answers to this question ranging from books to online tutorials, you can check out the full list here.

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The blogger at Slapout Tech recently worked on a PowerBuilder Project with an SQL server. He's compiled a few tips for if you ever come across a similar project on Single Quoted Strings, Identity Columns, Bit Fields, and Files Required.

Check out the full article on Slapout Tech

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This is day 5 of the 100 days of PowerBuilder and its helping to organise PBLs. "... Establishing a uniform structure to the contents of your PBLs which applies across the applications you develop is much more important in terms of lessening the learning curve for new developers and improving maintenance activities. Most applications which are at least ten years old have a hodge-podge of PBLs loosely organized at best. Many may have had better structure but over time entropy took control, especially when the initial developers moved on to something else, and there was no longer anything other than individual discipline keeping things organized. The two types of sturctures I advocate are Object Centric and Module Centric."

Read more on the Anvil of Time

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Here's an article with a very interesting discussion on HTML5. In this article Bruce Armstrong clarifies his position on the latter, and having PowerBuilder support for HTML5. He has published various articles discusing the latest revision of HTML. "I do not believe that HTML5 is currently a mature technology suitable for the generation of enterprise line of business applications. It may be in a few years, it currently isn't."

Read more here

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