PowerBuilder guides and answers
Upgrades, version support, database compatibility and integrations, written by the consultants who work on these systems every week. Ask in plain words.
PowerBuilder and .NET 8 End of Support: What to Do by 10 November 2026
Which PowerBuilder features need .NET 8, and the builds that move each line to .NET 10.
Claude Code with PowerBuilder 2025 R2: What Works Today
The Solution format makes source readable, the loop keeps commits human, and the IDE integration is announced but undated.
PowerBuilder 2025 Migration: Problems and Fixes
Compile code -3, greyed-out Solution conversion, LongPtr rules — each with the documented fix.
What Does PowerBuilder Cost in 2026?
CloudPro, Professional and PowerServer prices in plain numbers — subscription vs perpetual, and keep-vs-rewrite math.
PowerBuilder and Git: Source Control That Works
What to commit, the .gitignore, branching without merge hell, CI — and what PB 2025 finally fixed.
PowerBuilder on Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025
What actually breaks on Windows 11 and Server 2025 — and the short list to test before you move.
The PowerBuilder WebBrowser Control: Embedding Modern Web Content with WebView2
Since 2022 R2 it runs on Microsoft Edge WebView2 — modern rendering, JS↔PowerScript messaging, and what to deploy.
Sending Email from PowerBuilder: The Native SMTPClient Object
Native SMTP/SMTPS with STARTTLS and OAuth2 (XOAUTH2) — send mail to Microsoft 365 and Gmail without third-party DLLs.
PowerBuilder 2025 R2: What's New, and Should You Upgrade?
Dark-mode IDE, up to 50% lower memory, .NET 10 and Oracle 26ai. What changed, and who should move.
Is PowerBuilder Dead in 2026? An Honest Answer
No. But the shrinking talent pool is a real risk, and it needs the opposite response.
PowerBuilder Versions and Support Lifecycle: Release Dates and End-of-Life
Every Appeon release from 2017 to 2025 R2, when its support ends, and where 12.6 stands.
PowerBuilder 9 to 2025: A Pragmatic Upgrade Guide
Three upgrade paths from Sybase-era versions, what actually breaks, and what to do first.
PowerBuilder Sybase to Appeon Migration: 9 Things That Will Surprise You
Nine specific surprises from real migrations, each with the workaround we used.
PowerBuilder + Oracle 19c: Compatibility, Gotchas and Migration
Character sets, drivers, PL/SQL changes and the execution plans that quietly regress.
PowerBuilder REST API: 4 Integration Patterns That Actually Work
HTTPClient, WinHTTP fallback, sidecar service, gateway in front. Auth, retries, trade-offs.
Modernize PowerBuilder or Rewrite in .NET? A Decision Framework
Why most rewrites fail, and the specific situations where rewriting is the right call.
PowerBuilder Support
Senior production support, troubleshooting, small fixes, stabilization and continuity for PowerBuilder applications that are running but no longer easy to maintain in-house.
PowerBuilder Modernization
Upgrade planning, PowerBuilder 2022 / 2025 readiness, UI improvements, deployment modernization, PowerServer / PowerClient strategy.
PowerBuilder Integrations
SAP, REST APIs, reporting systems, PDF/document workflows, external platforms — bridging PowerBuilder cleanly into the wider enterprise stack.
PowerBuilder Database & Performance
Oracle PL/SQL, SQL Server T-SQL, stored procedures, packages, triggers, views and performance tuning of data-heavy PowerBuilder applications.
PowerBuilder Architecture & Code Review
Architecture review, code review, mentoring, project coordination and rescue consulting — senior eyes on the difficult PowerBuilder decisions that protect the system.
PowerBuilder notes, now and then
New writing on upgrades, databases and modernization — a few times a month, nothing more.