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PBDJ Blog Post Software Tool & Die Inc. is pleased to announce that it has uploaded newer versions of its SQLExtract Utility to STD's SourceForge open source server. The new versions are for PowerBuilder 11.2, and 11.5.1. STD has also uploaded versions of SQLXtract for PB 9.0.3 and 10.2.1 to SourceForge as well that were previously housed on Sybase's CodeXchange system. The SQLXtract utility can be downloaded from STD's development area on SourceForge (click here).   This utility was developed with the anticipation that many PowerBuilder sites use Sybase’s DataWindow technology to gain access to various DataBase Management Systems. The DataWindow however, stores its SQL in a non-DBMS vendor specific format (known as a PBSelect to developers). This does not allow various... (more)

Windows Presentation Foundation Skins

PBDJ Blog Post The new PowerBuilder 12.NET product utilizes the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) feature of the .NET framework version 3.5 that now allows the PB application developer to assign either Window or Application based "Skins". The skin is an XML style that can be applied to all controls within a specific Window class or to all objects within a given application. A PB 12... (more)

How to Communicate with a DBMS

Yes size really does matter when you are talking about a client/server application, web server, or application server communicating with a database management system. Size is often overlooked when designing very large application systems that can potentially generate an excessive amount of concurrent users, heavy database transaction load, complex queries, large data stream content or so... (more)

John Strano Gets a Black Belt

PBDJ Blog Post During the latest meeting of the Ottawa Sybase User Group on December 2, 2009, John Strano was in attendance to dazzel the audience with PB 11.5 business awareness and Sybase upcoming PB 12.NET product. During these type of presentations with John I often demonstrate a martial art technique that emphasizes how to use body mechanics in order gain control over an attacker. M... (more)

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