PFC Project Partitioning Using a Referenced PowerBuilder Assembly Target
16 Feb 2012 3:30pm GMT Paul Harvey, the great American radio personality, would always conclude his colorful broadcasts with the quip “And now you know the rest of the story.” For those of you not acquainted with Paul’s broadcasts, here’s a sample. If you get to about 3:40 in, you’ll hear the classic remark. Paraphrasing Paul’s tag line, in this article you’ll learn “the rest of the story” about RAD Development methodology in PowerBuilder 12.5 .NET using a...
Mobility in Business Is Now a Necessity!
5 Feb 2012 7:00pm GMT If you have been reading my articles and blogs you will know that I am a staunch believer that the iPad is the Corporate Mobility game changer and enabler for the future and the Future of Mobility is NOW! I totally believe that the Mobile device is a tool for the future worker that can be unlocked with the forward thinking and design of bespoke business apps. Having a Mobile Device and never building Corporate Apps is like having a Swiss Army Knife on a Survival Trip and never using it.read more
Advanced DataWindow Sorting
3 Feb 2012 5:00pm GMT This article provides a means of automating the sorting of DataWindows... not just grid DataWindows as discussed in last month’s article, but all DataWindows, regardless of display format. Bear in mind that we are writing programmer tools. When writing for programmers we want to give the programmer the maximum number of options while minimizing the programmer effort. In other words, default as much as possible but allow the programmer to move beyond the defaults. It would be nice to be...
PowerBuilder News
1 Feb 2012 5:00am GMT Sybase and AvantGo, a leading provider of mobile enterprise software, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Sybase to acquire AvantGo in a cash merger valued at approximately $38 million.read more
Looking into Enterprise iOS
31 Jan 2012 12:00pm GMT Enterprise Mobility has a lot of benefits, such as improving the efficiency of a company's business processes and their Information Workers alike. If the term Information Workers is new to you, then a brief explanation is that they are traditional employees using corporate data in their day to day tasks, historically they were chained to the desktop. Now they are free and can become mobile. This mobile enablement gives a competitive edge to a company and a leading position, using such a forward...