Migrating PowerBuilder 8 Applications to PowerBuilder 10.5

Course Number: 673-TP
Recommended Duration:  1 day

Intended Audience
This hands-on course is designed for application programmers responsible for the migrating PowerBuilder 8 applications to PowerBuilder 10.5.

Course Overview
This course is designed to provide student with the knowledge required to migrate applications developed in PowerBuilder 8 to PowerBuilder 10.5.  A series of lab exercises is used to reinforce the classroom education.

Objectives
The course includes discussions of:

• The Unicode orientation of PowerBuilder 10
• New window controls introduced in PowerBuilder 10 and 10.5
• PowerScript enhancements
• Debugger enhancements
• DataWindow enhancements
• DataWindow support for XML introduced in PowerBuilder 9
• DataWindow support for generating PDFs introduced in PowerBuilder 9
• New and enhanced database interfaces
• Enhancements to the database tracing facility
• The PowerBuilder Native Interface (PBNI) introduced in PowerBuilder 9
• The PowerBuilder Document Object Model (PBDOM) introduced in PowerBuilder 9
• The PBCrypto object
• PowerBuilder support for MobilLink
• PowerBuilder support of a PowerDesigner plug-in
• The OrcaScript language introduced in PowerBuilder 9
• Obsolete features and facilities
• The process of migrating applications to PowerBuilder 10.5, including tools to aid in the migration, and resolution of commonly occurring problems

Prerequisites
Previous experience in developing PowerBuilder applications in PowerBuilder 8.

Topics

• IDE Enhancements

• New Painter Features

• PowerScript Enhancements

• DataWindow Enhancements

• Database Enhancements

• PowerBuilder Native Interface (PBNI)

• Deployment Enhancements

• Obsolete Features

• Migrating Applications to PowerBuilder 10.5

• Supplemental Topics (as time permits)