We are excited to announce that PowerBuilder 2019 R3 GA version and InfoMaker 2019 R3 GA version, build 2670, are officially released and available for downloading!

New Features and Bug Fixes

• PowerScript development (PowerBuilder IDE, PowerBuilder Runtime, and PowerBuilder Compiler)
  • A new project type, PowerClient, is introduced and it enables seamless installation and self-updating for PowerBuilder applications regardless of client/server or cloud-native architecture.
  • PowerBuilder IDE and PowerBuilder Runtime are decoupled for separate installation and upgrade. Developers can switch the runtime version used for running, debugging, and compiling your application. It also enables developers to get enhancements to the IDE without affecting runtime, maintain multiple projects with various runtime versions, and easily revert back runtime versions.
  • Provides a demo app to demonstrate how to easily enrich PowerBuilder with modern interactive charts.
  • The WebBrowser control has been enhanced to easily integrate JavaScript with PowerScript, both synchronously and asynchronously. Besides being able to securely display Web content, developers can enrich their apps with new visual possibilities and JavaScript functionality. It also supports basic or digests authentication.
  • Source control managements have been improved:
    
    • Supports automatically refreshing all PBLs after downloading the source code from the server (Git and SVN);
    • Supports creating and switching branches in the PowerBuilder IDE (Git only);
    • Supports moving the project along with its source control bindings to a new location without needing to bind with the source control again (Git and SVN);
  • The license mechanism is improved for one user account to log into more than one version on the same machine simultaneously. (Note that this feature will work in 2019 R3 and all subsequent releases, but not in any of the previous releases.)
  • Double-clicking an object (such as applications, DataWindow object, windows, menus, user objects, functions, etc.) in the Browser window can open the painter associated with the object.
  • When a DataWindow column is set to the DropDownDW edit style and associated with a DataWindow object, you can right click the DataWindow column and then select Modify DropDownDW... to directly open and edit the associated DataWindow object in the painter.
  • Supports creating a PBR (PowerBuilder resource) file to list the resource names used by the RibbonBar control and compiling the PBR with the application executable.
  • JSONParser and JSONGenerator are enhanced to support getting and setting an item by path, and handling special values.
  • The HTTPClient object has added a validation of ignoring certain types of server certificate error and a revocation checking for server certificate when sending a request.
  • The 64-bit version of the TX Text Control is supported.
  • Supports Microsoft UI Automation to offer a richer set of properties and extended interfaces to manipulate not only standard controls but also custom controls such as PowerBuilder DataWindows and child controls in DataWindows.
  • Supports the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (MSOLEDBSQL).
  • Supports PowerBuilder application connecting with the Microsoft SQL Server database through TLS 1.2 (using either MSOLEDBSQL SQL Server or SNC SQL Native Client interface).

For more new features and detailed information, please see here.

For bug fixes, please see here.

• C# migration & development (SnapDevelop, .NET DataStore, and PowerScript Migrator)
  • Enhanced Docker Support.
  • Async Methods for Web API Projects.
  • Added support for .NET Core 3.1.
  • Added support for ASE and HANA database and cloud database servers.
  • Database tables can be directly converted to C# models in the DB Server Explorer.
  • The scaffolding UI layout has been re-designed with a more streamlined and logical structure.
  • Optimized debugging in exception management, breakpoint settings, and asynchronous debugging, etc.
  • PowerScript Migrator now supports batch translation.
  • DataWindow Converter enhancements:
    
    • More model generation settings;
    • Generating DataContext available during Model Export;
    • Provides redirection links to Child DataWindows.

For more new features and detailed information, please see here.

For bug fixes, please see here.

• Application deployment (PowerServer (PB Edition), PowerServer Toolkit, etc.)
  • The following latest software is supported:
    
    • iOS 14
    • Android 11

Important note: If you reinstall PowerBuilder 2019 R2/R3, make sure to reinstall PowerServer Toolkit 2020 MR after it. Otherwise, PowerServer Toolkit will fail to work.

For more new features and detailed information, please see here.

For bug fixes, please see here.

• InfoMaker
  • The InfoMaker runtime files are separated from the IDE to be PowerBuilder Runtime, which is used by both the PowerBuilder IDE and InfoMaker IDE.
  • Supports using "Built-in TX Text Control ActiveX 28.0" as the rich text editor.
  • Supports the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (MSOLEDBSQL).

For more new features and detailed information, please see here.

For bug fixes, please see here.

• PowerBuilder/InfoMaker Installer
  
  • Support installing the demo applications to PostgreSQL (in addition to the SQL Anywhere engine).
  • PowerBuilder Runtime can be installed separately from PowerBuilder IDE.
  • PowerBuilder Compiler is provided as a product to install in the PowerBuilder Installer.
  • It is possible to modify installation if you have not fully installed all the products in a certain version.

For more new features and detailed information, please see here.

Downloads

Please get the PowerBuilder Installer 2019 R3 or InfoMaker Installer 2019 R3 from our Downloads portal. You may either install the latest version from scratch or use the installers to upgrade from earlier 2019 versions (2019 GA, 2019 MR, 2019 R2 GA, 2019 R2 MR, or 2019 R3 Beta versions).

We are excited to announce that a maintenance release (build 1935) for PowerBuilder 2017 R3 LTS Japanese and InfoMaker 2017 R3 LTS Japanese are officially released and available for downloading! This latest release includes updates for PowerBuilder IDE and InfoMaker.

Updated Product Components

The below product components have been updated in this maintenance release:

• PowerBuilder IDE
• InfoMaker

The below product components are not updated in this maintenance release:

• PowerServer (PB Edition)
• PowerServer Help
• PowerServer Toolkit
• PowerServer Web Component

Bug Fixes

You may see here for Bug Fixes in the MR (build 1935) for PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Japanese and here for Bug Fixes in the MR (build 1935) for InfoMaker 2017 R3 Japanese.

Downloads

Please get the installers from User Center. 

Important Notes

1. If you are currently using PowerBuilder/InfoMaker 2017 R3 Japanese (build 1862, 1892, 1901, 1917, or 1926), please directly apply this MR (build 1935) on the top of your current 2017 R3 Japanese.
2. If you are currently using PowerBuilder/InfoMaker 2017 Japanese or 2017 R2 Japanese, please first upgrade your 2017 Japanese or 2017 R2 Japanese to 2017 R3 Japanese (build 1862) and then apply this MR (build 1935).

We are excited to announce that the language pack for PowerBuilder/InfoMaker 2019 R2 MR (build 2353) is now available.

This language pack works with PowerBuilder and InfoMaker 2019 R2 MR build 2353. It is the same for all the product editions.

The language pack is provided for French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. With the language pack, PowerBuilder/InfoMaker developers can deploy applications with standard runtime dialog boxes in the local language.

Please get the zip file of the language pack from User Center.

A maintenance release (build 2353) for PowerBuilder 2019 R2 and InfoMaker 2019 R2 is officially released and available for downloading! This maintenance release has updates for PowerBuilder IDE, SnapDevelop, .NET DataStore, PowerScript Migrator, and InfoMaker.

Updated Product Components

The below product components have been updated in this maintenance release:

• PowerBuilder IDE
• SnapDevelop
• .NET DataStore
• PowerScript Migrator
• InfoMaker

The below product components are not updated in this maintenance release:

• PowerServer Toolkit
• PowerServer (PB Edition)
• PowerServer Help
• PowerServer Web Component

Bug Fixes

You may see here for bug fixes for PowerBuilder 2019 R2 MR (build 2353). InfoMaker 2019 R2 MR 2353 has no bug fixes or new features. It is only enhanced to be compatible with PowerBuilder 2019 R2 MR 2353.

Downloads

Please get the PowerBuilder Installer 2019 R2 or InfoMaker Installer 2019 R2 from User Center.

Installation Notes

1. You may either install the latest version from scratch or use the installers to upgrade from earlier 2019 versions (2019 GA, 2019 MR, 2019 R2 GA or 2019 R2 MR).
2. If you have both PowerBuilder 2019/R2 and InfoMaker 2019/R2 on the same machine, please upgrade both to the same version. 

We are excited to announce that RapidSharp 2019 R2 GA version is officially released and available for downloading! If you intend to automatically convert the existing business logic in your PowerBuilder application to standard C# with open standard cloud architecture, please apply for a trial version of RapidSharp and test it out.

Products included in RapidSharp

• SnapDevelop
• .NET DataStore (with DataWindow Converter)
• PowerScript Migrator

• C# IDE
  
  • Lightweight IDE for Rapidly Creating REST APIs & Libraries.
  • Effectively scaffold services and controllers based on templates.
  • Automatically implement dependency injection in projects.
  • Integrates Web API Tester that directly tests Web APIs in the IDE, and supports complicated data models as testing parameters.
  • Load PowerBuilder workspace with all its targets, libraries, and objects.

• .NET DataStore and DataWindow Converter
  
  • Provides a set of comprehensive interfaces (.NET DataStore) to allow users to easily implement non-visual DataWindow techniques and other expanded functions in C#.
  • Provides an automated conversion tool (the DataWindow Converter) for generating standard C# POCO models from existing DataWindows including the child DataWindows.
• PowerScript Migrator
  • Automatically port PowerBuilder Business Logic to C#.
  • Translates non-visual PowerBuilder code and objects (including PowerScript, embedded SQLs, DataWindows/DataStores, and NVOs) to C#.
  • Performs the translation on individual functions, or to a complete NVO (.sru).

Please see here for more detailed information on RapidSharp features.

We are excited to announce that a maintenance release (build 1926) for PowerBuilder 2017 R3 LTS Japanese is officially released and available for downloading! This latest release includes updates for PowerServer Toolkit, PowerServer Help, and PowerServer Mobile Templates.

Updated Product Components

The below product components have been updated in this maintenance release:

• PowerServer Toolkit
• PowerServer Help
• PowerServer Mobile Templates

The below product components are not updated in this maintenance release:

• PowerBuilder IDE
• PowerServer (PB Edition)

Feature Enhancements

You may see here for feature enhancements in the MR (build 1926) for PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Japanese.

Downloads

Please get the installer from our Downloads portal. 

Important Notes

1. If you are currently using PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Japanese (build 1862, 1892, 1901, or 1917), please directly apply this MR (build 1926) on the top of your current PowerBuilder 2017 R3.
2. If you are currently using PowerBuilder 2017 or 2017 R2 Japanese, please first upgrade your PowerBuilder 2017 or 2017 R2 to PowerBuilder 2017 R3 (build 1862) and then apply this MR (build 1926).
3. After applying this MR, the Packaging tool can create mobile app packages for PowerServer 2019 and 2020 only; and can no longer create mobile app packages for PowerServer 2017.