PowerBuilder for UNIX

A complete development environment for client/server applications.

Powersoft presents a proven, flexible client/server development tool that exploits the raw processing power of RISC technology - PowerBuilder for UNIX. Offering developers the high level of productivity that has made PowerBuilder the leading client/server development tool, PowerBuilder for UNIX combines an intuitive graphical interface with the DataWindow and an extensible object-oriented programming language. Plus, its unique architecture allows you to migrate PowerBuilder for UNIX applications easily to other PowerBuilder-supported platforms.

PowerBuilder's advanced object library and source manager introduce binary-format compatibility across multiple operating platforms. This allows teams of developers to share PowerBuilder objects and libraries with other PowerBuilder applications in a multiplatform environment - including Intel-based Windows and Windows NT, DEC Alpha Windows NT, and Apple Macintosh.

Featuring native connectivity to leading client/server databases and the ability to interface with existing C applications, PowerBuilder for UNIX gives developers a comprehensive tool for creating and deploying sophisticated applications in the UNIX environment.

Powerful object-oriented technology

True object-oriented technology allows developers to create client/server applications rapidly without specialized knowledge or complicated programming. PowerBuilder for UNIX supports the definition of classes for modeling visual and non-visual business objects, including windows and menus. It supports all major object-oriented programming features, including inheritance, encapsulation of data and processing logic, and polymorphic messaging - features that ensure consistency in applications, increased productivity, and minimized maintenance costs.

You can take advantage of PowerBuilder's built-in, comprehensive library of reusable objects, or choose from a number of commercially available class libraries and application frameworks designed specifically for PowerBuilder.

Intelligent DataWindow™ technology

PowerBuilder for UNIX offers developers the proven and mature technology of the DataWindow - an intelligent, graphical window into the database via a presentation style you select. The DataWindow understands the unique functionality of each supported database, allowing database manipulation without requiring developers to code in SQL.

Intuitive client/server development

PowerBuilder offers a feature-rich development environment, including:

Comprehensive UNIX Support - an extended Motif GUI environment that allows multiple screen displays, and includes combo boxes and other controls.
PowerScript programming language - an extensible, object-oriented language provides access to hundreds of built-in functions. Complete with an incremental compiler and full-featured debugger.
External Integration - unsurpassed external data integration capability via shared obejcts. You can write custom functions in C, or leverage existing C routines from PowerBuilder. Plus, PowerBuilder for UNIX supports DDE.
Rapid Protyping and Development - with a Quick Application Generator and a comprehensive set of online code examples, PowerBuilder for UNIX delivers a highly productive rapid prototyping and development environment. In addition, PowerBuilder's online, context-sensitive help and a set of sample applications bring your development capabilities quickly up to speed.

Enterprise database connectivity - lightning fast!

PowerBuilder for UNIX supports Oracle7 and Sybase SQL Server. The Data Pipeline, PowerBuilder's data migration and replication facility, copies tables and their data from one database to another.

Moreover, the extraordinary processing power of the RISC architecture offers unsurpassed throughput of data from server to client.

Comprehensive query, reporting, and business graphics

PowerBuilder for UNIX simplifies querying, with a graphical query builder and a multi-table QuickSelect. Save queries as objects, then reuse them as data sources for a variety of reports. PowerBuilder's banded report writer supports a range of report types: freeform, tabular, control break, cross-tab, labels, composite, and more. A powerful business graphics engine provides 2D and 3D pie, bar, column, line, scatter, and area graphs to satisfy complex reporting requirements.

With the PowerBuilder Repository you can store labels, edit masks, validation rules, and graphical edit styles to increase productivity and consistency.

Configuration management and application deployment

PowerBuilder for UNIX offers an Application Painter that displays a graphical hierarchy of the entire application, simplifying application management and allowing developers to more quickly modify PowerBuilder objects.

A central check-in/check-out feature lets developers control access to objects, with an interface to source management capabilities. The Project Painter maintains an application's deployment file configuration. Applications can be deployed royalty-free.

Minimum System Requirements

UNIX Solaris 2.4
XWindows System X11R5
Motif 1.2.3
16 MB RAM
40 MB swap space
45 MB hard disk space

Screen Captions:

PowerBuilder gives you a visual means for building tables and their relationships, and provides the SQL code according to your selection criteria.

The powerful DataWindow gives you an easy way to create reports in a variety of presentation styles.

Addresses:

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