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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2842 comp.lang.basic.visual:28664 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:1219 comp.databases.sybase:11998 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!news.pic.net!usenet From: dames@pic.net (Danny Ames) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder Date: 18 Dec 1994 08:11:04 GMT Organization: DC Systems Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3d0qqo$986@gandalf.pic.net> References: <3ctamn$ac6@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> <3d0fpr$ro3@ion.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal44.pic.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.3 >: > >: So? PowerBuilder does not offer .VBXs. This alone can make or break a project. > >Yes it does. Sure if you have VBX's from VB 1.0, I have worked with powerbuilder for about a 1 1/2 years and have yet to find a VBX that would help. An interesting side note is a simple PB window with 1 button and a list box (NO DATABASE CONNECTION) results in a 14k EXE and 2.1 meg of DLL's Plus PB windows are not ever true windows, making it harder to deal with in the API. VB is quicker, albeit more code, than PB in database hits and queries. In addition PB is simply for database applications, with its data windows it is much easier to manipulate the database, but that is what it is designed for. VB on the other hand is open as to what the application can do, games, database, graphics, so on etc.... Have you ever seen a shrinkwrap PB app??? There are several VB ones. PB is primarily for internal Client/Server apps, You can't compare apples to oranges. It is kinda like the PB vs. Delphi thing, only the big mistake there is that VB is BASIC and Delphi is PASCAL. They are not in the same arena.