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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2887 comp.lang.basic.visual:28973 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:1344 comp.databases.sybase:12127 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!relay.tor.hookup.net!newsadm From: Joe Cool <jcool@toronto.cbc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder Date: 22 Dec 1994 14:25:35 GMT Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3dc28v$j5o@relay.tor.hookup.net> References: <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com> <3c2lmn$669@explorer.csc.com> <3ctamn$ac6@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> <3d45k8$1qi8@tequesta.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cbc.ca > Before I could do anything to stop it, Jon Barron wrote: > > > So? PowerBuilder does not offer .VBXs. This alone can make or break a project. > > While you cannot *create* VBX's with PowerBuilder, you can *use* them as > user-defined objects. > > Myself, I have yet to see a situation where being able to use VBX's made > or broke a project. > > -- > > Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a | a-Henh! > fully charged icing annointment utensil, he poots forth | > a tiny green rosette near the summit of a dense but | Brian > radiant muffin of his own design. | Wilson > | > We miss you, Frank! | There is one important issues that Powersoft likes to keep quite about... Powerbuilder only supports version 1.0 of MS's VBX standard (if you want to call it a standard.) Many of the version 3 VBX's will not function correctly with Powerbuilder, Regards.