Dear Valued Customer:
This letter provides notification about the features that will be obsolete, or discontinued, in the upcoming 2025 R2 release. Obsolete features are features that are available but are no longer eligible for technical support and will no longer be enhanced. Discontinued features are features that are completely removed from the product, and therefore will require you remediate before being able to upgrade to 2025 R2.
Discontinued Features:
- Windows 10. Microsoft discontinues Windows 10 support from October 14, 2025. Customers who use Windows 10 as the operation system of PowerServer Runtime or IDE can choose to upgrade to a supported Windows OS such as Windows 11.
- SnapDevelop. Appeon will discontinue SnapDevelop integration in the PowerBuilder IDE starting with version 2025 R2. Customers can continue to edit, build, and debug PowerServer API and .NET DataStore API projects using a third-party C# IDE such as Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio.
Obsolete Features:
- 3D graph (DirectX SDK rendering). The 3D graph rendering feature, which relies on a legacy DirectX SDK–based rendering path, will be obsolete in version 2025 R2. While you can still use 3D graphs in the PowerBuilder IDE, this feature will no longer be eligible for technical support. Appeon recommends customers migrate to 2D graph types (the supported alternative) for more stable and predictable rendering across modern Windows environments.
If you have any questions about this notice, please contact Appeon Support via email support@appeon.com. One of our support staff will respond to your questions or direct you to someone who can assist you. Thank you for your understanding with this product transition as we continue to modernize PowerBuilder. We are very excited about the new product releases and look forward to helping you to deploy successfully and get the most out of them.
Sincerely,
Appeon Support