Postinstallation Tasks

Before using PowerBuilder after installation, you might need to perform some migration or configuration tasks.

  • Migrating applications to the current version of PowerBuilder 2017 R3

    If you have applications and PowerBuilder library files (PBLs) that you created in an earlier version of PowerBuilder, you can migrate them to version 2017 R3. Before you do, make sure your PBLs can be successfully regenerated under the earlier version, and make backup copies.

    PowerBuilder 2017 R3 are Unicode enabled, and some changes are made to your code when you migrate an application from PowerBuilder 9.x or earlier. For details, see the section called “Migrating targets” in Users Guide.

    Also read the migration issues section in the PowerBuilder release bulletin and the Migrating PowerBuilder Applications technical document.

  • Setting up your DBMS

    Your DBMS might require additional setup procedures for use with PowerBuilder. For details, see Connecting to Your Database.

  • Upgrading databases for jConnect for JDBC

    Might be required to prepare SQL Anywhere or Adaptive Server® Enterprise databases for jConnect 5.5.

  • Installing Ghostscript

    Required if you want to use the distill method for saving DataWindows as PDF.

  • Installing PostScript drivers

    Required if you want to use the distill method for saving DataWindows as PDF.