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Visual Baisc vs. Power Builder
Does anybody have a good opinion on Visual Basic vs. Power Builder? When one language maybe better then the other.
and don't get the wrong idea, i didn't quit because the said you have to use powerbuilder, I actually gave it a shot and hated it.
also note that the pb section here at ee has 41 open and 68 closed questions compare that to vb's 4000 open and 35000 closed...
I would agree with JRS on this 1. PB has no where near as much flexiblity as VB, VB is extremely versitile with being able to interface with , EXCEL,ACCESS,WORD,C++ with added functions of ACTIVE X.
I don't believe that PB will ever become as large as VB in any shape or form.
I do believe that it will become obsolete in the near future.
Many Thanks
Andy
p.s
give us the points (lol)
:o)
I don't believe that PB will ever become as large as VB in any shape or form.
I do believe that it will become obsolete in the near future.
Many Thanks
Andy
p.s
give us the points (lol)
:o)
the only thing i would like to have in vb from pb is the sql variable. I don't remember everthing about it but I would like to have something in vb to do this
dim var as sqlvariable
dim wherevar1 as string
dim wherevar2 as string
wherevar1 = "Hello"
wherevar2 = "Condition"
var = Select * from table1 where field1 = :wherevar1 and field2 = :wherevar2
instead of all the concatination we have to do now in vb to execute a sql statement. pb has something like this
dim var as sqlvariable
dim wherevar1 as string
dim wherevar2 as string
wherevar1 = "Hello"
wherevar2 = "Condition"
var = Select * from table1 where field1 = :wherevar1 and field2 = :wherevar2
instead of all the concatination we have to do now in vb to execute a sql statement. pb has something like this
the only thing i would like to have in vb from pb is the sql variable. I don't remember everthing about it but I would like to have something in vb to do this
dim var as sqlvariable
dim wherevar1 as string
dim wherevar2 as string
wherevar1 = "Hello"
wherevar2 = "Condition"
var = Select * from table1 where field1 = :wherevar1 and field2 = :wherevar2
instead of all the concatination we have to do now in vb to execute a sql statement. pb has something like this
dim var as sqlvariable
dim wherevar1 as string
dim wherevar2 as string
wherevar1 = "Hello"
wherevar2 = "Condition"
var = Select * from table1 where field1 = :wherevar1 and field2 = :wherevar2
instead of all the concatination we have to do now in vb to execute a sql statement. pb has something like this
Yup. VB. No contest. Really.
...and what did you expect, posting this question on the VB topic? Next try "what is better, VB or VC++?" :)
Ah, in all fairness now. If you were to ask *that* I would say "You can't compare VC++ to VB. VB is a RAD language, VC++ is a 3G programming language".
But in the case of VB v Powerbuilder, you're comparing two RAD languages. And VB is *much* better than Powerbuilder.
And have you seen .NET yet? That'll be the icing on that cake. :o)
But in the case of VB v Powerbuilder, you're comparing two RAD languages. And VB is *much* better than Powerbuilder.
And have you seen .NET yet? That'll be the icing on that cake. :o)
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I also posted this same question in the power builder area
what response did you get there?
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How much more powerful is the new VB.net compared to VB6. Is it coming a little closer to VC++
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How much more powerful is the new VB.net compared to VB6. Is it coming a little closer to VC++
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when do you expect the new .net framework to be launched??
beta 2 is this month full release is supposed to be end of year
Thanks!
the only time i could ever see pb being better is in data presentation. It is very easy to make a datawindow and show data. With all the 3rd party controls for vb now though, it is just about as easy. I quit a job about 7 months ago because they tried to make me use Powerbuilder, so that might be some indication...