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From: jebarron@ix.netcom.com (Jon Barron)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase
Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder
Date: 17 Dec 1994 00:17:27 GMT
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In <3c2lmn$669@explorer.csc.com> mpfeifer@csc.com (Mark Pfeifer) writes: 

>
>The simply answer is if you want to do database applications, PowerBuilder is 
going to be a better choice.  Visual Basic does not offer any control which is
>equivalent to PB's DataWindow.
>
So? PowerBuilder does not offer .VBXs. This alone can make or break a project.

Regards,
Jon