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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2949 comp.lang.basic.visual:29408 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:1561 comp.databases.sybase:12266 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!merlin!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!tequesta.gate.net!seminole.gate.net!bwilson From: bwilson@gate.net (Brian Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Date: 28 Dec 1994 21:51:21 GMT Organization: Seitch Tabr Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3dsmkp$qj6@tequesta.gate.net> References: <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com> <3c2lmn$669@explorer.csc.com> <3ctamn$ac6@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> <3d45k8$1qi8@tequesta.gate.net> <3dc28v$j5o@relay.tor.hookup.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: seminole.gate.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Joe Cool, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, wrote: > 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, We generally don't use VBX's in our PowerBuilder projects and yet we keep buying more copies of PowerBuilder. I don't think that the lack of VBX's is going to make or break PowerSoft or Sybase. It would appear that VB programmers will find this to be a "needed" feature, while those of us who don't work with VB might not see it as an ommission if it is not included. -- 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! |