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Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2022 R3 or earlier

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Microsoft is going to end support for .NET 6 in November 2024, therefore, the PowerBuilder/InfoMaker/PowerServer/SnapDevelop (2022 R3 MR 3391 or later) features that used to work with .NET 6 have been upgraded to work with both .NET 6 and .NET 8.

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Upgrading from any PowerBuilder version (including beta)
- Migration Assistant
- Upgrading PBLs and performing a full build (IM)
- Upgrading database profiles (IM)
- Runtime DLLs (IM)
- Upgrading PowerBuilder Extension applications
- GetFileOpenName Initdir parameter behavior
  - Windows 10/11:
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2022 R3 or earlier
- PBC is integrated into PBAutoBuild
- .NET 8 upgrade
- Cloud App Launcher is upgraded
- PowerClient FTP transfer is removed
- .NET Core 3.1 is unsupported
- PowerServer UnitTest is removed
- mdirbb_1 and mditbb_1 objects
- Runtime file change
- Upgrading PowerServer projects
  - Re-deploying the PowerServer project
- Upgrading PowerClient projects
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2022 R2 or earlier
- PB.INI changes
- Tab changes
- Runtime file changes
- Theme folder changes
- commandline argument saving changes
- Upgrading PowerServer projects
- Upgrading PowerClient projects
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2022 or earlier
- Removing the obsolete Inet object
- .NET 6 upgrade
- Sharing ADO.NET database connections
- Upgrading PowerServer projects
- Upgrading PowerClient projects
- PDF Builder object change
- WebBrowser engine changes
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2021 or earlier
- Runtime differences (IM)
- Window size differences
  - Increased height of window titles
  - Increased window size
- Rich text editor changes (IM)
- Cookie JS file changes
- PB.INI changes
- Return value changes in 64-bit applications
- 64-bit debugging and running
- PBDOM changes
- Removing Java support and JDK 1.6 (IM)
- Removing EasySoap and SOAP clients
- Removing OData (IM)
- Removing .NET Assembly target
- Upgrading PowerServer projects
- Upgrading PowerClient projects
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2019 R3 or earlier
- Upgrading PowerClient projects
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2019 R2 or earlier
- Class name and location changes
- Upgrading PowerBuilder projects
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 2017 or earlier
- RichTextEdit control and RichText DataWindow changes
- Upgrading Web service proxy
- Migration path containing double-byte characters
- Connecting to database before upgrade
- Registry functions
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 12.6 or earlier
- Oracle JDK replaces SAP JVM (IM)
- Appeon branding
- "PowerBuilder Classic" renamed (IM)
- .NET assembly/Web service not available in Standard Edition
- RichTextEdit control and RichText DataWindow changes (IM)
- PB .NET IDE and WPF Projects Removed
- EAServer Projects/Targets Removed
- Windows Form Removed
- Web DataWindow Removed
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 12.5.2 or earlier
- SAP JVM replaces JDK
- SAP branding
- New SoapConnection functions
- Upgrading .NET Targets from Earlier Versions of PowerBuilder
- Upgrading EAServer Targets
  - Accessing EAServer Components from .NET Targets
- ImportFile size limit
- OData Support
- 64-bit Windows Applications
- New option for OrcaScript command
- pbm_custom[xx] argument changed from uLong to LongPTR
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 12.5 or earlier
- Web Forms Target Removed
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 12.1 or earlier
- RTF and Images in the DataWindow Object
- User-Drawn Controls in DataWindow Objects
- Window Control transparent Value and transparency property
- Support for New ASE 15.5 Data types (IM)
- Sharing Datasources with .NET
- AutoWidth Property (IM)
- Support for Tab Sequence, Enabled, and Show Focus Rectangle Properties
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 12.0 or earlier
- ASE 15.5 Support (IM)
- Sql Anywhere 12.0 support (IM)
- HasMinHeight Property
- FontHeight Function
- Find Function
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 11.5.1 or earlier
- Deprecated functionality
- PowerBuilder Classic and PowerBuilder .NET
- Platform support (IM)
- New properties, functions and database parameters
- Enhancements to the Runtime Packager
- Enhancements for the ADO.NET Interface
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 11.5 or earlier
- Deployment support for the Windows 2000 platform (IM)
- JDK 1.6 Support (IM)
- FIPS 140-2 certification (IM)
- Support for Microsoft Office 2007 Excel formats (IM)
- Support for SQL Anywhere 11.0 mirroring (IM)
- Informix 11.5 Support (IM)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 support (IM)
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 11.2 or earlier
- Directory changes for FDCC compliance (IM)
- Deprecated Features
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 11.1 or earlier
- AJAX update functionality for Web Forms applications
- Telerik RadControls replace IE Web Controls in Web Forms applications
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 11.0 or earlier
- Upgrading to Microsoft Vista (IM)
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 10.5 or earlier
- Upgrading EAServer targets
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 10 or earlier
- Toolbar changes in PowerBuilder 10.5
- Icon changes in PowerBuilder 10.5 (IM)
- Upgrading components to EAServer 6.0.1 or later
- Creating an EJB client application for EAServer 6.x
- PowerBuilder system types as variable names in proxies
- OLE DB performance with Microsoft SQL Server
- Change in behavior of OpenTab
- RichTextEdit control and RichText DataWindow changes (IM)
- Some PSR files must be regenerated (IM)
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 9 or earlier
- Unicode changes (IM)
- Automatic changes made when you upgrade
- ImportFile size limit
- Upgrading Web and JSP targets
- JSP object model changes
- DBCS text in object properties is not converted correctly (IM)
- XML string encoding
- Runtime errors in EAServer
- Using masks with "as is" characters
- Format of WMF files saved from DataWindows changed
- MTS/COM+ components must be redeployed
- Change in Date function behavior
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 8 or earlier
- Changed format of PSR files (IM)
- Source code control changes
- ScrollToRow behavior change
- Web ActiveX deployment requirements (IM)
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 7 or earlier
- Adding targets to a workspace
- Distributed PowerBuilder is not supported
- Reserved words
- SystemError event change
- IsValid function change
- Format for color options changed (IM)
- Web DataWindow migration issues
- DataWindow method return values for empty DataObject property
- ScrollNextRow and ScrollPriorRow behavior change
- Changed behavior of OpenSheet functions
Upgrading from PowerBuilder 6.5 or earlier
- Nested reports in DataWindow objects renamed (IM)
- Icons for windows must be assigned
- ListView and TreeView controls events changed
  - TreeView
  - ListView

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