"PowerBuilder Runtime" is always installed to %systemdrive%\Program Files (x86)\Appeon\Common\PowerBuilder\Runtime [version]. You can install multiple versions of "PowerBuilder Runtime" and select a compatible one in the PowerBuilder IDE. By default, the latest compatible PowerBuilder Runtime will be used by the PowerBuilder IDE. You can easily switch the versions of runtime files for the PowerBuilder IDE and the application executable in seconds.
To install PowerBuilder Runtime, see the section called “Installing PowerBuilder Runtime” in Application Techniques for instructions.
To select which PowerBuilder Runtime will be loaded by the PowerBuilder IDE and which one will be loaded by the native C/S application, see the section called “Selecting a version of PowerBuilder Runtime” in Application Techniques for instructions.
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The application executable can only run with PowerBuilder Runtime at the exact same version.
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The PowerBuilder IDE may work with multiple versions of PowerBuilder Runtime.
But notice that if you select an earlier runtime for the latest IDE (for example, use 2022 or 2022 R2 Runtime with 2022 R3 IDE), some new features of IDE may not work, because some new features of IDE may require the latest runtime to work.
IDE (including MRs)
Supported Runtime (including MRs)
Unsupported Runtime
2019 R3
2019 R3
2021 or later
2021
2019 R3, 2021
2022 or later
2022
2022
2019 R3, 2021, 2022 R2 or later
2022 R2
2022, 2022 R2
2019 R3, 2021, 2022 R3 or later
2022 R3
2022, 2022 R2, 2022 R3
2019 R3, 2021, 2025 or later
