Preparing the development PC

Set up the development machine with the following OS and software (install the software in the order listed):

  • Windows 10 (64-bit)

  • PostgreSQL 12

    During installation, make sure the Command Line Tools component is selected to install, and specify and write down the following information:

    Data Directory: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\12\data by default

    Database Superuser: postgres by default

    Password for Database Superuser: (this password is set during installation) postgres in this tutorial

    Port Number: 5432 by default

  • PostgreSQL ODBC driver (32-bit and 64-bit)

    The PostgreSQL ODBC driver (both 32-bit and 64-bit) is required by the PowerBuilder IDE to establish database connection with the PostgreSQL database; therefore the PostgreSQL ODBC driver must be installed on the development PC.

  • PowerBuilder IDE 2022 R2

    During installation, make sure to select the PostgreSQL engine for the PowerBuilder demo database.

    The PowerBuilder demo database file for PostgreSQL (pbpostgres2022.dmp) will be installed to the %Public%\Documents\Appeon\PowerBuilder 22.0\ directory.


  • PowerBuilder Runtime 2022 R2

  • PowerServer Toolkit 2022 R2

  • SnapDevelop 2022 (optional)

  • Google Chrome (optional)