Deprecated features

The following table lists features that are included in PowerBuilder 11.2, but will be removed from future releases of PowerBuilder:

Deprecated feature

Description

IE Web Controls for .NET Web Forms applications

PowerBuilder installs and deploys Telerik RadControls to replace the IE Web Controls.

O84 Oracle 8i database interface

The next major release of PowerBuilder will include the ORA Oracle 11g database interface, in addition to the O90 and O10 Oracle database interfaces that you can install with PowerBuilder 11.2.

JSP targets

PowerBuilder 11.2 is the last version of PowerBuilder that includes JavaServer Pages (JSP) targets that enable you to build Web pages using JSP technology. Sybase Workspace is the recommended tool for building JavaServer Faces and HTML applications that use JSP pages.

COM, COM+ components

PowerBuilder 11.2 is the last version of PowerBuilder that includes the COM and COM+ component creation wizards.

Automation server

PowerBuilder 11.2 is the last version of PowerBuilder that includes the PowerBuilder Runtime Automation Server.

DataWindow® plug-in and PowerBuilder Window plug-in

PowerBuilder 11.2 is the last version of PowerBuilder that includes the DataWindow plug-in that allows you to display a Powersoft report (PSR) on a Web page. It is also the last version to include the PowerBuilder WIndow plug-in that allows you to display child windows on Web pages when viewed in a browser that supports Netscape plug-ins. You can use .NET Web Forms targets to display reports and child windows on Web pages.

PowerBuilder Window ActiveX

PowerBuilder 11.2 is the last version of PowerBuilder that includes the PowerBuilder Window ActiveX that allows you to display PowerBuilder child windows on Web pages when viewed in a browser that supports ActiveX.. You can use .NET Web Forms targets to display child windows on Web pages.

UDDI browser in the Web Service proxy wizard

PowerBuilder 11.2 is the last version of PowerBuilder that allows you to search for a WSDL file in a UDDI registry.

Deployment support for Windows 2000 platform with Service Pack 4

Support for the Windows 2000 platform will be discontinued in the next release of PowerBuilder.