Installing PowerBuilder

You can download PowerBuilder 10.5.2 Desktop and Professional editions from the PowerBuilder page of the Sybase EBFs/Maintenance site (select “in all months” and click the GO button if you do not see the 10.5.2 release). Download the zip file and extract its contents to a temporary directory on your computer using the “Use folder names” option.

To install either of these products, you must have already installed version 10.5 of that product on your computer.

StepsTo update PowerBuilder Desktop or Professional:

  1. Create a backup by copying the contents of your Sybase\Shared\PowerBuilder directory to another directory.

  2. If you use the Internet plug-ins, back up the Internet Tools directory in the Sybase\PowerBuilder 10.5 directory. Also, back up other files that contain information you do not want to lose, such as PBLs, database files, and .INI files.

  3. Run the setup.exe file in the PowerBuilder directory extracted from the zip file.

  4. Perform a full rebuild of your PowerBuilder application in the System Tree or Library painter to ensure that all descendent objects are synchronized with their ancestors and to incorporate any compiler fixes in your code.