Postinstallation Tasks

Before using PowerBuilder after installation, you might need to perform some migration or configuration tasks.

• Migrating applications to the current version of PowerBuilder or InfoMaker 12.5
  If you have applications and PowerBuilder library files (PBLs) that you created in an earlier version of PowerBuilder or InfoMaker, you can migrate them to version 12.5. Before you do, make sure your PBLs can be successfully regenerated under the earlier version, and make backup copies.

  PowerBuilder and InfoMaker 12.5 are Unicode enabled, and some changes are made to your code when you migrate an application from PowerBuilder 9.x or earlier. For details, see the section on migrating targets in the PowerBuilder Users Guide.

  Also read the migration issues section in the PowerBuilder release bulletin.

• Setting up your DBMS
  Your DBMS might require additional setup procedures for use with PowerBuilder or InfoMaker. For details, see Connecting to Your Database in the help.
• Upgrading databases for jConnect for JDBC
  Might be required to prepare SQL Anywhere or Adaptive Server® Enterprise databases for jConnect 5.5.
• Installing the PBVM in EAServer
  Required if you plan to deploy PowerBuilder 12.5 components to EAServer.
• Installing Ghostscript
  Required if you want to use the distill method for saving DataWindows as PDF.
• Installing PostScript drivers
  Required if you want to use the distill method for saving DataWindows as PDF.

• Upgrading Databases for jConnect for JDBC
  Prepare SQL Anywhere or Adaptive Server Enterprise databases for jConnect by installing additional tables and stored procedures.
• Installing the PBVM in EAServer
  This topic describes how to install the PBVM on EAServer.
• Installing Ghostscript
  Install Ghostscript if you plan to use the distill method for saving DataWindows as PDF.
• Installing PostScript Drivers
  This topic describes how to install and use PostScript drivers for saving DataWindows as PDF.