PowerBuilder Migration to Java/J2EE

Many companies are looking to migrate their PowerBuilder applications to Java. Growing maintenance fees, fewer PowerBuilder developers, and expected sunset schedules — these are real issues that must be addressed for the future.

Our PowerBuilder migration solution is a high-efficiency tool that delivers all the benefits of automated conversion, while maintaining the content and structure of the original PowerBuilder code. This cost-effective solution significantly decreases the risk and time involved in a manual rewrite, and enables your current developers to continue maintaining and enhancing the converted application.

PowerBuilder migrations can be highly complex, risky, expensive, and time consuming. Our automated PowerBuilder migration toolset makes it possible not only to migrate to Java, but to enhance the application.

Some of the technical benefits with our automated solution:

• Converts PowerBuilder objects, leaving your business logic intact
• Reads and converts all artifacts to clean Java code
• Converted code supplied with a Java open source class library
• We can give you thin or fat client
• Support for all versions — up to PB 9 and 10

PowerBuilder migrations begin with an on-site inventory analysis using our Application Portfolio Analysis tool. The entire PowerBuilder environment is analyzed and documented, and the tool extracts the PBLs and objects. The converted application is delivered as clean Java code with a class library. Your developers can use any standard Java editor (like JDeveloper, or JBuilder) to maintain and enhance the code. The code is also a good base for your PowerBuilder programmers to learn and understand basic Java.

For technical specifications, download the PowerBuilder Migration Fact Sheet.