We're reaching out to our user base to see how we can improve our PowerBuilder UI product. In the last two months we have seen that the UI controls were downloaded nearly 1200 times. In this same two month period we have recorded approx. 3 new customers. What this tells us is that either a large number of the downloads are coming from people only needing this product for personal use or that this product does not add value to your applications.

It's the latter that we are concerned about. How can we make this library of UI controls better for you? From your perspective, what are its limitations?

We are very excited to hear from you and to get your thoughts on the matter. Please email us at Sales@Werysoft.com.

Thanks,

The Werysoft Team

A couple month ago a new licensing fee was introduced at PowerToTheBuilder.com for the PB UI Controls. Anyone looking to use version 2.6.0 or later in a commercial\corporate application, will have to purchase a license. The cost of the license is $99.95 USD which cover's all developers and applications in your organization.

The new licensing model was introduced to help with the costs associated with technical support, future control development and enhancements and web site maintenance. 

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask: info@Werysoft.com

http://www.powertothebuilder.com/Purchase.aspx

With the availability of .Net in PowerBuilder comes a whole new breadth of applications that can be developed. It seems that the possibilities can be almost endless. I just recently finished a PBDJ article about image processing with the beta version of PB.Net. It was a good example of how easy some of the .Net classes can be used.

I would like to continue writing more articles on the topic of .Net in PowerBuilder. My goal is to create a sample application and use that as the basis for the article. With that being said, I need your ideas. What would you like to see written about? Is there a part of .Net that you would like to see exposed in PowerBuilder?

Comments in this blog have been disabled due to the frequent visits from blog spammers. Please email your ideas to me at Brad.Wery@PowerToTheBuilder.com.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Brad

QweryBuilder 5.2.3 has been released. This version fixes a number of bugs.

Werysoft really needs your feedback and thoughts about QweryBuilder. Please let us know how we can make the product better or how we can make you more productive. Werysoft is open to all enhancement suggestions and will work hard to add the features that you feel are important to accomplishing your job.

If you've tried QweryBuilder and didn't like it, please let us know what we can do to improve it. We want to make QweryBuilder your developer tool.

Try the free trial today: www.werysoft.com/downloads.aspx

Thanks

PowerToTheBuilder.com has added new PowerBuilder categories to it's forum. Here you can ask all your PowerBuilder related questions. Pass the word along and we hope to see you there.

http://powertothebuilder.com/support.aspx

Werysoft is happy to announce the release of the Image Scaler. It's a free, simple to use utiltiy application that allows you to reduce the size of several images at one time. Images taken from a camera can range in size from 1MB - 2MB...or even more. Having to upload several dozen of these large images to Facebook or Flickr can take a very long time.

Don't make your friends wait for your upload to finish. Publish your images the fast way!

 Check it out here: www.werysoft.com/ImageScaler.aspx

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I added more changes to the toolbar. Vertical orientation should be almost completely supported. So far it excludes the new style. The next item on the list is to add a toolbar button menu. This will essentially give a toolbar button the ability to contain several different functions.

A new version of the PB UI Designer is also available. This version supports the new toolbar enhancements.

Thanks,

Brad

Version 2.6.0 of the UI controls are now available for download. This version contains a re-written toolbar. Vista styles have been added and a large image size is now available (32x32). With the next release I will add support for other image sizes (24x24 and 48x48) and for drop menu buttons. The other controls will also get some new styles added (to make them look more modern).

The license scheme also changed with this release. Due to the heavy demand for tech support, a small license fee has been introduced. There is no cost for individuals who use the controls for personal use. Commercial applications will be required to pay $39.95 USD. This cost covers all employee's and all applications within an organization.