Coming from Powerbuilder

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I am beginning to learn C#. net after being in Powerbuilder for over 10
years.
For those C# gurus who know Powerbuilder I have a couple of questions:

Does a datawindow relate to a datagrid or is there something better?

I have heard of something called 'WinForm'. Does that relate?

Do you have any suggestions to help me transition from PB?
(I mainly develop windows application using SQLServer backend).

Thanks.
 
Does a datawindow relate to a datagrid or is there something better?

The datagrid is a very poor version of a PB datawindow.
I have heard of something called 'WinForm'. Does that relate?
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WinForm stands for Windows form (as opposed to Web forms), and it is the
form where you place controls (such as a datagrid)
Do you have any suggestions to help me transition from PB?
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Since the PB guys that I know can´t live without the datawindow, you can try
the Sybase Datawindow for .NET ;-)

http://www.sybase.com/products/developmentintegration/datawindownet


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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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I don't have any personal experience in PowerBuilder, but two of my partners
(Barry Gervin and Dave Lloyd) do. They put together presentation describing
the process a couple of years ago. You can find the slides at
http://www.objectsharp.com/articles/TPBUG_NET/slides.ppt. As well, they
wrote an article on the migration process at
http://www.objectsharp.com/articles/pump.

As well, they are normally quite willing to answer any specific questions if
you want to email them. Their email addresses can be found on their profile
page at http://www.objectsharp.com/barry and http://www.objectsharp.com/dave.
 
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