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Automating PowerBuilder applications

Updated on September 10, 2021

Pega Robotic Automation includes support for the PowerBuilder DataWindow control, which interrogates in Pega Robot Studio as a DataGrid control.

A DataWindow control is a grid-like control that looks like a form. It has various controls, such as text fields, buttons, radio buttons, and so on, which do not have to be positioned next to each other on a horizontal dimension and can repeat vertically an indefinite number of times. Accordingly, a DataGrid in PowerBuilder must always have at least one row (starting with row number 1).

The following files are deployed:

  • OpenSpan.Translators.PowerBuilder.dll
  • OpenSpan.Adapters.PowerBuilder.dll

Version support

Pega Robotic Automation supports DataWindow versions 6.0 through 2017 and all common DataGrid properties and methods, such as Name, GetCellValue, SetCellValue, and so on. Events are supported only for versions that display under the Events support column in the following table:

PowerBuilder version

Module watched

Events support

Notes

6.0

pbdwe60.dll

none

n/a

7.0

pbdwe70.dll

7.0.0.5031

Supported events: CellValueChanged

8.0

pbdwe80.dll

none

n/a

9.0

pbdwe90.dll

none

n/a

10.0

pbdwe100.dll

10.0.0.4510

Supported events: CellValueChanged

10.2

pbdwe100.dll

10.2.1.9731

Supported events: CellValueChanged

10.5

pbdwe105.dll

10.5.0.4500
10.5.1.6602

Supported events: CellValueChanged

11.0

pbdwe110.dll

11.0.0.6525

Supported events: CellValueChanged

11.5

pwdwe115.dll

11.5.1.4608

Supported events: CellValueChanged

12.0

pwdwe120.dll

12.0.0.5530

Supported events: CellValueChanged

2017 *

pbdwe170.dll

17.0.0.1666

Supported events: CellValueChanged

* PowerBuilder changed their versioning to reflect the year. Robotic Automation Studio's support for PowerBuilder 2017 is the same as for PowerBuilder 12.

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