Hi Paul;
I respectfully disagree 100%. Why ... just look at all the 3rd party controls that have disappeared that used to work with PowerBuilder. I've built my own controls from user objects & DW's in the PB 2/3/4/etc days that still work 100% with PB 12.6, Appeon Web and even in Appeon Mobile today.
I do agree wholeheartedly with 3rd party controls but I would suggest that Appeon promote this type of development activity from the Community using stand UO's & DW's that work WITH the PB & Appeon compilers - not against them. That way, the tool vendor just has to focus on the IDE & compilers with standard controls. Also, 1,000's of time less risky for the PB application stake holders by future proofing their investment vs having to keep refactoring because 3rd party add-ons no longer work. Especially, if Appeon decides to take PB in a whole new technology direction "under the hood".
Just my $0.02.
Regards ... Chris