PowerBuilder 5.0 Vs Sybase ASE PC Client 15.5

Hi,
We are working on an old project which was developed in PowerBuilder 5.0 and Sybase 12.5, Now we are trying to upgrade Sybase from 12.5 to 15.5.
We are getting Error "PB050.EXE ERROR - application could not start because LIBCT.DLL is missing from your computer". When tried to create new DB Profile, getting error "DBMS SYC Sybase System 10 CTLIB is not supported in your current installation".
Please clarify that whether Sybase ASE PC Client 15.5 supports PB 5 or not.
Please help to connect sybase with PB5
Thank you

Hi.
Actually this is more an ASE question...
Now in your sybase installation folder there is a <X>:\Sybase\OCS-15_0\scripts\copylibs.bat. There is also a README file which explains what does copylibs.bat.
Contents of README:
This is the README file for the SDK/Open Server scripts.
This directory contains the following script(s):
copylibs.bat:
    As of SDK 15.0 and Open Server 15.0, Sybase library names have
    changed from lib<name> to libsyb<name> to avoid name clashes
    with other libraries.
    To allow pre-15.0 applications to continue to work with the
    renamed shared libraries, this script is provided to copy the
    new library names to the old ones in %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_OCS%\dll.
    Usage of the script:
       copylibs.bat { create / remove }
    where 'create' copies the old-named files in $SYBASE/$SYBASE_OCS/dll
    and 'remove' can be used to delete these files again.
Based on previous text from a command prompt go to your <X>:\Sybase\OCS-15_0\scripts\ folder and execute copylibs.bat create.
Try again to run your application and tell us if it connects...
Also you should take in mind that ASE 15.5 End of Mainstream Maintenance is for 31/03/2015. So I believe you should choose at least 15.7.
Finally I would advise to see if you can also upgrade in a later version of PowerBuilder. PB 5.0 is 20 years old... So you might face a lot of problems in the near future...
Andreas.

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