What to look for in estimating a PowerBuilder Conversion Project?

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Hi there, I've been trying to do a spec for a PowerBuilder 9 to 11.5 migration of a relatively complex application. Granted PowerBuilder is not really my specialty I'm having issues trying to justify an estimate for this part of the project (and the PowerBuilder people I've been talking with have had some personal issues lately and are out of communication). These are some of the metrics that we have seen and can evaluate:

-PBL Files
-Main Windows
-Data Windows
-Functions

(no we don't have the source available on this project)

What metrics in particular are helpful and how long would any given "unit" such as a Data Window take?

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