Powerbuilder 5 Unleashed

by Gallagher, Simon; Herbert, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780672309076
• ISBN10: 0672309076
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-05-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

This comprehensive tome opens the door for programmers to conquer PowerBuilder 5 and use its power of object oriented programs in their own applications. Programmers will turn to the Unleashed series for the most in-depth coverage of PowerBuilder 5.
-- Teaches object oriented programming features
-- Discusses how to use SQL in PowerBuilder applications
-- CD-ROM includes source code from the book, an application framework, supplementary object libraries, sample utilities, and development code

Table of Contents

Introduction
New Features in PowerBuilder 5.0	p. 3
The Client/Server Arena and PowerBuilder	p. 13
Database Management Systems	p. 29
Databases and the Database Painter	p. 53
SQL and PowerBuilder	p. 95
The PowerScript Language	p. 155
The PowerScript Environment	p. 213
Application Objects and the Application Painter	p. 241
The DataWindow Painter	p. 259
DataWindow Scripting	p. 327
Windows and the Window Painter	p. 375
Menus and the Menu Painter	p. 441
The Library Painter	p. 473
Analysis and Design	p. 499
Programming PowerBuilder	p. 527
Testing and Debugging	p. 537
Documentation and Online Help	p. 563
Application Implementation, Creation, and Distribution	p. 585
Distributed Processing and Application Partitioning	p. 617
Application Maintenance and Upgrades	p. 653
Cross-Platform PowerBuilder	p. 675
Standards and Naming Conventions	p. 693
The User Object Painter	p. 707
Building User Objects	p. 741
Advanced DataWindow Techniques I	p. 779
Advanced DataWindow Techniques II	p. 807
Graphing	p. 847
Frameworks and Class Libraries	p. 869
Data Pipelining	p. 891
Mail Enabling PowerBuilder Applications	p. 913
Drag and Drop	p. 931
Animation, Sound, and Multimedia	p. 951
API Calls	p. 975
The Powersoft Open Library API: ORCA	p. 1005
Configuring and Tuning	p. 1019
OLE 2.0 and DDE	p. 1043
Index	p. 1086
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