Defining the tab order – PB Docs 100
Defining the tab order When you place controls in a window, PowerBuilder assigns them a default tab order, the default sequence in which focus moves from control to control when the user presses the Tab key. Tab order in user objects When the user tabs to a custom user object in a window and then…
Defining validation rules – PB Docs 100
Defining validation rules Typically, you define validation rules in the Database painter, because validation rules are properties of the data itself. Once defined in the Database painter, the rules are used by default each time the column is placed in a DataWindow object. You can also define a validation rule in the DataWindow Object painter…
Chapter 15 Working with User Objects – PB Docs 100
Chapter 15 Working with User Objects About this chapter One of the features of object-oriented programming is reusability: you define a component once, then reuse it as many times as you need without any additional work. One of the best ways to get reusability in PowerBuilder is with user objects. This chapter describes how to…
Managing client hyperlinks – PB Docs 100
Managing client hyperlinks For client hyperlinks, an HTML anchor <A> element directly links one page to another. On the linking page, you specify the parameters (including the type of binding and the value for the parameter) you want to pass to parameters on the target page. The following drawing illustrates how parameters are made available…
About the Sybase Web DataWindow DTC – PB Docs 100
About the Sybase Web DataWindow DTC The Web DataWindow DTC (design-time control) lets you add database-driven content to your Web applications. Web DataWindow support Thin-client implementation The Web DataWindow DTC provides support for the features available in the Web DataWindow, a thin-client DataWindow implementation. As a thin client, the Web DataWindow does not require any…
Basic editing in Page and Source views – PB Docs 100
Basic editing in Page and Source views There are several methods for adding and changing content on your page in Page and Source views of the HTML editor: Using options on the PowerBuilder menu Clicking toolbar buttons Using keystrokes assigned to format settings Dragging elements from the System Tree into the editor Dragging HTML content…
JSP Web services – PB Docs 100
JSP Web services You can use Web services in your JSP by generating custom tags for them. The JSP Web Service Proxy wizard on the Web page of the New dialog box creates a custom tag library with the information necessary for calling a Web service in a JSP. For more information on custom tags…
XML namespaces – PB Docs 100
XML namespaces XML namespaces provide a way to create globally unique names to distinguish between elements and attributes with the same name but of different terminologies. For example, in an XML invoice document for a bookstore, the name “date” could be used by accounting for the date of the order and by order fulfillment for…
Chapter 41 Deploying Applications and Components – PB Docs 100
Chapter 41 Deploying Applications and Components About this chapter This chapter provides the information required to deploy applications and components to users’ computers and servers. It describes a tool you can use to package PowerBuilder runtime files, and lists the files you need to deploy with various kinds of targets. These lists of files sometimes…
Printing functions – PB Docs 100
Printing functions PowerScript provides predefined functions that you can use to generate simple and complex lists and reports. Using only three functions, you can create a tabular report in your printer’s default font. Using additional functions, you can create a report with multiple text fonts, character sizes, and styles, as well as lines and pictures….