Powerbuilder Documentation 10.5

Powerbuilder Documentation 10.5

About PBDOM – PB Docs 105

About PBDOM PBDOM is the PowerBuilder implementation of the Document Object Model (DOM), a programming interface defining the means by which XML documents can be accessed and manipulated. Although PBDOM is not an implementation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) DOM API, it is very similar. The PBDOM PowerBuilder API can be used for…

Populating a graph with data – PB Docs 105

Populating a graph with data This section shows how you can populate an empty graph with data. Using AddSeries You use AddSeries to create a series. AddSeries has this syntax:

AddSeries returns an integer that identifies the series that was created. The first series is numbered 1, the second is 2, and so on….

Chapter 40 Packaging an Application for Deployment – PB Docs 105

Chapter 40 Packaging an Application for Deployment About this chapter This chapter tells you how to prepare a completed executable application for deployment to users. Contents Topic About deploying applications Creating an executable version of your application Delivering your application to end users Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank you for watching.

Chapter 5 Building an MDI Application – PB Docs 105

Chapter 5 Building an MDI Application About this chapter This chapter describes how to build a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) application in PowerBuilder. Contents Topic About MDI Building an MDI frame window Using sheets Providing MicroHelp Using toolbars in MDI applications Sizing the client area About keyboard support in MDI applications Document get from Powerbuilder…

Understanding accessibility challenges – PB Docs 105

Understanding accessibility challenges When designing and developing software applications and Web pages that you want to make accessible to people with disabilities, there are four general types of impairments you need to consider: Visual Hearing Mobility Cognitive or learning Visual impairments Application users who are blind require text equivalents for all graphic images and videos…

Populating TreeViews – PB Docs 105

Populating TreeViews You must write a script to add items to a TreeView. You cannot add items in the painter as with other list controls. Although you can populate all the levels of the TreeView at once, TreeView events allow you to populate only branches the user looks at, which saves unnecessary processing. Typically, you…

About Transaction objects – PB Docs 105

About Transaction objects In a PowerBuilder database connection, a Transaction object is a special nonvisual object that functions as the communications area between a PowerBuilder application and the database. The Transaction object specifies the parameters that PowerBuilder uses to connect to a database. You must establish the Transaction object before you can access the database…

About MobiLink synchronization – PB Docs 105

About MobiLink synchronization MobiLink is a session-based synchronization system that allows two-way synchronization between a main database, called the consolidated database, and many remote databases. Detailed information about MobiLink synchronization is provided in the MobiLink Synchronization User’s Guide and the Mobilink Synchronization Reference . These books are available in the SQL Anywhere compiled help file,…

Defining and managing tab pages – PB Docs 105

Defining and managing tab pages A tab page is a user object. Two methods There are different ways to approach tab page definition. You can define: An embedded tab page In the painter, insert tab pages in the Tab control and add controls to those pages. An embedded tab page is of class UserObject, but…

Creating the PowerBuilder application – PB Docs 105

Creating the PowerBuilder application The starting point of your PowerBuilder window plug-in application is a child window displayed in a Web page. In the window you can include controls and write scripts for events. Your scripts can open other windows, read and write files, and run other programs on the client machine. Design choices for…