Chapter 20 PowerBuilder Runtime Automation Server – PB Docs 105
Chapter 20 PowerBuilder Runtime Automation Server About this chapter This chapter describes how to access PowerBuilder class user objects by means of automation. A PowerBuilder object is the OLE server; PowerBuilder or any other OLE-enabled development tool can be the client application, accessing the methods and properties of the PowerBuilder object. Contents Topic Using the…
Distributed application architecture – PB Docs 105
Distributed application architecture Distributed application development, also called multitier development, offers a natural way to separate the user interface components of an application from the business logic that the application requires. By centralizing business logic on a middle-tier server, you can reduce the workload on the client and control access to sensitive information. In a…
Chapter 31 Building a Web Services Client – PB Docs 105
Chapter 31 Building a Web Services Client About this chapter This chapter describes how to use Web services in a PowerBuilder application. Reference information for the objects described in this chapter is in the PowerBuilder Extension Reference and in the online Help. Contents Topic About Web services Importing objects from an extension file Generating Web…
Saving a Powersoft report (PSR) – PB Docs 105
Saving a Powersoft report (PSR) Creating a PSR file There are several ways in which you or a user can create a PSR file. To create a PSR file: In the PowerBuilder DataWindow painter or InfoMaker Report painter, do one of the following: Select File>Save As File. In the Select a File Name dialog, specify…
About building a COM or COM+ client – PB Docs 105
About building a COM or COM+ client A PowerBuilder application can act as a client to a COM server. The server can be built using PowerBuilder or any other COM-compliant application development tool and it can run locally, on a remote computer as an in-process server, or in COM+. You can use the Template Application…
OLE controls in a window – PB Docs 105
OLE controls in a window You can add OLE objects and ActiveX controls to a window or user object. To do so, you use one of the PowerBuilder OLE controls, which acts as an OLE container. This section explains how you select the control you want by choosing whether it holds an OLE object (also…
About the PowerBuilder extended attribute system tables – PB Docs 105
About the PowerBuilder extended attribute system tables PowerBuilder uses a collection of five system tables (formerly known as the Powersoft repository) to store extended attribute information (such as display formats, validation rules, and font information) about tables and columns in your database. You can also define extended attributes when you create or modify a table…
Chapter 1 Understanding Data Connections – PB Docs 105
Chapter 1 Understanding Data Connections About this chapter This chapter gives an overview of the concepts and procedures for connecting to a database in the PowerBuilder development environment. Contents Topic How to find the information you need Accessing data in PowerBuilder Accessing the EAS Demo DB Using database profiles What to do next Document get…
Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere – PB Docs 105
Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere This section describes how to prepare and define a Sybase ASA data source in order to connect to it using the ASA ODBC driver. ASA includes two database servers—a personal database server and a network database server. For information about using Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere, see the ASA documentation. Supported versions…
Accessing data in PowerBuilder – PB Docs 105
Accessing data in PowerBuilder There are several ways to access data in the PowerBuilder development environment: Through one of the standard database interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, or OLE DB Through one of the native database interfaces Standard database interfaces A standard database interface communicates with a database through a standard-compliant driver (in the…