Powerbuilder Documentation 11.0

Powerbuilder Documentation 11.0

Using ListView controls – PB Docs 110

Using ListView controls A ListView control allows you to display items and icons in a variety of arrangements. You can display large icon or small icon freeform lists, or you can display a vertical static list. You can also display additional information about each list item by associating additional columns with each list item: ListView…

Chapter 7 Using Tab Controls in a Window – PB Docs 110

Chapter 7 Using Tab Controls in a Window About this chapter This chapter describes how to use Tab controls in your application. Contents Topic About Tab controls Defining and managing tab pages Customizing the Tab control Using Tab controls in scripts Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank you for watching.

Handling PBDOM exceptions – PB Docs 110

Handling PBDOM exceptions PBDOM defines an exception class, PBDOM_EXCEPTION, derived from the standard PowerBuilder Exception class. The standard Text property of the Exception class can be used to obtain more detail on the nature of the exception being thrown. The class extends the PowerBuilder Exception class with one method, GetExceptionCode, that returns the unique code…

Creating accessible software applications with PowerBuilder – PB Docs 110

Creating accessible software applications with PowerBuilder MSAA standard PowerBuilder provides the infrastructure and properties needed to build accessibility features into your Windows and Web applications. Its features allow applications to conform generally to Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) Version 2. MSAA is a Windows standard that defines the way accessibility aids obtain information about user interface…

Developing and deploying a PowerBuilder window plug-in application – PB Docs 110

Developing and deploying a PowerBuilder window plug-in application Basic steps There are four main tasks involved in developing a plug-in application. To create and deploy a PowerBuilder window plug-in application: Create, test, and build the PowerBuilder application. Create an HTML page that embeds your PowerBuilder application window. Configure the Web server by registering the appropriate…

Stopping a print job – PB Docs 110

Stopping a print job There are two ways to stop a print job. The normal way is to close the job by calling the PrintClose function at the end of the print job. The other way is to cancel the job by calling PrintCancel. Using PrintClose PrintClose sends the current page to the printer or…

PDF and XSL-FO export – PB Docs 110

PDF and XSL-FO export PowerBuilder can save the DataWindow’s data and presentation as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file using two techniques. By default, PowerBuilder saves as PDF using a distiller. PowerBuilder can also save to PDF or XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) format using the Apache XML Formatting Objects processor. Using the Ghostscript distiller In…

Delivering your application to end users – PB Docs 110

Delivering your application to end users When you deliver the executable version of your application to users, you need to install all of the various files and programs in the right places, such as on their computers or on the network. Automating the deployment process If you want to automate the deployment process, you might…

Chapter 28 Building a COM or COM+ Client – PB Docs 110

Chapter 28 Building a COM or COM+ Client About this chapter This chapter explains how to build a PowerBuilder client that accesses a COM or COM+ server component. Contents Topic About building a COM or COM+ client Connecting to a COM server Interacting with the COM component Controlling transactions from a client Document get from…

Generating EAServer proxy objects – PB Docs 110

Generating EAServer proxy objects About EAServer proxy objects Each EAServer component has a corresponding proxy object in the client application. To access an EAServer component, you need to communicate through the EAServer proxy. An EJB component has two corresponding proxy objects in the client application—one for the home interface and one for the remote interface….