Powerbuilder Documentation 11.0

Powerbuilder Documentation 11.0

About MDI – PB Docs 110

About MDI Multiple Document Interface (MDI) is an application style you can use to open multiple windows (called sheets) in a single window and move among the sheets. To build an MDI application, you define a window whose type is MDI Frame and open other windows as sheets within the frame. Most large-scale Windows applications…

About drag and drop – PB Docs 110

About drag and drop Drag and drop allows users to initiate activities by dragging a control and dropping it on another control. It provides a simple way to make applications graphical and easy to use. For example, in a manufacturing application you might allow the user to pick parts from a bin for an assembly…

Customizing the Tab control – PB Docs 110

Customizing the Tab control The Tab control has settings for controlling the position and appearance of the tabs. Each tab can have its own label, picture, and background color. All tabs share the same font settings, which you set on the Tab control’s Font property page. Pop-up menus and property sheets for Tab controls and…

Chapter 2 Selected Object-Oriented Programming Topics – PB Docs 110

Chapter 2 Selected Object-Oriented Programming Topics About this chapter This chapter describes how to implement selected object-oriented programming techniques in PowerBuilder. Contents Topic Terminology review PowerBuilder techniques Other techniques Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank you for watching.

Using the Code Examples application – PB Docs 110

Using the Code Examples application You run the Code Examples application from the development environment. To run the Code Examples application: Select File>New from the menu bar, select Workspace from the Workspace tab, and click OK. Navigate to the PowerBuilder 11.0Code ExamplesExample App folder, type a name for the workspace, and click Save. Select Add…

Setting up users’ workstations – PB Docs 110

Setting up users’ workstations After building the plug-in application, creating its HTML page, and setting up the server, you need to make sure client workstations are set up to view the plug-in application. To view a Web page that includes a PowerBuilder window plug-in application, users need supporting software installed on their client workstations. They…

Chapter 34 Using the PowerBuilder Window ActiveX – PB Docs 110

Chapter 34 Using the PowerBuilder Window ActiveX About this chapter This chapter describes how to use the PowerBuilder window ActiveX. Contents Topic About the PowerBuilder window ActiveX Creating the PowerBuilder application Creating an HTML page Events for the PowerBuilder window ActiveX Setting up the server Setting up users’ workstations Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank…

About preferences and default settings – PB Docs 110

About preferences and default settings Many PowerBuilder applications store user preferences and default settings across sessions. For example, many applications keep track of settings that control the appearance and behavior of the application, or store default parameters for connecting to the database. PowerBuilder applications can manage this kind of information in initialization files or in…

PowerBuilder COM servers – PB Docs 110

PowerBuilder COM servers In addition to the COM server file generated in PowerBuilder, the PowerBuilder runtime files listed in Table 41-17 should be installed on the computer on which the server will run if the component uses the feature listed in the table. Table 41-17: PowerBuilder files required on COM server host Name Description pbvm110.dll…

Interacting with the COM component – PB Docs 110

Interacting with the COM component Invoking component methods Once a connection to a COM component has been established, the client application can begin using the component methods. Use the REF keyword for output parameters You must use the REF keyword when you call a method on a COM object that has an output parameter. For…