Chapter 7 Using Adaptive Server Enterprise – PB Docs 120
Chapter 7 Using Adaptive Server Enterprise About this chapter This section describes how to use the Adaptive Server Enterprise database interfaces in PowerBuilder. Contents Topic Supported versions for Adaptive Server Supported Adaptive Server datatypes Basic software components for Adaptive Server Preparing to use the Adaptive Server database Defining the Adaptive Server database interface Using Open…
Chapter 12 Working with Controls – PB Docs 120
Chapter 12 Working with Controls About this chapter Users run your application primarily by interacting with the controls you place in windows. This chapter describes the use of controls. Contents Topic About controls Inserting controls in a window Selecting controls Defining a control’s properties Naming controls Changing text Moving and resizing controls Copying controls Defining…
About the Window painter – PB Docs 120
About the Window painter Views in the Window painter You design windows in the Window painter. The Window painter has several views where you specify how a window looks and how it behaves. The Window painter looks similar to the User Object painter for visual user objects and it has the same views. For details…
Overview of debugging and running applications – PB Docs 120
Overview of debugging and running applications After you build all or part of an application and compile and save its objects, you can run the application. The PowerBuilder development environment provides two ways to run an application: in debug mode and in regular mode. Debug mode In debug mode, you can insert breakpoints (stops) in…
Creating a new TreeView DataWindow – PB Docs 120
Creating a new TreeView DataWindow You use the TreeView wizard and the DataWindow painter to create a TreeView DataWindow. TreeView creation process A TreeView DataWindow has multiple levels, each of which is a node in the TreeView. You use the TreeView wizard to create a TreeView DataWindow, but the wizard produces a DataWindow that includes…
About source control systems – PB Docs 120
About source control systems This section provides an overview of source control systems and describes the PowerBuilder interface (API) to such systems. What source control systems do Source control systems (version control systems) track and store the evolutionary history of software components. They are particularly useful if you are working with other developers on a…
Chapter 5 Working with Targets – PB Docs 120
Chapter 5 Working with Targets About this chapter This chapter describes working with application, component, and .NET targets in the development environment. For more detailed information about .NET targets, see Deploying Applications and Components to .NET . Contents Topic About targets Working in painters About the Application painter Specifying application properties Writing application-level scripts Specifying…
Using dynamic libraries – PB Docs 120
Using dynamic libraries You can store the objects used in your PowerBuilder application in more than one library and, when you run the application, dynamically load any objects that are not contained in the application’s executable file. This allows you to break the application into smaller units that are easier to manage and makes the…
Appendix B The OrcaScript Language – PB Docs 120
Appendix B The OrcaScript Language About this appendix This appendix describes the OrcaScript scripting language. OrcaScript allows you to perform source control operations and build PowerBuilder workspaces and executables without operator intervention. The full ORCA tool kit is available to Sybase partners only, but OrcaScript can be used by any PowerBuilder customer. Contents Topic About…
Migrating targets – PB Docs 120
Migrating targets When you upgrade to a new version of PowerBuilder, your existing targets need to be migrated to the new version. Typically, when you open a workspace that contains targets that need to be migrated, or add a target that needs to be migrated to your workspace, PowerBuilder prompts you to migrate the targets….