Managing MobiLink synchronization on the server – PB Docs 120
Managing MobiLink synchronization on the server You can start the MobiLink synchronization server and Sybase Central from the PowerBuilder UI. Starting the MobiLink synchronization server Before you synchronize remote databases with the consolidated database, you must start the MobiLink synchronization server. You can start the server from the Database or the Database Profile painter in…
Manipulating data – PB Docs 120
Manipulating data As you work on the database, you often want to look at existing data or create some data for testing purposes. You might also want to test display formats, validation rules, and edit styles on real data. PowerBuilder provides data manipulation for such purposes. With data manipulation, you can: Retrieve and manipulate database…
Working with tables – PB Docs 120
Working with tables When you open the Database painter, the Object view lists all tables in the current database that you have access to (including tables that were not created using PowerBuilder). You can create a new table or alter an existing table. You can also modify table properties and work with indexes and keys….
Positioning controls in a DataWindow object – PB Docs 120
Positioning controls in a DataWindow object Table 20-3 shows the properties for each control in a DataWindow object that determine how it is positioned within the DataWindow object. Table 20-3: Position properties for controls in a DataWindow object Property Meaning Background Control is behind other controls. It is not restricted to one band. This is…
Using a Web service data source – PB Docs 120
Using a Web service data source Presentation style requirement You can use a Web service as the data source for a DataWindow having any of the following DataWindow presentation styles: Composite Graph Label TreeView Crosstab Grid N-Up Freeform Group Tabular Support for a Web service data source is not available for RichText and OLE presentation…
Specifying colors – PB Docs 120
Specifying colors You specify a color by specifying a number that represents the color. You can specify the number explicitly or by using an expression that includes the RGB (r, g, b) function. For the numbers and expressions that specify common colors, see Table 24-2. How the number is calculated The formula for combining color…
About edit styles – PB Docs 120
About edit styles You can define edit styles for columns. Edit styles specify how column data is presented in DataWindow objects. Unlike display formats, edit styles do not only affect the display of data; they also affect how users interact with the data at runtime. Once you define an edit style, it can be used…
DataWindow and DataStore basics – PB Docs 120
DataWindow and DataStore basics This part describes how to create and use DataWindow and DataStore objects. Additional information about these objects and about the DataWindow control is available in the Users Guide and in Application Techniques . Reference information is available in the DataWindow Reference guide and in the online Help. Document get from Powerbuilder…
Providing toolbars – PB Docs 120
Providing toolbars To make your application easier to use, you can add toolbars with buttons that users can click as a shortcut for choosing an item from a menu. In PowerBuilder, you can associate a toolbar with the window types listed in Table 14-4. Table 14-4: Window types that can use toolbars Window type Description…
Chapter 6 Using the Web DataWindow – PB Docs 120
Chapter 6 Using the Web DataWindow About this chapter This chapter describes how to use the Web DataWindow in data-based Web applications. Particular focus is given to the XML Web DataWindow because it can provide the best performance and you can customize its generation by applying a custom template to the default generation. Contents Topic…