Accessing databases – PB Docs 70
Accessing databases Each platform PowerBuilder runs on supports a specific set of DBMSs. The DBMS doesn’t have to run on all the platforms unless it is set up as a local database for each user. All you need is client access to the DBMS from each platform. When selecting a DBMS for a cross-platform application,…
About the JavaBeans proxy generator – PB Docs 70
About the JavaBeans proxy generator Use the JavaBeans proxy generator to build a Web-based application with Java as the front end and business logic written in PowerScript running on a distributed PowerBuilder server in the middle tier. You create business logic in custom class user objects in the User Object painter, then use the JavaBeans…
Accessing PowerBuilder COM servers from clients – PB Docs 70
Accessing PowerBuilder COM servers from clients You can access the methods on a PowerBuilder COM component from clients built with any COM-compliant tool. The client must be running Windows NT 4.x, Windows 98, or Windows 95 with the DCOM update, and the COM server must be registered (or, for servers deployed to MTS, the client…
Accessing component properties – PB Docs 70
Accessing component properties ContextKeyword service object You can use the ContextKeyword service object to get component property values. To retrieve property values, you call the GetContextKeywords function. Before you can use the ContextKeyword service object, you need to create a reference to the object by calling the GetContextService function, using Keyword as the service name….
Sharing database profiles – PB Docs 70
Sharing database profiles When you work in the PowerBuilder development environment on any supported platform, you can share database profiles among users on the same platform or between PowerBuilder and InfoMaker running on the same computer. This section describes what you need to know to set up, use, and maintain shared database profiles in PowerBuilder….
Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere – PB Docs 70
Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere This section describes how to prepare and define a Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere data source in order to connect to it using the Adaptive Server Anywhere ODBC driver. Adaptive Server Anywhere includes two database servers–a personal database server and a network database server. For information about using Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere,…
Using the ODBC interface – PB Docs 70
Using the ODBC interface On most platforms you can access a wide variety of ODBC data sources in PowerBuilder. This section describes what you need to know to use ODBC connections to access your data in PowerBuilder. Supported ODBC drivers and data sources For a complete list of the ODBC drivers supplied with PowerBuilder and…
About controls – PB Docs 70
About controls About window controls You place controls in a window to request and receive information from the user and to present information to the user. The window controls are: CheckBox CommandButton DataWindow DropDownListBox DropDownPictureListBox EditMask Graph GroupBox HProgressBar HScrollBar HTrackBar Line ListBox ListView MultiLineEdit OLE 2.0Oval Picture PictureButton PictureHyperLink PictureListBox RadioButton Rectangle RichTextEdit RoundRectangle…
Modifying structures – PB Docs 70
Modifying structures To modify a structure: Select the global structure you want to modify in the Open dialog box. or Open the painter for the object that contains the object-level structure and select the structure from the Structure List view. If the Structure List view is not open, select it from the View menu. Review…
Using the individual controls – PB Docs 70
Using the individual controls There are four basic types of controls with different purposes: Function Controls include Invoke actions CommandButtons, PictureButtons, PictureHyperLinks, StaticHyperLinks, Tabs, User Objects Display data ListBoxes, PictureListBoxes, DropDownListBoxes, DropDownPictureListBoxes, DataWindow controls, StaticText, ListViews, TreeViews, RichTextEdit, Graphs, Pictures, ProgressBars, ScrollBars, SingleLineEdits, MultiLineEdits, EditMasks, Tabs, User Objects, OLE controls Indicate choices RadioButtons, CheckBoxes (you…