Putting a DataWindow object into a control – PB Docs 90
Putting a DataWindow object into a control The DataWindow control is a container for DataWindow objects in an application. It provides properties, methods, and events for manipulating the data and appearance of the DataWindow object. The DataWindow control is part of the user interface of your application. You also use DataWindow objects in the nonvisual…
Accessing and manipulating data in a DataStore – PB Docs 90
Accessing and manipulating data in a DataStore To access data using a DataStore, you need to read the data from the data source into the DataStore. If the data source is a database If the data for the DataStore is coming from a database (that is, the data source was defined as anything but External…
About windows – PB Docs 90
About windows Windows form the interface between the user and a PowerBuilder application. Windows can display information, request information from a user, and respond to the user’s mouse or keyboard actions. A window consists of: Properties that define the window’s appearance and behavior For example, a window might have a title bar or a minimize…
Selecting controls – PB Docs 90
Selecting controls You select controls so that you can change their properties or write scripts using the Layout view or the Control List view. To select a control: Click the control in the Layout view, or click the control in the Control List view. In the Layout view, the control displays with handles on it….
About building PowerBuilder targets – PB Docs 90
About building PowerBuilder targets You can build many types of targets with PowerBuilder. For traditional client/server applications, you need to create an executable version of your target that you can deploy to users’ machines. If you are building a distributed application with PowerBuilder, you typically build a client executable file and a server component that…
XML support in the DataWindow painter – PB Docs 90
XML support in the DataWindow painter PowerBuilder supports both the export and import of XML inDataStore and DataWindow objects using XML template objects. You construct XML templates for export and import graphically in the Export/Import Template view for XML. Each template you create is encapsulated in the DataWindow object. A template enables you to specify…
About the extended attribute system tables – PB Docs 90
About the extended attribute system tables PowerBuilder stores application-based information you provide for a database table (such as the text to use for labels and headings for the columns, validation rules, display formats, and edit styles) in system tables in your database. These system tables are called the extended attribute system tables. The tables contain…
About the Script view – PB Docs 90
About the Script view You use the Script view to code functions and events, define your own functions and events, and declare variables and external functions. Script views are part of the default layout in the Application, Window, User Object, Menu, and Function painters. In Application, Window, and User Object painters, the initial layout has…
Chapter 7 Working with User-Defined Functions – PB Docs 90
Chapter 7 Working with User-Defined Functions About this chapter This chapter describes how to build and use user-defined functions. Contents Topic About user-defined functions Defining user-defined functions Modifying user-defined functions Using your functions Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank you for watching.
Migrating existing projects under source control – PB Docs 90
Migrating existing projects under source control Migrating from PowerBuilder 8 There are different strategies for migrating existing source control projects from earlier versions of PowerBuilder. To migrate a target from PowerBuilder 8, you can check the target out from source control, then add the target to a PowerBuilder 10 workspace. When the Migrate Application dialog…