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Getting Started – PB Docs 2018 – PowerBuilder Library

Getting Started – PB Docs 2018

Getting Started

Appeon PowerBuilder® 2018

FOR WINDOWS

DOCUMENT ID: DC37772-01-1800-01

LAST REVISED: December 28, 2018

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Contents

Welcome to PowerBuilder
Introduction to PowerBuilder
What
PowerBuilder is
The
PowerBuilder environment
PowerBuilder
objects
About the PowerBuilder Tutorial
Learning to build a client/server
application
How you will
proceed
Setting up for the
tutorial
Building a Client/Server Application
LESSON 1 Starting PowerBuilder
Create a new
workspace
Create a
target
Specify
an icon for the application
Change
the size of the main window
Run
the application
LESSON 2 Customizing the PowerBuilder Environment
Manipulate
the System Tree window
Open an
object
Manipulate views
Set
up the toolbars
LESSON 3 Building a Login Window
Create a new window
Add
controls to the window
Change the
tab order on the window
Code some
Help events and preview the window
Write
the script to open the window
LESSON 4 Connecting to the Database
Look at
the Demo Database
Run
the Connection Object wizard
Declare
a global variable
Modify the
connection information
Complete the login and logout
scripts
Run
the application
LESSON 5 Modifying the Ancestor Window
Add a
library to the search path
Create a new
ancestor sheet window
Create
a new sheet window inheritance hierarchy
Add a
DataWindow control for the master DataWindow
Add a
DataWindow control for the detail DataWindow
View the
scripts inherited from the user object
Add user
events and event scripts
Add
scripts to retrieve data for the DataWindow controls
Adjust a
runtime setting for sheet window size
LESSON 6 Setting Up the Menus
Modify
the frame menu
Create
a new sheet menu
Add menu
scripts to trigger user events
Attach the
new menu and run the application
LESSON 7 Building DataWindow Objects
Create
and preview a new DataWindow object
Save the
DataWindow object
Make
cosmetic changes to the first DataWindow object
Create a
second DataWindow object
Make
cosmetic changes to the second DataWindow object
LESSON 8 Attaching the DataWindow Objects
Attach the
DataWindow object to the master DataWindow control
Attach the
DataWindow object to the detail DataWindow control
Run
the application
Attach
DataWindow objects to the Product window
Run the
application again
LESSON 9 Running the Debugger
Add
breakpoints in application scripts
Run in
debug mode
Set a
watch and a conditional breakpoint
LESSON 10
Exception Handling
Add a new
sheet window to the existing application
Create
user-defined exception objects
Create
a new user function and user event
Call the
methods and catch the exceptions
Run
the application
LESSON 11
Preparing the Application for Deployment
Create
the Project object
Create the
executable file
Create
a shortcut
Test the
executable file
What to do next

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