PowerBuilder 8 Example Tutorial

Author: Zhang Changfu
Publisher: Beijing Hope Electronic Press
Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book selects typical examples, has rich content, concise and fluent text, is illustrated with diagrams, and combines theory with practice. It is not only a self-study guide for a wide range of technical personnel engaged in PowerBuilder development and application, but also serves as a reference book for self-study and teaching for students and teachers of relevant majors in colleges and universities, as well as teaching materials for social intermediate and advanced training classes. The CD content of this edition includes the source code of the book's examples. This book uses 116 concise and powerful examples to comprehensively introduce the methods, techniques, and processes for developing database applications and Web applications using PowerBuilder 8.0. The book consists of 12 chapters, including: Application Basics, Database Operations, Windows and Menus, Utilizing Controls, DataWindow Basics, Advanced DataWindow Usage, Printing Techniques, Data Pipeline and HTML, Utilizing Windows API, Advanced Control Usage, User Objects and User Events, and General Database Editor. They cover various methods and techniques required for developing PowerBuilder applications. All examples were developed, compiled, and debugged in the PowerBuilder 8.0 environment and can all be run directly. Beginners can experience the process of using PowerBuilder to develop applications through these examples, while intermediate and advanced readers can also gain valuable insights and reusable code to apply to their own application development, thereby accelerating the development process and achieving twice the result with half the effort.