PowerBuilder 8.0 Advanced Programming Techniques (Includes 1CD)

Author: Chen Ming
Publisher: Beijing Hope Electronic Publishing House
Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book takes an application software system—specifically, a student management system of a certain school (18 modules, 65 application examples)—as the main line, discussing and analyzing the detailed process of developing various modules of application software using the PowerBuilder8 platform combined with the MSSQLServer database. The book is divided into 12 chapters, primarily covering:
Basic PowerBuilder8; Menu Design; Window Design; TreeView Control; Drag-and-Drop Technology; API Functions; User Objects; PFC Class Library; Advanced PowerScript Techniques; Data Pipes; Database Design; DataWindow Design; Application Design; Software Design and Release.
The content of this book is up-to-date, detailed, and comprehensive, progressing from simple to complex and integrating practical exercises with software development. It introduces the various details of application software development using the PowerBuilder8 IDE from different perspectives. This book can serve as a guide for beginner and intermediate PowerBuilder application developers, as well as providing valuable reference for programmers with some software development experience. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the source code for each module of the software system introduced in the book.