PowerBuilder 10.0 Practical Tutorial

Author: Cui Wei, Chen Yongxian / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book is based on standalone development and explains to readers how to use the tools and features provided in PowerBuilder 10.0 to implement the desired systems through numerous simple, practical, and representative development examples. It also introduces some design and programming techniques. For beginners, this book serves as an invaluable introductory tutorial for PowerBuilder 10.0; for intermediate and advanced developers with some foundation, it provides insights into the new features and usage of PowerBuilder 10.0, along with corresponding examples to help them improve quickly. PowerBuilder 10.0 is a newly released visual database system integration development tool by PowerSoft, highly suitable for developing management information systems.
This book systematically elaborates on the technologies provided by PowerBuilder 10.0, covering PowerScript programming fundamentals, application objects and transaction objects, forms, menus, data windows, pipeline objects, user objects, library files, and distributed applications. It focuses on the design of application objects, data window design, database connectivity, and the creation of user objects and library files. While explaining theoretical knowledge, the book also introduces specific design methods and processes through examples, such as demonstrating form design through the creation of an authentication form, and showcasing the unique use of data windows by establishing and connecting to a student database, among others.
Additionally, to facilitate review and practice, each chapter includes review questions and reference answers. The book is comprehensive, rich in examples, clear in concepts, and well-illustrated, making it suitable for beginners in database programming as well as a reference for system development programmers and database programming enthusiasts.