50 Classic Examples of PowerBuilder 9.0

Author: Zheng Qi Di Zhou Song Jian Wang Gao Xiang
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This is an example-based tutorial on PowerBuilder 9.0. The entire book is structured around 50 classic examples that cover the essential content of PowerBuilder 9.0. The book includes the following topics:
Creating menus, Using controls, Scheduled operations, Initializing files and registries, Using external functions and extended processing, User objects, Advanced buttons, Creating help, Calling API functions, Progress bar programs, Applying arrays, Simulating a taskbar, OLE controls, COM/MTS technology, Connecting to databases, Creating local databases, Manipulating data tables in databases, Transaction objects, SQL applications, DataWindow objects, Designing DataWindow objects, Designing DataWindow controls, Dynamically operating DataWindow properties and data, Associating DataWindows, Graphical and advanced graphical data interfaces, Data reporting applications, Using FTP, Network mapping, Remote dial-up, Obtaining local machine names and IP addresses, Winsocket communication, PING, WebTarget development environment, Plug-in technology, Comment blocks, Data pipelines, File operations, Multimedia functions, Comprehensive examples—International Student Management System.
The content of this book is organized in the format of "Background Knowledge → Example → Summary of the Lesson," allowing readers to fully grasp the knowledge through examples and learn excellent programming ideas and application techniques from many classic examples. This book is aimed at beginners and intermediate users of PowerBuilder, but it can also serve as a guide for advanced users. Additionally, it can be used as a teaching material for social training courses.
The accompanying CD-ROM contains the source code for the examples in the book.