Advanced Programming Techniques for PowerBuilder 8.0

Author: Chen Mingyang, Jing Song
Publisher: Beijing Hope Electronic Press
Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book takes an application software system—such as a school student management system (18 modules, 65 application examples)—as the main focus, discussing and analyzing the detailed process of developing various modules of application software by combining the PowerBuilder8 platform with the MSSQLServer database. The book is divided into 12 chapters, primarily covering:
- Basics of 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 fresh, detailed, and comprehensive, progressing from simple to complex, combining practice with software development. It introduces the various details of developing application software using the PowerBuilder8 IDE from different perspectives. This book serves as a guide for beginners and intermediate PowerBuilder application developers and also provides valuable reference and inspiration 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.