Basic PowerBuilder 10 Programming Training
PowerBuilder Training Overview

This course introduces students to the PowerBuilder 10 development environment. Each component of the PowerBuilder 10 IDE is covered in the context of using PowerBuilder to develop GUI-based client/server business applications. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

  • Use the System Tree to create workspaces and targets.
  • Use the Application Painter to create application objects.
  • Use the Window Painter to create windows.
  • Use the PowerScript language to write scripts to perform required processing.
  • Create user functions and user events.
  • Use the Menu Painter to design menus and connect them to windows.
  • Use the Database Painter to define extended attributes and manage database tables.
  • Use the Query Painter to interactively construct and edit SQL statements.
  • Use the DataWindow Painter to create Data Windows and select appropriate presentation styles and data sources.
  • Design and test PowerBuilder reports.
  • Debug PowerBuilder applications.
  • Package a PowerBuilder application for distribution.
A series of written and lab exercises will be used to reinforce the classroom education.

PowerBuilder Training Audience

This intensive hands-on course is designed for application programmers responsible for the design and implementation of client/server applications using PowerBuilder 10.

PowerBuilder Training Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system.
  • Introduction to SQL or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in a programming language such as COBOL, Visual Basic, C++ or Java.
PowerBuilder Training Course duration

5 Days

PowerBuilder Training Course outline

Introduction
 
Role of PowerBuilder in Application Development
PowerBuilder Application Architectures
Platforms and Databases Supported by PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Concepts and Terminology
Versions of PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder Resource Requirements

The PowerBuilder Environment
 
Painter Structure
Customizing Toolbars
The System Tree
The Clip Window
Managing Painter Views and Panes
Object Browser

Creating an Application
 
Creating Workspaces
Creating Targets
Creating Application Objects
Application Object Properties

Creating Windows
 
Types of Windows and Controls
Building Windows
Window Inheritance

PowerBuilder Scripts
 
Language Syntax
Assignments and Property Modification
Using the PowerScript Painter
Control Structures
PowerScript Functions
Script Inheritance

Creating DataWindows
 
Presentation Styles
Data Sources
DataWindow SQL Options
Customizing the DataWindow Design

Managing Database Tables
 
Maintaining Database Profiles
Creating Extended Attributes
Assigning Extended Attributes
Manipulating Table Data

Implementing DataWindows
 
Associating a DataWindow Object with a DataWindow Control
Transaction Objects
DataWindow Functions

DataWindow Updates
 
Controlling Updates
Data Validation Process
Transaction Management

Creating Menus
 
Creating Menu Bars and Menuitems
Menu Events and Scripts
Popup Menus
Menu Inheritance

MDI Applications
 
MDI Terminology
MDI Window Types
MDI Related PowerScript Functions
MDI Menus and Toolbars

Distributing the Application
 
Creating an Application Executable
PowerBuilder Resource Files
PowerBuilder Dynamic Libraries
Creating a Machine Code Executable

Supplemental Topics (as time permits)
 
User Defined Function and Events
The PowerBuilder Debugger
Advanced Database Painter Topics
Library Painter
Structures

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