Overview
This course introduces students to the PowerBuilder Classic 12 development environment. Each component of the PowerBuilder Classic 12 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 DataWindow Painter to create Data Windows and select appropriate presentation
styles and data sources.
• Use the Query Painter to interactively construct and edit SQL statements.
• Use the Database Painter to define extended attributes and manage database tables.
• Use the Menu Painter to create traditional and contemporary menus.
• Debug PowerBuilder applications.
• Package a PowerBuilder application for distribution.
• Discuss the alternative deployment types, including pcode, machine code, and .NET WinForm applications.
A series of written and lab exercises will be used to reinforce the classroom education.
Audience
This intensive hands-on course is designed for application programmers responsible for the
design and implementation of client/server applications using PowerBuilder Classic 12.
Students need:
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.
Length
40 hours
Outline
Introduction to PowerBuilder
• Role of PowerBuilder in Application Development
• PowerBuilder Application Architectures
• Platforms and Databases Supported by PowerBuilder
• PowerBuilder Concepts and Terminology
The PowerBuilder Classic 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
• Using the PowerScript Painter
• Control Structures
• PowerScript Functions
• Structures
• Script Inheritance