Basic PowerBuilder 6.5 Programming

Course Number:  535.65-TP
Recommended Duration:  5 days

Intended Audience
This intensive hands-on course is designed for application programmers responsible for the design and implementation of client/server applications using PowerBuilder 6.5.

Course Overview
This course introduces students to the PowerBuilder 6.5 development environment.  Each component of the PowerBuilder 6.5 IDE is covered in the context of using to develop GUI-based client/server business applications.  A series of written and lab exercises will be used to reinforce the classroom education.

Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Use the Application Painter to define 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 design menus and connect them to windows
• Design and test PowerBuilder reports
• Debug PowerBuilder applications
• Package a PowerBuilder application for distribution

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

Topics

• Introduction to PowerBuilder

• Establishing the Development Environment

• Creating an Application

• Creating Windows

• PowerBuilder Scripts

• User-Defined Function and Events

• Creating DataWindows

• Managing Database Tables

• Implementing DataWindows

• DataWindow Updates

• Creating Menus

• MDI Applications

• Distributing the Application

• Supplemental Topic