Basic PowerBuilder 8 Programming

Course Number:  535.8-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 8.

Course Overview
This course introduces students to the PowerBuilder 8 development environment.  Each component of the PowerBuilder 8 IDE is covered in the context of using PowerBuilder 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 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 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

• The PowerBuilder Environment

• Creating an Application

• Creating Windows

• PowerBuilder Scripts

• Creating DataWindows

• Managing Database Tables

• Implementing DataWindows

• DataWindow Updates

• Creating Menus

• MDI Applications

• Distributing the Application

• Supplemental Topics (as time permits)