Official Advanced PowerBuilder 6.0: The Definitive Guide, 1st edition
Authors: Kouros Gorgani
Venue:  (1997)

From the Book: Official Advanced PowerBuilder 6: The Definitive Guide is a new and different approach to this powerful program Official Advanced PowerBuilder 6: The Definitive Guide is a new and different approach to this powerful program. I have tried to construct this book in a fashion that provides a comprehensive look into the features of PowerBuilder 6. It was not my intention to offer a replacement for the PowerBuilder documentation, but rather to provide an additional resource to help you extend your knowledge base, become more proficient, and even exceed your goals. PowerBuilder has so many features and so much potential for enhancing your applications that it can be quite overwhelming to try to master them all at once. Therefore, in this book I have tried to cover PowerBuilders features in a way that allows you to focus specifically on information most appropriate and timely for your particular needs. I am assuming that you are somewhat familiar with PowerBuilder. However, if you are a newcomer to the program, this book will introduce you to the concepts behind client/server development and to the most efficient ways of using PowerBuilder to develop and deploy GUI applications. On the other hand, if you are an advanced developer, youll probably be particularly interested in finding solutions to problems and scenarios youve frequently encountered in your applications. I have divided this book into seven parts. Part I basically provides an overview on PowerBuilder and defines some of the industry buzzwords. Part II gets into the development phase; Ive covered some of the most common objects and classes used during development, including windows, controls, DataWindows, User objects, printing, SQL, and debugging. Part III discusses more advanced topics such as external interfaces, dynamic DataWindows, OLE, MAPI, and version control. In Part IV, I have described database connectivity in detail. Youll learn about ODBC, PowerBuilders database interfaces, Sybase SQL Anywhere, and the Adaptive Server Enterprise. Part V covers creating executables, as well as deploying and executing your applications. Part VI is all about administration: youll learn performance and fine-tuning tips, how to use Data Pipeline objects, and how to create Help files. Part VII, the final part, is a comprehensive section, focusing on distributed computing, building Web servers, PFCs, internationalization, other class libraries, and various third-party and Sybase tools. In a nutshell, most PowerBuilder features are explored in great detail. I wanted this book to be a technical session between you and me, so I have tried to get straight to the point and have skipped some of the basics. I have also had the benefit of input from four of Sybases Senior Technical Consultants, who assisted with various chapters of the book. All in all, I think youll find this book friendly, readable, filled with juicy tidbits, and packed with information that can be used in a real enterprise application. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player