FAST TRACK TO POWERBUILDER II
Duration: 5 days
Goals:
1. Take advantage of more advanced PowerScript techniques such as:
Working with Arrays
Working with the Control Array
String Functions
Date Functions
Numeric Functions
Messaging between objects
Advanced Inheritance Topics
Variable Read/Write Access
Create Using statements
Recursive Function Calls
2. Use the new Exception Handling process as well as defining your own functions that throw exceptions (PowerBuilder 8 and greater)
3. Build the following DataWindow presentation styles:
TreeView DataWindows (PowerBuilder 10.5 and greater)
CrossTabs
4. See these advanced DataWindow features:
Nested (Report) DataWindows
Newspaper Columns
Graphs
Working with BLOBs in a DataWindow
5. Create and use DataStores in your applications, including:
Sharing Data between DataStores and DataWindows
Use of the DataWindow Synchronization API
6. Write more advanced DataWindow Data Expressions to access data from DataWindows or DataStores
7. Use more advanced DataWindow features such as:
Find
Print Preview
Zoom
Importing Data
Query Mode
Prompt for Criteria Mode
Stored Procedure Updates
8. Describe and Modify the attributes of objects contained in a DataWindo dynamically
9. Work with DataWindowChild types
10. Conditional DropDown DataWindows
11. Write DataWindow Property Conditional Expressions
12. Build a DataWindow dynamically, from code only
13. Use the PowerBuilder Library API
14. Use TreeView Controls
15. Use ListView Controls
16. Use Tab Controls
17. Use OLE (ActiveX) Controls
18. Embed Drag and Drop functionality into an application
19. Build a Context Menu
20. Dynamically Build a GUI
Content:
1. Advanced PowerScript Techniques
2. Advanced DataWindow Presentation Styles
3. Advanced Data Techniques
4. Advanced GUI Controls
5. Advanced GUI Techniques