Fast Track to PowerBuilder 10 Part 2

Audience

• Developers who have attended Part I and wish to complete their grounding in PowerBuilder
• Developers Using PowerBuilder 7-10 who want to learn advanced features and/or become certified or renew their certification

Skills Gained

• Create and Use DataStores effectively.
• Manage multi-data control updates in the scope of a single database transaction. Share a single data buffer among multiple data controls and presentation styles, and Synchronize data among data controls across a distributed session.
• Implement StaticHyperLink, PictureHyperLink, TrackBar, ProgressBar, and MonthCalendar controls as user objects in a user interface.
• Write DataWindow Expressions to conditionally change DataObject Properties, Use PowerScript to code a Multiple Table update from within a Single DataWindow Object & write bullet proof data entry validation routines using validation rules and DataWindow control event processing.
• Implement a dynamic reporting facility by creating a DataWindows dynamically from user entered SQL statements.
• Implement Tree View & List View Controls & Context Menus in an Explorer user interface.
• Implement Drag and Drop technologies into the Tree View and List View Explorer user interface.
• Simplify an overly complex user interface by implementing a Tab Control with multiple Tab Pages.
• Implement a robust standards based mechanism for error handling in a PowerBuilder application using java-like Try Catch blocks and Exception objects.
• Create a Pipeline object to dynamically distribute data between two databases.
• Demonstrate the capabilities of the XML DataWindow object technologies. The user will be able to export and import XML documents into a DataWindow objects using the DataWindow Painter and Preview painter as well as through code.
• Implement Web DataWindows into a web page and deploy to a Web Server (EAServer). Call DataWindow functions on the Web DataWindow to save modified data to the database.

Prerequisites

• DEV132: Fast Track to PowerBuilder 10 Part I or equivalent work experience

Course Outline

• Implementing Simple GUI Controls
• Working with the Rich Text Edit Control
• Advanced Tree View Control Techniques
• Implementing List View Controls
• Designing and Scripting Popup Menus
• Adding Drag and Drop Functionality
• Many Uses of Tab Controls
• Embedding OLE Controls into your Application
• Building and Scripting Child DataWindows
• Accessing Enterprise Data
• Accessing DataWindow Object Properties
• Moving Data
• Validating Data Entry
• Advanced Updating Techniques
• Scripting Dynamic DataWindows
• Ad Hoc Reporting Techniques
• DataStores and Sharing ResultSets
• Working with DataWindow Class: Effective Partitioning Techniques
• Exception Handling
• XML DataWindows
• Web Enabling DataWindows