Foundations of Powerbuilder 5.0 Programming

PowerBuilder 5.0 is the leading choice whenever applications need to be developed quickly and efficiently (read always). Now, with Foundations of PowerBuilder 5.0 Programming, you can take advantage of all of PowerBuilder 5.0's powerful client/server development capabilities as never before. Whether you're upgrading to this latest version of PowerBuilder or you're all together new to it, this authoritative guide by certified PowerBuilder developer Brian J. Smith and programming consultant Gordon W. Schaad will prove indispensable as you look to it for... Complete coverage of PowerBuilder 5.0's enhanced features, including the new compiler, object classes, and programming language extensions. Hands-on examples showing how to create databases and perform data-manipulation programming using PowerScript, PowerBuilder's own rich scripting language. Insights, tips, and techniques for designing an object-oriented structure to serve as the foundation of your applications and facilitate faster development and easier maintenance. An introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL), and how to integrate it into a PowerBuilder application. Information on building multi-table windows and objects, creating hybrid applications using OLE and DDE, and developing applications for Windows 95. Special management-level overviews in each section explaining key aspects of PowerBuilder 5.0 so that MIS managers, project leaders, and end users can better work with the developers of their application systems. A convenient appendix that explains the major differences between version 4.0 and version 5.0. Plus, on the bonus CD-ROM accompanying Foundations of PowerBuilder 5.0 Programming, you get valuable software and resources designed to help you build high-performance client/server applications, including... A hypertext version of the book for quick browsing and locating any topic, along with five bonus chapters on the application infrastructure, reports, DataWindow techniques, tools, and SQL. A sample application demonstrating the look and functionality of a finished work. Hundreds of examples of source code and sample application components described in the book. And a sample database with which to practice PowerBuilder data-manipulation techniques.