Getting Started
Building a Client/Server Application

Table of Contents

LESSON 1 Starting PowerBuilder

Create a new workspace

Create a target

Specify an icon for the application

Change the size of the main window

Run the application

LESSON 2 Customizing the PowerBuilder Environment

Manipulate the System Tree window

Open an object

Manipulate views

Set up the toolbars

LESSON 3 Building a Login Window

Create a new window

Add controls to the window

Change the tab order on the window

Code some Help events and preview the window

Write the script to open the window

LESSON 4 Connecting to the Database

Look at the Demo Database

Run the Connection Object wizard

Declare a global variable

Modify the connection information

Complete the login and logout scripts

Run the application

LESSON 5 Modifying the Ancestor Window

Add a library to the search path

Create a new ancestor sheet window

Create a new sheet window inheritance hierarchy

Add a DataWindow control for the master DataWindow

Add a DataWindow control for the detail DataWindow

View the scripts inherited from the user object

Add user events and event scripts

Add scripts to retrieve data for the DataWindow controls

Adjust a runtime setting for sheet window size

LESSON 6 Setting Up the Menus

Modify the frame menu

Create a new sheet menu

Add menu scripts to trigger user events

Attach the new menu and run the application

LESSON 7 Building DataWindow Objects

Create and preview a new DataWindow object

Save the DataWindow object

Make cosmetic changes to the first DataWindow object

Create a second DataWindow object

Make cosmetic changes to the second DataWindow object

LESSON 8 Attaching the DataWindow Objects

Attach the DataWindow object to the master DataWindow control

Attach the DataWindow object to the detail DataWindow control

Run the application

Attach DataWindow objects to the Product window

Run the application again

LESSON 9 Running the Debugger

Add breakpoints in application scripts

Run in debug mode

Set a watch and a conditional breakpoint

LESSON 10 Exception Handling

Add a new sheet window to the existing application

Create user-defined exception objects

Create a new user function and user event

Call the methods and catch the exceptions

Run the application

LESSON 11 Preparing the Application for Deployment

Create the Project object

Create the executable file

Create a shortcut

Test the executable file

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