This course introduces students to the PowerBuilder 10 development environment. Each component of the PowerBuilder 10 IDE is covered in the context of using PowerBuilder to develop GUI-based client/server business applications.

This intensive hands-on course is designed for application programmers responsible for the design and implementation of client/server applications using PowerBuilder 10.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Use the System Tree to create workspaces and targets.
• Use the Application Painter to create application objects.
• Use the Window Painter to create windows.
• Use the PowerScript language to write scripts to perform required processing.
• Create user functions and user events.
• Use the Menu Painter to design menus and connect them to windows.
• Use the Database Painter to define extended attributes and manage database tables.
• Use the Query Painter to interactively construct and edit SQL statements.
• Use the DataWindow Painter to create Data Windows and select appropriate presentation styles and data sources.
• Design and test PowerBuilder reports.
• Debug PowerBuilder applications.
• Package a PowerBuilder application for distribution.

• Introduction
• The PowerBuilder Environment
• Creating an Application
• Creating Windows
• PowerBuilder Scripts
• Creating DataWindows
• Managing Database Tables
• Implementing DataWindows
• DataWindow Updates
• Creating Menus
• MDI Applications
• Distributing the Application
• Supplemental Topics (as time permits)

Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system. Introduction to SQL , or equivalent experience. Experience in a programming language, such as COBOL, Visual Basic, C++, or Java.