This course introduces students to the PowerBuilder Classic 12 development environment. Each component of the PowerBuilder Classic 12 IDE is covered in the context of using PowerBuilder to develop GUI-based client/server business applications. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should 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 DataWindow Painter to create Data Windows and select appropriate presentation styles and data sources
• Use the Query Painter to interactively construct and edit SQL statements
• Use the Database Painter to define extended attributes and manage database tables
• Use the Menu Painter to create traditional and contemporary menus
• Debug PowerBuilder applications
• Package a PowerBuilder application for distribution
• Discuss the alternative deployment types, including pcode, machine code, and .NET WinForm applications

A series of written and lab exercises will be used to reinforce the classroom education.

This intensive hands-on course is designed for application programmers responsible for the design and implementation of client/server applications using PowerBuilder Classic 12.

• Introduction to PowerBuilder
• The PowerBuilder Classic Environment
• Creating an Application
• Creating Windows
• PowerBuilder Scripts
• User Defined Function and Events
• Creating DataWindows
• 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.