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PowerBuilder® 6: A Developers Guide [Paperback]

David McClanahan (Author)
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February 25, 1998
PowerBuilder® 6 A Developer's Guide PowerBuilder 6: A Developer's Guide is the most comprehensive tutorial and reference for PowerBuilder developers using PowerSoft's Desktop and Enterprise editions. Based on the author's authoritative PowerBuilder seminars, this guide offers proven examples, full source code, and expert advice that can make any PowerBuilder user into a PowerBuilder master. The first section teaches PowerBuilder fundamentals, from using painters to creating and manipulating windows. More advanced topics like embedded SQL, inheritance, and distributing applications round out the core areas that every PowerBuilder developer needs to master. The second section tackles high-level issues: developing multi-tiered applications, Internet development, advanced DataWindows, extending PowerBuilder, working with objects and the PowerBuilder Foundation Class Library. The final section covers PowerBuilder certification and preparing for the Certified PowerBuilder Developer exam. The companion CD-ROM includes full source code for more than 30 example applications that demonstrate every key feature of PowerBuilder. Additions, updates, and revisions to the book will be available from the author's Web site via links on the CD-ROM and Web links from http://www.mandt.com. You'll Get Complete Coverage of:
  • PowerBuilder programming basics
  • Distributed processing and Internet development
  • Multiple Document Interfaces
  • Event-driven programming
  • Every important painter—from PowerScript Painter to DataWindow Objects
  • Encapsulation with OOP and user objects
  • Extending PowerBuilder with DLLs, OLE, and DDE
  • Creating and programming advanced Data Windows including graphs and reports
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About the Author

DAVID MCCLANAHAN is one of the leading authorities on PowerBuilder development. He is a Certified PowerBuilder Developer and has created and run dozens of PowerBuilder courses. He recently joined the Editorial Advisory Board of the PowerBuilder Developer's Journal, contributes a monthly column to that magazine, and is a Contributing Editor for Databased Web Advisor. He is the author of PowerBuilder® 4: A Developer's Guide (M&T Books, 1995), PowerBuilder® 5: A Developer's Guide (M&T Books, 1996) and Teach Yourself… PowerBuilder 5 (MIS:Press, 1996).

Product Details

  • Paperback: 1197 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley (February 25, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 155851581X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558515819
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,189,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best I've Found, January 11, 2000
This review is from: PowerBuilder® 6: A Developers Guide (Paperback)
I am relatively new to PowerBuilder having been in an actual production environment (outside of college) for about 7 months now and have read everything I can find on PowerBuilder. This is by far the best book I have been able to find. The author explains its capabilities clearly and the examples actually match the lesson. Far too often the examples briefly touch the subject and you finish a book no better off than when you began. Not so with this one. I highly recommend it for beginning PowerBuilder developers.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for developers of all levels!, October 22, 1999
This review is from: PowerBuilder® 6: A Developers Guide (Paperback)
PowerBuilder 6 A Developer's Guide is a must have. There are example code with real world solutions to real world applications. You can immediately piece together a complete system by using the techniques used in the many sample applications provided on the enclosed CD.

The CD is packed with sample applications, code, and reference material, as well as links to the author's Web site. Good luck!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Easily the best available book on PowerBuilder, May 18, 1999
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After reviewing all the available books on PowerBuilder, we selected this and used it as the sole source for training our programmers in PowerBuilder. The result of their first project was beyond our best expectations. Developers returned to this book time after time and found much of the example code reusable in our application. There are a number of typos, but all are obvious, the presentation shows his deep understanding of both PowerBuilder and instruction. Our highest recommendation.
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This chapter presents an overview of the PowerBuilder development system for beginning PowerBuilder developers. Read the first page
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tabular presentation style, class user objects, mdi sheet, application painter, cust order table, powerbuilder application, properties dialog window, finit file, window painter, window open event, open event add, type dialog window, firstapp application, nested report, style dialog window, window close event, application object events, mdi frame menu, drag mode, destructor event, clicked event, build full name, dec balance, file dropdown menu, library search list
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Help Figure, Select Event, Quick Select, Select Function, Powersoft Demo, Windows Registry, Cancel Figure, Select Application, Paste Event, Paste Argument, New York, Source Browser, Fort Wayne, Foundation Class Library, Autosize Height, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Paste Statement, Show Text, App Paths, Call Stack, Due Date, Event Name, Multiple Document Interface, Select Project
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