The Definitive DataWindow: Your Key to PowerBuilder Success (Paperback)

by Richard Brooks (Author)

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Product Description
Explores the depths of the DataWindow and shows how to take full advantage of this popular but underutilized technology. Focuses on in-depth understanding of the DataWindow object that contributes to improved DataWindow control skills, database programming, and user interface design. Softcover. CD-ROM included. DLC: Database design.

From the Back Cover
The cornerstone of Sybase's PowerBuilder rapid application development (RAD) tool, the DataWindow greatly facilitates the retrieval and presentation of information from relational databases. Over the years, it has proven its value as a powerful and versatile object that can solve a variety of client/server data handling challenges, and with each new version its capabilities have been expanded and enhanced.

The Definitive DataWindow explores the depths of the DataWindow and shows you how to take full advantage of this popular, but underutilized, technology. Drawing on his extensive knowledge and experience, Richard Brooks leads you from DataWindow basics to its most sophisticated and rarely mined capabilities, providing the insights and advanced skills needed to master this important database development technology.

This book focuses on an in-depth understanding of the DataWindow object, a comprehension that contributes to improved DataWindow control skills, database programming, and user interface design. Other topics include:

Database Painter techniques for creating customized edit masks and display formats

Graphing, from basic functions to techniques for animating graphs in response to user actions

The DataWindow mini-language that creates sophisticated results with virtually no programming

Creating a library of specialized DataWindows

The DataWindow's role in distributed application development

The DataWindow Version 7.0 interface

The DataWindow with PowerJ and PowerSite

Sample code taken directly from existing programs that are running in real-life applications

For those new to the topic, this book presents background on relational database technology, SQL, and DataWindow fundamentals. An entire chapter is devoted to pragmatic tips and techniques for overcoming real-world database development problems. The accompanying CD-ROM features a shareware copy of StarTeam and English Wizard.

Part tutorial, part reference, and part practical guide, this indispensable resource will greatly enhance your use of the DataWindow and your overall database programming skills.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (April 6, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020170224X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201702248
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,110,173 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of The Definitive Datawindow, April 17, 2000

By	Gokul Bhandari "Bibliophile" (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are a PowerBuilder programmer, then the recent book entitled "The Definitive Datawindow" is certainly a must for you. Datawindow is considered the heart of PowerBuilder and this books explores it in a very minute detail. I have been programming in PowerBuilder for last 4 years and after reading this book, I realize how rudimentary my approach was. I wish I could have this book earlier. A significant portion of the book is covered with the introduction to RDBMS and SQL, so even the non PowerBuilder programmer can find this book useful. The author's style is simple and straight forward. The best thing about this book is that the author has made a great effort in putting all datawindow related material in a coherent way. I consider this book a jewel in datawindow techology. Lucky and wise are those who start their Powerbuilder journey with this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My opinion is..., June 12, 2000

By	MEINARDI SERGIO "smeinardi" (Northern Italy) - See all my reviews

... this is a very good book, for beginners like me. It's nor a manual neither a reference. It contains a lot of examples and overall ideas to deal with and think about. There are solutions applied to real problems. That's why I like it: a practical manual with theory inside you learn with no effort. And it's written in english; no slang, technical word where necessary only. It's important for people speaking non english languages. Thanks Rick.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Big disappointment, May 26, 2000

By A Customer

Too much text and too many pictures, not much information that you would not find in most PB books. Part tutorial, part reference, and part practical guide, but nothing special as a whole.