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Synopsis
PowerBuilder 5: Using DataWindows covers one of PowerBuilder's strongest features: DataWindows. It describes several DataWindows development techniques and how to associate DataWindows with an application.  The course also explains how to generate reports.


Audience
This course is for Windows software developers who have a basic knowledge of PowerBuilder.


Time
8 hours

Product Code: PB5TC4
After completing Using DataWindows, the user should be able to:


 
Create and use DataWindows
Modify DataWindows
Use DataWindows to manipulate data
Create reports

Creating DataWindows
Teaches how to create and use a DataWindow as a graphical interface to a database.
 
Using the DataWindow Painter
Setting and changing DataWindow default options
Using different data sources
Using different presentation styles
Using DataWindow controls
Associating a DataWindow with a window or tab control

Enhancing DataWindows
Demonstrates how to modify, enhance, and better use DataWindows in your PowerBuilder applications.
 
Defining and using edit styles
Formatting data with display formats
Validating data with validation rules
Setting default values for columns
Implementing conditional expressions

Manipulating Data Using DataWindows
Teaches how to use DataWindows to manipulate data.
 
Suppressing, filtering, and sorting data
Modifying the data source
Retrieving and updating database information
Specifying retrieval arguments and data
Working with crosstabs
Accessing data in a DataWindow

Creating Reports
Demonstrates how easy it is to generate reports in PowerBuilder.
 
Creating reports using the report painter
Creating a grouped report
Exploiting the features of the Group Presentation style
Adding a graph to a report
Creating labels
Including another report or DataWindow in a report

This course is distributed with the PowerBuilder 5 Glossary.

 

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