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PowerBuilder 6 Series
Total Time: 62 hours

PowerBuilder 6: Introducing PowerBuilder Time: 6 hours P6BC01
PowerBuilder 6: Introducing PowerBuilder provides an introduction to PowerBuilder and its development environment.
  • Installing PowerBuilder and Libraries
  • Application Painter and Property Sheets
  • Creating Menus
  • Creating Windows
  • Responding to Events with PowerScript
  • Running Your Application

PowerBuilder 6: Design Concepts Time: 6 hours P6BC02
PowerBuilder 6: Design Concepts provides an introduction to PowerBuilder design and object-oriented development.
  • Analyzing the Requirements
  • Creating a Logical Data Model
  • Creating a Data Model Database
  • Creating Database Tables
  • Using Database Tables
  • Using Table Data
  • Understanding Object-Oriented Development
  • Features of Object-Oriented Software

PowerBuilder 6: Building Objects Time: 6 hours P6BC03
PowerBuilder 6: Building Objects covers using the Library painter as the navigation base for development, managing libraries and library objects, and developing an application menuing system.
  • Using the Application Painter
  • Using the Library Painter
  • Using Libraries
  • Managing Libraries
  • Creating Menus
  • Attaching Menus and Toolbars

PowerBuilder 6: Building Windows Time: 6 hours P6BC04
PowerBuilder 6: Building Windows shows how to create, manage, and customize windows in a PowerBuilder application. In addition, the course demonstrates how to add window controls and set the associated properties to provide a variety of window functions.
  • Setting Window Properties
  • Setting Control Properties
  • Creating User Input on Windows
  • Controlling Window Appearance
  • Adding More Elements to Windows
  • Setting Windows 95 Controls
  • Using Advanced Window Features

PowerBuilder 6: Event Programming Time: 6 hours P6BC05
PowerBuilder 6: Event Programming shows how to respond to events in an application and use variables with PowerScript. The course covers datatypes, scope, and structures. In addition, the course discusses decision structures and looping structures used for writing script for applications.
  • Responding to Events
  • Scripting with Variables
  • Encapsulation, Dot Notation, and Structures
  • Array, Class, and Reference Variables
  • Using Operators
  • PowerScript Statements
  • Using the Script Painter

PowerBuilder 6: PowerScript and SQL Time: 6 hours P6BC06
PowerBuilder 6: PowerScript and SQL shows how to use SQL commands to interact with databases in PowerBuilder applications.
  • Understanding Database Transactions
  • Creating Functions
  • Using DataWindow Objects
  • Scripting for Specific Events
  • Using Arguments and DataWindow Events
  • Understanding SQL Syntax
  • SQL Commands and Cursors

PowerBuilder 6: Creating DataWindows Time: 6 hours P6BC07
PowerBuilder 6: Creating DataWindows covers one of PowerBuilder's strongest features: DataWindows. It outlines the various data sources and presentation styles for DataWindows, describes several DataWindows development techniques, and demonstrates how to associate DataWindows with an application.
  • Creating a New DataWindow
  • Data Sources and Layout
  • Creating Freeform DataWindows
  • Complex DataWindows
  • Other Data Sources & DataWindow Controls

PowerBuilder 6: Using DataWindows Time: 6 hours P6BC08
PowerBuilder 6: Using DataWindows shows how to manipulate and display data and data sources using DataWindows.
  • Using Edit Styles
  • EditMasks and Drop-Down DataWindows
  • Display Formats and Validation
  • Customizing DataWindows
  • Column Defaults and Conditionals
  • Displaying Data and Data Sources
  • Modifying the Data Source
  • Manipulating Data

PowerBuilder 6: Reviewing an Application Time: 8 hours P6BC09
PowerBuilder 6: Reviewing an Application shows how to provide reports and final touches on a PowerBuilder application.
  • The Report Painter
  • Creating Grouped Reports
  • Understanding the Bands of a Group Reports
  • Modifying Grouped Reports
  • Completing Grouped Reports
  • Creating Graphs
  • Creating Label Reports
  • Creating Nested Reports
  • Modifying DataWindows within Windows
  • Checking the Finished Product

PowerBuilder 6: The Final Product Time: 6 hours P6BC10
PowerBuilder 6: The Final Product shows how to debug a PowerBuilder application and create an executable program.
  • The Debug Window
  • Modifying the Debug Window
  • Understanding the Source Views
  • Using and Setting Breakpoints
  • Examining the State of an Application
  • Debugging the Application
  • Building the Executable
  • Creating Deployment Files


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