PowerBuilder 6: Event Programming

Synopsis
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.

Audience
This course is for programmers who want to learn how to write code to respond to events in a PowerBuilder application.

Time
6 hours

Product Code: P6BC05

After completing PowerBuilder 6: Event Programming, the user should be able to:

Program applications to respond to events

Use variables in scripts

Declare new variables

Use operators

Use arrays in script

Build PowerScript statements

Use the script painter

Responding to Events

Understanding events

Events and the PowerBuilder Script painter

Creating user-defined Events

Scripting with Variables

Discussing the PowerScript language

Using variables

Encapsulation, Dot Notation, and Structures

Variable naming conventions

Encapsulation

Using objects and controls

Using structures

Array, Class, and Reference Variables

Arrays

Class or reference variables

Using Operators

Discussing the operators

Precedence and parentheses

PowerScript Statements

Using PowerBuilder commands

Using decision structures

Using iteration (looping) structures

Using built-in functions

Using context-sensitive help

Using the Script Painter

Using editing tools in the Script painter

Adding statements and functions

Using the Object Browser

This course is distributed with:

Exercises that allow users to practice in PowerBuilder 6.

A file containing the text of the exercises

Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to PowerBuilder 6.

A PowerBuilder 6 glossary