PowerBuilder 6: Creating DataWindows

Synopsis
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.

Audience
This course is for programmers who want to learn how to create DataWindows and attach data sources to them using the DataWindow painter.

Time
6 hours

Product Code: P6BC07

After completing PowerBuilder 6: Creating DataWindows, the user should be able to:

Create a new DataWindow

Choose a data source and presentation style for a DataWindow

Create a Freeform DataWindow

Create complex DataWindows

Use other data sources

Associate DataWindow controls with a DataWindow object

Run the application

Creating a New DataWindow

Introduction to DataWindows

Opening the DataWindow painter

Setting DataWindow options

Data Sources and Layout

Understanding data sources

Determining presentation style

Creating Freeform DataWindows

Creating the Item DataWindow

Creating the Customer DataWindow

Creating the Warehouse and Supplier DataWindows

Complex DataWindows

Creating Header and Footer DataWindows

Creating the Detail DataWindow

Other Data Sources & DataWindow Controls

Queries

External data sources

Using DataWindow control user objects

Associating DataWindow controls with a DataWindow object

Running your application

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 the PowerBuilder 6 product

A PowerBuilder 6 glossary