Mastering PowerBuilder

You can run the DataWindow builder application in one of the following ways:

• Open the 'QNOTES.PBL' in PowerBuilder and run the application
• Run the executable file 'QNOTESFE.EXE'

The second method is more flexible because while running this application you can run PowerBuilder and work with your target application also at the same time. If you choose the second option, it is a good idea to add a custom toolbar icon to the PowerBar to invoke the 'QNOTESFE.EXE'.

What we are going to do now is:

• To display a list of Lotus Notes documents in PowerBuilder application and allow the user to select a document from the view.
• To display the selected document in another DataWindow and let the user modify/delete that document or create a new document.
• Allow the user to make a query on the Lotus Notes database.

Let's first create objects to display a view.