PowerBuilder Online Courses

Mastering PowerBuilder 7

• OLE 2.0 � Part II
• Structured Storage System
• Nested Storages
• Opening From the Nested Storage
• Component Based Software
• OCX Control Architecture
• Inserting an OCX Control
• OLE 2.0 Automation
• OLE Objects
• Mail Merge Using OLE 2.0
• The PowerBuilder Window
• In-Process Versus Out-Process
• OLE Automation - PowerBuilder Implementation
• Windows Registry
• Need For Registry
• The Structure Of the Registration Database
• Predefined Keys
• Creating a .REG File
• Summary
• Advanced Scripting, DataWindows - II
• Interactive DataWindow Sort Utility
• An Object To Export a DataWindow
• Print Preview - Zoom Utility
• Color CommandButton Object in the DataWindow Object
• Drag And Drop
• Drag-n-Drop Events
• Drag-n-Drop Attributes
• Drag-n-Drop Functions
• Implementing the Drag-n-Drop Functionality
• Pipeline User Object & Data Pipeline Painter
• Where I Can Use the Data Pipeline Object And Pipeline User Object?
• Defining the Data Pipeline Object
• Defining Pipeline User Object
• Pipeline Object At Work
• DataStore Object
• Where To Use a DataStore?
• Using DataStore In Our Application
• How Is DataStore Object Different From DataWindow Control ?
• Powersoft Reports
• Describe & Modify Functions
• New Dot Notation Syntax For DataWindow Objects
• Treeview Control
• Programming Tab control
• Using a Common Control For All Tab Pages
• Using Independent Controls For Each Tab Page
• Creating Tab Pages Using Custom User Objects
• Creating Tab Pages Dynamically
• Tab Control User Objects
• Programming ListView Control
• Programming RichTextEdit Control
• Opening & Saving a Document In RTE Control
• Previewing & Printing Document From RTE Control
• Editing Document In RTE Control
• Sharing DataWindow/DataStore With a RTE Control
• DataWindow Dot Notation - Error Handling
• Exercises
• Distributed PowerBuilder
• Two-Tier Client/server Model
• N-Tier Client/server Model
• Distributed Computing�PowerBuilder Implementation
• Connection Object
• Connection Object Properties
• Connection Object Events
• Connection Object Functions
• Communication Drivers
• Transport Object
• Transport Object Properties
• Transport Object Events
• Transport Object Functions
• Remote Objects & Proxy Objects
• Application Object Events for Distributed PB
• Transaction Pooling
• DataWindow Synchronization in DPB
• Shared Objects
• Building Distributed PowerBuilder Applications
• Creating a Custom Connection Object
• Creating the Remote Object
• Building Proxy Objects
• Building the Server Application
• Stopping Connections Remotely
• Saving and Loading Server Options
• Starting/Stopping DPB Server
• Monitoring Connection Information From the Server Console
• Connecting from Client App to Middle Tier App
• Testing Distributed Applications
• CORBA
• ORB
• GIOP/IIOP
• IDL
• Stubs and skeletons
• Static and dynamic invocation
• CORBAservices
• Jaguar CTS
• PB Distributed App using EAS
• Starting Jaguar CTS
• Connecting to Jaguar Server using Jaguar Manager
• Configuring a New Connection Cache
• Installing the Connection Cache
• Creating Connection Service Object to Connect to Jaguar CTS Server
• Creating the Jaguar CTS Component
• Jaguar CTS Component Options
• Jaguar Component Types
• Jaguar shared components versus PowerBuilder shared objects
• Service Component
• Instance Pooling
• Component TimeOut
• Transaction Options
• Supports Transaction
• Requires Transaction
• Requires New Transaction
• Auto Demarcation/Deactivation
• Component Interface build Options
• Expose Public Instance Variables
• Allow NULL Values in Method Arguments
• Use of Unsupported datatypes generates an error
• Other Component Options
• Supports Live Editing
• Dynamic Library Options
• Include Un-referenced Objects in Consolidated PBD
• Advanced Options
• Live Editing Library List
• Bind to Thread
• PowerBuilder Function Overloading � CORBA Methods
• Programming Jaguar CTS Component
• Activate/Deactivate Events
• Method to Retrieve Data
• Method to Apply Changes to the Database
• Creating Proxy Objects for Jaguar CTS Components
• Connecting to Jaguar CTS from PowerBuilder Application
• Instantiating Jaguar CTS Components
• Retrieving Data via Jaguar CTS Component
• Updating Data via Jaguar CTS Component
• Jaguar and COM/MTS code validation
• PowerBuilder Data Types and Jaguar CTS
• Monitoring Connection Caches/Packages at Runtime in Jaguar CTS
• Finding Runtime Errors at Jaguar CTS
• Obsolete DPB Objects/Functions/Events for EAS
• New Objects/Functions/Options for EAS
• Which Direction Should You Go? DPB or EAS?
• PowerBuilder Foundation Class Library
• Frameworks
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Class Libraries
• General Purpose Classes
• Diadvantages
• Nested General Purpose Classes
• Service Oriented Class Libraries
• Disadvantages
• Advantages
• PFC Architecture
• Getting Your Bearings
• Customizing the Application Manager
• Signing-in using PFC
• Multiple Login Attempts Functionality
• Providing Auto-Sign-in Functionality with no Sign-in Window
• Menu Services
• Application Services
• Error Service
• Using Error Service
• Enabling the Error Service
• Sourcing Error Messages
• Customizing Error Service Behavior
• Error Service - e-Mail Notifications
• Error Logging & Other Services
• Debug Service
• Transaction Registration Service
• DataWindow Caching Service
• Most Recently Used Object Service
• pfc_MRUSave
• pfc_PreMRUSave
• pfc_MRURestore
• pfc_MRUProcess
• DataWindow Services
• Adding Data To the DataWindow
• Saving Changes To the Database
• Deleting Data from the DataWindow
• Retrieving the Data
• Exporting the DataWindow
• Cut, copy, Paste (Special), Clear Services
• Sort Service
• Sorting DataWindow In Windows 95 Way
• Sorting On Display Values Rather Than Data Values
• Custom Sort
• Filter Service
• Find & Replace Service
• DropDown DataWindow/ListBox Search
• Query Service
• Row Selection Service
• Row Manager Service
• Print Service
• Report Service
• Multiple Table DataWindow Update Service
• Linkage Service
• Checking the 'Required Columns' Service
• DropDown Calendar Service
• DropDown Calculator Service
• Let PFC Write Its Code for You
• Window Services
• Basic Window Services
• Preferences Service
• Sheet Manager Services
• Statusbar Service
• Window Resizing Service
• LUW (Logical Unit of Work) Service
• Other Services
• DateTime Services
• Numeric Services
• String Services
• File Services
• Platform Services
• SQL Parsing Service
• Extending PFC
• Strategy #1: Change PFE Objects
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Strategy #2: Add a layer below PFE
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Strategy #3: Insert a layer between PFC and PFE
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• The Recommended Strategy
• Three strategies for extending PFC to multiple departments
• Using PFC Extender Tool to Insert Corp Layer between PFC and PFE
• Exercises