This book is for anyone using PowerBuilder® to build applications.
This book provides information that enables you to start using PowerBuilder:
Part 1 is an overview of the PowerBuilder development environment.
Part 2 is a tutorial in which you build your first PowerBuilder application.
Part 3 is a tutorial in which you create and run a .NET Web Forms target.
Part 4 is a tutorial in which you create and run a .NET Windows Forms target.
This table lists the information in the PowerBuilder documentation set, grouped by topic:
Topic |
Book |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Installation |
Installation Guide |
Tells you how to install PowerBuilder |
Introduction and use of PowerBuilder features |
Getting Started |
Introduces you to PowerBuilder and provides a tutorial you can step through to learn the basics |
Programmer’s information |
Users Guide |
Tells how to use the painters to build objects in PowerBuilder |
Application Techniques |
Presents collections of techniques for implementing many common application features, along with deployment details and tips for cross-platform and international development and deployment |
Topic |
Book |
Description |
|---|---|---|
DataWindow® Programmer’s Guide |
Explains how to use DataWindows in all the supported environments (PowerBuilder, Web pages, Java) and describes programming techniques for accessing, displaying, manipulating, and updating data |
|
.NET targets information |
Deploying Applications and Components to .NET |
Tells you how to build, deploy, debug and run .NET Web Forms and Windows Forms targets, and how to create .NET assembly components and Web services from PowerBuilder nonvisual objects |
Reference information |
PowerScript® Reference |
Describes syntax and usage information for the PowerScript language, including variables, expressions, statements, functions, and events |
DataWindow Reference |
Provides reference information for the DataWindow object, including properties and functions for expressions; syntax for accessing properties and data; and reference information for the methods, events, and properties of DataWindow controls and DataStores in all supported environments |
|
Objects and Controls |
Lists properties, events, and related functions for PowerBuilder system objects and controls |
|
PowerBuilder Native Interface (PBNI) Programmer’s Guide and Reference |
Contains how-to and reference information for using PBNI to create PowerBuilder extensions and interact with C++ applications |
|
PowerBuilder Extension Reference |
Contains reference information for PowerBuilder extension modules created with PBNI (such as PBDOM, EJBClient, and Web services) |
|
Communicating with a database |
Connecting to Your Database |
Tells how to connect to a database from PowerBuilder; describes how to set up, define, and manage database connections accessed through the ODBC interface or one of the native database interfaces |
Connection Reference |
Includes procedures for preparing, defining, establishing, maintaining, and troubleshooting your database connections |
Use the Sybase® Getting Started CD and the Sybase Product Documentation Web site to learn more about your product:
The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.
The Sybase Product Documentation Web site is accessible using a standard Web browser. In addition to product documentation, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Sybase Product Documentation Web site, go to Product Documentation.
Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.
Finding the latest information on product certifications
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click Partner Certification Report.
In the Partner Certification Report filter select a product, platform, and timeframe and then click Go.
Click a Partner Certification Report title to display the report.
Finding the latest information on component certifications
Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.
Either select the product family and product under Search by Base Product; or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.
Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.
Creating a personalized view of the Sybase Web
site (including support pages)
Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.
Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.
You can find information about EBFs and software maintenance on the Sybase Web site.
Finding the latest information on EBFs and software
maintenance
Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBF/Maintenance releases is displayed.
Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBF/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered, but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.
Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the documentation or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.
