You should read this book if you are involved in any phase of a client/server, distributed, or Web application development project that uses PowerBuilder®.
This how-to book guides you through programming techniques used to build and deploy PowerBuilder applications and components. It does this by equipping you with collections of techniques for implementing many common application features and advice for choosing those techniques best suited to your requirements.
PowerBuilder is accompanied by sample applications that illustrate some of the issues, features, and techniques you will read about. Examine the components of these applications in PowerBuilder, read the comments in the code, and experiment with real, working examples of what you are trying to learn.
For where to find the sample applications, see Chapter 1, “Using Sample Applications.”
For a description of all the books in the PowerBuilder documentation set, see the preface of PowerBuilder Getting Started.
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.
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