This is part of my project ‘100 Days of PowerBuilder’ which is a series of discussions focused on basic PowerBuilder development. Note: This article is written with examples created in PowerBuilder version 12.5. The most steps would be identical with any version going back to 9. Continuing with the window we created on Day 2…
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100 Days of PowerBuilder – Day 2: Creating a Main Application Window
This is part of my project ‘100 Days of PowerBuilder’ which is a series of discussions focused on basic PowerBuilder development. Note: This article is written with examples created in PowerBuilder version 12.5. The most steps would be identical with any version going back to 9. For the purposes of this exercise I will be…
PowerBuilder – Finding special folders – FDCC Compliance
Here is a link to an article by Bruce Armstrong (since broken) relating to new functionality in PB11.5. The article specifically deals with FDCC (Federal Desktop Core Configuration) Compliance in PB apps and specifically the SHGetFolderPath Windows API function. Although this information has been available for awhile, it’s worth noting again. Usage Notes: function ulong SHGetFolderPath(ulong hwndOwner,…
100 Days of PowerBuilder – Day 1: Creating a Workspace
This is part of my project ‘100 Days of PowerBuilder’ which is a series of discussions focused on basic PowerBuilder development. Note: This article is written with examples created in PowerBuilder version 12.5. The same steps would be almost identical with any version going back to 9. When you first install Powerbuilder Classic and the…
PowerBuilder – Where is Autoscript?
The autoscript feature in Powerbuilder is something I’ve come to rely on quite heavily, especially when dealing with user objects and such which you may be unfamiliar with (…do I pass two ints and a string or two strings and an int?). However, it is a feature which can frustrate you in just trying to…
PowerBuilder – More Datawindow Mouseover Effects
So I download the latest Chrome browser beta the other day (v17) and I notice a neat effect on the tabs prior to applying my custom settings. A gradient centered on my mouse pointer passed across the tab as I moved it. It was very subtile but noticiable if you were paying attention. Naturally I…
PowerBuilder 12.5 ‘Classic’ – New Feature
I just stumbled on a neat new feature in the datawindow painter, specifically on the background tab of a column. The Gradient stuff was added in 10.5 (I believe) and now you can actually see the numeric value of the slider bar without having to pick through the source. Refer to the following: All of…
PowerBuilder ‘Gotcha’ – Tab Label Disappears
You get a call from customer support regarding a client who is reporting that the tab labels are all ‘grayed out’ on a particular window. You get a screen shot and see that, yes, they are. These tabs have been disabled within the application by various other processes. Furthermore you find out the client is…
PowerBuilder – Getting Database Identity Values after Multi Row Inserts from Datawindow
This is a technique to use when you have a data entry window in which multiple parent records can be inserted along with multiple child records for each parent and your tables have their record keys set up as identity values. The database in question for this discussion is SQL Server. This figure shows a…
PowerBuilder – Datawindow Drag/Drop Rows with Business Rules
This time I’m demonstrating a basic bit of functionality common to many Windows based applications – drag and drop. In this case I am talking about the ability to drag a row of data to a new location in a list. However, to make it more interesting I am throwing in some business rules which…
