My presentation at TechWave 2006 is intended for the beginner or the
moderately experienced PowerBuilder developer. I hope to share some of the
useful tips and tricks I have picked up in my 12 years as a PowerBuilder
developer.
I began using PowerBuilder in 1994 with release 3.0. The PFC did not exist;
in fact, the concept of a "class library" was brand new. We had to use native
PowerBuilder and build every object from scratch. Even so, PowerBuilder and,
in particular, the DataWindow made RAD truly rapid. So let's start with a few
simple, but truly useful, items.
Converting a Tabular DataWindow to a Grid DataWindow
Perhaps the most useful trick is the ability to convert a tabular DataWindow
to a grid and vice versa. In version 9.x of PowerBuilder, you can right-click
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Lynn Hardin is director of information systems at Emerald City Software Inc.
Keith Bergelt
Gaurav Mantri
Aditya Banerjee
John Karamitsos
Kaj van de Loo
Bob Little
Alois Reitbauer
Chris Schin
Richard Gordon
Anil Parambath
