This book is for anyone who builds applications with PowerBuilder®. It assumes that:
You are familiar with user interface guidelines. If not, consult a book that covers user interface conventions.
You have a basic familiarity with SQL. If not, consult a book that describes SQL statements.
This book describes the PowerBuilder development environment. It shows you how to use PowerBuilder user interface tools to build the objects you need, including windows, menus, DataWindow® objects, and user-defined objects, to create client/server and multitier applications.
Application Techniques presents information about programming techniques and building multitier applications.
Deploying Applications and Components to .NET explains how to build applications in PowerBuilder and deploy them as .NET Windows Forms or ASP.NET applications. It also describes how to deploy custom class user objects as .NET assemblies and Web services.
The DataWindow Programmer’s Guide explains how to use DataWindow objects in different environments and presents programming techniques related to DataWindows.
Working with JSP Targets describes the tools provided with PowerBuilder for creating and deploying Web sites and JavaServer Pages.
For a description of all the books in the PowerBuilder documentation set, see the preface of the PowerBuilder Getting Started manual.
Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:
The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other documents or updated information not included on the SyBooks CD. 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 SyBooks CD contains product manuals and is included with your software. The Eclipse-based SyBooks browser allows you to access the manuals in an easy-to-use, HTML-based format.
Some documentation may be provided in PDF format, which you can access through the PDF directory on the SyBooks CD. To read or print the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Refer to the SyBooks Installation Guide on the Getting Started CD, or the README.txt file on the SyBooks CD for instructions on installing and starting SyBooks.
The Sybase Product Manuals Web site is an online version of the SyBooks CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.
To access the Sybase Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.
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