Learning to build a PocketBuilder application  How long it will take

Chapter 3: About the PocketBuilder Tutorial

How you will proceed

Table 3-1 describes what you will do in each of the tutorial lessons.

Table 3-1: Tutorial lessons and what you will accomplish

Lesson

What you will do

1

Start PocketBuilder; begin familiarizing yourself with the development environment; use the Workspace wizard and the PocketPC Application Creation wizard to create an application object, a window, and a menu in a PocketBuilder workspace and target; run the application; build the application; and deploy the application to a PocketPC emulator

2

Explore the PocketBuilder environment and customize the workspace

3

Create a database profile and look at the ASA database and the Database painter

4

Create a workspace and target; create and preview a new DataWindow object; attach the DataWindow object to a DataWindow control; code the Open event; run the application; build the application; and deploy the application to a Smartphone device

5

Set up the ASA database; modify a skeleton Sales application that is provided to you; create a DataWindow for sales order information; add menu items to the application menu; create a MobiLink connection; create the main application window; test the application on the desktop; deploy the application to a Pocket PC device; run the application; and troubleshoot the application

Tutorial solutions

The solutions for the tutorial lessons are in the Tutorial\Solutions directory.





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