1. radha rani
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Monday, 2 April 2018 14:48 PM UTC

Hi,

 

I want to know about the control used in the window of powerbuilder.

for example i was seeing one window in which textbox type control has been used in it but it was not,so i want to know how we can figure out which control has been used 

I am new to powerbuider 9 

help is appreciated.

 

 

Alfredo Aldama Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 2 April 2018 16:32 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 1

Hi,

  •  May be the option design / show invisible is not checked (at design time)
  • The control is created on runtime

Regards!

 

 

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  1. Shenn Sellers
  2. Monday, 2 April 2018 21:59 PM UTC
I don't have PB 9 handy, but I'm pretty sure they had this then.  





Click on the VIEW menu when you have Window open.

Then click on CONTROL LIST.





This will show you what type all the controls on the Window are.

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  1. Roland Smith
  2. Tuesday, 3 April 2018 02:13 AM UTC
They should be keeping the sle_ or em_ prefix. The people who don't  keep the prefiix are not following standards.

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  1. radha rani
  2. Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:26 PM UTC
yes!!



they didnt followed the standards.



But i have to work on it and explore as those who implemeted are no longer here..



 



 

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Michael Kramer Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 2 April 2018 16:29 PM UTC
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. # 2

Hi Radha,

You are aware that PowerBuilder 9 is 15 years old?

​I found the old Sybase press release and PB 9.0 shipped back in late March 2003! As a consequence, PB 9 only supports product versions that were available in March 2003: Windows XP, Oracle 9, MS SQL 2000, etc. A lot has happened in PowerBuilder over the last 15 years!

WIndows 7 is unsupported. Any .NET 4 related is unsupported. Unicode is only partially supported. Performance guidelines were very different.

Appeon-U's PowerBuilder Fundamentals class is my best advice!

It is a free, online course available on Appeon's main web site.

I know, it is based on PB 11.5 or newer, but the core product features are taught at a level relevant also for PB 9. You will experience the IDE looks different and may lack features in PB 9.

Also learning on a project from colleagues more proficient in PowerBuilder is an excellent source of knowledge Finally, two PowerBuilder manuals that are worth looking at: User's Guide and Application Techniques (names may have been slightly different back in PB 9).

HTH /Michael

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  1. radha rani
  2. Monday, 2 April 2018 17:14 PM UTC
Sir,



I am not having colleague here,we have only 1 person working on PB and he only comes once in a week,used to come soo early in morning and left.



That's why i been hired as i know SQL,now been asked to work in PB.



Its all about job so have work on it ,NO option.



learn by my own.

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  1. Michael Kramer
  2. Monday, 2 April 2018 19:03 PM UTC
Sorry - please see my replies to your other question. I believe learning the current PB version still teaches you a lot about PB 9. Just remember that if you learn something you cannot find in the 15 years old PB 9, then it is probably added after PB 9. But you should be able to read all code already present in the application and write similar code yourself.



SQL is quite different from PowerScript - and with DataWindow objects you get to write much less SQL, because the DataWindow object writes your INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements by itself.



/Michael

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