Vol: 07 Iss: 10 Read Back Issues

The Rebirth Of Sybase My forecasts for the future of Sybase have been through a renaissance. More than an evolution, they've been reborn. Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 5,195

Just Some Of What's New In PB Just as PowerBuilder pioneered the 4GL approach to client/server Windows application development, version 8.0, currently in limited beta, brings a similar 4GL experience to n-tier Web development. PowerBuilder 8.0, scheduled to ship by Q2 2001, delivers features aimed at developers of ... Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 3,990

Using The PFC Application / Utility Services In this month's column I'll present a simple Òhow toÓ on the PFC application and utility services, along with a simple description and code example for each service. They're among the least used in the PFC, but I've found them to be the most useful. These services are error, debug, a... Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 8,639

Creating A Generic Retrieval/Update Component In Jaguar When designing distributed applications, developers typically create components based on required functionality, or related services. Some components will be entirely service oriented, but most will be standard components with a mix of retrieves, updates, and some processing logic. Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 5,169

Enterprise Application Framework Client/server is fading, supplanted by distributed architectures and Web clients; the new generation of architecture is here to stay. Fortunately, the latest generation of client/server object designs prepared developers and code for the transition to a distributed environment. Along w... Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 8,922

PB And Java Most PowerBuilder developers are aware of object-oriented concepts like inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism. A lot has been said about them, and I don't want to reinvent the wheel by discussing what they are and how they're used in PB applications. The main purpose of this ar... Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 8,956

Frenzy Projects - How To Survive A Season In The Lion's Den I've recently been involved with several 'frenzy projects' - projects fueled by a sense of desperation. They have a psychotically myopic sense of purpose. These projects are known for large budgets, high profiles and very severe consequences if they don't go well. The sentiment among b... Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 8,650

Drop Down Data Windows Using HTML and JavaScript Imagine creating a DropDownDataWindow look and feel using HTML form elements that can show more than one column in a ListBox on a Web page. The data elements could be generated using Web server-side technologies such as JavaServer Pages (JSP), Active Server Pages (ASP), and ColdFusion ... Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 14,169

Introduction To Tree Views I'm going to take a little departure from DataWindows here. Judging from my e-mail over the years, I've discovered that some things are just more difficult for the PowerBuilder programmer to grasp than others. The TreeView is one of them. A recent e-mail asking for an explanation of th... Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 6,538

Sherlock II Loggin In My first column on Sherlock appeared in the August issue of PBDJ (Vol. 7, issue 8). In that article we set up our development environment. Now we need to log in. Before we do that let's review just a bit. Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 8,494

Sanity Checking an EaServer Connection Cache The Jaguar CTS application server provides robust support for a number of different database connection approaches for its connection caches, including JDBC and ODBC, as well as native connectivity to Oracle and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 7,104

Popup Menus: And Now, Something Completely Different How many times have you needed to add an extra menu item in a DataWindow popup menu? If you've ever done it, you know what a nightmare it is and how time-consuming it can be. Oct. 1, 2000  Reads: 6,452