Transcript PowerBuilder 12: Fresh from the Labs

PowerBuilder .NET
Guided Tour
A New PowerBuilder IDE for .NET Development
PowerBuilder
A New PowerBuilder IDE
for WPF Development
 Leveraging Visual Studio features
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Isolated Shell provides framework and features
UI
Editor
WPF Designer
Debugger
 Plug-in existing PowerBuilder components
 Database Painter
 SQL Painter
 etc.
PowerBuilder
A New PowerBuilder IDE
for WPF Development
 Provides a familiar PowerBuilder experience
 Little or no re-training
 Provides usability enhancements consistent with
other major IDEs
 Keeps PowerBuilder current with latest functionality
PowerBuilder
A New PowerBuilder IDE
for WPF Development
 PowerScript in the VS Core Editor
 WPF Painters
 Incl. WPF DataWindow Painter
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Tabbed documents
Auto-hide for tool panes
3rd Party Add-ins
Import/Export IDE Settings
PowerBuilder
A New PowerBuilder IDE
for WPF Development…and more…
Benefits for…
 WPF Application Targets
 .NET Assembly Targets
 .NET Web Service Targets
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Virtual PowerBuilder Libraries
 PBLs are now folders
 PowerBuilder classes/objects are now files
 PBLs track files
 Adding a file to a PBL folder does not by itself add it to the
PBL
 Simplification of source control
 Saving with compilation errors now supported
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WPF Painters
(Window, Visual UserObject)
 WYSIWYG design surface for adding, moving,
resizing, positioning of controls
 XAML editor for optional advanced editing of layout,
contents, and behavior
 WYSIWYG Preview (WPF, vector-based)
 Support for 3rd party controls
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Adding 3rd Party
WPF Controls to the Toolbox
 A dialog will be
provided to select the
3rd party WPF control
to import.
 Controls may be
added to the Toolbox
of the …
 Window
 UO
 DataWindow
…painters
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New PowerScript Editor Features
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Intellisense (including for the DataWindow)
Syntax Highlighting
Bookmarks
Code Outlining (collapsing sections)
Highlight of matching elements
Incremental Search
Line Numbering
Go to definition
Code Snippets
Surround With
Split Screen Editing
Error Markers
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Other Painters
 Database Painter
 Query Painter
 Structure Painter
 …will essentially have the same UI as in PowerBuilder
Classic
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Other Painters
…cont’d…
 Menu Painter
 Similar to the PowerBuilder Classic IDE’s Menu Painter
 Library Painter
 Will be consolidated with the System Tree
 A list tool window for “details”
 SQL Dialog
 Will have the same UI as in DataWindow .NET 2.5…a modal
dialog
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Exercise One
 Build a simple “Hello World” Application
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Create a Solution
Create a Target
Create a WPF Window
Create an ODBC Connection to SQL Anywhere
 Add code in Application Object to connect to Database
 Create a DataWindow
 Add DataWindow control to WPF Window
 Assign DataWindow Object
 Code SetTransObject and Retrieve function calls
 Build Application
 Run Application
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Exercise Two
 Migrate an Existing Win32 Application to WPF
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Use Wizard to create solution and target
Review Unsupported Features List
Build Target
Run Application
What needs to be fixed?
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Exercise Three
 Powerscript Language Enhancements
 Array Enhancement
 Jagged Array Enhancement
 Return Array from Function or Event
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PowerBuilder “Classic” IDE
 Current IDE remains intact for:
 Traditional Client/Server targets
 Winform/Webform targets
 EAServer/PASP components
 Microsoft will not be investing in Winforms/Webforms
 Currently considering Win32 enhancements for a post
PowerBuilder 12.0 release (Windows 7 features support)
 Sybase will continue to support current DBMS and
operating system platforms with maintenance
releases.
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Summary:
PowerBuilder .NET
 Build WPF applications with a familiar
PowerBuilder experience
 Provide your users with rich,
progressive user interfaces
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Summary:
The PowerBuilder WPF Workshop
 No need to go to another tool for your
.NET requirements
 Extend your skills and your existing
code to new incarnations of the .NET
framework
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