More Professional Powerbuilder Programming: Advanced Techniques

50814-3 More great techniques for developing with PowerBuilder! To become a truly proficient PowerBuilder developer, you need a deep understanding of techniques and technologies that most books only skim over. That's where More Professional PowerBuilder Programming comes in. It starts where Paul Bukauskas' best-selling Professional PowerBuilder Programming leaves off, presenting sophisticated PowerBuilder techniques to help you build more powerful, effective applications - and do it more quickly. You'll develop a deeper understanding of the window/event programming paradigm, and learn the most effective implementation strategies for event-driven environments. You'll learn how to make the most of Dynamic SQL, Dynamic DataWindows, nested reports, and other advanced DataWindows capabilities. Bukauskas also introduces you to powerful data modeling techniques for client/server applications. And, this book will help you prepare for the PowerBuilder CPD exam with sample questions and PowerQuiz. You'll also find in-depth coverage of: * Application Partitioning with nonvisual user objects * Communicating among objects * Child DataWindow programming techniques * Interprocess communication with OLE and DDE * Conditional expressions using Modify and Describe * The Windows API * Performance and Tuning The concepts covered in this book will help you work confidently with any version of PowerBuilder - especially Release 5.0 with Windows' 95 support. More Professional PowerBuilder is based on the author's live PowerBuilder courses, which have been honed for years with audiences around the world. Every chapter contains practical exercises and questions to help you make sure you've mastered the material. This is a treasure house of advanced PowerBuilder techniques for the working developer. If you use PowerBuilder, you can't afford to be without it.