Powerbuilder Foundation Class Library Professional Reference (Team Powersoft Series) - Softcover

Green, William; Gasin, Boris; Tauber, Andy; Block, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0079132677 ISBN 13: 9780079132673

Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

Guides the reader through the objects and services provided in the Powerbuilder Foundation Class (PFC) and helps develop a base of knowledge about the product. Items considered include PFC's advantages over other class libraries, components, menus and windows, extensibility, services, and the application design and development tools needed to support the PFC. The CD-ROM contains all the source code shown in the book, as well as several other demos, papers, utilities and the sample application used as the basis for the discussion topics presented in the book. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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From the Back Cover

Here's the first complete guide to using PowerBuilder Foundation Classes, written by Powersoft insiders! Used by over 300,000 software developers, the PowerBuilder Foundation Class library is a major advance in the use of object orientation and is now the standard by which other class libraries are measured. Written by members of Team Powersoft with contributions by Steve Benfield, Kent Marsh, and William Rompala, PowerBuilder Foundation Class Library Professional Reference is the definitive guide to the PFC and its applications, including its use in building object-oriented software for the Internet and client/server. Every facet of the PFC is covered, including its advantages over other class libraries, components, menus and windows, extensibility, services, and the application design and development tools needed to support the PFC. This Professional References tackles such technical issues as: performance and tuning - including performance enhancement techniques; Extending the PFC - with insight into the extension layer and extension techniques, methods and layer usage; deploying the PFC - with tips on deploying with PowerBuilder Dynamic Libraries; maintenance upgrades - including full coverage of centralized upgrades; documentation and help - manuals, on-line help, PFC Code, Powersoft training, and more. Featuring a special section on running PowerBuilder applications on the Internet, the Professional Reference provides a CD-ROM packed with templates and tools for building PFC applications. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Howard Block teaches the PowerBuilder and leads the PFC Special Interest Group, sanctioned by Powersoft. Millard Brown III, Boris Gasin, William Green, and Andy Tauber, are members of Team Powersoft. Mr. Brown and Mr. Green are coauthors of McGraw-Hill's bestselling book on PowerBuilder 5.

Edition details

• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0079132677
• ISBN 13: 9780079132673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Block Howard