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This course is for programmers who want to learn about the PowerBuilder development environment and start creating PowerBuilder applications.

Introducing PowerBuilder provides an introduction to PowerBuilder and its development environment.
Design Concepts provides an introduction to PowerBuilder design and object-oriented development.
Building Objects covers using the Library painter as the navigation base for development managing libraries and library objects and developing an application menuing system.
Building Windows shows how to create manage and customize windows in a PowerBuilder application. In addition the course demonstrates how to add window controls and set the associated properties to provide a variety of window functions.
Event Programming shows how to respond to events in an application and use variables with PowerScript. The course covers datatypes scope and structures. In addition the course discusses decision structures and looping structures used for writing script for applications.
PowerScript and SQL shows how to use SQL commands to interact with databases in PowerBuilder applications.
Creating DataWindows covers one of PowerBuilder's strongest features: DataWindows. It outlines the various data sources and presentation styles for DataWindows describes several DataWindows development techniques and demonstrates how to associate DataWindows with an application.
Using DataWindows shows how to manipulate and display data and data sources using DataWindows.
Reviewing an Application shows how to provide reports and final touches on a PowerBuilder application.
The Final Product shows how to debug a PowerBuilder application and create an executable program.

During the courses, you will learn how to:

Describe PowerBuilder's main components
Create and manage PowerBuilder libraries
Use the Application painter
Create menus
Create windows
Use PowerScript to respond to events
Run a PowerBuilder application
Analyze application requirements
Create a logical data model for an application
Use PowerBuilder database tables for a data model
Use object-oriented development techniques
Use the Library painter as a navigation tool
Manipulate libraries and library entries
Print modify properties of optimize and search libraries
Use regeneration and rebuild objects
Migrate from an earlier version of PowerBuilder
Build a dynamic runtime library
Use the Menu painter to develop a menuing system
Explain keyboard navigation and assign access and shortcut keys
Create toolbars and set toolbar properties
Use inheritance to generate menus
Manage window properties
Add window controls
Create window buttons
Provide for user input in windows
Alter the appearance of windows
Open a window sheet
Program applications to respond to events
Use variables in scripts
Declare new variables
Use operators
Use arrays in script
Build PowerScript statements
Use the script painter
Explain database transactions
Create user-defined functions
Use arguments and DataWindow events
Script applications to react to specified events
Identify SQL syntax
Create SQL commands
Use the SQL commands and cursors
Create a new DataWindow
Choose a data source and presentation style for a DataWindow
Create a Freeform DataWindow
Create complex DataWindows
Use other data sources
Associate DataWindow controls with a DataWindow object
Run the application
Use edit styles and define style properties
Create EditMasks style columns and DropDownDW style columns
Use display formats and validation rules
Customize DataWindows
Set display defaults
Use conditional expressions
Display data and data sources
Modify data and data sources
Use the Report Painter
Create a grouped report
Work with subtotals and grand totals
Modify grouped reports
Create graphs and nested reports
Modify DataWindows within windows
Run the Inventory Tracking application
Debug an application
Use the source views
Set breakpoints in an application
Review the state of an application
Build an executable
Create install files

Our courses have special design features listed below:

Certificates of Completion
Instructional steps -- walk through a procedure
Exercises -- try it out
Notes - See additional information related to the topic in the text
Tips - See a different, faster, or easier way of doing something
Quick References - See a quick reference guide to the features introduced in a chapter
Details - Display more detailed information related to the current topic
Hotwords - See related information
Navigation Bar - Maneuver easily through the courses
Microsoft Approved Courseware Logo - to prepare you for a Microsoft certification
Course Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
Printable Exercises - PDF downloadable files
Sample Application Files - PDF downloadable files
Course Glossary
Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and course grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which course topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.