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PowerBuilder .NET Guided Tour. A New PowerBuilder IDE for .NET Development. A New PowerBuilder IDE for WPF Development. Leveraging Visual Studio features Isolated Shell provides framework and features UI Editor WPF Designer Debugger Plug-in existing PowerBuilder components - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PowerBuilder .NET Guided Tour
PowerBuilder
A New PowerBuilder IDE for .NET Development
PowerBuilder
A New PowerBuilder IDE for WPF Development
Leveraging Visual Studio features 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 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
PowerBuilder
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
PowerBuilder
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
PowerBuilder
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
PowerBuilder
New PowerScript Editor Features
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
PowerBuilder
Other Painters
Database Painter
Query Painter
Structure Painter
…will essentially have the same UI as in PowerBuilder Classic
PowerBuilder
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
PowerBuilder
Exercise One
Build a simple “Hello World” Application 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
PowerBuilder
Exercise Two
Migrate an Existing Win32 Application to WPF Use Wizard to create solution and target Review Unsupported Features List Build Target Run Application What needs to be fixed?
PowerBuilder
Exercise Three
Powerscript Language Enhancements
Array Enhancement
Jagged Array Enhancement
Return Array from Function or Event
PowerBuilder
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.
PowerBuilder
Summary:PowerBuilder .NET
Build WPF applications with a familiar PowerBuilder experience
Provide your users with rich, progressive user interfaces
PowerBuilder
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