Revised printing for PowerBuilder 6.0

Includes new PFC chapter by Richard Brooks

Demand for PowerBuilder programmers, with the potential they offer for rapid application development, continues to soar. If you'd like to learn PowerBuilder--or enhance your skills-- this book is for you. Its hands-on approach will show you how to write real code. Each section takes a specific "How do I?" topic and answers commonly asked questions in an easy-to-understand, conversational manner. It then shows you how the same technique can be used over and over again to decrease your overall code-writing time.

What's inside:

• How to install the development environment to meet your needs
• Making your applications object efficient
• Using libraries effectively while protecting your code
• Manipulating Datawindows
• Building distributed applications
• Using PowerBuilder on the Internet
• Extensive chapter on PFC