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PowerBuilder .NET Guided Tour

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

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PowerBuilder .NET Guided Tour

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  1. PowerBuilder .NET Guided Tour

  2. A New PowerBuilder IDE for .NET Development

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. A New PowerBuilder IDE for WPF Development…and more… Benefits for… • WPF Application Targets • .NET Assembly Targets • .NET Web Service Targets

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Other Painters • Database Painter • Query Painter • Structure Painter • …will essentially have the same UI as in PowerBuilder Classic

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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?

  15. Exercise Three • Powerscript Language Enhancements • Array Enhancement • Jagged Array Enhancement • Return Array from Function or Event

  16. 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.

  17. Summary:PowerBuilder .NET • Build WPF applications with a familiar PowerBuilder experience • Provide your users with rich, progressive user interfaces

  18. 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

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