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RAMESH CHANDAK and PURSHOTTAM CHANDAK cofounded Technology R Us and are the authors and editors of more than 32 books on software development, including the acclaimed Advanced PowerBuilder 6 Techniques (also available from Wiley). Ramesh and Purshottam have more than 15 years of combined experience with Powersoft, Sybase, Microsoft, and Java-based technologies.

OVERVIEW.

Application Architectures.

DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS.

Getting Started with PowerBuilder.

Building Business Logic with User Objects.

Designing Interfaces with the Window Object.

Using Menus.

Using Structures and Functions.

Knowing Your DataWindow.

Advanced DataWindow Design Considerations.

Reporting.

ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS.

File I/O and Printing Operations.

Debugging with PowerBuilder.

External Interfaces.

ADMINISTRATION.

Creating an Executable and Testing PowerBuilder Applications.

Projects Standards and Naming Conventions.

PowerBuilder Software Migration.

INTEGRATION.

Open Repository CASE API (ORCA).

Email Interfaces.

Creating Windows Help Files.

Network Considerations.

Performance Considerations.

DATABASE CONNECTIVITY.

The World of Open Database Connectivity.

Working with Databases.

The Data Pipeline.

DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION AND INTERNET DEVELOPMENT.

PowerBuilder Foundation Class Library.

Distributed Application Development.

Advanced Distributed Application Development.

Distributed Application Development with Jaguar CTS.

Using the Internet Development Toolkit.

Appendix.

Index.