Realization of a General Purpose Preview Window under Power Builder
Yiping Zhang · Basic Automation · 2002
DataWindow is one of the most attractive and powerful technique of PowerBuilder,it offers various methods for presenting the essence of data. You can gather information from different data sources and display it in diverse forms. Using datawindow adroitly is important for a PowerBuilder programmer. When building a PowerBuilder application, repeated defining of datawindow for query results is a waste of time which also leads to inconsistent of display styles. A multifunctional data-preview window by using Message object and Datawindows property is introduced. This technique is capable of shortening the developing cycle, simplifying the maintenance and building a friendlier user interface.It has been applied in several MIS and has positive appraisement from user.