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Window Painter - Exercises

All the windows that you paint as part of this exercise will be used in applications you develop in future sessions. So, we recommend you NOT to skip this exercise. You need to paint windows as shown in the picture. The details of each element in the picture are described below it.

Note: Use the downloaded files for verification only. We strongly suggest you to do all the exercises.

After completion of these exercises, if you have any problem or want to make sure that your home work is correct, you can download objects by clicking on the appropriate "Download Code" icon. Please note that, all these window names are suffixed with "_asi". To open these objects, you need to import them into your PowerBuilder library. To import the file, invoke the library painter, select "Entry/Import" from the menu and select the downloaded file name. Now, the object is ready in your library.

Window Name	Exported version of Window
Login Window	w_login_asi.srw
Error Information Display Window	w_error_asi.srw
A Full-featured window(for data-entry,queries, etc)	w_product_master_asi.srw
A window to display your application information	w_about_asi.srw

Login Window (w_login)

Picture of w_login window

Window Properties for w_login window:

Property	Value
Title:	Login Information
Window Color:	Window Background
Window Type:	Response
Window Name:	w_login

Controls left side Top-to-Bottom for w_login window:

Control Type	Name	Properties
StaticText	st_name	Text: "Enter your Login &Name:"
StaticText	st_password	Text: "&Password:"
StaticText	st_dbms	Text: "Database &Vendor:"
StaticText	st_server	Text: "&Server Name:"
StaticText	st_database	Text: "&Database Name:"
CommandButton	cb_ok	Text: "OK" Turn on "Default" property Tab Order: 60 Tag: "Either hit Enter key or click this button to validate your login."

Controls right side Top-to-Bottom in w_login window:

Control Type	Name	Properties
SingleLineEdit	sle_name	Turn-on AutoHScroll Accelerator: "N" Limit: 32 Case: Any Border: Box Tab Order: 10 Tag: "Enter Login name. Login name is case sensitive. Check your CapsLock."
SingleLineEdit	sle_password	Turn-on AutoHScroll Accelerator: "P" Limit: 32 Case: Any Border: Box Turn-on Password property Tab Order: 20 Tag: "Enter Password. Password is case sensitive. Check your CapsLock."
SingleLineEdit	sle_dbms	Turn-on AutoHScroll Accelerator: "V" Case: Any Border: Box Tab Order: 30 Tag: "Enter Database vendor name. Enter "ODBC", if you want to use ODBC driver."
SingleLineEdit	sle_server	Turn-on AutoHScroll Accelerator: "S" Case: Any Border: Box Tab Order: 40 Tag: "Enter Server name."
SingleLineEdit	sle_database	Turn-on AutoHScroll Accelerator: "D" Case: Any Border: Box Tab Order: 50 Tag: "Enter Database name."
CommandButton	cb_cancel	Text: "&Cancel" Turn on "Cancel" property Tab Order: 70 Tag: "Click or Press Esc key, to cancel Login and to exit the application."

The bottom most control is a StaticText control. Name it as "st_help". Value of text is: "Ready". For all StaticText controls, select background color as "Window Background" color (Marked as "W" on the toolbar icon).

Error Information Display Window (w_error)

Picture of w_error window

Window Properties

Property	Value
Title	Error Information
Window Color	Window Background
Type	Response

The top control is a "DataWindow" control. Name it as "dw_error". Turn on horizontal and vertical scrollbars.

The bottom four controls are CommandButtons. From left to right, cb_print, cb_save_to_log, cb_continue and cb_abort. The text for the CommandButtons are "&Print", "&Save", "&Continue", "&Abort" in the same order. Save this window as "w_error".

A Full-featured window (w_product_master)

Picture of w_product_master Window

Window Properties for w_product_master window

Property	Value
Title	Product Master Maintenance
Window Color	Window Background
Type	Main

Left most control is a DataWindow control. Name it as "dw_product". Just below that, there is one more control, which is hidden. That is also a DataWindow control, just like "dw_product". Name it as "dw_query". All controls that are on the right side are CommandButtons. The names of these CommandButtons from top are: cb_query, cb_retrieve, cb_add, cb_delete, cb_save, cb_export, cb_sort, cb_filter, cb_print_preview, cb_printer_setup, cb_print and cb_close. The text values are on the picture. Save this window as "w_product_master".

A window to display your application information (w_about)

Picture of w_about window

Window Properties for w_about window

Property	Value
Title:	(Disable Titlebar)
Window Color:	Window Background
Window Type:	Response

Left Top control is a "Picture". Assign your company logo's bitmap. Name it as "p_logo". The next two controls are StaticText controls. Provide your company name over there.

The bottom four controls are CommandButtons, cb_copyright_info, cb_system_info, cb_credits and cb_done. Turn on both "Default" and "Cancel" properties for cb_done CommandButton. Save this window as "w_about".
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