POWERBUILDER

PowerBuilder is the premier development enviroment
client/server systems

A Visual Development Environment

You can create user interfaces for your applications in visual,
intuitive way. For example, to create WINDOWS

An Object-Oriented Tool

PowerBuilder user-interface elements are all objects.
You can create a parent object that has all basic controls you want
to include in your primary object.INHERITANCE

If the user interface and database connections have been made, you can
click an object and then click the Script button. You write code that
are identified by the objects and events that can happen to the object.

For example:

	/*The default transaction object (SQLCA) connects to the database*/
	connect;
	/*The DataWindow object (dw_1) looks in the  transaction object 
	named SQLCA for the database information*/
	dw_1.settransobject (sqlca)
	/*The DataWindow object retreives data by executing the SELECT 
	statment */
	dw_1.retreive ( )

An Open System

You can access any common database, such as Sybase, Informix, Oracle,DB2,
or WATCOM. PowerBuilder integrates with other PC products through
client/server open development environment (CODE)

An Enterprise Client/Server Development Solution

You can choose the database that meets your needs in terms of power, security,
and affordability. You can use PowerBuilder to access that database in a multiuser
environment

A Suite Of Tools