Latest Articles from Millard F. Brown
By Millard F. Brown  Version 5.x of EAServer allowed easy synchronization of components or packages among different servers, or a cluster of servers. Just right-click on the package or component, choose “Synchronize,” add any necessary addressing information for target servers, and click “OK.” The user int... Apr. 20, 2009 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 730 |
By Millard F. Brown PowerBuilder includes a powerful set of foundation classes to speed development. These classes are collectively known as the PowerBuilder Foundation Classes, or PFC. In Part 1 (Vol. 11, issue 9) I provided an introduction to PFC and demonstrated how to use it. Part 2 outlines the more ... Oct. 1, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,497 |
By Millard F. Brown PowerBuilder includes a powerful set of foundation classes to speed development. These classes are collectively known as the PowerBuilder Foundation Classes, or PFC. Part 1 of this article provides an introduction to PFC and shows how to use it. For the experienced PFC developer, I'll ... Sep. 1, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 5,837 |
By Millard F. Brown Those who use PowerBuilder appreciate its productivity, its rich user interface, and its capable implementation of object orientation. But database connectivity is the cornerstone of PowerBuilder's power. PowerBuilder incorporates native drivers for several popular DBMSs, including Inf... May. 1, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,563 |
By Millard F. Brown PowerBuilder's Try-Catch-Finally exception handling mechanism brings a great deal of power and versatility to application and component development. It's important to be able to manage and handle exceptions thrown by service components, particularly when you are deploying to a Web envi... Nov. 12, 2003 10:00 AM EST Reads: 14,765 |
By Millard F. Brown PowerBuilder's Try-Catch-Finally exception handling mechanism brings a great deal of power and versatility to application and component development. It's important to be able to manage and handle exceptions thrown by service components, particularly when you are deploying to a Web envi... Nov. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 202 |
By Millard F. Brown PowerBuilder 9 will introduce faithful PB developers to the ability to build and use JavaServer Pages (JSPs) in their PowerBuilder Web applications. This is a giant step forward in Sybase's continuing march toward industry-leading openness. Oct. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 7,918 |
By Millard F. Brown PowerBuilder 9 will introduce faithful PB developers to the ability to build and use JavaServer Pages (JSPs) in their PowerBuilder Web applications. This is a giant step forward in Sybase's continuing march toward industry-leading openness. Oct. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 321 |
By Millard F. Brown As of Sybase's EAServer 4.0, OEM developers and IT organizations can take advantage of two new installation features that allow them to create and deploy applications with an embedded installation of EAServer. EAServer 4.0 includes features that improve the ability of OEM vendors... Sep. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,135 |
By Millard F. Brown Have a good one.' We hear this expression often these days. I find myself wondering what exactly it means. Have a good...what? But think about it. What it really means is that the speaker is unwilling to make a commitment. Someone might be offended or annoyed if you said something that... Sep. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 5,924 |
By Millard F. Brown As of Sybase's EAServer 4.0, OEM developers and IT organizations can take advantage of two new installation features that allow them to create and deploy applications with an embedded installation of EAServer. EAServer 4.0 includes features that improve the ability of OEM vendors... Sep. 1, 2000 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 101 |
By Millard F. Brown Have a good one.' We hear this expression often these days. I find myself wondering what exactly it means. Have a good...what? But think about it. What it really means is that the speaker is unwilling to make a commitment. Someone might be offended or annoyed if you said something that... Sep. 1, 2000 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 131 |
Millard F. Brown is vice president of Power3, LLC, a company providing consulting and training services for the enterprise. He has beend developing PowerBuilder applications since PowerBuilder 2 and is the co-author of two new PowerBuilder 9 books: PowerBuilder 9: Advanced Client/Server Development and PowerBuilder 9: Internet and Distributed Application Development.
