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Programmer's Guide

This section deals with practical themes and contains tutorials or guides. If you want to find the answers to questions such as "How do you read a record in a database ?" rather than "What arguments are required by the Open method of the RecordDB class?", you are in the right place.

The Development Environment chapter presents the different HB++ user interface elements (toolbars, menu bars, etc.) Use it to find about the functionalilty offered by these elements.

The Your first HB++ Application chapter is intended for those who use HB++ for the first time and should be read by everyone. It presents a step by step guide to creating, debugging and compiling a simple application.

The Programming Fundamentals chapter is aimed at programmers unfamiliar with RAD tools like Microsoft^® Visual Basic^® or Borland Delphi™ and beginners at programming. It contains a basic explanation on event driven programming as well as advice on Palm OS^® programming.

The More about Programming chapter is aimed at programmers already experienced at HB++ and other RAD tools. It deals with adding extra functionality to your applications: error handling, streams and files, databases, network access. It ends with an brief explanation on object oriented programming as is used in HB++.

The Advanced Issue chapter is aimed at experienced programmers and deals with advanced functionality and HB++ internals.