Course description: SB+ Advanced Development 

Learn advanced SB+ development skills through a combination of lecture and laboratory exercises. Build upon an existing application to acquire a detailed understanding of specific SB+ tools. Create complex process definitions that update multiple files, update periodically, validate, and use a job schedule process. In addition, learn how to use the powerful SB+ Report Writer to create complex reports, set up output formats for preprinted forms, generate multipass reports, and route output to specific locations.

Skills taught 

• Create complex process definitions
• Design and build menu definitions and function key setup
• Extract data using Query Report definitions
• Create standard and complex reports using SB+ Report Writer
• Include conditional fields and interactive prompting in reports
• Create multipass reports and control pagination
• Set up and implement SB+ security
• Direct printer management and system control parameters
• Transform your character based SB+ application to Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Course outline 

• Other tools
• Process definitions
• Query report definitions
• Beginning Report Writer
• Basic Report Writer
• Report Writer
• Transactions and periodic updates
• Menu definitions
• SB+ security
• GUI development
• Logical and global files
• Printer management
• System control and parameters