Setting Use Extended Attributes or Read Only to control access – PB Docs 2017

To control system table access by setting Use Extended
Attributes or Read Only:

1. Select Design>Options from the menu bar to display the
   Database Preferences dialog box.

   

2. On the General page, set values for Use Extended Attributes
   or Read Only as follows:

   Preference	What you do	Effect
   Use Extended Attributes	Clear the check box	Does not create the PowerBuilder system tables if they do not exist. Instead, the painter uses the appropriate default values for extended attributes (such as headers, labels, and text color). If the PowerBuilder system tables already exist, PowerBuilder does not use them when you create a new DataWindow object.
   Read Only	Select the check box	If the PowerBuilder system tables already exist, PowerBuilder uses them when you create a new DataWindow object, but does not update them. You cannot modify (update) information in the system tables or any other database tables in the DataWindow painter when the Read Only check box is selected.

3. Click OK.

   PowerBuilder applies the preference settings to the current
   connection and all future connections and saves them in the
   registry.