Using the Preview view of a DataWindow object – PB Docs 2017

Contents

Retrieving data

Modifying data

Viewing row information

Importing data into a DataWindow object

Using print preview

Printing data

Working in a grid DataWindow object

To display the Preview view of a DataWindow object open in the
DataWindow painter:

1. If the Preview view is not already displayed, select View >
   Preview from the menu bar.

   In the Preview view, the bars that indicate the bands do not
   display, and, if you selected Retrieve on Preview in the DataWindow
   wizard, PowerBuilder retrieves all the rows from the database. You
   are prompted to supply arguments if you defined retrieval
   arguments.

   In external DataWindow objects

   If the DataWindow object uses the External data source, no
   data is retrieved. You can import data, as described in Importing data
   into a DataWindow object.

   In DataWindow objects that have stored data

   If the DataWindow object has stored data in it, no data is
   retrieved from the database.

   As the rows are being retrieved, the Retrieve button in the
   toolbarPainterBar changes to a Cancel button. You can click the
   Cancel button to stop the retrieval.

2. Test your DataWindow object.

   For example, modify some data, update the database,
   re-retrieve rows, and so on, as described below.