Using the BuildModel function to build a call graph model – PB Docs 125
Using the BuildModel function to build a call graph model The call graph model that you create with the BuildModel function contains all the routines in the trace file and can take a long time to build. If you want to monitor the progress of the build or you want to be able to interrupt…
Previewing and printing – PB Docs 125
Previewing and printing To see what the RichText DataWindow object looks like with data, you can preview it in the Preview view or in preview mode. To preview the DataWindow object in preview mode: Select File>Run/Preview from the menu bar, or click the Run/Preview button on the PowerBar. Select Rows>Retrieve from the menu bar. Retrieve…
About XML – PB Docs 125
About XML Like Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of Standardized General Markup Language (SGML) and has been designed specifically for use on the Web. XML is defined in the W3C Recommendation published by the World Wide Web Consortium. The latest version of this document is available . XML is…
Specifying initial values – PB Docs 125
Specifying initial values As part of defining a validation rule, you can supply an initial value for a column. To specify an initial value for a column in the Database painter: Select Properties from the column’s pop-up menu and select the Validation tab. Specify a value in the Initial Value box. Document get from Powerbuilder…
Specifying axis properties – PB Docs 125
Specifying axis properties Graphs have two or three axes. You specify the axes’ properties in the Axis page in the graph’s Properties view. To specify properties for an axis of a graph: Select Properties from the graph’s pop-up menu and then select the Axis page in the Properties view. Select the Category, the Value, or…
Drop-down toolbars – PB Docs 125
Drop-down toolbars To reduce the size of toolbars, some toolbar buttons have a down arrow on the right that you can click to display a drop-down toolbar containing related buttons. For example, the down arrow next to the Text button in the DataWindow painter displays the Controls drop-down toolbar, which has a button for each…
Working with edit styles in the Database painter – PB Docs 125
Working with edit styles in the Database painter Typically, you define edit styles in the Database painter, because edit styles are properties of the data itself. Once defined in the Database painter, the styles are used by default each time the column is placed in a DataWindow object. To create a new edit style: In…
Workspaces and targets – PB Docs 125
Workspaces and targets In PowerBuilder, you work with one or more targets in a workspace. You can add as many targets to the workspace as you want, open and edit objects in multiple targets, and build and deploy multiple targets at once. A PowerBuilder target can be one of several types: Application target A client/server…
Specifying updatable columns – PB Docs 125
Specifying updatable columns You can make all or some of the columns in a table updatable. Updatable columns are displayed highlighted. Click a nonupdatable column to make it updatable. Click an updatable column to make it nonupdatable. Changing tab values If you have changed the updatability of a column, you should change its tab value….
About controlling updates – PB Docs 125
About controlling updates When PowerBuilder generates the basic DataWindow object, it defines whether the data is updatable by default as follows: If the DataWindow object contains columns from a single table and includes that table’s key columns, PowerBuilder defines all columns as updatable and specifies a nonzero tab order for each column, allowing users to…