Printing data – PB Docs 2017
Printing data You can print a DataWindow object while the Preview view is displayed. You can print all pages, a range of pages, only the current page, or only odd or even pages. You can also specify whether you want multiple copies, collated copies, and printing to a file. Avoiding large rows To avoid multiple…
What happens at runtime – PB Docs 2017
What happens at runtime Data stored in a DataWindow object is stored within the actual object itself, so when a window opens showing such a DataWindow, the data is already there. There is no need to issue Retrieve to get the data. PowerBuilder never retrieves data into a drop-down DataWindow that already contains data. For…
CDATA sections – PB Docs 2017
CDATA sections You can export the name of a column in a CDATA section using the syntax <![CDATA[columnname]]>. You can export the value of a column using the syntax <![CDATA[~t columnname]]>. The ~t is used to introduce a DataWindow expression, in the same way that it is used in the Modify method. You can also…
Objects – PB Docs 2017
Objects Your application is a collection of objects.For most targets, PowerBuilder provides many types of objects, including graphical objects such as windows, menus, and buttons, and nonvisual objects such as datastore, exception, and timing objects. As you work in your application, you create new objects and open existing objects to continue work on their development….
Viewing row information – PB Docs 2017
Viewing row information You can display information about the data you have retrieved. To display row information Select Rows>Described from the menu bar. The Describe Rows dialog box displays showing the number of: Rows that have been deleted in the Database painter but not yet deleted from the database Rows displayed in Preview Rows that…
Attributes – PB Docs 2017
Attributes Controls or expressions can also be referenced for element attribute values. Select Edit/Add Attribute from the pop-up menu for elements to edit an existing attribute or add a new one. For each attribute specified, you can select a control reference from the drop-down list or enter a literal text value. A literal text value…
Deciding which kind you want – PB Docs 2017
Deciding which kind you want When you design your application, you need to decide how you will use the functions you will define: If a function is general purpose and applies throughout an application, make it a global function. If a function applies only to a particular kind of object, make it an object-level function….
Working with libraries – PB Docs 2017
Working with libraries Contents Displaying libraries and objects Using the pop-up menu Controlling columns that display in the List view Selecting objects Filtering the display of objects Creating and deleting libraries Filtering the display of libraries and folders Working in the current library Opening and previewing objects Copying, moving, and deleting objects Setting the root…
Refresh objects – PB Docs 2017
Refresh objects After the object is loaded into the PowerBuilder IDE, it might be changed outside of the PowerBuilder IDE, for example, the developer merges the changes from the other version using an SVN client, and such changes will not be detected by the PowerBuilder IDE, you will need to right click the object and…
View the status of source-controlled objects – PB Docs 2017
View the status of source-controlled objects After a workspace is successfully added to the SVN source control, icons in the PowerBuilder System Tree display the source control status of all objects in the workspace. The icons and their meanings are described in the following tables. Icon SVN source control status of object displaying icon The…