About
preferences and default settings
Many PowerBuilder applications store user preferences and default
settings across sessions. For example, many applications keep track of
settings that control the appearance and behavior of the application, or
store default parameters for connecting to the database. PowerBuilder
applications can manage this kind of information in initialization files
or in the Windows registry.
Database connection
parameters
Often you need to set the values of the Transaction object from an
external file. For example, you might want to retrieve values from your
PowerBuilder initialization file when you are developing the application
or from an application-specific initialization file when you distribute
the application.
For information about database connection parameters in an
initialization file, see Reading
values from an external file.
For an example of how to save and restore database connection
parameters in the Windows registry, see Managing information in the Windows
registry.
Toolbar settings
PowerBuilder provides some functions you can use to retrieve
information about your toolbar settings and also modify these settings. By
using these functions, you can save and restore the current toolbar
settings.
For more information, see Saving and restoring toolbar
settings.
Other settings you may want to
save
In addition to the database connection parameters and toolbar
settings, you may want to store a variety of other application-specific
settings. For example, you might want to keep track of user preferences
for colors, fonts, and other display settings.