Building components and proxies
About the Project painter
workspace
The Project painter workspace for executable applications
is shown in “Defining an executable application
project”. It has textboxes and radio buttons
you use to specify the characteristics of your executable file and dynamic
libraries.
The workspace for all other types of project object is different.
It is a read-only display that shows options you specify for the
project object. If you used a wizard to create the project, it shows
the options you selected in the wizard. If you did not use a wizard,
you use Edit menu items or PainterBar buttons to select the objects
the project will use and to specify project properties.
When you build the project, the Output window shows whether
the build was successful and lists any errors encountered.
Defining and building projects for components
and proxies
You create new projects for components and proxies and open
them in the Project painter the same way you do application projects.
Use the following procedure to define and build projects for components
and proxies.
To define and build a project object for components
and proxies:
-
Create a new project and open the Project
painter.For more information, see “Creating a project”.
-
Select Edit>Select Objects from the menu
bar, select the objects you require, and click OK.The Select Objects dialog box is a tree view that lists selectable
objects for the current project type in each library in the target’s
library list. For some project types you can select multiple objects. -
Select Edit>Properties from the menu
bar, complete each Property page, and click OK.As you set or modify properties, your choices are reflected
in the workspace. - Select File>Save to save your choices.
-
Click the Build button in the PainterBar.
or
Select Design>Build Project.
PowerBuilder builds the project. For some components, it also
deploys the generated objects.
Building and deploying a workspace
You can build and deploy a single project or all the projects
in your workspace. You can also build and deploy from a command-line.
For more information, see “Building workspaces”.
For more information about building components
| Project | See the chapter on this topic | In this book |
|---|---|---|
| Automation Server | PowerBuilder automation server | Application Techniques |
| COM/MTS Component | Building COM and MTS components | |
| EAServer Component | Building EAServer components | |
| EAServer Proxy | Building EAServer clients | |
| Web DW Container | Using the Web DataWindow | DataWindow Programmer’s Guide |
This appendix describes the extended attribute system tables.