How to maintain extended attributes
PowerBuilder provides facilities you can use to create, modify,
and delete display formats, edit styles, and validation rules
independently of their association with columns. The following procedure
summarizes how you do this.
To maintain display formats, edit styles, and validation
rules:
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Open the Database painter.
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Select View>Extended Attributes.
The Extended Attributes view displays listing all the entities
in the extended attribute system tables. -
Do one of the following:
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To create a new entity, display the pop-up menu for the
type you want to add, then select New. -
To modify an entity, display its pop-up menu, then select
Properties. -
To delete an entity, display its pop-up menu, then select
Delete.
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Caution
If you delete a display format, edit style, or validation rule,
it is removed from the extended attribute system tables. Columns in
the database are no longer associated with the entity.