ORCA and the
Library painter
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A PowerBuilder library (PBL) is a binary file. It stores objects you
define in the PowerBuilder painters in two forms: source and compiled. The
source for an object is text. The compiled form is binary and is not
readable by humans.
The Library painter lets the PowerBuilder developer view and
maintain the contents of a PBL. The painter lists the objects in a PBL
with their properties, such as modification date and comments.
In the Library painter, the PowerBuilder developer can delete, move,
compile, export, and import objects, and can use source control systems
and create PowerBuilder dynamic libraries and DLLs.
From the Library painter, you can open objects in their own painters
and view and modify the objects graphically.