Properties for the Application project: General tab
Description
Specify general properties for a PowerBuilder application
project.
Options
Executable file name
Specify a name for the application executable file that you
create when you build the project.
Resource file
Specify the name of a PBR (PowerBuilder resource file) that will
be used to build the executable file. A PBR file is a text file
that lists dynamically assigned resources such as bitmaps. If a
PBR file exists, the resources it lists are built into the executable.
If you do not use a PBR file, resources must be distributed separately.
Prompt for overwrite
Check to be prompted before overwriting any files when building
the application.
Windows classic style
Select to specify the appearance of the application. When
a user runs the application on Windows XP with the Windows classic style
for controls set in the control panel, all PowerBuilder windows, DataWindow
controls that mirror standard Windows controls, and other controls,
display with the Windows classic style.
Rebuild: incremental
Specify Incremental to regenerate only objects that have changed
and objects referenced by objects that have changed when you build
the project.
Rebuild: full
Specify Full to regenerate all objects in the application
libraries when you build the project.
Pcode
Select to create Pcode (pseudo code) executables and dynamic libraries.
Pcode compiles faster than machine code, the generated files are smaller,
and PBDs (PowerBuilder dynamic libraries) are portable across platforms.
Machine code
Select to create compiled code (machine code) executables and
dynamic libraries. Machine code executes faster than Pcode if your
code makes heavy use of looping constructs, floating point or integer
arithmetic, and function calls.
Trace information
Select this check box to create a trace file when you run your
compiled code executable. You can use the trace file to troubleshoot
or profile your application. This check box is disabled when you
generate the application as a Pcode executable.
Error context information
Select this check box if you want PowerBuilder to display
context information (such as object, event, and script line number) for
runtime errors. This check box is disabled when you generate the application
as a Pcode executable.
Optimization
Select an optimization level. You can build your application with
no optimizations, or you can optimize for speed or space. This drop-down list
is disabled when you generate the application as a Pcode executable.
Enable DEBUG symbol
Select this check box to enable any code that you placed in
DEBUG symbol conditional compilation code blocks.