The PowerBar – PB Docs 2021

New

Create new objects.

Inherit

Create new windows, user objects, and menus by
inheriting from an existing object.

Open

Open existing objects.

Run/Preview

Run windows or preview
DataWindows.

System Tree

Work in the System Tree window, which can serve
as the hub of your development session. For more information
see The System
Tree.

Output Window

Examine the output of a variety of operations
(migration, builds, deployment, project execution, object
saves, and searches). See The Output
window.

Next Error, Previous Error

Navigate through the Output
window.

To-Do List

Keep track of development tasks you need to do
for the current application and use links to get you quickly
to the place where you complete the tasks.

Browser

View information about system objects and objects
in your application, such as their properties, events,
functions, and global variables, and copy, export, or print
the information.

Clip Window

Store objects or code you use frequently. You can
drag or copy items to the Clip window to be saved and then
drag or copy these items to the appropriate painter view when
you want to use them. See The
Clip window.

Library

Manage your libraries using the Library
painter.

DB Profile

Define and use named sets of parameters to
connect to a particular database.

Database

Maintain databases and database tables, control
user access to databases, and manipulate data in databases
using the Database painter.

Edit

Edit text files (such as source, resource, and
initialization files) in the file editor.

Incremental Build Workspace

Update all the targets and objects in the
workspace that have changed since the last
build.

Full Build Workspace

Update all the targets and objects in the
workspace.

Deploy Workspace

Deploy all the targets in the
workspace.

Skip, Stop

Interrupt a build, deploy, or search operation.
When a series of operations is in progress, such as a full
deploy of the workspace, the Skip button lets you jump to the
next operation. The Stop button cancels all
operations.

Debug

Debug the current target. You can set breakpoints
and watch expressions, step through your code, examine and
change variables during execution, and view the call stack and
objects in memory.

Select & Debug

Select a target and open the
Debugger.

Run

Run the current target just as your users would
run it. For standard PowerBuilder application targets, the
application runs in the development
environment.

For .NET targets, you must deploy the
target before you can run it for the first time. If you have
made changes since you last deployed, you must redeploy to see
those changes when you click the Run button.

Select & Run

Select a target and run it.

Exit

Close PowerBuilder.