Viewing your work

While building a window, you can preview it (from the Window
painter) and print its definition.

Previewing a window

As you develop your window, you can preview its appearance
from the Window painter. By previewing the window, you get a good
idea of how it will look during execution.

Preview button on the PainterBar and the PowerBar You can preview a window from the Window painter using the
Preview button on the PainterBar or by clicking the Preview button
on the PowerBar. When you preview from the painter, you don’t
have to save the window first. But you cannot trigger events as
described below. For information about previewing using the PowerBar
button, see “Running a window”.

To preview a window:

1. Click the Preview button in the PainterBar
   (not the PowerBar).

   or

   Select Design>Preview from the menu bar.

   PowerBuilder minimizes and the window displays with the properties
   you have defined, such as title bar, menu, Minimize box, and so
   on.

What you can do

While previewing the window, you can get a sense of its look
and feel. You can:

• Move the window
• Resize it (if it is resizable)
• Maximize, minimize, and restore it (if these properties
  were enabled)
• Tab around the window
• Select controls

What you cannot do

You cannot:

• Change properties
  of the window (changes you make while previewing the window, such
  as resizing it, are not saved)
• Trigger events (for example, clicking a CommandButton
  while previewing a window does not trigger its Clicked event)
• Connect to a database

To return to the Window painter:

1. If the Window has a control menu, select
   Close from the control menu or click the Close button in the upper
   right corner or the window.

   or

   If the window is visible, shutdown the process.

   or

   If the window is not visible, click PowerBuilder on the
   taskbar and then click the Terminate button.

Printing a window’s definition

You can print a window’s definition for documentation
purposes.

To print information about the current window:

1. Select File>Print from the menu
   bar.

   Information about the current window is sent to the printer
   specified in Printer Setup. The information sent to the printer
   depends on variables specified in the [Library] section
   of the PowerBuilder initialization file.

   Print settings You can view and change the print settings in the Library
   painter (select Entry>Print from the menu bar).

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