APPLICATION PAINTER - POWERBUILDER

Objective: To describe the Powerbuilder Application Painter Environment

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The Application Painter is accessed through the PowerBar as shown above. There must always be a current application opened in PowerBuilder. All work that you do in PowerBuilder applies to the current application. When open, the Application Painter displays the basic information about the current application.

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The Application Painter toolbar shows at the left side of the screen by default ( this can be modified). The toolbar contains eight (8) buttons. All of the buttons allow you to modify application-level characteristics.

The Open button allows you to select another application.

The Script button opens the script painter for the application. There are only four events associated with the application object. It is common to write script for the open and closed event. In the open event you usually set up the connection to the database and open the first window of the application at the very least.

The Icon button opens the Select Icon dialog box which allows you to select the icon for the application. This icon will be the executable's icon that your users will be using when the executable is installed in their machines.

The Fonts button opens the Select Default Fonts dialog box which allows you to select the fonts that will be the default throughout your application.

The Library List button opens the Select Libraries dialog box which allows you to add or delete libraries from the library search path.

The Variable types button allows you to change the global default variable types for the application.

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The Create Executable button allows you to create a executable for your application.

All of the painter buttons have corresponding menu items. The File menu also provides several options for saving a modified application object:

• Save saves the changes made to the application and remains in the Application painter.

• Save As allows you to save the current application under a new name.
• Close exits the Application painter and prompts you to save any changes.
• Update saves any changes made to the current application.
  

To open a new Application, select New from the File menu. The Select New Application Library dialog box appears:

Specify the library in which the application will be stored in the File Name box. When you click OK the Save Application dialog box will appear:

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Type in the name of the application object and click OK. Your Current application will now be the new one that you just created.

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