PowerBuilder Environment

 Toolbars
 Popup Menu
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 PowerBuilder Development Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 To-do-List Organizer
 PowerBuilder Environment
 Toolbars
 Powerbar
 Painterbar
 Stylebar

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 Powerbar
 Used to invoke PowerBuilder painters.
 Icons are static and are visible throughout
PowerBuilder development environment.
 Can be placed at top, bottom, left, right or
make it to float.
 Can be customized.
 You can add 3 more custom Powerbars.

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 Painterbar
 Toolbar Icons are context sensitive.
 Each icon’s functionality is specific to the
current painter.
 Can be placed at top, bottom, left, right or
make it to float.
 Can be customized.
 You can have a total of 8 Painterbars per
painter.
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 Stylebar
 Toolbar Icons are static.
 Icons are used for changing text attributes.
 Not available in all painters —such as
Structure, Function, Project, Library, etc..
 Can be placed at top, bottom, left, right or
make it to float.
 Can’t be customized.

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 Toolbars
 Popup Menu
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 PowerBuilder Development Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 To-do-List Organizer

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 Popup Menu
 Popup menu can be invoked on all
PowerBuilder toolbars by clicking with the right
mouse button on the toolbar.
 Used to place toolbar at top, bottom, left, right
or make it to float.
 Used to show/hide text & disable/ enable
PowerTips.
 Allows adding new toolbars.
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 PowerBuilder Environment
 Toolbars
 Popup Menu
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 PowerBuilder Development Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 To-do-List Organizer

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 Can display up to 4 web links under the ‘Help’
menu bar item.
 Links are defined in PB.INI file under the [PB]
section.
WebLinkX is the variable used to define Web
Link where x is a number between 1 and 4.

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 Toolbars
 Popup Menu
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 PowerBuilder Development Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 To-do-List Organizer

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 PowerBuilder Devlopment Environment
 Can have multiple views of an object.
 Views are displayed in panes/ stacked panes.
 Stacked pane is moved by dragging the tab.
 Pane’s Title can be to AutoHide similar to MS-
Windows Taskbar.
 Pane can be resized, moved, floated, docked,
removed from display.

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 Toolbars
 Popup Menu
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 PowerBuilder Development Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 To-do-List Organizer

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 Selecting ‘Window/Keyboard Shortcuts…’
allows customization.
 Customization is painter specific.
 Shortcuts can be removed, added or reset to
default.

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 Toolbars
 Popup Menu
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 PowerBuilder Development Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 To-do-List Organizer

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 To-Do-List Organizer
 Can simple text entries or hot linked entries.
 Most wizards add entries automatically.
 Double-clicking on hot-linked entry takes you
to the linked object/script.
 It opens the painter if not already open.
 Can mark an entry as completed.
 Can export/import organizer entries.

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 PowerBuilder Environment
 Toolbars
 Popup Menu
 PowerBuilder Menu - Web Links
 PowerBuilder Development Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts Customization
 To-do-List Organizer

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